Peel Here...
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The original LP cover featured a peel-able banana sticker, as indicated by tiny font reading "Peel here and see."
...And See
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This is what you got when you peeled off the sticker. A flesh-colored banana.
The Velvet Underground & Nico Cover Art
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Here's the cover for the album.
The Velvet Underground & Nico
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Clockwise from the top left, the picture shows, viola player John Cale, Nico, Maureen Tucker, Sterling Morrison, and Lou Reed.
The Velvet Underground & Nico and Andy Warhol
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Producer and artist Andy Warhol (second to the left) joins the group for a photo.
Marilyn Monroe
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Here's one of Warhol's more famous works. He was concerned with replication, celebrity, and artificiality.