Velvet Underground & Nico LP 1967 MONO Andy Warhol OG

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Up for auction I would like to offer THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO from 1967 produced by ANDY WARHOL on VERVE RECORDS. MONO VERVE V-5008. Vinyl is MINT MINUS and the cover is VG++. With banana sticker on the front and sticker on the back. Super rare MONO pressing in near excellent shape. Banana is in amazing condition with some damage to the tip on the top as well as some slight creasing and the tiniest rip towards the bottom. EAST COAST PRESSING. One of the best records ever made and with the MONO recording it is just that much more special.

Blue center label  is slightly discolored on side one. The silver part of the THREE PRONG Verve logo is slightly faded towards the top. No writing, or tears or damage. Center hole is sharp and looks new.

The song featured are:

SUNDAY MORNING/I'M WAITING FOR THE MAN/FEMME FATALE/VENUS IN FURS/RUN, RUN, RUN/ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES/HERION/THERE SHE GOES AGAIN/I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR/BLACK ANGEL'S DEATH SONG/EUROPEAN SON TO DELMURE SCHWARRTZ

Play graded vinyl, side one matrix no.  V5008 -(too small to read). Side two matrix no. V5008 side2 MG559. A few light scuffs and that's it regarding the playing surface. LP is MINT MINUS both sides. Plays LOUD, CRISP AND CLEAR. Really quite amazing condition. It sounds warm and geniusly fuzzy.

Front cover is slightly dirty on the bottom. A glimpse of ring wear. But it is extremely slight. The cover is heavy and pretty clear and clean, regardless of age. Back cover has large sticker over the torso. Some ring wear on black sticker on back cover. Otherwise it is tight and clean. The picture is bright. Everyone looks beautiful. Has a half inch round stamp (indentation), shaped like an "X" in the bottom right corner. Other than light wear, the seams and spine are perfect. No split seams. Nice writing on the spine. Cover is definitely VERY GOOD ++ overall.

Banana sticker has been removed several times and has lost some of its stickiness. About an inch or more of the top is ripped, torn and missing. The rest is still intact pretty nicely. The damage is pretty minimum.

Of note, label on side two states:

"(Reed-Cale-Morrison-Tucker)
Three Prong Music
All Selections BMI"

"...At Warhol's insistence, Nico sang with the band on three songs off their debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico. The album was recorded in three separate studios during 1966; primarily in Scepter Studios in New York City during April. It was released by Verve Records in March of 1967.

The album cover was famous for its Warhol design: a bright yellow banana with "Peel Slowly and See" printed near a perforated tab. Those who did remove the banana skin found a pink, peeled banana beneath. This would later be used as the cover to one of several Velvets boxed sets, also titled Peel Slowly and See, released in 1995.

Eleven songs showcased their dynamic range, veering from the pounding attacks of "I'm Waiting For The Man" and "Run Run Run", the droning "Venus in Furs" and "Heroin" to the quiet "Femme Fatale" and the tender "I'll Be Your Mirror".

The overall sound was propelled by Reed's deadpan vocals, Cale's droning viola, Morrison's often rhythm and blues or country-influenced guitar, and Tucker's simple but steady beat.

The Velvet Underground and Nico peaked at # 171 on Billboard Magazine's top 200 charts, but the promising commercial debut was dampened somewhat by legal complications: The album's back cover featured a still from a Warhol motion picture, Chelsea Girls. The film's cinematographer, Eric Emerson, had been arrested for drug possession and, desperate for money, claimed the still had been included on the album without his permission. MGM Records pulled all copies of the album until the legal problems were settled (by which time the record had lost its modest commercial momentum), and the still was airbrushed out..."

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**AFTER CAREFUL THOUGHT AND RE-LISTENING TO THE ALBUM, I MUST SAY THAT THIS IS MORE OF A VERY GOOD++ TO ALMOST MINT MINUS LP. IN NOWAY DO I WANT TO MISDIRECT OR MISLEAD ANY POTENTIAL BUYERS. THERE IS THE TINIEST, AND I MEAN THE TINIEST AMOUNT OF SURFACE WEAR WHILE PLAYING. IT STILL PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY WARM, LOUD AND CLEAR. I AM SO SORRY FOR THIS FAULT IN THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME. AND PLEASE KNOW THAT I DO MY BEST TO SELL ANYTHING AT AUCTION WITH THE UTMOST INTEGRITY.