From the collection of Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison, a concert poster for the Velvets’ June 11, 1993 show at the Hamburg Sporthalle, as part of the band’s short-lived reunion tour. This beautiful poster features Andy Warhol’s classic Banana artwork, printed on a background of metallic silver ink. Morrison was the Velvet Underground’s archivist, and […]
A wonderful large psychedelic handbill advertising an incredible lineup of shows in May 1968 as part of the Pinnacle Concert series. Artists include Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin), the Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, the Yardbirds, Albert King, Steve Miller Band, Taj Mahal, Chambers Brothers, Dr John the Night Tripper, B.B. King, […]
A rare boxed, limited edition of Johan Kugelberg’s highly acclaimed 2009 book The Velvet Underground: New York Art, signed by Lou Reed, Moe Tucker and Doug Yule of the Velvet Underground and author Johan Kugelberg. This definitive and long-out-of-print chronicle of the Velvets is filled with never-before-seen photographs, artifacts, concert posters, handwritten lyrics, clippings, interviews […]
A Max’s Kansas City invoice for food and drink made on account by the late Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison. Morrison and the Velvets were frequent customers at Max’s, where the band played their last series of concerts with Lou Reed at the end of August 1970 (their Live At Max’s Kansas City album was […]
From the collection of Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison, a concert poster for the Velvets’ June 11, 1993 show at the Hamburg Sporthalle, as part of the band’s short-lived reunion tour. This beautiful poster features Andy Warhol’s classic Banana artwork, printed on a background of metallic silver ink. Morrison was the Velvet Underground’s archivist, and […]
From the collection of Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison, a rare poster for the 1993 Roskilde (Denmark) Festival, which the Velvets played as part of their short lived reunion tour. Other acts featured at the festival–and on this poster–include Neil Young & Booker T and the MG’s, New Order, Midnight Oil, Motorhead, Ray Charles, Chris […]
From the collection of Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison, a scarce handbill advertising two shows by ‘Andy Warhol’s Velvet Underground’ at the Boston Tea Party, on May 26 & 27, 1967. These were the band’s first performances at a venue that would become a home base of sorts for the Velvets. The sometimes unreliable Nico […]
A wool sweater owned by Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison, who can be seen wearing it in numerous photographs with the band. We acquired this directly from Morrison’s widow Martha Morrison, whose accompanying letter of authenticity explains that the sweater was given to Sterling by the Velvet Underground’s road manager, whose father had won a […]
Here’s an impossible Velvet Underground related collectible: #1 of only ten copies of a CD featuring Velvets guitarist Sterling Morrison performing with the Hudson Valley (New York) Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. We can find no previous documentation of the existence of this CD. On Saturday, Feb 12, 1994 Morrison was a special guest performer with the […]
A collection of Velvet Underground items from their short-lived 1993 European reunion tour including: An oversize ticket stub from their third date, at London’s The Forum (4 1/2″ x 4″), a large ticket stub from their Rotterdam show (6″ x 2 3/8″) and an unused bumper sticker/handbill advertising the same show (9 1/2″ x 3 […]
Here is one of the rarest Velvet Underground records in existence, and certainly the rarest authorized Velvets CD ever. It was made by the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, and obtained directly from the widow of the late, great VU guitarist Sterling Morrison. The CD contains sixteen rare live tracks recorded in 1966, during […]
A first printing of John Van Hamersveld’s poster advertising concerts by the Velvet Underground, Chambers Brothers and Dr. John The Night Tripper, at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium in May, 1968. These shows were part of the Pinnacle Dance Concert Series. This poster was part of Velvets’ guitarist Sterling Morrison’s legendary archive of Velvet Underground memorabilia. The […]
A collection of items from Lou Reed and John Cale’s Andy Warhol tribute, Songs For Drella (The title borrows John and Lou’s affectionate nickname for Warhol — a combination of Dracula and Cinderella.) Included is a fold-open program from the first performances, subtitled (A Work in Progress), on January 7 & 8, 1989 at St. […]
A US first pressing of the Stooges album Raw Power, from the personal record collection of Sterling Morrison of the Velvet Underground. This Stooges album, from the collection of the late Velvets guitarist, is an extraordinary artifact from the nexus of two of the most important and unconventional bands ever. We obtained this and a […]
A Houston Professional Musician’s Association (American Federation of Musicians) membership card, issued to Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison, under his legal name, Holmes Sterling Morrison, Jr. Morrison has signed the card on the front in black ink. This union membership card would have been the last one Morrison was issued; it expired on December 31, […]
Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison’s original signed Social Security Card, issued under his legal name, Holmes Sterling Morrison, Jr. We can’t imagine any other opportunity to obtain the social security card of another member of this exceptionally important band. (On the scan here, we have blurred the last few numbers of Morrison’s social security number, […]