VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO LP UNpeeled Banana Andy Warhol Cover 1967 VERVE 5008

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The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut studio album by the American rock band The Velvet Underground and the German singer Nico, released in March 1967 through Verve Records. It was recorded in 1966 while the band were featured on Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable tour. The album features experimental performance sensibilities and explicit lyrical topics, including drug abuse, prostitution, sadomasochism and sexual deviancy.

Label:    Verve Records – V6-5008, Verve Records – V6/5008
Format:   
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, West Coast Pressing, Gatefold
Country:    US
Released:    Mar 1967
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Garage Rock, Experimental, Art Rock
A1        Sunday Morning
Producer – Tom Wilson (2)
Songwriter – Lou Reed
2:53
A2        I'm Waiting For The Man
Songwriter – Lou Reed
4:37
A3        Femme Fatale
Songwriter – Lou Reed
2:35
A4        Venus In Furs
Songwriter – Lou Reed
5:07
A5        Run, Run, Run
Songwriter – Lou Reed
4:18
A6        All Tomorrow's Parties
Songwriter – Lou Reed
5:55
B1        Heroin
Songwriter – Lou Reed
7:05
B2        There She Goes Again
Songwriter – Lou Reed
2:30
B3        I'll Be Your Mirror
Songwriter – Lou Reed
2:01
B4        Black Angel's Death Song
Songwriter – John Cale, Lou Reed
3:10
B5        European Son To Delmore Schwartz
Songwriter – John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker*, Sterling Morrison
7:40

    Record Company – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
    Manufactured By – MGM Records Division
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
    Copyright © – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
    Published By – Three Prong Music, Inc.
    Recorded At – T.T.G. Studios
    Pressed By – MGM Record Manufacturing Division

    Arranged By – The Velvet Underground
    Design [Cover Design] – Acy R. Lehman*
    Directed By [Engineering] – Val Valentin
    Engineer [Recording] – Omi Haden*
    Lead Guitar, Guitar [Ostrich], Vocals – Lou Reed
    Mixed By [Remixed By] – David Greene, Gene Radice
    Painting [Cover Painting Banana] – Andy Warhol
    Percussion – Maureen Tucker*
    Photography By [Color Show] – Hugo (38)
    Photography By [Liner] – Billy Linich, Nat Finkelstein
    Photography By [Portraits] – Paul Morrissey (2)
    Producer – Andy Warhol
    Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar – Sterling Morrison
    Supervised By [Remix] – Tom Wilson (2)
    Viola [Electric], Piano, Bass Guitar – John Cale
    Vocals [Chanteuse] – Nico (3)
    Written-By – J. Cale* (tracks: B4, B5), L. Reed*, M. Tucker* (tracks: B5), S. Morrison* (tracks: B5)

Label variation: label refers to sides as "A" and "B", instead of "Side 1" and "Side 2" (West Coast pressing)
Song credits: L. Reed - J. Cale - S. Morrison - M. Tucker, instead of Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker

Stereo. First pressing with Emerson "torso" image upside down on the back cover. Banana sticker/peel front.
West Coast Pressing.
2 small parallel horizontal black lines on top left front corner of jacket. Only a few versions use this variation of jacket.