VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO VLP 9184 MONO 1967 ORIGINAL
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For sale :- Original VELVET UNDERGROUND LP "THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO" ON VERVE (VLP 9184) UK PRESSING
MATRIX NUMBERS - side 1 - V 5008 A 2 side 2 - V 5008 B2
Sleeve - VERY GOOD MINUS - Corners are scuffed, edgewear, some minor creasing, age browning on the white sections of the sleeve, signs of ringwer on the back sleeve, also on the back sleeve the flip back at the bottom is starting to come away
Vinyl appearance - VERY GOOD PLUS - Light scratches
Vinyl plays - VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT - All tracks play excellent apart from side 2 tracks 3 & 4 which play with light crackles
Spine/Label - VERY GOOD - Spine shows evidence of play but label is still bright and sharp
Review by Mark Deming
One would be hard pressed to name a rock album whose influence has been as broad and pervasive as The Velvet Underground and Nico. While it reportedly took over a decade for the album's sales to crack six figures, glam, punk, new wave, goth, noise, and nearly every other left-of-center rock movement owes an audible debt to this set. While The Velvet Underground had as distinctive a sound as any band, what's most surprising about this album is its diversity. Here, the Velvets dipped their toes into dreamy pop ("Sunday Morning"), tough garage rock ("Waiting for the Man"), stripped-down R&B ("There She Goes Again"), and understated love songs ("I'll Be Your Mirror") when they weren't busy creating sounds without pop precedent. Lou Reed's lyrical exploration of drugs and kinky sex (then risky stuff in film and literature, let alone "teen music") always received the most press attention, but the music Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker played was as radical as the words they accompanied. The bracing discord of "European Son," the troubling beauty of "All Tomorrow's Parties," and the expressive dynamics of "Heroin," all remain as compelling as the day they were recorded. While the significance of Nico's contributions have been debated over the years, she meshes with the band's outlook in that she hardly sounds like a typical rock vocalist, and if Andy Warhol's presence as producer was primarily a matter of signing the checks, his notoriety allowed The Velvet Underground to record their material without compromise, which would have been impossible under most other circumstances. Few rock albums are as important as The Velvet Underground and Nico, and fewer still have lost so little of their power to surprise and intrigue more than 30 years after first hitting the racks.
Tracks Title Composer Time 1 Sunday Morning Cale, Reed 2:56 2 I'm Waiting for the Man Reed 4:39 3 Femme Fatale Reed 2:38 4 Venus in Furs Reed 5:12 5 Run Run Run Reed 4:22 6 All Tomorrow's Parties Reed 6:00 7 Heroin Reed 7:12 8 There She Goes Again Reed 2:41 9 I'll Be Your Mirror Reed 2:14 10 The Black Angel's Death Song Cale, Reed 3:11 11 European Son Cale, Morrison, Reed, Tucker 7:46A WORD TO THE WISE
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Record Collector Price Guide Gradings are as follows:
MINT/NEAR MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as sealed or unplayed should be mint.
EXCELLENT+/-: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.
VERY GOOD+/-: The Record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable
GOOD+/-: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.
FAIR+/-: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.
POOR+/-: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.
BAD: The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection-filler
UK:
12”/LP: £3.50(£1.00 Each Additional 12"/LP)
EUROPE:
12”/LP: £4.50 (£1.50 Each Additional 12”/LP, upto 3 items)
REST OF WORLD:
12”: £7.50 (£2.50 Each Additional, up to 3 items) All Parcels Are Well Packed To Insure Safe Delivery.
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