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Seemon & Marijke
12+ albums
the netherlandsdutchfolkpsychedelicfolk rock
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The Fool was a Dutch design collective and band in the psychedelic style of art in British popular music in the late 1960s. They worked closely with The Beatles in London, painting George Harrison's Mini car, John Lennon's piano and a three story high psychedelic mural on the outside of the Apple Boutique on Baker Street (since painted over). They also designed album sleeves. The original members were Dutch artists Simon Posthuma (1939-2020) and Marijke Koger (1943), who were discovered by photographer Karl Ferris among the hippie community on the Spanish island of Ibiza in 1966. He took photographs of clothes they designed, and sent them to London where they were published in The Times. Ferris took The Fool back to London, and together they opened a studio, with the Dutch artists producing clothes and art, and Ferris pursuing photography. Barry Finch (1943-2021), a maverick public relations man in the music scene, discovered the couple's talents and working for Brian Epstein got them their first designer deals in the industry. When the offers kept coming, Marijke Koger insisted that Josje 'Yosha' Leeger (1943-1991), her best friend and a fashion designer with whom she had collaborated in Amsterdam, come over to join the two. Barry and Yosha Finch became a couple and so The Fool was born. The Fool also released an eponymous album, The Fool in 1968, in the psychedelic folk style, produced by Graham Nash. Posthuma and Koger released a second The Fool album, this time und
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Son Of America
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Dutch Rare Groove
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100 Hits Of The 70's - CD 1
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Baby I Love You
Nick DeCaro Works
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Dutch Rare Groove (The Originals) (Disc 1)
Golden Years Of Dutch Pop Music - The Seventies Part 2
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100 hits of the 70's
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Testament Van De Seventies
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Dutch Rare Groove (disc 1: The Originals)
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100 Hits of the 70's - CD1
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Testament van de Seventies - CD03