FUGS BALLADS OF CONTEMPORARY PROTEST 1st LP

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·       THE FUGS – THE VILLAGE FUGS SING BALLADS OF CONTEMPORARY PROTEST, POINTS OF VIEW, AND GENERAL DISSATISFACTION - ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1964 BROADSIDE RECORDS MONO BR-304.

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

ULTRA-RARE TRUE FIRST PRESSING OF THE FIRST FUGS’ ALBUM - BY FAR THE RAREST FUGS ALBUM IN EXISTENCE – LESS THAN 2,000 COPIES ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PRESSED, PROBABLY LESS THAN 500 SURVIVE IN PLAYABLE CONDITION.

·       ORIGINAL BEIGE BROADSIDE LABEL WITH BELL-RINGER LOGO

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       ORIGINAL "TEXTURED" (CRUDE FINISH) COVER.

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       As far as we know, in this, original, form and with the original cover, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get. GUARANTEED!)

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Hooking up with the Greenwich Village poets Tuli Kupferberg and Ed Sanders and drummer Ken Weaver, Stampfel and Weber (a/k/a Holy Modal Rounders) became part of the Village Fugs, who were at least as strange as the Holy Modal Rounders, but more interested in playing rock music. The Village Fugs' debut album, The Village Fugs Sing Ballads of Contemporary Protest, Point of Views, and General Dissatisfaction, was released by the Broadside subsidiary of Folkways Records in 1965 (this is the pressing we have here). The group simplified its name to the Fugs, and the album was reissued by the independent jazz label ESP as The Fugs First Album. ESP initially rejected the band's second recording as obscene, and they followed instead with an album called The Fugs, which broke into the pop charts in July 1966 and reached the Top 40 during a six-month chart stay. (The Fugs First Album then belatedly reached the charts and peaked in the Top 100.) With that, ESP created one of the first advisory stickers ever made for a record ("For Adult Minds Only") and finally issued the intended second release as the Fugs' third album, Virgin Fugs (1966). [information taken from the Stampfel & Weber / Holy Modal Rounders web site]

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All we can say is this: this is (in the best sense of these words) the most abrasive, crude, subversive, in-your-face, nihilist, anarchist, way-way-left-of-Trotsky, assault on establishment known in U.S. history. Compared to this, Phil Ochs and MC5 come across as bunch of Mantovanis on Prozac.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)            WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)             True Stereo copies of this album are NOT known to exist (although reissues on ESP labels do exist in stereo).

(d)            Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, TETXURED “LEATHER-BOUND” COVER):

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+(+)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has a partially split top seam (between 4 and 6 inches / 10 to 15 centimeters)

-         Cover has a partially split bottom seam (between 6 and 8 inches /15 to 20 centimeters)

-         Light yellowish discoloration spot noted on top seam (nothing significant)

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the spine (nothing significant)

-         Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on top and bottom seam.

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2 (front side) and 1 (back side)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-         No cut-out (drill) holes.

-         No cut-out corners

-         No saw-marks or indents

-         No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-         No wrinkles or creases

-         No yellowing from aging

-         No writing

-         No stamps

-         No peel-off marks

-         No mold or mildew spots

-         No stickers or labels

-         No water damage

-         No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or cuts.

-         No warping

-         No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-         No bar codes

-         No RIAA stamps or stickers.

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