THE FUGS

 

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TITLE

RELEASED

1

Sing Ballads Of Contemporary Protest, Point Of Views, And General Dissatisfaction
(as The Village Fugs, aka The Fugs' First Album)

01/66

2

The Fugs (aka The Fugs' Second Album)

01/67

3

Virgin Fugs

06/67

4

Tenderness Junction

01/68

5

It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest

09/68

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The Belle Of Avenue A

11/69

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Golden Filth [live]

--/70

8

Fugs 4, Rounders Score [compilation]

06/75

9

Baskets Of Love [live]

--/84

10

Refuse To Be Burnt-Out [live]

04/85

11

No More Slavery

03/86

12

Star Peace (A Musical Drama In 3 Acts)

06/87

13

Live From The 60s

06/94

14

The Real Woodstock Festival [live]

10/95

15

The Fugs Final CD (Part 1)

--/03

16

Be Free (Final CD Part 2)

--/10


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1) SING BALLADS OF CONTEMPORARY PROTEST, POINT OF VIEWS, AND
    GENERAL DISSATISFACTION (aka THE FUGS' FIRST ALBUM)

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Slum Goddess
Ah, Sunflower Weary Of Time
Supergirl
Swinburne Stomp
I Couldn't Get High

How Sweet I Roamed From Field To Field
Seize The Day
My Baby Done Left Me
Boobs A Lot
Nothing

Sing Ballads...


Fugs' First Album
LP Issue



Fugs' First Album
CD Issue





John Anderson
Tuli Kupferberg
Vinnie Leary
Ed Sanders
Peter Stampfel
Ken Weaver
Steve Weber

Producer:

Vocals, Bass
Vocals, Tambourine, Maracas
Vocals, Guitar
Vocals, Tambourine, Maracas
Vocals, Guitar, Fiddle, Harmonica
Vocals, Drums
Vocals, Guitar

Ed Sanders, Harry Smith

2) THE FUGS (aka THE FUGS' SECOND ALBUM)

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Frenzy
I Want To Know
Skin Flowers
Group Grope
Coming Down
Dirty Old Man

Kill For Peace
Morning Morning
Doin' All Right
Virgin Forest

Early LP


Later LP & CD




John Anderson
Lee Crabtree
Pete Kearney
Tuli Kupferberg
Vinnie Leary
Ed Sanders
Ken Weaver

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Piano, Celeste, Bells
Guitar
Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals
Drums, Vocals

Richard Alderson, Ed Sanders

3) VIRGIN FUGS

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We're The Fugs
New Amphetamine Shriek
Saran Wrap
The Ten Commandments
Hallucination Horrors
I Command The House Of The Devil

CIA Man
Coca Cola Douche
My Bed Is Getting Crowded
Caca Rocka
I Saw The Best Minds Of My Generation Rot






John Anderson
Lee Crabtree
Tuli Kupferberg
Vinnie Leary
Ed Sanders
Peter Stampfel
Ken Weaver
Steve Weber

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals
Percussion, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Percussion, Vocals
Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Fiddle, Vocals
Drums, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals

Ed Sanders, Harry Smith

4) TENDERNESS JUNCTION

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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
Knock Knock
The Garden Is Open
Wet Dream
Hare Krishna

Exorcising The Evil Spirits From The Pentagon
Oct 21 1967
War Song
Dover Beach
Fingers Of The Sun
Aphrodite Mass (In 5 Sections):
I - Litany Of The Street Grope
II - Genuflection At The Temple Of Squack
III - Petals In The Sea
IV - Sappho's Hymn To Aphrodite
V - Homage To Throb Thrills







2 albums on 1 CD

Allen Ginsberg
Maretta Greer
Danny Kortchmar
Tuli Kupferberg
Charles Larkey
Kenny Pine
Ed Sanders
Ken Weaver

Producer:

Harmonica, Vocals
Vocals
Guitar
Percussion, Vocals
Bass
Guitar, Vocals
Percussion, Vocals
Drums, Vocals

Ed Sanders

5) IT CRAWLED INTO MY HAND, HONEST

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Crystal Liaison
Ramses II Is Dead, My Love
Burial Waltz
Wide Wide River
Life Is Strange

Johnny Pissoff Meets The Red Angel
Marijuana
Leprechaun
When The Mode Of The Music Changes
Whimpers From The Jello
The Divine Toe (Part 1)
We're Both Dead Now, Alice
Life Is Funny
Grope Need (Part I)
Tuli, Visited By The Ghost Of Plotinus/More Grope Need (Grope Need - Part 2)
Robinson Crusoe
Claude Pelieu And JJ Lebel Discuss The Early Verlaine Bread Crust Fragments
The National Haiku Contest
The Divine Toe (Part II)
Irene







