An extremely rare & wonderful book published in December 1967, a copy is currently available on eBay. As the description states, it's even rarer to find this with the Velvet Underground flexi, as well as most of the pop-ups intact. Click on the images for a closer look.
"Andy Warhol's Index is a rare 1960's art book featuring many photos of the Velvet Underground and other Warhol Factory associates, and a paper record of the Velvet Underground's unreleased track "Noise." It is rarely found with the disc and all the elements present, as is the case here; all pop ups, fold outs, and other gimmicks are present and in good condition save for a broken (but easily replaceable) rubber band in the pop up cube, and a balloon melted between it's 2 pages (every copy we've seen has these flaws, which occur with the passage of time.) Only one of the 8 "tear out" strips on the second to last page is present, and the Velvet Underground disc is detached, as is commonly found. In VG+ condition, with some light impressions on the foil front cover. A great artifact of Warhol, the Velvets, and the 60's."
Also available from the same seller, is a handwritten letter from Nico to Danny Fields, dated March 1st, 1974.
Here's an extraordinary Velvet Underground rarity--a handwritten letter from former Velvets lead singer Nico to Danny Fields, her longtime friend and A&R man (who signed her to Elektra Records.) Dated March 1, 1974 Nico asks Fields for help in locating two posters she particularly liked and wanted to reprint to advertise concerts she was giving in France. She goes on to say she is "drowning in the melting snow," mentions that her old friends Paul (Morrissey) and Andy (Warhol) are acting "kind of hostile" towards her, "because I do not see myself running around like a doll. I look more like a prehistoric figure with rags hanging around her & worn out boots." She mentions "I was busted last September" and "how it is interesting how one likes to react to violence. Somehow ones ability does not remain so limited."
Lastly, hands up for how many folks knew the Velvets played with Sly & the Family Stone...I don't see any hands. Well, they did.
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