VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO LP "Andy Warhol" ORIGINAL VERVE w BANANA PEEL & TORSO

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VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO LP "S/T w Andy Warhol Cover" ORIGINAL VERVE STEREO D/G LABELS w BANANA PEEL & TORSO"...is featured here in very nice condition. Half of the banana peel was lifted and had to be carefully restored and laid back down on the Andy Warhol cover. Overall, it looks fine.

The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut album by the American rock band the Velvet Underground and German singer Nico, released in March 1967 through Verve Records. It was recorded in 1966 while the band were featured on Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable tour. The album features experimental performance sensibilities and controversial lyrical topics, including drug abuse, prostitution, sadomasochism and sexual deviancy.

The Velvet Underground & Nico sold decently and was largely ignored by most music critics at the time, but later became regarded as one of the most influential albums in rock and pop music. Described as "the original art-rock record",[6] it was a major influence on many subgenres of rock music and alternative music, including punk, garage, krautrock, post-punk, shoegaze, goth, and indie.[7] In 1982, the English musician Brian Eno said that while the album only sold approximately 30,000 copies in its first five years, "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band".[8] In 2003, it ranked 13th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time",[9] and in 2006, it was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.[10]

When the album was first issued, the main back cover photo (taken at a performance of Warhol's event Exploding Plastic Inevitable) contained an image of actor Eric Emerson projected upside-down on the wall behind the band. Having recently been arrested for drug possession and desperate for money, Emerson threatened to sue over this unauthorized use of his image, unless he was paid.[14] Rather than complying, MGM recalled copies of the album and halted its distribution until Emerson's image could be airbrushed from the photo on subsequent pressings.[38] Copies that had already been printed were sold with a large black sticker covering the actor's image.[38]

The Record shows nice clean gloss and looks Fantastic! Grade VG+.......(a few NF spindle marks)..Very Nice Condition.