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The Fugs' second album is another combination of garage and rock with poetic lyrics influenced by the Beats. However, the record's final track is a landmark in the evolution of [[psychedelic music]], arguably the first ever "freak out" of any real substance.

== "Virgin Forest" ==
Arguably the first ever extended "freak out" in popular music history, this is the closest to avant garde rock music came prior to the release of the [[Mothers of Invention]]'s [[Freak Out]] three months later. It is basically a suite of performance art pieces.

The track begins with a crescendo of noises.

These soon fade away to a slow groove punctuated by seemingly random percussion which soon overwhelm whatever conventional musical rhythm was there.

About two minutes in the spoken word vocals come in for a moment.

Then there is a section seemingly referencing Tarzan, which is eventually drowned out by gobbles.

The tribal music continues with a bit more force after the gobbles. This section is one of the longest in the piece.

About 6 minutes in, there is more spoken word recitation with what sounds like electronic instruments in addition to the typical percussion.

At about 7 minutes a piano piece begins with flute accompaniment which eventually builds to full band; this lasts about 2 and a half minutes, making it perhaps the longest part.

The finale is a piece that appears to both mock choral music and maybe the [[Beach Boys]]...


===Performance===
*John Anderson – bass guitar, vocals
*Lee Crabtree – piano, Celesta, Bell (instrument)|bells
*Pete Kearney – guitar
*Betsy Klein – vocals
*[[Tuli Kupferberg]] – maracas, tambourine, vocals
*Vinny Leary – bass, [[guitar]]
*[[Ed Sanders]] – vocals
*[[Ken Weaver]] – conga, drum kit, vocals

===Production===
*Richard Alderson – engineer
*Bill Beckman – cover design