MINT 1967 Banana VELVET UNDERGROUND + Nico Warhol PSYCH
  $   622

 


$ 622 Sold For
Feb 6, 2011 Sold Date
Feb 1, 2011 Start Date
$   10 Start price
30   Number Of Bids
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Description

Dionysians / Apollonians; avant-garde chamber group / rock and roll dance band; violent nihilists / compassionate humanists; white noise tornado / neo-folk tonic; satanists / moralists

1967 UNPEELED BANANA GATEFOLD COVER  

      

    Andy Warhol     

   THE  VELVET  UNDERGROUND

                                   & Nico

           

                       

            

\                                      USA - VERVE - V6-5008 - STEREO

 

 

*** TOP COPY ****

Original = UN-PEELED BANANA COVER from 1967 in TOP CONDITION...one of the MOST CLEAN covers you could ever hope for and one of the *best* we ever came across! 

1967 Stereo issue in thick gatefold; the famous andy Warhol  banana cover...(the banana is un-peeled) the vinyl looks clean & plays great (see details below the song listings) includes the original printed VERVE RECORDS inner sleeve

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Recorded in 1966 during Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia event tour, The Velvet Underground & Nico would gain notoriety for its experimentalist performance sensibilities, as well as its focus on controversial subject matter expressed in many of their songs.

Theirs was the dim world of drugs and sexual perversion, of heroin addiction and the desperate loss of hope that goes with it. Their concern was with death and violence... Oozing evil and lubricity, they made every other group look like kid stuff, and they made a lot of people nervous... There is no word for their sound but sometimes it seems as if a presence has taken it over, perhaps even His Satanic Majesty himself. You can easily imagine someone performing black masses with the Velvet Underground’s albums. Not for the kiddies. 

Their world view was dark and nihilistic at a time when everyone else was singing about peace and flowers... The Doors (whose first album was a hit when Velvet Underground & Nico was released) had a darker vision than The Velvet Underground! Even Jefferson Airplane, whose Surrealistic Pillow LP defined for the time capsules the romance of the Hippie Moment, didn’t turn a blind eye to the dark side of the counterculture-- and the Airplane and The Doors were the most popular bands in America during the Velvets’ time.

The Velvet Underground & Nico (the latter being a Warhol-recommended "chanteuse" who departed after the album was released to pursue an even more quixotic solo career) does function as a kind of "map of their music" (to paraphrase The Doors’ description of their own debut LP). The overall impression created is dark, noisy, more than a little paranoid and seemingly amoral (as opposed to immoral)-- "Heroin" makes a point of being neither for nor against, but simply about; similarly, no specific judgment is passed upon the characters in songs like "I’m Waiting For The Man" and "Venus In Furs." The album concludes with "The Black Angel’s Death Song" and "European Son," likably self-indulgent exercises in sonic (and verbal) envelope-pushing. But the ballads Lou wrote for Nico to sing (including the album opener "Sunday Morning" ) provide a disarmingly sweet balance, and even a specific reassurance: "When you think the night has seen your mind, / That inside you’re twisted and unkind, / Let me stand to show that you are blind-- / Please put down your hands, / ‘Cause I see you-- / I’ll be your mirror..."

Side one
  1. "Sunday Morning" (Reed, Cale) – 2:54
  2. "I'm Waiting for the Man" – 4:39
  3. "Femme Fatale" – 2:38
  4. "Venus in Furs" – 5:12
  5. "Run Run Run" – 4:22
  6. "All Tomorrow's Parties" – 6:00
Side two
  1. "Heroin" – 7:12
  2. "There She Goes Again" – 2:41
  3. "I'll Be Your Mirror" – 2:14
  4. "The Black Angel's Death Song" (Reed, Cale) – 3:11
  5. "European Son" (Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker) – 7:46

 

CONDITION:The gatefold cover reveals an unpeeled banana, M- TOP LEVEL white gatefold cover is snow white with no seam splits, no bends, no writing anywhere. The back cover immaculate M- top clean...showcasing the velvets in action (no torso) all said, highly collectible.

The vinyl is still glossy: "EX" (excellent) = shiny on both sides with only inner sleeve paper scuffs ..visually both sides grooves play clean ...the Verve labels are both MINT ...

MAKES FOR A TREMENDOUS UPGRADE OVER YOUR OLD COPY as well as a top investment items...

                    

   A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

 

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record

  NOTE: All Items backed by  money back guarantee! IF you have a problem PLEASE let us solve for you BEFORE leaving ANY negative feedback. Thanks!   GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M    Completely clean, no marks M-   Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, no marks EX   Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, clean VG+ a bit more scuff or markls still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG   more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops         this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG-  surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps   SHIPPING:  (Attention: Items are sent out every Friday of each week)   USA:   $4.00 =  Media Mail = U.S.A / delivery confirmation included (add 1.00 each additional LP/disc)  $8.50 =  Priority = U.S.A. /delivery confirmation included. (add $1.00 each additional LP)   CANADA shipping is $8.50 AIRMAIL ...please add $1.50 for each additional LP MEXICO     shipping is $9.95 AIRMAIL ... please add $1.50 for each additional Lp   NOTE: Please wait until receipt of OUR invoice for proper shipping charges     ***To our international OVERSEAS customers*** Due to the increase in U.S.A. postal shipping rates, we are forced to restructure shipping charges. Please see chart below. It is our hopes to provide you with our best possible service and keeping your shipping costs as low as possible. We have had problems with many international shipping orders costing us more than actual (higher) charges; The more Lp's you get in one parcel, the better the shipping costs, so we urge you to take advantage that we will HOLD your purchases to save YOU on shipping costs. IMPORTANT: Pay each invoice you receive, and, if you wish, ask us to HOLD your order reach lowest shipping costs. We value ALL our customers and will continue to list MANY interesting "rare" 60's & 70's Lp's that we obtain in our constant search and travels over all parts of the U.S. Thank you for your continued interests.   International AIR MAIL shipping charges (all countries apply):   1 Lp   =  $14.00 2 Lp   =  $18.00 3 Lp's =  $24.00 4 Lp's =  $30.00 5 Lp's =  $36.00 6 Lp's =  $42.00 7 Lp's =  $45.00 8 Lp's =  $48.00 9 Lp's =  $51.00 10 Lp's = $54.00 11 Lp's = $57.00 12 Lp's = $60.00 13 Lp's = $63.00 14 Lp's = $66.00 15 Lp's = $69.00   MULTIPLE LP SETS COUNT EACH DISC FOR SHIPPING COST (double Lp count as 2-Lp, etc.)     Items In All Parcels Are Well Protected = The disc of an LP will always be separated from its cover (avoiding seam splits,etc)     ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END Appropriate Feedback Is Left AFTER Yours Is Left   BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About  Following Through The Transaction!   ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!

 




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