ORIGINAL 1967 VERVE MONO LP V-5008 WITH BANANA STICKERAND THE UNCENSORED, ORIGINAL "TORSO" BACK COVER(ERIC EMERSON’S TORSO IS UNCENSORED, UNCOVERED, UNAIRBRUSHED AND CLEARLY VISIBLE ON THE BACK COVER)
· ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
*** STILL SEALED 100% GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST MONO PRESSING***
THIS ALBUM COMES FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE, GREAT ►ROBERT QUINE, THE LEGENDARY NEW YORK PUNK GUITARIST WHO PLAYED WITH LOU REED ON THREE OF HIS ALBUMS (BLUE MASK; LEGENDARY HEARTS; AND LIVE IN ITALY) [SEE HIS PHOTO, SHOWN BELOW]
· THE INFAMOUS PEELABLE BANANA STICKER IS ABSOLUTELY, PERFECTLY INTACT – UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN HAND IN 40 YEARS.
· THIS IS A MONSTROUSLY RARE “FIRST STATE” VERSION OF THE COVER WITH THE ERIC EMERSON’S TORSO HANGING UPSIDE-DOWN, SUPERIMPOSED OVER THE GROUP’S PHOTO ON THE BACK PANEL. THIS SHORT-LIVED ORIGINAL VERSION WAS IN PRINT SEEMINGLY FOR ONLY A NANOSECOND: PRACTICALLY IMMEDIATELY UPON RELEASE, VERVE WAS FORCED TO APPLY A LARGE STICKER WITH ALBUM TITLE ON THE BACK COVER TO CAMOUFLAGE THE PROBLEMATIC “TORSO” SECTION IN ORDER TO AVERT A COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT (THESE SECOND VERSIONS ARE USUALLY REFERRED TO AS “SECOND STATE” COVERS). SUBSEQUENT PRESSINGS – WITH OR WITHOUT BANANA STICKER, ALL HAVE THE OFFENSIVE TORSO AIRBRUSHED (THESE ARE KNOWN AS “THIRD STATE” COVERS. WE PROUDLY OFFER THE RAREST VERSION OF THEM ALL: THE BRUTALLY RARE FIRST STATE “TORSO” COVER.
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