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The cover features a painting of a banana, an artwork by Andy Warhol who was a huge fan, and a sponsor of the band at the beginning of their career. The banana on the original '67 edition was a sticker which, when peeled off, revealed a pink banana fruit. Needless to say, a copy of the original with sticker intact is somewhat of a collector's item.
The Velvet Underground were way ahead of their time, not only musically, but also in terms of artistic ideas and concepts they employed. The banana cover is a good example of this - a cleancut piece of work, kooky, humorous, witty, provocative - it still feels very contemporary, not at all like a 40 years old piece of pop culture history.
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February 18, 2009 03:39 PM
I'll go for The Velvet Underground and Nico, released in 1967. The cover features a painting of a banana, an artwork by Andy Warhol who was a huge fan, and a sponsor of the band at the beginning of their career. The banana on the original '67 edition was a sticker which, when peeled off, revealed a pink banana fruit. Needless to say, a copy of the original with sticker intact is somewhat of a collector's item.
The Velvet Underground were way ahead of their time, not only musically, but also in terms of artistic ideas and concepts they employed. The banana cover is a good example of this - a cleancut piece of work, kooky, humorous, witty, provocative - it still feels very contemporary, not at all like a 40 years old piece of pop culture history.
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