*VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO* UK *PEELABLE BANANA* LP

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO : - UK MGM 2315056 Stereo LP

The first UK issues of this album were released on the Verve label with a single sleeve .............. This is one of the very hard to find UK MGM label copies that was later issued in the UK with the USA Gatefold V6 5008 stick-on 'Peelable Banana' Sleeve ............ A great rarity , copies rarely surface now ...............

Track Listing :-

1. Sunday Morning
2. I'm Waiting For The Man
3. Femme Fatale
4. Venus In Furs
5. Run Run Run
6. All Tomorrow's Parties
7. Heroin
8. There She Goes Again
9. I'll Be Your Mirror
10. Black Angel's Death Song
11. European Son To Delmore Schwartz

Velvet Underground & Nico: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar); Nico (vocals); Sterling Morrison (guitar, bass, background vocals); John Cale (electric viola, piano, bass, background vocals); Maureen Tucker (percussion, background vocals). Recorded at T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood California; Sceptor Studios and Mayfair Sound Studios, New York, New York in April & November 1966 & April-May 1967. Brian Eno once said that only a hundred people bought Velvet Underground records when they first came out, but those hundred people all went out and formed their own bands. The rest, of course, is history: the Velvet Underground was the catalyst that helped spark punk rock, and began the growth of an alternative branch within rock & roll's grand family tree. VU's was an unparalleled glimpse into the Summer Of Love's alter ego, complete with graphic, unapologetic descriptions of drug use and risque sexual situations. The classic 1967 debut, VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO, was a tour de force that may never be equaled for its sheer radicalism in the face of rock convention.The Velvet Underground also mapped out unconquered sonic territories. Bassist John Cale was weaned on deconstructing classical theory--the perfect avant-garde foil to help bring Lou Reed's terse songs to life. Even more noticeable when he switched to electric viola, Cale's sound evoked the terror of Reed's compositions, with the bowed strings screeching like a runaway subway car. Drummer Maureen Tucker played like no one before her. Her frantic swipes could mimic a galloping rush in "Heroin," or work with the delicate, hesitant charm of "All Tomorrow's Parties." Guitarist Sterling Morrison was a master of his craft, ably switching from oddly Middle-Eastern plucking (the eerie "All Tomorrow's Parties") to head-on rock (the ultra-edgy "Waiting For The Man"), always adding just the right element to fatten the cacophony. VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO is one of rock's most significant debuts.

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Condition Of Vinyl:- A1 / B1 Matrix - The disc has light use , no 'marks' as such , possibly a couple of very very faint traces evident beneath a light ............... No label wear , light spindle use only ............ Great sound quality throughout : Easily Graded at EXCELLENT condition.

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Condition Of Sleeve:- The sleeve has light wear only ...... Quite clean .......... No creasing , no edge or spine wear............. The 'Peelable Banana' has a crease/wrinkle near the 'Peel Slowly and See' print , wear it has been partially peeled maybe : The Sleeve is Graded at Very Near EXCELLENT condition.

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