VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO RARE TORSO COVER Original Canada issue V 5008
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
PRODUCED BY ANDY WARHOL on VERVE records MONO label V 5008.
The original Canada release has a no-gatefold sleeve, and has the back of the original US edition with Emerson pasted on front cover, "V5008" printed on bottom left, "mono" on bottom right. "LITHO IN CANADA" on the right vertical border of Nico's portrait. Back cover with credits and reviews.
Cover lawsuit
When the album was first issued, the cover photo (taken at an Exploding Plastic Inevitable performance) featured an image of actor Eric Emerson projected upside-down on the wall behind the band. Emerson threatened to sue over this unauthorized use of his image, unless he was paid. 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. At that point copies that had already been printed were sold with a large black sticker covering the actor's image. This copy predates those changes and has the original unaltered cover.
Blue/silver T Verve label. "Manufactured by Quality Records Limited under license from Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, Inc. owner of the Trade Mark Verve".
Verve V-5008, 1967 Original mono edition.
Matrix # side 1 V-5008-S1
Matrix # side 2 V-5008-S2
The collectable rare cover is rated as VG+.
This vinyl is rated as GOOD, as it has marks and there are skips in two songs on side 2.
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