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M. Johnson
VU sue Andy
January 12, 2012 02:39PM
From Nerve.com:

Lou Reed and John Cale sue over Banana cover
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HollowbodyKay
Re: VU sue Andy
January 12, 2012 03:02PM
Sue slowly and see?
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Nile
Re: VU sue Andy
January 13, 2012 10:01AM
M. Johnson wrote:

> From Nerve.com:
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> Lou Reed and John Cale sue over Banana cover

What's next? The Rolling Stones sue over the Sticky Fingers cover?

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hoip chiggs
Re: VU sue Andy
January 14, 2012 03:06PM
These two are friggin senile.
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HollowbodyKay
Re: VU sue Andy
January 14, 2012 07:33PM
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These two are friggin senile.

Which two?
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MrFab
Re: VU sue Andy
January 14, 2012 07:52PM
This is Mr Fab the legal assistant speaking: yes, the Stones could sue over the "Sticky Fingers" cover. And the Beatles could sue Klaus Voorman over the "revolver" cover, etc etc. The album cover is considered to be part of the album, hence the artist's property.Reed and Cale have never had a beef with Warhol -heck, they did a Whole tribute album dedicated to him. Its the Warhol people they are beefin' with, using property that the Velvets split with Andy 50/50 without consulting the Velvets.
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diskojoe
Re: VU sue Andy
January 16, 2012 03:05PM
The 1st VU album is probably the 1st album to generate lawsuits for both its front & back covers (Eric Emerson sued because his image was on the back, which forced Verve to change it).
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ira
Re: VU sue Andy
January 16, 2012 04:47PM
excellent point, Joe. How about some other litigated covers?

Dead Kennedys


Or just withdrawn and replaced?

Tad
Butthole Surfers
Yesterday and Today
Mother's Apple Pie
Hendrix
Stones
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Nile
Re: VU sue Andy
January 16, 2012 06:13PM
ira wrote:

> Or just withdrawn and replaced?

How about:

Jane's Addiction: "Ritual de lo Habitual"
Coup: "Party Music"
Type O Negative: "The Origin"
Scorpions: "Virgin Killer
The Five Keys: "On Stage!" (funny story there)
The Residents: "The Third Reich & Roll" (censored for Germany)
Birth Control: "Operation"
Ministry: "Dark Side Of The Spoon"
The Black Crowes: "Amorica"
The Strokes: "Is This It"
Guns N Roses: "Appetite for Destruction"
Poison: "Open Up And Say… Ahh"
David Bowie: "Diamond Dogs"
Roxy Music: "Country Life" (sadly!)
The Beautiful South: "Welcome To The Beautiful South"

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HollowbodyKay
Re: VU sue Andy
January 16, 2012 07:07PM
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Or just withdrawn and replaced?

Yawn. It's inexcusably avant-derrière to point it out, but ...



"You should have seen the cover they wanted to do! It wasn't a glove, believe me."



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Humbler
Re: VU sue Andy
January 19, 2012 01:59PM
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Or just withdrawn and replaced?

Lynyrd Skynrd - The Street Survivors flame cover was released a couple of days after the crash. It was replaced with the same cover sans flames.

Roxy Music - Country Life - removed the 2 models and left the shrubs as the cover. When the album first came out it was wrapped in black shrink wrap.

Don't forget about the most famous one - The Beatles butcher cover
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Michael Toland
Re: VU sue Andy
January 17, 2012 08:48PM
Welcome to the Beautiful South? I've only ever seen one cover, the one with the two folks, one of whom has a gun in her mouth. Did someone object?

Ah, I see from Wikipedia that Woolworth's refused to stock the album because of the cover, so an alternate cover was provided. Woolworth's still sold records then?



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BCE
Re: VU sue Andy
January 18, 2012 11:52PM
Vampire Weekend, too. Can't forgot that "not-public-domain" picture.
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erikalbany
Re: VU sue Andy
January 16, 2012 07:06PM
It wasn't withdrawn and replaced, but of course the Blind Faith album had an "alternative" cover for the U.S. (though the original cover was released in the U.S. as well, from what I understand).
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zoo
Re: VU sue Andy
January 16, 2012 06:31PM
Wow, the author of that article just couldn't resist a nasty dig at Nico at the end. Real classy.
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Nile
Re: VU sue Andy
January 16, 2012 06:51PM
zoo wrote:

> Wow, the author of that article just couldn't resist a nasty
> dig at Nico at the end. Real classy.

What would you expect from the author of "She's Lost Control"...?

http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/shes-lost-control/17351348

Hint: She goes by the nickname "SemtexGirl" on Blippy.com

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dj45rpm
Re: VU sue Andy
January 17, 2012 08:40PM
Great White: the one with the woman on the anchor (some covers show her in the water with her head above water and her body underwater).

Blatz/Tribe 8 split 7"
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