Don’t know how long this closed auction on eBay will last, but take a read on the auction page about the interesting story behind this gem. It was bought at a NY street sale for 75 cents.
eBay: VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO 1966 Acetate LP ANDY WARHOL
This auction is for a unique 12″ LP acetate whose unearthing has been storied in several underground international news features, periodicals and a documentary over the last several years including Rolling Stone Magazine (December 30, 2004), Mojo Magazine (May 2005), U.K. Record Collector Magazine (May 2005), Goldmine Magazine (December 8, 2006), The Globe & Mail (May 28, 2005 and January 14, 2006), and the 2006 Documentary “Velvet Underground Under Review (An Independent Critical Analysis)”.
THE MYSTERY OF THE VELVET UNDERGROUND’S “REAL FIRST RECORD” (AND HOW THE ONLY EXISTING COPY WAS BOUGHT FOR 75 CENTS)
In September of 2002 Warren Hill of Montreal Canada was perusing a box of records at a Chelsea, New York street sale when he happened upon a nice Leadbelly 10″ on Folkways, a water damaged copy of the first Modern Lovers LP on Beserkely, and a brittle 12″ piece of acetone-covered aluminum with the words “Velvet Underground. 4-25-66. Att N. Dolph” written on the label. He purchased the three records for 75 cents each.
As I have a small knowledge of records and am an old friend of Warren’s, I got a call from him the next day in which he described the acetate. Because of the date and the unique type of pressing, we both agreed that it was probably an in-studio acetate made during the recording of the first Velvet Underground LP back in 1966 (I had heard that they occasionally would have a vinyl cutting lathe in the studio to cut records of the day’s recordings for the artists and/or producers to take home for review).
This acetate, which is possibly the only surviving copy, represents the first Velvet Underground album as Andy Warhol intended it to be released.
Found by Kevin Berg
and a brittle 12″ piece of acetone-covered aluminum with the words “Velvet Underground. 4-25-66.
And just think… Only 7 months later, to the day, I was born… 🙂
If someone is gonna 155K for a record, I am glad it was a Velvet Underground record… possibly the most important band of the era, and in my opinion, the true parents real rock and roll.
These eBay auctions of rare items give me great hope. If a mere Velvet Underground LP can bring 155K, just imagine how much the box full of bootleg Go-Go’s tapes that I have in my vault will fetch! But I promise that a portion of the proceeds will go toward stamping out world hunger, just as the Go-Go’s themselves worked so tirelessly to help mankind.
“… it’s my wife, and it’s my life”
Imagine how much it would be worth if the music didn’t suck.