Warhol’s Vinyl Banana: The Most Revolutionary Record Cover Masterpiece

25 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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In this short on‑site segment filmed at Spellman Gallery, the host (Speaker A) meets Jeff, the gallery’s record expert, to showcase a rare first‑press Velvet Underground album featuring Andy Warhol’s iconic banana cover. Jeff explains that the banana illustration is completely intact, a condition that makes this pressing especially scarce and drives its market value to about $1,500. The conversation highlights the record as a vivid example of pop art intersecting with rock & roll, and the video ends with a call to subscribe for more content.

So I'm here at Spellman Gallery with the record expert of the gallery, Jeff, and he's got a pretty cool-looking record that I want you to see, and maybe you have something like this in your house.
So this is the first Velvet Underground record with a cover by Andy Warhol. You can see on the back it's got a picture of the band, band members, and this is a very rare item because the banana is completely intact. Which is what gives it so much value. A record like this is worth around $1,500, and this is just a great example of something that people might have in their collections at home that we're always interested in buying.
And it's very cool because it's actually a good example of where pop art meets rock and roll. Please subscribe so you don't miss any future videos.