FIRST ALBUM

AK - 035 - FUGS

2 LP & CD DIGIPACK


BIOGRAPHY



Produced by ED SANDERS The Fugs First Album (originally released as The Village Fugs) was produced by HRRY SMITH and ED SANDERS and recorded in two single afternoon session at Cue Recording Studio, NYC; 1965. Additional performances in this collection were recorded at the Peace Eye Bookstore and the Bridge Theater, 1965. MUSICIANS FOR FIRST FOLKWAYS SESSION � ED SANDERS � vocals � TULI KUPFERBERG � vocals � STEVE WEBER � guitar, vocals � KEN WEAVER � vocals, conga drum � PETER STAMPFEL � fiddle, harmonica, vocals Performing on �Swinburne Stomp,� �Carpe Diem,� �Nothing,� �We�re the Fugs,� �The Ten Commandments,� �CIA Man,� and �Spontaneous Salute to Andy Warhol� MUSICIANS FOR SECOND FOLKWAYS SESSION � ED SANDERS � vocals � TULI KUPFERBERG � percussion, vocals � STEVE WEBER, VINNY LEARY � guitar, vocals � JOHN ANDERSON � bass, vocals � KEN WEAVER � drums, vocals Performing on �Slum Goddess,� �Ah, Sunflower Weary of Time,� �Supergirl,� �I Couldn�t Get High,� �How Sweet I Roamed from Field to Field,� �My Baby Done Left Me,� and �I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rock� Digitally compiled and restored by Aaron L. Hurwitz (NRS Recording Studios, Hurley, NY). Digital remastering, 1994 � Phil De Lancie (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley) Original cover photograph � David Gahr. Adaption of package for this edition � Linda Kalin Photographs and memorabilia courtesy of Ed Sanders. We Would like to thank Sam Charters and Bill Belmont for all their help and good will. Selection # 1-5 (Side 1) - 1-5 (Side 2) publidhed by Heavy Metal Music-BMI; # 1-6 (Side 3) - 1-5 (Side 4) by P.C.C. Music-BMI.



SIDE N�1
Track n�TitleLengthAuthor
1 SLUM GODDESS 1:58 Ken Weaver 
2 AH, SUNFLOWER WEARY OF TIME 2:15 Blake-Sanders 
3 SUPERGIRL 2:18 Tuli Kupferberg 
4 SWINBURNE STOMP 2:50 Swinburne-Sanders 
5 I COULDN�T GET HIGH 2:06 Weaver 


SIDE N�2
Track n�TitleLengthAuthor
1 HOW SWEET I ROAMED FROM FIELD TO FIELD 2:11 Blake-Sanders 
2 CARPE DIEM 5:07 Kupferberg 
3 MY BABY DONE LEFT ME 2:18 Ed Sanders 
4 BOOBS A LOT 2:12 Steve Weber 
5 NOTHING 4:15 Kupferberg 


SIDE N�3
Track n�TitleLengthAuthor
1 WE�RE THE FUGS 1:25 Sanders 
2 DEFEATED 3:25 Kupferberg 
3 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 2:59 Kupferberg 
4  CIA MAN 2:52 Kupferberg 
5 IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FIRST RECORDING SESSION THE FUGS SIGN THE WORST CONTRACT SINCE LEADBELLY�S 2:49 Sanders-Petito 
6 I SAW THE BEST MINDS OF MY GENERATION ROCK 4:51 Ginsberg-Sanders 


SIDE N�4
Track n�TitleLengthAuthor
1 SPONTANEOUS SALUTE TO ANDY WARHOL (FROM REHEARSAL AT THE PEACE EYE BOOKSTORE, FEBRUARY 1965) 1:23 Sanders 
2 WAR KILLS BABIES 1:41 Kupferberg 
3 THE FUGS NATIONAL ANTHEM 1:16 Kupferberg-Sanders 
4 THE FUGS SPAGHETTI DEATH (NO REDEMPTION NO REDEMPTION) A GLOP OF SPAGHETTI FOR ANDY WARHOL 3:54 Sanders 
5 THE RHAPSODY OF TULI 8:35 Kupferberg-Sanders 


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