THE FUGS Tenderness Junction LP TRANSATLANTIC 1968 UK orig+poster ALLEN GINSBERG

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KEN WEAVER, TULI KUPFERBERG, ED SANDERS

DAN KOOTCH, KEN PINE, CHARLES LARKEY

plus ALLEN GINSBERG

Famously eclectic and influential 1960s band combined bohemian poetry, engaging musical naïvety, 

and outrageous shock tactics. Arguably the first underground rock group of all time, 

the Fugs formed at the Peace Eye bookstore in New York's East Village in late 1964. 

The nucleus of the band throughout its many personnel changes was Peace Eye owner 

Ed Sanders and fellow poet Tuli Kupferberg. Sanders and Kupferberg had strong ties 

to the beat literary scene, but charged, in the manner of their friend Allen Ginsberg, 

full steam ahead into the maelstrom of '60s political involvement and psychedelia

"TENDERNESS JUNCTION"

produced by  Ed Sanders

1968     LP     TRANSATLANTIC RECORDS     TRA 180   STEREO

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE

WITH FOLD-OUT POSTER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL:  TRANSATLANTIC -  WHITE LABEL with PURPLE LOGO - BLACK/PURPLE TEXT

Catalog on cover : (front & spine) TRA 180     

Catalog on labels: TRA 180 (Side One / Side Two)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): STRA 180 A2

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): STRA 180 B-1

On labels: © Transatlantic Records Ltd. 1968    

Original recording Reprise Records, U.S.A.

1-5 B. Feldman

rim text reads "Made in England"

On fold-out poster: Hare Krishna sung by Allen Ginsberg, Maretta Greer, and The Fugs Chorale,

with Gregory Corso on Harmonium

Songs arranged by The Fugs

Heavy Metal Music-BMI

Photography: Richard Avedon

Transatlantic Records LtD, 120 Marylebone Lane, London W.1.

On back cover: This record is Stereo.....

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: TURN PN, TUNE IN, DROP OUT - KNOCK KNOCK

THE GARDEN IS OPEN - WET DREAM - HARE KRISHNA

Side B: EXORCISING THE EVIL SPIRITS FROM THE PENTAGON OCTOBER 21, 1967

WAR SONG - DOVER BEACH - FINGERS OF THE SUN

APHRODITE MASS (in 5 selections)

I) Litany Of The Street Grope

II)  Genuflection At The Temple Of Squack

III) Petals In The Sea

IV) Sappho's Hemn To Aphrodite

V) Homage To Throb Thrills

   grading

RECORD  NEAR EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE  STRONG VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The Fugs began their career as a gaggle of post-beat era bohemians whose talents were as poets 

and activists first, musicians second, but after recording a handful of unexpectedly successful albums 

for Folkways and ESP, the group found themselves signed to Reprise Records, and had to face the prospect 

of becoming a genuine, professional rock & roll band. Tenderness Junction was The Fugs' first album for Reprise, 

and also unveiled a new lineup, with founders Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, and Ken Weaver joined 

by three capable young rock & rollers, guitarist Danny Kortchmar (aka Danny Kooch), bassist Charles Larkey, 

and multi-instrumentalist Ken Pine. While the early Fugs albums often made a virtue of the limited abilities 

of the musicians on hand, Tenderness Junction proved they could add a bit of polish and firm up 

their sound without losing touch with what made them memorable; the music is strong and expressive 

without being unnecessarily flashy, and Sanders clearly enjoyed having more reliable accompanists 

for his pastiches on various musical conventions, such as blues ("Knock Knock"), doo wop ("Wet Dream"), 

country ("War Song"), and traditional English folk ("Fingers of the Sun").  

Tenderness Junction puts greater focus on the extended poetics of "The Garden Is Open" 

and the five-part "Aphrodite Mass". Still, it's musically ambitious while still allowing Sanders, 

Kupferberg, and Weaver to sound like themselves, and it's the rare album where chaos 

and discipline both get their moment in the spotlight and bring out the best in one another  ...(AllMusic)