The Velvet Underground Nico LP Andy Warhol Vere V-5008 Gatefold 1st Pressing Rare
Mono. First pressing with Emerson Torso image upside down on the back cover. Banana sticker on front.
Label: Verve Records V-5008
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: Mar 1967
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock
This has been in private collection since purchased.
Gatefold cover with banana sticker. First pressing with Emerson image upside down on the back cover.
Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI
MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. - Made in U.S.A.
Block-shaped S engraved in the dead wax and the label fonts indicate a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc./Printed in U.S.A.
Uncredited Info :
The actor Eric Emerson, protagonist of some multimedia films projected behind the group during the EPI, filed a lawsuit against the record label for the non-payment of the rights regarding his image that can be seen upside down on the back cover on this version. So between March and April 1967 the album was suddenly withdrawn from trade and shops. After a few months, the album was redistributed in a few copies with a huge sticker that covered the top of the offending photo and that you can see here The Velvet Underground Nico - The Velvet Underground Nico.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout Side A runout etched : V5008 side 1 MG 558 Rev block-shaped S
Matrix / Runout Side B runout etched : V5008 SIDe 2 MG 559
Matrix / Runout Side A label : MG-558
Matrix / Runout Side B label : MG-559
Front Cover 1/4 hole lower left corner goes through to back cover, ring wear, lower right corner bumped,
Right edge shows slight surface scuffing on 1 spot in center of edge, see photo
Inside Gatefold see photo
Back Cover ring wear, sticker top right corner, X stamped in lower right corner just below 1/4 hole, top right corner slight bump see photo
Original Sleeve Inside some browning from age see photo
Vinyl Side 1 shows several light scratches in all 6 tracks, NOT deep enough to cause any pops or clicks during playback Listen to 20 seconds of all 6 tracks below.
Vinyl Side 2 has a light scratch across tracks 1-4. Causes four pops in the first 5 seconds at the start of track 1,
slight pop around 1:15 track 3, slight pop near start of track 4, Listen to 20 seconds of all four tracks below
Plays Great
Will be sent in a cardboard vinyl record mailer via USPS Priority Mail
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Side 2 Tracks 1-4