The Son of America
1972 · A&M 1332 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Seemon & Marijke
- Title
- The Son of America
- Release
- The Son of America / Vegetable Stew
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- A&M # 1332
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Seemon Posthuma, Richard Fortune, Colleen Fortune, Maureen Fortune
- Genre
- Rock · Pop Rock · Novelty
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Son of America, The (Seemon & Marijke) Pop rock, novelty. Hollywood man - shot in South Vietnam
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
A&M Records 1332, white label marked "Promotional Copy – Not For Sale"; "The Son of America" (Seemon Posthuma-Richard Fortune-Colleen Fortune-Maureen Fortune), 3:31 (2265), Irving Music, Inc. / Seemon & Marijke Music / House of Jones Music (BMI); "From the A&M Album 'Son Of America' SP-4309"; produced by Graham Nash. Issued in an A&M company sleeve printed with concentric rings of "A&M Records" lettering. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Seemon & Marijke was the recording name of Simon Posthuma (born 1 February 1939, Zaandam, Netherlands; died 28 February 2020) and Marijke Koger (born 6 November 1943, Amsterdam), founders of The Fool, the Amsterdam design collective famous for its Beatles work (Sgt. Pepper-era art, the Apple Boutique mural). "The Son Of America" is the B-side of their A&M single "I Saw You" (AT 10 835, 1971; also a promo flip of "Vegetable Stew", 1972). After The Fool's 1968 mural work for the Los Angeles production of Hair, Koger remained based in Los Angeles, and the A&M sessions were made with an LA cast…