Poogy Tales (Hebrew: סיפורי פוגי, romanized: Sipurei Pugi) is the debut album by Israeli rock band, Kaveret, released in 1973.
The album is based on the rock opera by the same name that Danny Sanderson recorded in 1972,[4] together with his bandmates from The Nahal Band (Gidi Gov, Alon Oleartchik, Efrahim Shamir, Miri Aloni, David Shanen and Tami Azaria).
Abraham (Deshe) "Fashanel" who signed the band and produced the album, suggested recording the opera as individual songs.
The song "BaYom U'VaLaila" (At Day and Night) was written by Sanderson as "The Cold Shoulder" at the age of 15 with his friend, Melisa Konel and originally performed by the duo with their band "The Catacombs".
Alon Oleartchik claimed that the music was too beautiful to be wasted on a skit, so he wrote serious lyrics that stand apart from the rest of the album.
The lighthearted and humorous tone of Poogy Tales appealed to the Israeli public after the trauma of the war, and the band's performances among reservists were also a great success.
The bonus tracks are a cover of the classic "Haiu Leilot" ('There Were Some Nights') in a rehearsal, and the humorous skits "Matemat'iqa" ('Mathematics') and "Shi'ur Psanter" ('Piano Lesson') that were recorded by Sanderson, Gov and Meir Fenigstein.