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The Fools Recordings

The Fools recorded a lot of material during about four years. Some of this was more of less finished and mixed, some was recorded but not mixed, and some is incomplete, with only backing tracks.

This page contains all known recorded material. The mixed and released songs are divided into three sections, due to the fact that there are three main mixdown tapes: The Complete Fools, Fools Rarities and Fools Demos. The final sections lists the non-finished New Life session tracks.

The Complete Fools
These are the classic Fools recordings, made on a Tascam PortaTwo and mixed to 1/4" tape on an AKAI GX-4000D.
  1. B.O.P's chokladsaft
    2. (B. Roth)
  2. Polythene Pam
    3. (Lennon/McCartney)
    Guitar solo: Staffan Johansson
  3. Hans-Ola jazz
    4. (B. Roth/J. Månsson/S. Johansson)
    Drums, jazz guitar: Staffan Johansson
  4. Staffe's theme
    5. (S. Johansson/B. Roth)
    Guitar, CZ-1000 organ: Staffan Johansson
  5. Jag tar hellre 16 bitar i synten än i kaffet (Bert's blues)
    6. (B. Roth/J. Månsson)
  6. Mafuluba shobidamba
    7. (J. Månsson/B. Roth)
  7. The shop song
    8. (B. Roth/J. Månsson)
  8. Noname blues
    9. (J. Månsson/B. Roth)
  9. The blind's blues
    10. (B. Roth/J. Månsson)
  10. House of the rising sun
    11. (trad)
  11. Yeah! (Stratocaster theme)
    12. (B. Roth/J. Månsson/S. Johansson)
    Guitar solo: Staffan Johansson
  12. Saxophonium
    13. (B. Roth/J. Månsson)
  13. Theme from "Crossroads"
    14. (?)
    Drums, bass and guitar solo: Staffan Johansson
  14. Hunted to death jazz
    15. (B. Roth/J. Månsson)
  15. Hunted to death blues
    16. (B. Roth/J. Månsson)
  16. Hunted to death theme
    17. (B. Roth/H. Persson)
  17. Bara elände i Stockholm
    18. (B. Roth/J. Månsson)
    Drums, guitar solo: Staffan Johansson
    Cabasa: Peter Palvén
  18. Annorlunda blues
    19. (B. Roth/J. Månsson)
    Drums: Fredrik Dahl
  19. Antonssons ande
    20. (H. Persson/B. Roth)
    Vocals: Henrik Persson
  20. Pärs visa
    21. (H. Persson/trad)
  21. John och Pärs fest
    22. (H. Persson/trad)
  22. Kämparnas smock'n'roll
    23. (H. Persson/B. Roth/J. Månsson)
    Backing vocals: Henrik Persson
  23. Jerkers godnatthörna
    24. (H. Persson/J. Månsson/B. Roth)
    Speech: Henrik Persson
  24. Noname blues II
    25. (B. Roth/J. Månsson)
  25. Balladen om herr Oscar rökare och den söta fröken Cecilia Blend
    26. (B. Roth/H. Persson/C. Vreeswijk)
    Vocals: Henrik Persson
  26. Eddie in space
    27. (E. Meduza?)
  27. Radio Bollnäs
    28. (B. Roth/J. Månsson/P. Sonestad)
  28. Synthe break
    29. (J. Månsson/B. Roth)
  29. Go home!
    30. (B. Roth)
  30. VZ theme
    31. (B. Roth/D. Södergren)
    Synth: David Södergren
  31. Ocean of synth
    32. (J. Månsson)
  32. Thank you girl
    33. (Lennon/McCartney)
  33. Pianobreak (Bollman's theme)
    34. (P. Sonestad)
These are demos made by Magnus Robertsson before he joined the Fools. As he was going to sell his Kawai K-1, we wanted to preserve these songs. Many of them would re-appear in new arrangements during the "New Life" sessions.
  1. Life
    2. (M. Robertsson)
  2. Goodbye old Kawai
  3. Discovery man
  4. Forget me
  5. Lazer-dance
  6. Emotion
Mix sheet for one of the 4-track master tapes Original tracklist of the Maxell UD master tape

Fools Rarities

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The "rarities" are some remixed or previously unused material (1-4), and the last Musicum sessions (5-8).
  1. Staffe's theme II
  2. Mafuluba shobidamba II (segment)
  3. Hunted to death (remix)
  4. Antonssons ande (remix)
  5. Deep forest green
    6. (J. Månsson/P. Sonestad/B. Roth)
  6. Tio dagar (instrumental version)
    7. (B. Roth)
  7. Läjzer
    8. (P. Sonestad/B. Roth)
  8. Mirage theme
    9. (P. Sonestad/B. Roth/J. Månsson)
These tracks are from the same Musicum sessions as 5-8 above, but were mixed/remixed in the summer of 2003.
  1. Stand by me
    2. (Ben E. King)
  2. Ocean of synth (alternative version)
    3. (J. Månsson)
  3. Läjzer (remix with new bass dub)
    4. (P. Sonestad/B. Roth)

Fools Demos

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The demos are mostly recorded using the mono sound-on-sound feature on the AKAI reel-to-reel, occasionally with a second track overdub done on a 1968 Tandberg Series 12.

Lots of silly stuff on this tape, only actual "songs" are presented here.

  1. "Ozzy"
    2. (J. Månsson/B. Roth)
  2. Ocean of synth
    3. (J. Månsson)
  3. Square wave lead
    4. (J. Månsson)
  4. House of the rising sun
    5. (trad)
  5. Running for tomorrow (I)
    6. (B. Roth)
  6. Yamaha PSS-680
    7. (P. Sonestad)
  7. Hunted to death theme (Live)
    8. (B. Roth/H. Persson)
  8. Brandenburger tor
    9. (K. Stokkan)
  9. Roland D-10 song
    10. (Roland Corp.?)
  10. Woke up this morning
    11. (B. Roth)
  11. Running for tomorrow (II)
    12. (B. Roth)
  12. There's nothing you can't do
    13. (B. Roth)

The "New Life" sessions
The sessions were recorded but never mixed, because the songs weren't finished and also due to problems getting hold of a portastudio for long enough. One of the session tapes also suffer from bad azimuth adjustment while recorded.

New mixes were made in the summer of 2003 using ProTools (dBx decoding emulated in software, unfortunately not perfect).

  1. Running away
    2. (M. Robertsson)
  2. Nothing (Outtake)
    3. (M. Robertsson)
  3. Life
    4. (M. Robertsson)
  4. Living in a computer world
    5. (B. Roth)
  5. Turn on, tune in, drop out
    6. (M. Robertsson)
  6. Goodbye old Kawai
    7. (M. Robertsson/B. Roth)
  7. Discovery man
    8. (M. Robertsson/B. Roth)
  8. Classical hiphop
    9. (M. Robertsson)
  9. The detective
    10. (M. Robertsson)
  10. Music Passion
    11. (M. Robertsson)
  11. Emotion
    12. (M. Robertsson)

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