2 albums on 1 CD

Earl Baker
Kenneth Bates
Jennifer Brown
Barbara Calabria
Bob Dorough
Leslie Dorsey
Bob Hanson
James Jarvis
Tuli Kupferberg
Charles Larkey
Bob Mason
Ken Pine
Ed Sanders
Marlys Trunkhill
Ken Weaver

Producer:

Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Vocals, Percussion
Bass
Drums
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals
Chorus
Drums, Vocals

Richard Alderson, Ed Sanders

6) THE BELLE OF AVENUE A

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Bum's Song
Dust Devil
Chicago
Four Minutes To Twelve
Mr Mack

The Belle Of Avenue A
Queen Of The Nile
Flower Children
Yodeling Yippie
Children Of The Dream






Tuli Kupferberg
Bob Mason
Ken Pine
Ed Sanders
Ken Weaver
Bill Wolf

Producer:

Vocals (Tracks 1,8,10)
Drums, Vocals
Guitar, Stylophone
Vocals (Tracks 3,5-7,9)
Vocals (Tracks 2,4)
Bass

Richard Alderson, Ed Sanders

7) GOLDEN FILTH

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Slum Goddess
CCD
How Sweet I Roamed
I Couldn't Get High
Saran Wrap

I Want To Know
Homeade
Nothing
Supergirl






Howard Johnson
Tuli Kupferberg
Charles Larkey
Carl Lynch
Bob Mason
Ken Pine
Julius Watkins
Ken Weaver

Producer:

Tuba, Saxophone
Vocals
Bass
Guitar
Drums
Guitar
French Horn
Drums, Vocals

Ed Sanders

 

Recorded live at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA on 1 June 1968

8) FUGS 4, ROUNDERS SCORE

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Boobs A Lot
Romping Through The Swamp [previously unreleased]
Defeated [previously unreleased]
Crowley Waltz [previously unreleased]
Fiddler A Dram [previously unreleased]
Fishing Blues [previously unreleased]
New Amphetamine Shreik
Jackoff Blues [previously unreleased]

I Couldn't Get High
Slum Goddess
Caca Rocka
CIA Man
Kill For Peace
Morning, Morning
Virgin Forest Excerpt




Producer:



9) BASKETS OF LOVE

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Days Of Auld Lang Hippie
I Fucked A Chicken In The 60's (But Now I'm The Dean Of The Medical School)/Haben Sie Herpes/
I Don't Want To Sing Any Songs Against America/
Why Don't We Do It In The Bed?
You Can't Go Into The Same River Twice

Frenzy
Crystal Liaison
Slum Landlord From The Lower East Side
Wet Dream
Nothing
Morning Morning


Coby Batty
Mark Kramer
Tuli Kupferberg
Vinny Leary
Ed Sanders
Steve Taylor

Producer:

Vocals, Drums, Percussion
Bass, Keyboards
Vocals
Guitar
Vocals, Pulse Lyre, Light Lyre, Talking Tie
Vocals, Guitar

Richard L Alderson, Ed Sanders

 

Recorded live at The Bottom Line, New York City, USA on 9 June 1984

10) REFUSE TO BE BURNT OUT

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The Five Feet
If You Want To Be President
Nova Slum Goddess
Nicaragua
Fingers Of The Sun
Wide, Wide River
How Sweet I Roamed From Field To Field

Refuse To Be Burnt-Out
Country Punk
CIA Man
Ban The Bomb
Keeping The Issues Alive









Coby Batty
Mark Kramer
Tuli Kupferberg
Vinny Leary
Ed Sanders
Steve Taylor

Producer:

Vocals, Drums
Bass
Vocals, Erectorine
Guitar
Vocals, Pulse Lyre, Light Lyre, Talking Tie
Vocals, Guitar

Richard L Alderson, Ed Sanders

 

Recorded live at The Bottom Line, New York City, USA on 9 June 1984

11) NO MORE SLAVERY

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No More Slavery
Cold War
Dreams Of Sexual Perfection:
I. Gratified Desire
II. Emily Dickenson
III. Party Party Party
IV. The Golden Bard Retirement Home
V. Lithe Lydia
VI. Healing River
VII. Chaos, Earth And Eros
South Africa

Dover Beach
The Smoking Gun
Working For The Yankee Dollar
Just Like A Jail
Here Come The Levellers
What Would Tom Paine Do?







