VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO Stereo LP with BANANA

$ 356

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Apr 10, 2004 Sold Date

Mar 31, 2004 Start Date

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From 1967 Verve Records V6-5008 Blue Label Stereo in ORIGINAL FOLDOUT COVER with the Banana UNPEELED and still in tact. THE VINYL ON THIS INCREDIBLY RARE LP IS IN STRICT NEAR MINT CONDITION AND THE COVER IS IN STRICT VG+++ CONDITION. You would have a hard time finding one in better condition unless it was sealed. AMG Review-One would be hard pressed to name a rock album whose influence has been as broad and pervasive as The Velvet Underground and Nico. While it reportedly took over a decade for the album's sales to crack six figures, glam, punk, new wave, goth, noise, and nearly every other left-of-center rock movement owes an audible debt to this set. While The Velvet Underground had as distinctive a sound as any band, what's most surprising about this album is its diversity. Here, the Velvets dipped their toes into dreamy pop ("Sunday Morning"), tough garage rock ("Waiting for the Man"), stripped-down R&B ("There She Goes Again"), and understated love songs ("I'll Be Your Mirror") when they weren't busy creating sounds without pop precedent. Lou Reed's lyrical exploration of drugs and kinky sex (then risky stuff in film and literature, let alone "teen music") always received the most press attention, but the music Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker played was as radical as the words they accompanied. The bracing discord of "European Son," the troubling beauty of "All Tomorrow's Parties," and the expressive dynamics of "Heroin," all remain as compelling as the day they were recorded. While the significance of Nico's contributions have been debated over the years, she meshes with the band's outlook in that she hardly sounds like a typical rock vocalist, and if Andy Warhol's presence as producer was primarily a matter of signing the checks, his notoriety allowed The Velvet Underground to record their material without compromise, which would have been impossible under most other circumstances. Few rock albums are as important as The Velvet Underground and Nico, and fewer still have lost so little of their power to surprise and intrigue more than 30 years after first hitting the racks. — Mark Deming 1. Sunday Morning (Cale/Reed) - 2:56 review 2. I'm Waiting for the Man (Reed) - 4:39 3. Femme Fatale (Reed) - 2:38 review 4. Venus in Furs (Reed) - 5:12 5. Run Run Run (Reed) - 4:22 review 6. All Tomorrow's Parties (Reed) - 6:00 review 7. Heroin (Reed) - 7:12 review 8. There She Goes Again (Reed) - 2:41 9. I'll Be Your Mirror (Reed) - 2:14 10. The Black Angel's Death Song (Cale/Reed) - 3:11 11. European Son (Cale/Morrison/Reed/Tucker) - 7:46 Winning biidder is responsible for shipping handling and insurance. Shipping is $3.50 for media mail or $6.00 for USPS priority. Insurance depends on final price. International rates will be determined by shipping preference and destination. Thanks for looking and good luck!

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