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No More the Fool
No More the Fool is a 1986 album by Elkie Brooks. It includes the title track single which became the biggest hit of Brooks' career. Both the album and single peaked at No.5 in the UK Charts in early 1987.
Overview.
Having been released from her contract with A&M Records in early 1986, Brooks struck a new deal with smaller label Legend Records, which was distributed by Island. Impressed with their enthusiasm and willingness to promote this new album, Brooks was excited about the
, magic historian John Mulholland noted that "Reese was extraordinarily clever in misleading and confusing his subjects regarding what really happened... he was an extraordinary sleight-of-hand performer; certainly nothing more.” In 1950, magician Joseph Rinn revealed the billet reading tricks of Reese.
Science writer Martin Gardner wrote that Reese was an expert mentalist no different from stage magicians of the period such as Joseph Dunninger but managed to fool a number of people into believing he was a genuine psychic. The most detailed account at exposing his