The Velvet Underground have settled a legal dispute with the Andy Warhol Foundation over the copyrights to their famous Warhol-designed album cover.

The Velvet Underground sued the foundation last year after it licensed the famous banana logo from their 1967 debut album for use on other products. The legal claim argued the design had become a symbol of the band and the foundation had no right to use it.

Andy Warhol was formerly manager and producer of The Velvet Underground, formed by Lou Reed and John Cale in the1960s. He designed the cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico, which incorporated the banana symbol logo and the slogan “peel slowly and see”. The foundation, which was established under Andy Warhol’s will to promote the visual arts, took ownership of his copyrights in 1987 and claimed The Velvet Underground had no enforceable trademark rights to the image.

The Velvet Underground “banana logo” album cover is one of the most iconic album covers in the past 50 years. What are your favourite iconic album covers? Let us know in the Reply Box below

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