Velvet Underground & Nico RARE ORIG UNPEELED BANANA

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
ANDY WARHOL
Verve V6-5008, 1967.

ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS WITH THE BANANA STICKER STILL ATTACHED!!!

Andy Warhol's "BANANA" Cover is just about as legendary as it gets for album covers and this rare 1st press still has the "peelable" banana on the front -- which seems to be rarer than finding a paste over butcher that hasn't been peeled!

"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.
...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

TRACKS:
Sunday Morning
I'm Waiting for the Man
Femme Fatale
Venus in Furs
Run Run Run
All Tomorrow's Parties
Heroin
There She Goes Again
I'll Be Your Mirror
The Black Angel's Death Song
European Son

Beautiful NM- record with just a couple of the slighest marks visible only under bright light (if it wasn't for the halogen bulb it would look Mint!) / original inner sleeve / very clean, solid VG++ gatefold cover has the airbrushed version of the back photo.

Psychedelia, Rock, Proto-Punk, Experimental Rock


WHEN THE WORLD GETS TOO WILD TO WATCH ANYMORE -- JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TURN UP THE MUSIC!!!

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