NICO LP CHELSEA GIRL shrink VerveV-5032 ORIG MONO PROMO

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 Nico - Chelsea Girl
****** FIRST PRESS **** MONO PROMO EDITION *****
*****YELLOW LABEL VERVE ***** DISC JOCKEY RECORD

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I use a bright 100 watt bulb to grade visually,and I do this by the best of my ability.

Sleeve Condition: IN THE SHRINK WRAP!!!! Near Mint (only opened where record comes out)
Vinyl Condition: Both sides near mint,tiny scuff on side two. Doesn't even make a sound near that scuff.
GLOSSY VINYL.
Paper Label Condition: perfect/mint. No spindle marks on either side.
I'd say,that this record was played maybe once or twice at most. To my best guess.Very little handling because there's hardly a mark on it.

Matrix Numbers: V5032 Side 1 MG1066 RW, V5032 Side 2 MG1067 RW
Catalog Number: V-5032 (Verve Records)

Chelsea Girl is the debut solo album by Nico. It was released in October 1967 by Verve Records, also home to The Velvet Underground. The name of the album is a reference to Andy Warhol's 1966 film Chelsea Girls, which Nico starred in. The sixth track of the album (or first on Side B on vinyl) is titled "Chelsea Girls".

Many of the songs on the album have instrumental work from The Velvet Underground, whom Nico had previously collaborated with the year before on The Velvet Underground and Nico, as well as song writing credits from members of the band. The song "I'll Keep it With Mine", which is also featured on the album, was written by Bob Dylan, and the album also features three songs by Jackson Browne, who also contributes guitar to the album.

The history of Nico and her first album...
After collaborating as a singer with The Velvet Underground on their debut The Velvet Underground & Nico (recorded during 1966, released in March 1967), Warhol superstar Nico toured with the band in Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable (EPI) multimedia roadshow. Before the EPI came to an end in 1967, Nico took up residence in a New York City coffeehouse as solo folk chanteuse, accompanied in turn by acquainted guitarists, such as Tim Hardin, Jackson Browne and Leonard Cohen, but also her Velvet Underground colleagues Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and John Cale.

Some of her accompanists wrote songs for her to sing, and these form the backbone of Chelsea Girl. Browne and Hardin contributed some songs, Lou Reed gave her one of his early Velvet Underground songs, "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (which did not surface as a Velvet Underground recording until it was included in the 1995 box set Peel Slowly and See), and Reed, Cale and Morrison in various combination's contributed four more songs. Additionally, Bob Dylan gave her one of his songs to record: "I'll Keep It with Mine".

Musically, Chelsea Girl is best described as a cross between chamber folk and Sixties pop. The musical backing is relatively simple, consisting of one or two guitars or, alternatively, a keyboard instrument, played by either Browne or (a combination of) her Velvet Underground colleagues. There are no drums or bass instruments. Adding to the chamber folk feel of the music is the strings and flute arrangement superimposed over the initial recordings by producer Tom Wilson and arranger Larry Fallon without involving or consulting Nico.

Because of the Velvet Underground band members involvement and the similarities with the softer The Velvet Underground & Nico tracks, Chelsea Girl is sometimes seen by fans as a companion record to that album. "Little Sister" and "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams," and perhaps others included here, had also been played live by The Velvet Underground during Nico's time with the band. Polydor (the record label that oversees The Velvet Underground's Universal Music Group back catalog) tends to agree, adding Chelsea Girl tracks to Peel Slowly and See, the 2002 Deluxe edition of The Velvet Underground & Nico and the 2005 Velvet Underground compilation album Gold. This album is seen by many as another Velvet Underground album based on the players and the songs,so it is just as collectible as any Velvet Underground album.

    * Nico – vocals
    * Jackson Browne – electric guitar (A1-2, B2-3, B5)
    * Lou Reed – electric guitar (A3, A5, B1, B4)
    * John Cale – viola, organ, guitar (A3-5)
    * Sterling Morrison – electric guitar (B1, B4)
    * Tom Wilson – producer
    * Larry Fallon – strings and flute arrangements

Side A
   1. "The Fairest of the Seasons" (Jackson Browne, Gregory Copeland) – 4:06
   2. "These Days" (Jackson Browne) – 3:30
   3. "Little Sister" (John Cale, Lou Reed) – 4:22
   4. "Winter Song" (Cale) – 3:17
   5. "It Was a Pleasure Then" (Nico, Reed, Cale) – 8:02

[edit] Side B
   1. "Chelsea Girls" (Reed, Sterling Morrison) – 7:22
   2. "I'll Keep It With Mine" (Bob Dylan) – 3:17
   3. "Somewhere There's a Feather" (Browne) – 2:16
   4. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Reed) – 5:07
   5. "Eulogy to Lenny Bruce" (Tim Hardin) – 3:45

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This is a really worthwhile album to own and collect,based on the fact that it's still in the shrink wrap,and would be worth more in price guides,as it's a MONO PROMO/YELLOW LABEL DISC JOCKEY EDITION.
Mono albums hold their value,and are seen as the best sounding version of their albums.
They have more bass punch and were generally the better sounding version,the one the band wanted you to hear.

PLEASE check out my other auctions of more rare, rare, rare, Velvet Underground vinyl.
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These promo mono editions are the hardest copies to find and are the ones sought after.
Get this and save for the future,as an investment. Because these are always worth a lot more
in the price guides than the stock stereo copies.

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Classic tracks, classic album, the one everyone wants.
 
Promo albums are always worth more than stock copies of this album in music guides, this is a real rare collectible, Serious bidders only,please.

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