THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO RARE US ORIG'67 VERVE V-5008 MONO LAWSUIT STICKER
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO 1967
VERVE RECORDS MONO V-5008
VERY RARE COPY OF THE 1ST THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO PRESSING WITH AN UNPEELED CLASSIC ANDY WARHOL'S BANANA STICKER AND LARGE BLACK LAWSUIT STICKER. THIS IS A SO-CALLED "TORSO" COVER WITH AN IMAGE OF A DANCER AND ACTOR ERIC EMERSON , WHO STARRED IN ANDY WARHOL'S MOVIES. HIS IMAGE WAS INVERTED AND PLACED ON THE BACK COVER OF THE ALBUM. EMERSON INSISTED, THREATING TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE RECORD LABEL, ON REMOVING HIS IMAGE FROM THE ALBUM AS IT WAS PLACED THERE WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION. THE STORY ENDED WHEN EMERSON'S IMAGE WAS COVERED WITH A BLACK LARGE STICKER. IT'S CONSIDERED THAT THIS STICKER WAS PLACED ON THE VERY EARLY PRESSING 1ST PRINT COVERS, WHICH ARE VERY HARD TO FIND. THIS COPY IS ALSO UNIQUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS PRESSED ON THE WEST COAST AND THE VERVE RECORDS LABELS HAVE A DEEP GROOVE.
CONDITION:
VINYL - VG+ I GRADE THE VINYL CONSERVATIVELY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN VERY GOOD AND VERY GOOD PLUS, EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT COULD BE GRADED AS SIMPLY VERY GOOD PLUS. EVEN THOUGH THE VINYL HAS SOME LIGHT SCUFFS AND HAIRLINES, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY DEEP SCRATCHES OR MARKS THAT COULD BE FELT WITH A FINGER NAIL. THE LABELS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED VERY WELL WITH ONLY SOME LIGHT WHITE SPINDLE MARKS, WHICH CAN BE SEEN ONLY IF THEY'RE DIRECTED TOWARDS A STRONG LIGHT SOURCE. THE DEEP GROOVE LOOKS JUST MAJESTIC AS THE WEST COAST PRESSING IS SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER TO FIND THAN THE EAST COAST PRESSING.
COVER - VG+ I WOULD GRADE THE COVER CONSERVATIVELY AS STRONG VERY GOOD PLUS. HOWEVER, TO DO JUSTICE TO THIS ALBUM IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE COVERS GRADED EXCELLENT ON EBAY. THIS COVER HAD A BAGGY, WHICH WAS WORN OUT, ESPECIALLY ON THE EDGES AND SPINE AND I DECIDED TO SELL THIS RECORD WITHOUT IT AS IT LOOKS WAY BETTER THIS WAY AND SHOWS HOW WELL THE BAGGY PROTECTED THE COVER ON THE FRONT AND BACK SIDE, INCLUDING THE STICKERS, WHICH ONLY HAVE SOME MINOR RUBBING SCUFFS AND MARKS. ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT THIS COVER IS THAT THE BAGGY PREVENTED ANY RING WEAR ON THE FRONT OR BACK COVER, WHICH I BELIEVE IS PRESENT ON THE MAJORITY OF THE COPIES OF THIS ALBUM, AND PERFECTLY PRESERVED THE INTERIOR. THE COVER HAS SOME LIGHT WEAR ALONG THE EDGES AND SPINE (THE WEAR DOESN'T AFFECT THE TEXT, WHICH IS FULLY PRESENT). PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COPY COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL VERVE RECORDS INNER SLEEVE, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE ANY SPLITS.
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