The Fool RARE 1968 PSYCH 45 PROMO and SLEEVE Lay It Down/Rainbow Man NM
  $   45

 


$ 45 Sold For
Mar 28, 2022 Sold Date
Mar 21, 2022 Start Date
5   Number Of Bids
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The Fool RARE 1968 PSYCH 45 PROMO and SLEEVE Lay It Down/Rainbow Man NM

 

For those unaware, The Fool was a hippie art troupe who were also friends with The Beatles.  They designed the side of the Apple Boutique building in London, as well as having designed album covers for Cream, Procol Harum and The Hollies.  They put out one album, which was produced by Graham Nash.

Presumably, their name was chosen from the card in the Tarot deck, as opposed to honoring whoever the guy was who gave them a record contract.  (Sorry, that was mean!) 

Actually, this album is a perfect mesh of hippie psychedelia, minstrel instrumentation, lush harmonies and very druid-like lyrics.  This is an astonishing time capsule of the flower children side of the hippie movement, which explored the pagan side of pot smoke and LSD.  It’s perhaps the one side of the counter-culture which is the most overlooked and forgotten about, but which at the time, had a very strong foothold.

This is the first of only two singles released by The Fool in December, 1968.

Sleeve:  White sleeve has faded and yellowed around the edges, but it is fully intact.  No splits, no dirtwear or ringwear.  Slight record outdent.

Vinyl:  NM unplayed-looking styrene pressing.

Labels:  Gorgeous NM.

EXTREMELY hard-to-find psych promo 45! It’s not that this 45 hardly ever comes up for sale, it’s that it never comes up for sale.  EVER.

 

Note:  All 45’s ship outside of their sleeves in order not to damage the sleeve during shipment. Generic plain, white sleeves and Mylar provided.

Please don’t bid unless you’re willing to honor your amount, okay? Thanks!

(Please note:  Regarding play-testing, my Technics turntable has somehow seized.  The tone arm is stuck in the up position, and I can’t get it to fully return to its cradle.  Is there anyone out there, who can tell me if this is an easy fix?  Thanks!) 

As these records have been in storage for many years, they will play back with crackling and tics, however; a good moisturizing and cleaning with either D4 Discwasher or a VPI machine always clears them up.  Thanks!)

 

Check out my other auctions for more hard-to-find vinyl!

Shipping is $4.00 for Media Mail for up to 3 single or double albums, excluding boxed sets within the U.S.  $4.00 covers shipping for up to 5 singles within the U.S. 

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