NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #472 ~ 11-29-25]
Pictured: The Fugs (l. to r.: Tuli Kupferberg, Ken Weaver, Ed Sanders).
For that first afternoon Folkways session in April 1965 at Cue Recording on West Forty-sixth Street, The Fugs consisted of me, Tuli, Ken Weaver (on conga drum), Steve Weber (on guitar), and Peter Stampfel (on fiddle). I had prepared a sequence of twenty-two songs, in a certain order, and we recorded them in one long flow, then recorded them a second time. Steve and Peter also recorded some of their Holy Modal Rounder tunes during the session.
At first we set up our positions—but seemed uncertain on how to proceed. “Just get going,” [producer] Harry Smith commanded from the control booth, and so we did just that. We arrayed ourselves in front of microphones and began recording the sequence of twenty-two.
In the middle of the session a guy from Folkways showed up with a contract and modest cash for each player. The contract was for “The Fugs Jug Band.” I scratched out the words “Jug Band” on the contract.
Harry, as far as I know, received no financial reward for the recording. He asked for a bottle of rum, which I bought. During the session, I think perhaps to spur us to greater motivity and energy, he came in from the recording booth to the room where we were singing and smashed the bottle of rum against the wall.
— Ed Sanders, Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, The Fugs and Counterculture in the Lower East Side.
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Here’s what we played in Ep. 472 of No Condition Is Permanent:
FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...
Bettye Swann — “Kiss My Love Goodbye” — Crème de la Crème: Philly Soul Classics & Rarities
Sewa Jacintho — “Secret Populaire” — Akwaba Abidjan: Afrofunk in 1970s Ivory Coast
The Breakers — “Jet Stream” — Strummin’ Mental! Vol. 4
Ara Kekedjian — “Intch Imanayi” — Bourj Hammoud Groove
The Move — “You’re The One I Need” — British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s
The Victors — “Easy Squeeze” — Musical Feast: Mrs. Pottinger’s High Note and Gayfeet Label
Don Cherry — “I Walk” — Disco Not Disco: Leftfield Disco Classics from the New York Underground
Boogaloo Assassins — “No No No (Radio Edit)” — Old Love Dies Hard
Goblin — “Markos” — Suspiria OST
SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…
The Images — “Head Over Heels” — I Walk The Lonely Night: Ballroom Beat Vol. 1
Los Ahijados Cuco y Martin Valoy — “Virgencita del consuelo” — Sones Montunos Vol. 2
Link Wray & The Wray Men — “Caroline” — Slinky! The Epic Sessions ’58-’61
Phương Tâm — “60 Năm (60 Years)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
The Only Ones — “My Way Out Of Here” — Baby’s Got A Gun
Rahbani Brothers — “Rahbaniyat” — Omar Khorshid With Love
Reigning Sound — “You Got Me Hummin’” — Too Much Guitar
Les Vikings — “Choc Vikings” — Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins — “Voodoo” — Spellbound!
THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…
Les Djinns — “Nadia (Instrumental)” — 1970’s Algerian Folk And Pop
Babs’ Three Bips & A Bop — “Oop-Pop-a-Da” — Blue Note 78rpm
Lee Perry — “Right Yo Dub” — Megawatt Dub
The Fallen Angels — “Bad Woman” — Teenage Shutdown, Vol. 4: I’m A No-Count
Verckys et l´Orchestre Vévé — “Oui Verckys” — Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978
Bill Doggett — “Make Your Move” — People Get Up: Original House Party Funk & Get Down Jazz
Charanjit Singh — “Dekho Ham Donon Ki Yaari” — Instrumental Film Tunes
Brian Eno + David Byrne — “Regiment” — My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…
Johnny Clarke — “Every Knee Shall Bow (Dub)” — Dreader Dread
Orgone — “Counting On You” — Killion Vaults
Joe Mpoyi — “Nani” — Ba Patrons
Young-Holt Unlimited — “Dig Her Walk” — The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited
Koes Bersaudara — “Poor Clown” — 1967
John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett — “Cheryl’s Going Home” — John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett
Ondatrópica — “Mi Negrita” — Ondatrópica
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
The Fugs — “Nothing” — The Fugs First Album
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