THE VILLAGE FUGS (LP) orig Broadside (1965) with insert
$
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Description
Artist - THE VILLAGE FUGS
Title - "Sing Ballads Of Contemporary Protest, Point Of Views and General Dissatisfaction"
Label - Broadside (304), mono
Country - USA
Year - 1965
Condition: cover and insert
VG++ to NM (light corner wear; solid seams; light spine wear). Folkways/Broadside covers are rarely found this clean.
Condition: record
strong VG to VG+ (excellent sheen, but does have light sleeve scuffs/pitting with a few small, feelable hairlines/scratches). Very hard to find records on this label in better condition. Does play with occasional clicks and background noise, but nothing overwhelming. VERY SOLID!
Condition: labels
NM
What more can possibly be said about this daring debut album by the FUGS?:
(a review from -allmusic.com)
"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."
"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' Broadside 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."
Please Note: This is an original, vintage copy of this LP.
We do not sell current re-issues of any kind!
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