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*{{cite web |last1=Bliss |first1=Bella |title=Jeoparlore!: The Seven Tournament of Champions Players Who Never Were |url=https://livinginjeopardy.substack.com/p/jeoparlore-the-seven-tournament-of |website=Living in Jeopardy! |access-date=17 November 2023 |date=10 November 2023}} |
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*{{cite web |last1=Malagodi |first1=Stephen |title=Everyone Says |url=https://paxlupo.com/2010/12/05/everyone-says/ |website=Pax Lupo |access-date=17 November 2023 |language=en |date=5 December 2010 |quote=Lionel was a poet, a Freedom Rider, a junkie, a pain-in-the-ass, a Jeopardy champion and a first-rate mind.}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Arsenault |first1=Raymond |title=Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice |date=15 January 2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-975581-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RZAA-hS178UC&pg=PA565&lpg=PA565&dq=Lionel+Goldbart+Freedom+Rider |language=en}} |
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| Released | March 1966 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1966 | |||
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| Length | 35:24 | |||
| Label | ESP-Disk | |||
| Producer | Ed Sanders, Richard Alderson | |||
| The Fugs chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
The Fugs is a 1966 album by The Fugs, described in their AllMusic profile as "arguably the first underground rock group of all time".[3] The album charted number 95 on Billboard's "Top Pop Albums" chart. The album was re-released on CD in 1993 as The Fugs Second Album on the Fantasy label with five additional tracks: two live performances and three tracks recorded for Atlantic in 1967 for an album that was never released. In its review of the re-release, AllMusic finds them "very ahead of their time lyrically" and compares them to the punk band Dead Kennedys, both lyrically and in their shared "weakness for crude humor".[4]
In 2003, David Bowie included it in a list of 25 of his favourite albums, "Confessions of a Vinyl Junkie".[5]
History
After the release of their first album on Folkways Records, The Fugs signed a contract allowing ESP-Disk to publish its material in exchange for usage of an Off-Broadway theater as practice space and what Fugs' frontman Ed Sanders describes as "one of the lower percentages in the history of western civilization.[1] While finding the contract binding and disadvantageous in many ways, The Fugs were pleased with the opportunity to work with and at the studio of Richard Alderson, who allowed them to experiment with his state-of-the-art equipment. The album was produced over a four-week period through January and February 1966 at the same time that the band was performing weekly at the Astor Place Playhouse and making television appearances with David Susskind and Les Crane. The band's controversial lyrics and stage antics allegedly attracted the attention of the FBI and New York City fire and building inspectors and eventually resulted in their being banned from Astor Place Playhouse. According to Sanders, the FBI's final report of its investigation of the band concluded that "The Fugs is a group of musicians who perform in NYC. They are considered to be beatniks and free thinkers, i.e., free love, free use of narcotics, etc. .... it is recommended that this case be placed in a closed status since the recording is not considered to be obscene." Sanders jokes that "If we'd only known about this, we could have put a disclaimer on the record, 'Ruled NOT obscene by the FBI!'"
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Frenzy (Ed Sanders)" | 2:00 |
| 2. | "I Want to Know (Charles Olson, Ed Sanders)" | 2:00 |
| 3. | "Skin Flowers (Pete Kearney, Ed Sanders)" | 2:00 |
| 4. | "Group Grope (Ed Sanders)" | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Coming Down (Ed Sanders)" | 3:46 |
| 6. | "Dirty Old Man (Lionel Goldbart,[6] Ed Sanders)" | 2:49 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kill for Peace (Tuli Kupferberg)" | 2:07 |
| 2. | "Morning, Morning (Tuli Kupferberg)" | 2:07 |
| 3. | "Doin' All Right (Richard Alderson, Ted Berrigan, Lee Crabtree)" | 2:37 |
| 4. | "Virgin Forest (Richard Alderson, Ted Berrigan, Lee Crabtree)" | 11:17 |
| Total length: | 34:55 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "I Want to Know (live) (Charles Olson, Ed Sanders)" | 2:57 |
| 14. | "Mutant Stomp (live) (Ed Sanders)" | 2:13 |
| 15. | "Carpe Diem (Tuli Kupferberg)" | 2:45 |
| 16. | "Wide, Wide River (Goldbart, Ken Weaver)" | 3:25 |
| 17. | "Nameless Voices Crying for Kindness (Ed Sanders)" | |
| Total length: | 50:29 | |
Personnel
Performance
- John Anderson – bass guitar, vocals
- Lee Crabtree – piano, celeste, bells
- Pete Kearney – guitar
- Betsy Klein – vocals
- Tuli Kupferberg – maracas, tambourine, vocals
- Vinny Leary – bass, guitar
- Ed Sanders – vocals
- Ken Weaver – conga, drums, vocals
Production
- Richard Alderson – engineer
- Bill Beckman – cover design
- Allen Ginsberg – liner notes
- Jim Nelson – photography
References
- ^ a b Section source. Sanders, Ed. The History of The Fugs. The Fugs official website. Accessed March 15, 2010.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ The Fugs at AllMusic
- ^ The Fugs Second Album at AllMusic
- ^ "David Bowie's Favorite Albums". 20 November 2003.
- ^
- "Lionel Goldbart Poetry Reading - 1 of 3". youtube. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- https://doi.org/10.7312/columbia/9780231162975.003.0002
- https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7568
- https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7567
- Kissell, Ted B. "A Life in Jeopardy!". Miami New Times. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- Bliss, Bella (10 November 2023). "Jeoparlore!: The Seven Tournament of Champions Players Who Never Were". Living in Jeopardy!. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- Malagodi, Stephen (5 December 2010). "Everyone Says". Pax Lupo. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
Lionel was a poet, a Freedom Rider, a junkie, a pain-in-the-ass, a Jeopardy champion and a first-rate mind.
- "Goldbart, Lionel, 1934-". crdl.usg.edu - Civil Rights Digital Library. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- Arsenault, Raymond (15 January 2006). Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-975581-3.
- 9780199754311/pdf/FreedomRiders_Appx_Roster
- "Lionel Goldbart, who forgot to say 'What is …' on Jeopardy! dies at 76". Sun Sentinel. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
