1968 The Fugs – Tenderness Junction
Tenderness Junction is a 1968 studio album by The Fugs, a band formed in 1964 by anti-war musician/poets Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg and Ken Weaver. It was released in the U.S. by record company Reprise. As of March 2009, the album is not available as a stand-alone CD, but the tracks appear on the 2006 3-CD box set, Electromagnetic Steamboat.
Tracks
1 Turn On/Tune In/Drop Out (Timothy Leary; Ed Sanders; Ken Weaver) 04:44
2 Knock Knock (Ed Sanders) 04:20
3 The Garden Is Open (Tuli Kupferberg) 06:09
4 Wet Dream (Ed Sanders) 03:21
5 Hare Krishna (Zeus; Allen Ginsberg) 03:24
6 Exorcising The Evil Spirits From The Pentagon October 21, 1967 (Ed Sanders) 03:18
7 War Song (Ed Sanders; Ken Pine; Ken Weaver) 05:24
8 Dover Beach (Matthew Arnold; Tuli Kupferberg) 04:01
9 Fingers Of The Sun (Ed Sanders) 02:23
10 Aphrodite Mass (Ed Sanders; Gary Elton; Sappho) 08:28
Media
Musicians
| Bass | Charles Larkey |
| Drums | Ken Weaver |
| Guitar | Ken Pine |
| Guitar | Danny Kortchmar |
| Organ | Ken Pine |
| Synthesizer | Ken Pine |
| Viola | Danny Kortchmar |
| Percussion | Danny Kortchmar |
| Vocals | Ken Pine |
| Vocals | Danny Kortchmar |
| Vocals | Ed Sanders |
| Vocals | Ken Weaver |
| Vocals | Tuli Kupferberg |
Other Musicians
5 Hare Krishna
| Harmonium | Gregory Corso |
| Background Vocals | Allen Ginsberg |
| Background Vocals | Maretta Greer |
Liner Notes
Producer – Ed Sanders
Arranged By – The Fugs
Arranged By – Warren Smith (Track 9)
Arranged By (Guitars) – Danny Kortchmar, Ken Pine (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Arranged By (Strings) – Warren Smith
Engineer – Richard Alderson
Design (Album) – Marvin Israel
Photography By – Richard Avedon
Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute