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- Date Released: January 1, 1965
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Contemporary Folk, Classic Rock, Contemporary Country
- Label: Fantasy
Finally, an answer to the immortal question: "Do you like boobs a lot?"
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We Say...
In this era when the use of swearing in songs has gone way beyond any artistic, emotional or even rational meaning, it's hard to imagine the impact of the openly and poetically profane Fugs. Formed by two writers as a hippie wet dream of a concept in the backroom of a bookstore, the Fugs were at first labeled experimental theater as they labored in the Lower East Side, down the street from the equally dramatic Mothers of Invention. As this 23-track collection proves, Tuli Kupferberg and Ed Sanders eventually wrote some of the most important dirty folk-rock songs of the era, including "Supergirl," "Boobs a Lot" and "Slum Goddess." Between each of these scatological ditties, you'll find an equally compelling example of socially redeeming material, like "I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rot." The concluding "Rhapsody of Tuli" will make you realize what an under-appreciated singer-songwriter Kupferberg really was. Well, songwriter anyway.
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A loping, ridiculous, and scabrous release, the Fugs' debut mashed everything from folk and beat poetry to rock and rhythm & blues -- all with a casual disregard for sounding note perfect, though not without definite goals in mind. Actually compiled from two separate sessions originally done for Folkways Records, and with slightly different lineups as a result, it's a short but utterly worthy release that pushed any number of 1964-era buttons at once (and could still tick off plenty of people). Sanders produced the sessions in collaboration with the legendary Harry Smith, who was able to sneak the collective onto Folkways' accounts by describing them as a "jug band," and it's not a far-off description. A number of songs sound like calm-enough folk-boom fare, at least on casual listening, though often with odd extra touches like weirdly muffled drums or out of nowhere whistles and chimes. Others, meanwhile, are just out there -- thus, the details of the perfect "Supergirl." Then there's "Boobs a Lot," the post-toke/acid lament "I Couldn't Get High," and the pie-in-the-face to acceptable standards of the time, "Slum Goddess." Throughout it all, the Fugs sound like they're having a perfectly fun time; the feeling is loose, ragged, but right, and while things may be sloppy around the edges, often that's totally intentional. Certainly little else could explain the random jamming and rhythmic chanting/shouting on "Swinburne Stomp." Good as the original album is, the CD version is what any serious fan needs to find, thanks to the inclusion of 11 bonus tracks. Some come from the original sessions, including the signature tune "We're the Fugs" and "The Ten Commandments," while others appear from various live jams. Then there's the self-explanatory "In the Middle of Their First Recording Session the Fugs Sign the Worst Contract Since Leadbelly's."
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Slum Goddess |
2:00 |
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| 02. | |
Ah, Sunflower Weary of Time |
2:16 |
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| 03. | |
Supergirl |
2:20 |
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| 04. | |
Swinburne Stomp |
2:52 |
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| 05. | |
I Couldn't Get High |
2:07 |
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| 06. | |
How Sweet I Roamed From Field To Field |
2:13 |
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| 07. | |
Carpe Diem |
5:10 |
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| 08. | |
My Baby Done Left Me |
2:20 |
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| 09. | |
Boobs A Lot |
2:15 |
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| 10. | |
Nothing |
4:18 |
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| 11. | |
We're The Fugs |
1:26 |
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| 12. | |
Defeated |
3:24 |
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| 13. | |
The Ten Commandments |
3:00 |
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| 14. | |
CIA Man |
2:53 |
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| 15. | |
In The Middle Of Their First Recording Session The Fugs Sign The Worst Contract Since Leadbelly's |
2:51 |
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| 16. | |
I Saw The Best Minds Of My Generation Rock |
4:52 |
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| 17. | |
Spontaneous Salute To Andy Warhol |
1:28 |
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| 18. | |
War Kills Babies (Live) |
1:41 |
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| 19. | |
The Fugs National Anthem (Live) |
1:16 |
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| 20. | |
The Fugs Spaghetti Death (No Redepmtion No Redemption)-A Glop Of Spaghetti For Andy Warhol (Live) |
3:56 |
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| 21. | |
Rhapsody Of Tuli |
8:36 |
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21 Total Tracks, 63:14 Total Length
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Credits
- Peter Stampfel - Fiddle // Peter Stampfel - Harmonica // Peter Stampfel - Vocals // The Fugs - Main Performer // Ed Sanders - Vocals // Ed Sanders - Producer // Ed Sanders - Liner Notes // Ed Sanders - Photography // Ed Sanders - Memorabilia // Phil DeLancie - Remastering // Aaron Hurwitz - Compilation // Aaron Hurwitz - Restoration // Tuli Kupferberg - Percussion // Tuli Kupferberg - Vocals // Vinny Leary - Bass // Vinny Leary - Guitar // Vinny Leary - Vocals // Ken Weaver - Conga // Ken Weaver - Drums // Ken Weaver - Vocals // Steve Weber - Guitar // Steve Weber - Vocals // Tuli Lupferberg - ? // David Gahr - Photography // Linda Kalin - Package Adaptation // Harry Smith - Producer // John Anderson - Bass // John Anderson - Vocals // John Anderson - ?
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