THE FUGS FOR ADULT MINDS ONLY RARE ORIG '67 ESP MONO LP w/RARE FUGS FLIP BOOKLET

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·      THE FUGS - VIRGIN FUGS (ALSO KNOWN AS 'FOR ADULT MINDS ONLY') – ORIGINAL 1967 ESP RECORDS  MONO LP ESP-1038  (THE SPINE ON THE COVER CLAIMS THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE ALBUM IS PARTIALLY STEREO, BUT WE COULD NOT DETECT ANY STEREO SEPARATION )

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·      FIRST VERSION OF THE COVER WITHOUT A TITLE OF THE ALBUM (“FOR ADULT MINDS ONLY”) PRINTED ON THE FRONT PANEL

·      THE ALBUM INCLUDES ORIGINAL, MONUMENTALLY RARE FUGS' ZOETROPE “FLIP BOOK” – WHICH, WHEN QUICKLY FLIPPED, CREATES RAPID SEQUENCE OF MOVING IMAGES (NAKED TULI KUPFBERGER MONKEYING AROUND WITH AMERICAN FLAG:CALL IT A FLAGPOLE DANCE, IF YOU WILL) AND USING IT AS A (GASP!)  FIG LEAF!!!. NO WONDER THIS SUBVERSIVE SLAP IN THE FACE OF THE RULING NEOLIBERAL BOURGOISIE IS EVEN RARER THAN THE RECORD ITSELF. I MEAN...WHO IN THE RIGHT MIND WOULDN’T WANT TO DISPLAY ON HIS COFFEE TABLE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VIETNAM WAR,  A BOOKLET FULL OF IMAGES OF  A PARTICULARLY UGLY NAKED ANARCHIST HIPPIE SCHMUCK HELL-BENT ON TRIGGERING A GLOBAL SEXUAL REVOLUTION, MONKEYING AROUND WITH THE STARS-AND-STRIPES AND STICKING IT WHERE THE SUN DOESN’T SHINE (AND PROBABLY NEVER HAD)?

·      ORIGINAL WHITE E.S.P. LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT

·      This album comprises of some of the earliest material Fugs recorded for the Broadside. It remained in the can for almost three years [needless to say, the subject matters were considered too taboo for it’s time [incest, defecation, CIA, all-of-the-above, and more, and then some) and nobody at the ESP dared release the album at a time] and was finally released only circa 1967/68 when the group had already departed the label for Reprise records. The album was recorded circa 1964/65 under truly primitive conditions; true stereo copies of the album do not exist.

·      THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·      ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·      CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·      This album is currently out of print and unavailable on Compact Disc, or in any other format.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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This, quite simply put, is the single most corrosive, cynical, sarcastic, atheist,  subversive, nihilistic,  venomous, in-your-face piece of doggy do  ever thrown in the face of the cultural/political establishment and illuminated elites by a bunch of counter-cultural, nonconformist lower-east-side commie pinko derelicts. The album is, basically, an equivalent of an act of public defecation at the Prince of Wales’ private birthday party.  In one fell swoop, The Fugs managed to sing about CIA conspiracies, human excrement, dope dealing, fetishes, homosexuality, manage-a-trois, Satanism, and God knows what else. How the Fugs were not collectively arrested and hauled-off into a maximum-security prison somewhere in Death Valley after they recorded this (maybe they were buddy-buddies with J. Edgar Hoover with whom they shared some, ahem…bizarre proclivities?) is beyond me. They most certainly don't make albums like this anymore. Just read the titles, and be enlightened: We're the Fugs - New Amphetamine Shriek - Saran Wrap - The ten commandments (by God and Tuli Kupferberg) - Hallucination Horrors - I command the house of the Devil - CIA Man - Coca-Cola douche - My bed is getting crowded - Caca Rocka - I saw the best minds of my generation rot.

The front cover showing Ed Sanders in a pose which manages to simultaneously parody both William Blake's 'Brand New Day' and  Eugene Delacroix' 'Liberty leading the People' is alone worth the price ofadmission. It is a riot – and we mean: RIOT!!!! Wilhelm Reich must be laughing his derriere off in his grave.

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·                          CONDITION:

·                          RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)         WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VG++, JUST A NOTCH BELOW NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions (probably just sleeve scuffs inflicted in storage over the years) ARE VISIBLE, but they appear fairly  insignificant relative to the overall condition of the vinyl, and are only moderately visually distracting. For most part, the vinyl looks impeccable, without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new (NOTE: a visible, feelable and audible scratch noted on I command the house of the Devil, otherwise beautiful) .

(b)         The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)         The album comes with its original 'Fugs Flip Book" intact!

(d)         Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                          THE COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+(+)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 4 (front side) and 3 (back side)

-       Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

-       Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging (nothing significant)

-       Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams

-       Cover has a light "wrinkle" (crease)  in one of the corners.

-       Visible shelf wear noted on the seams

-       Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged  (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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