VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO,VERVE,MONO,FLYING TORSO REAR COVER,RARE MONO

$

229

From 1967, out of New York, comes The Velvet Underground & Nico with their album on Verve V5008 MONO. Scarce eleven track album with such classic songs as Heroin, Run Run Run, All Tomorrow's Parties, and my personal favorite Femme Fatale. This is a rare MONO. The peelable banana on the front cover has been peeled ago, probably in the 60's exposing the printed pink banana! Gatefold cover with a photo of the group and the lovely Nico inside.There is also a picture of Andy Warhol who got the group together! Andy Warhol was known for his paintings of Campbell Soup cans and famous stars and was a player in the film and music industry in the 60's and ran a gathering place called The Factory. On the rear cover is the "floating torso" photograph which can be seen on the rear cover in the stage photo above Lou Reed's floating head! This photo was quickly changed and the torso was removed, leaving just Lou Reed's head. Includes original Verve inner sleeve! This copy proves that not all MONOs came originally sealed, as there is a price letter stamped in ink on the upper right hand corner of the front of the gatefold cover.

THIS ITEM IS AN ORIGINAL!!

ALL RECORDS GRADED VISUALLY WITH 150 WATT BULB AND 34 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE!! 

MY GRADING IS FOLLOWS: MINT MINUS=AS CLOSE TO NEW AS CAN POSSIBLY BE, AFTER BEING TOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS.

VG++= LOTS OF PLAY IS LEFT, NO MARKS, SCUFFS OR SCRATCHES. LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN PLAYED VERY LITTLE.

VG+ = SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF BEING PLAYED, BUT STILL IS A QUALITY PLAY. MAY HAVE SOME LIGHT MARKS.

I WILL NOTE ALL FLAWS BEFORE I GIVE THE GRADING. IF THERE ARE NO FLAWS LISTED, THAT MEANS THE RECORD IS EITHER MINT MINUS OR STILL SEALED!  OLDER RECORDS DO NOT SOUND LIKE NEW RECORDS, AS RECORDS ARE MADE OUT OF MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VINYL AND VINYL SUBSTITUTES AND MOST OF THEM WERE NOT PRESSED ON 100% VIRGIN VINYL!. IF YOU WANT A RECORD THAT SOUNDS LIKE A 180 GRAM RECORD, THEN BUY A 180 GRAM RECORD. THE OLDER RECORDS ARE A LOWER DENSITY AND ARE 90 TO 110 GRAMS, THEREFORE THEY CANNOT SOUND THE SAME AS NEW ONES!

FLAWS:      High spot dirt on front and rear covers, the aforementioned red price stamp upper right.

GRADE:       Cover is better than VG+ but not VG++, label has spindle marks,record is VG+!

Please check my auctions tonight for another MONO of this record with the black sticker on the rear covering the "offending" torso!

I HAVE RECENTLY HAD A BAD RASH OF NON-PAYING BIDDERS. IF I HAVE TO FILE A NON-PAYING BIDDER ALERT AND RECEIVE NO COMMUNICATION AND NO PAYMENT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME REQUIRED BY THE ALERT,BE ADVISED THAT I WILL BE BANNING THE BIDDER IN QUESTION FROM ALL FUTURE AUCTIONS OF MINE. I REALLY DON'T WISH TO HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT I HAVE MUCH CHOICE.

NOTE: SHIPPING CHARGES HAVE JUST GONE UP HERE IN THE USA, AND THE INTERNATIONAL COSTS SEEM TO HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED! I ALSO WILL HAVE TO START ADDING $1-2 FOR INSURANCE THROUGH SHIPSAVER.COM. SEE BELOW FOR NEW RATES.

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COMBINED SHIPPING FOR INTERNATIONAL SALES BASICALLY CONSISTS OF THE COST OF USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL INTERNATIONAL COST OF $20.00 FOR THE FIRST ITEM AND AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $4.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ITEM UP TO FOUR. AFTER THE FOURTH LP, THERE ARE CHANGES IN WEIGHT AND THE PACKAGE MUST GO VIA PRIORY MAIL INTERNATIONAL PACKAGE FOR A COST OF $45.60 OR  MORE IF THE LPS ARE DOUBLE,TRIPLE OR GATEFOLD. GLOBAL EXPRESS GUARANTEED AND REGISTERED MAIL ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL COST AND MUST BE REQUESTED BEFORE YOU PAY.

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