WTF! GR and Slothrup

[Allan Balliett]

I found my long lost copy of mercury lp THE FOOL this after noon!

"The final identification of him of any certainty is his picture on the
cover of an album by obscure English band "The Fool" (another allusion to
Tarot, which becomes increasingly significant), where he is credited as
playing the Harmonica and Kazoo. " (this from one Pynchon wiki or another)

This from p742 of GR

There's supposed to be a last photograph of him on the only record album
ever put out by The Fool, an English rock group—seven musicians posed, in
the arrogant style of the early Stones, near an old rocket-bomb site, out
in the East End, or South of the River. It is spring, and French thyme
blossoms in amazing white lacework across the cape of green that now hides
and softens the true shape of the old rubble. There is no way to tell which
of the faces is Slothrop's: the only printed credit that might apply to him
is "Harmonica, kazoo—a friend." But knowing his Tarot, we would expect to
look among the Humility, among the gray and preterite souls, to look for
him adrift in the hostile light of the sky, the darkness of the sea. . . .)

Here you can see the cover in all of it's colorful glory. (This is the very
same "The Fool" that painted the outside of the Beatles Apple building and
designed wardrobes for THE CREAM and HENDRIX, painted their guitars and
Lennon's Rolls, things like that)

http://www.bonanza.com/listings/The-Fool-1969-LP-Psych-Folk-Mega-Rare-/2289502

This is not my ad at the link above, but it sure is a nice presentation of
the item.

And, yes, I can find nowhere on the album the scene described in GR (7
arrogant musicians) nor can I find credits for the 'harmonica, kazoo, "
alas.

Allan in WV
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