I have a nice Fool story.
About 30 years ago I celebrated my birthday with friends. And we had the good habit to give each other useless presents. Such as ugly crockery and drinking glasses. But also horrible vinyl records from artists you were absolutely sure the birthday boy/girl would really hate. And as a bonus; the uglier/sillier the artwork, the better of course.
So on one of those birthday parties I got a stack of horrible vinyl records wrapped in nice packing paper.
- Alle Dertien Goed
- Gert & Hermien
- Het beste van Henk Wijngaard
And a very silly looking record by "The Fool"
Infantile artwork in blistering colours.
The music was even worse. Bad songwriting on hippy flutes and out of tune guitars.
We had a good laugh over that.
The next day you'd throw them away along with all the ugly crockery, drinking glasses, cigarette butts, balloons and garlands.
And so I threw away that hilariously bad elpee by that horrible band The Fool.
I had no idea who they were. And I had never heard of their Art Collective and artwork for Cream.
Until I found out a couple of years later that this vinyl record was a highly sought after collector's item.
By the way: Simon Posthuma's son Douwe Bob is a successful musician in The Netherlands