File:Velvet Underground & Nico publicity photo.jpg

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English: A publicity photo of the American rock band The Velvet Underground circa 1966, around the time that they were recording their debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. The band members are positioned around a Vox-brand amplifier. Clockwise from top left: Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale, Maureen Tucker, and Nico.
Date Photo likely taken in 1966 and most likely published in 1966–67 sometime around the release of The Velvet Underground & Nico in March 1967.
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  • Immediate source: Scanned by Wilson Bilkovich at Flickr
  • Original source: Publicity photo circulated to press by MGM Records/Verve
Author Photographer unknown. Verve Records, at that time a subsidiary of MGM Records.
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