Coby Batty

Tuli Kupferberg
Scott Petito
Ed Sanders
Steve Taylor

Producer:

Drums, Percussion, Synthesiser, Flute, Vocals
Vocals
Bass, Synthesiser
Vocals
Guitar, Synthesiser, Covals

Ed Sanders

12) STAR PEACE (A MUSICAL DRAMA IN 3 ACTS)

 
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LP One, Act 1, Scene 1:
Mr President, This Is The Greatest Hour
Dazzle The Sky
The Wagon Trains
This Evil Empire
Go For It
La Traison Des Journalists
The Prayer
Hymn To America
Act 1, Scene 2:
Rose Petals Veiled In Smoke
The President's In My Pocket
Act 1, Scene 3:
Technology Is Going To Set Us Free
There's A Dim Bulb Burning/The Pax Coeli Americana/
Slapping Leather In Strange, Strange Skies

The Greed Spasm
The Battle In The Sky
I See Isis
Act 2, Scene 1:
Da Vinci, Once Thought Of A Secret Weapon
A Nuke Free World
I Believe In Destiny
Act 2, Scene 2:
The Threat, The Threat
How Much Do You Really Know About Those Whom You Hate
The Metastasis
The Peer Jeer

LP Two
He Was Such A Scientist
Act 2, Scene 3:
Protest And Survive
World Wide Green
Till The Wormwood Fell From The Sky No More
Act 3, Scene 1:
The Rapture Song
The Sharing Mind
Talking In Nuke-Tongues
The Light From Plymouth Rock
Act 3, Scene 2:
Liberty Not War
The Secret Agenda
Act 3, Scene 3:
She Must Die
The Terrible Things
Act 3, Scene 4:
A Death In The Mountains
Oh The Pain
Do Not Mourn For Me


Coby Batty
Larry Brody
Marilyn Crispell
Amy Fradon
Anne Jacobsen
Tuli Kupferberg
Ken Lovelett
Joe Martino
Scott Petito
Leslie Ritter
Ed Sanders
Steve Taylor

Producer:

Voice Actor, Drums, Percussion, Chorus
Voice Actor, Chorus
Piano, Synthesiser, Chorus
Vocals, Chorus
Voice Actor, Chorus
Voice Actor, Vocals
Timpani
Percussion (Tracks 1-15)
Bass, Guitar, Synthesiser, Chorus
Voice Actor, Vocals, Chorus
Voice Actor, Vocals
Voice Actor, Guitar, Synthesiser, Chorus

Ed Sanders

13) LIVE FROM THE 60s

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Doin' All Right
The Swedish Nada
Homage To Catherine And William Blake
I Couldn't Get High
Johnny Pissoff Meets The Red Angel
Job
My Baby Done Left Me
The Garden Is Open
The Exorcism Of The Grave Of Senator Joseph McCarthy
Yodeling Yippie
The Ten Commandments
Swinburne Stomp






John Anderson
Lee Crabtree
Pete Kearney
Danny Kortchmar
Charles Larkey
Bob Mason
Kenny Pine
Peter Stampfel
Steve Weber
Bill Wolf

Producer:

Bass
Piano, Organ
Guitar
Guitar, Violin
Bass
Drums
Guitar, Vocals
Harmonica, Violin
Guitar
Bass

14) THE REAL WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL

 
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Disc One
Nova Slum Goddess
Poe Job
CIA Man
Crystal Liaison
The Golden Age
Tuli Kupferberg: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Frenzy
Sonnet 29: Fortune And Men's Eyes
The Postmodern Nothing
Ramses II Is Dead, My Love
When The Mode Of The Music Changes
The Ten Commandments, Together With The Ten Amendments
Woodstock Nation

Disc Two
Auguries Of Innocence
They're Closing Up The Loopholes Of Life
Einstein Never Wore Socks
Shadows Of Paradise
I Want To Know
A Song For Janis Joplin
Cave 64
Down By The Sally Gardens
Coming Down
Wide, Wide River
How Sweet I Roamed From Field To Field
Morning Morning
Nurse's Song






Coby Batty
Allen Ginsberg
Tuli Kupferberg
"Country" Joe McDonald
Scott Petito
Ed Sanders
Steve Taylor

Producer:

Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals

Bass
Vocals
Guitar, Vocals

Ed Sanders

 

Recorded live at the Woodstock Festival in 1994 with Allen Ginsberg & Friends

15) THE FUGS FINAL CD (PART 1)

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Burn, Bridges, Burn
Try To Be Joyful
Government Surveillance Yodel
Septuagenarian In Love
Where Is My Wandering Jew?
Miriam
I Will Be A Shadow
A Western Ballad
Ultimate Things
Advice From The Fugs
I've Been Working For The Landlord
Go Down, Congress
Perpitude
A Short History Of The The Human Race
Is
Chameleon
A Poem By Charles Bukowski
Luke Was A Physician And A Saint






Coby Batty
Tuli Kupferberg
Scott Petito
Ed Sanders
Steve Taylor

Producer:

Drums, Percussion, Piano, Vocals
Vocals
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards
Vocals
Vocals, Guitar

Scott Petito, Ed Sanders

16) BE FREE (FINAL CD PART 2)

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Bee Free
Backward Jewish Soildiers
My Darling Magnolia Tree
Goofitude
This Is A Hit Song
The Laughing Song
Hungry Blues
Loose Peach Gown
Bartleby The Scrivener
Imgrat
The CIA Made Me Sing Off-Key
The British Journalist
I Am An Artist For Artīs Sake
Greenwich Village Of My Dreams








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