The Fugs - 2 Studio Albums (1965-1966) [Japanese Editions 2011]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 620 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 336 MB | Covers - 151 MB
Genre: Psychedelic/Garage Rock, Folk Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Hayabusa Landings
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 620 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 336 MB | Covers - 151 MB
Genre: Psychedelic/Garage Rock, Folk Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Hayabusa Landings
The Fugs First Album (1965). 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…