Their debut album, 1967’s ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico,’ includes songs about drug addicts, transvestites and hookers; its 1968 follow-up, ‘White Light / White Heat,’ is even darker.

These unique 1960s album covers really mastered the art of telling a record's story with just one simple image.

No one thought The Velvet Underground and Nico—with its songs about S&M and ... printing the peelable vinyl banana sheeting for the album cover, but actor Eric Emerson sued (or threatened ...