Rare Velvet Underground Lp "Andy Warhol" w/Banana

$

200

Up for Sale is the  the Velvet Underground Lp "Andy Warhol" with the complete package.. the original banana, original Verve Stereo V6-5008 Record  and  the Verve inner sleeve in very nice condition . Cover is VG+ with Full banana..has some spine wear ..interior of gatefold is very clean...and back is very clean ..looks as if someone tried to peel the banana at one time their is a small slit on the stem. Check photos..Record looks nice with a few light sleeves..We grade the Lp as excellent. Buyer to pay $4. *************Upon its original release, The Velvet Underground & Nico was largely unsuccessful and a financial failure. The controversial content of the album led to its almost instantaneous ban from various record stores. Many radio stations declined to play the album and magazines declined to carry advertisements for it.Its lack of success can also be attributed to Verve, who failed to promote or distribute the album with anything but modest attention. However, Richie Unterberger of AllMusic also notes that: ... the music was simply too daring to fit onto commercial radio; "underground" rock radio was barely getting started at this point, and in any case may well have overlooked the record at a time when psychedelic music was approaching its peak. The album first entered the Billboard album charts on May 13, 1967 at number 199 and left the charts on June 10, 1967 at number 195. It then re-entered the charts on November 18, 1967 at number 182, peaked at number 171 on December 16, 1967 and finally left the charts on January 6, 1968 at number 193. When Verve recalled the album in June due to Eric Emerson's lawsuit, it disappeared from the charts for five months. The critical world also took little notice of the album. One of the few print reviews of the album in 1967 was a mostly positive review in the second issue of Vibrations, a small rock music magazine.The review described the music as "a full-fledged attack on the ears and on the brain" and took note of the dark subject matter to be found in the majority of the song's lyrics. It was not until a decade later that the album started to receive almost unanimous praise by numerous rock critics, many of whom made particular note of its influence in modern rock music. Robert Christgau in his 1977 retrospective review of 1967 said "it never stops getting better". In The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1998), Colin Larkin called it a "powerful collection" that "introduced Reed's decidedly urban infatuations, a fascination for street culture and amorality bordering on voyeurism."In April 2003, Spin led their "Top Fifteen Most Influential Albums of All Time" list with the album. On November 12, 2000, NPR included it in their "NPR 100" series of "the most important American musical works of the 20th century". Rolling Stone placed it at number 13 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time in November 2003, calling it the most prophetic rock album ever made. In 1997, The Velvet Underground & Nico was named the 22nd greatest album of all time in a "Music of the Millennium" poll conducted in the United Kingdom by HMV Group, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In his 1995 book, The Alternative Music Almanac, Alan Cross placed the album in the number 1 spot on the list of "10 Classic Alternative Albums". In 2006, Q magazinereaders voted it into 42nd place in the "2006 Q Magazine Readers' 100 Greatest Albums Ever" poll, while The Observer placed it at number 1 in a list of "50 Albums That Changed Music" in July of that year. Also in 2006, the album was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time. Aftermath Frustrated by the album's year-long delay and unsuccessful release, Lou Reed's relationship with Andy Warhol grew tense until Reed finally fired Warhol as manager in favor of Steve Sesnick. Nico was also forced out of the group, and began a moderately successful career as a solo artist, releasing her debut solo album, Chelsea Girl, in October 1967. Chelsea Girl features five songs written by members of the Velvet Underground, including "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams", a song Reed had written and recorded earlier with the aid of John Cale and Sterling Morrison in 1965. Tom Wilson continued working with the group through 1967, producing their 1968 album White Light/White Heat and Nico's Chelsea Girl. Track listing[edit] All tracks written by Lou Reed unless otherwise noted. Side A No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Sunday Morning"   Lou Reed, John 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 B No. Title Writer(s) Length 7. "Heroin"     7:12 8. "There She Goes Again"     2:41 9. "I'll Be Your Mirror"     2:14 10. "The Black Angel's Death Song"   Lou Reed, John Cale 3:11 11. "European Son"   Reed, Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker