FIRST PRESSING 1969 THE FUGS-THE BELLE OF AVENUE A VINYL RECORD RS 6359 REPRISE RECORDS

Inner sleeve. Upon inspection, the jacket has heavy shelf wear. The record is in EXCELLENT condition.

The Fugs were a band formed in New York City in 1964 by Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, with Ken Weaver on drums. Later that year they were joined by Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of The Holy Modal Rounders.

The band was named by Kupferberg who borrowed it from the euphemistic substitute for the word “fuck” famously used in Norman Mailer’s novel, The Naked and the Dead. Incidentally, the band is featured in a chapter of Mailer’s book, Armies of the Night as they play at the 1967 march on the Pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War (with Scott Rashap on upright bass).

The Fugs were a satirical and self-satirizing rock band that performed at protests against the Vietnam War nationwide. Their 1968 Transatlantic Records album It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest (TRA 181) also helped to make them more widely known on the European side of the Atlantic. This album (minus LP artwork, of course) can also be found as tracks 11 to 30 on Electromagnetic Steamboat. The band’s frank lyrics about sex, drugs and politics aroused a hostile reaction in some quarters and enthusiastic interest in others. One of their better known songs was an adaptation of Matthew Arnold’s poem, Dover Beach. Another was a William Blake poem.

Music & Musical Instruments, Vinyl Records

19%

Steve Schubert | (845) 216-2900 | schubie1965@hotmail.com

Pickup Details

Shipping Available

Private Residence

Bedford Hills, NY 10507

When to Pickup

By Appointment Only

Ask a Question

Report Item