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The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut studio album by the American rock band The Velvet Underground in collaboration with 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, and was produced by Warhol and Tom Wilson , with the album featuring a record sleeve that ...
Nov 19, 2020 · The Cover Uncovered: The story behind Velvet Underground and the most famous banana in the world. Joe Taysom @josephtaysom. Thu 19 November 2020 17:00, UK. The Velvet Underground & Nico is undeniably one of the great seminal albums of all time. However, when it was released in 1967, it remarkably had little to no cultural effect on the world ...
Aug 9, 2023 · Photo Eric Feferberg/AFP via Getty Images. JPEGs of the cover for The Velvet Underground and Nico conceal that Warhol designed the album cover so that it had an interactive element. The banana’s ...
- Alex Greenberger
- Warhol Meets The Velvet Underground
- First Album Or Just Another Warhol Art Project?
- Lawsuits
The story begins with Warhol and his friend Paul Morrisey. Morrissey told Warholthat he should get into managing a rock and roll band like himself because there was good money in it. But, Warhol wouldn’t have it until he saw The Velvet Underground play in person. Warhol told the frontman, Lou Reed, that the band did the same thing with music as he ...
Warhol became the band’s manager, producing their first album through financing. He also brought Nico into the band as the singer, ensuring a visual and atmospheric presence. Most importantly, Warhol encouraged Lou Reed to write whatever he pleased because he saw and believed in his talent. The album was done within a couple of days. As manager, Wa...
The album didn’t really take off when it was first released, selling only 30,000 copies in the first five years. But, the band did see a lawsuit for the back cover, featuring a picture of actor Eric Emerson projected upside-down on the wall behind the band—the photo of the band was taken at Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitableevent. Emerson saw th...
Aug 6, 2023 · Today, we will be talking about Andy Warhol and his famous banana cover of The Velvet Underground & Nico, the debut album by the Velvet Underground. Released in March 1967, the album was recorded in 1966 while the band was featured on Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia event tour. It gained attention for its experimental ...
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Jul 19, 2024 · The only words on the cover of The Velvet Underground & Nico are Warhol’s name (the album’s “producer”) and “Peel slowly and see,” which were tantamount to a “drink me” instruction card in Alice in Wonderland. An arrow points at a yellow banana peel, which on closer inspection reveals itself as a decal. When you […]
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