The Masked Marauders is a record album released on the Warner Bros Reprise/Deity label in the fall of that was part of an elaborate hoax concocted by Rolling Stone magazine.. In its October 18, issue, Rolling Stone ran a tongue-in-cheek review of a non-existent album that purportedly captured a "super session" of the era's leading rock and roll musicians, including Bob Dylan, Mick Genre: Rock.

Apr 18,  · Warners won, the fantastical became real, and The Masked Marauders was snatched up by eager listeners (over , in number!) left to rue T.M. Christian’s merry pranksterish words in the album’s liner notes: “In a world of sham, The Masked Marauders, bless .

Mar 16,  · referencing The Masked Marauders, LP, Album, Ter, RS , Proving that reverse causality is in fact allowable under quantum physics, the first album to be reviewed before it was recorded. A fictional review of an imaginary album in Rolling Stone magazine was so outrageously popular that a record was created to match the review/5(79).

Apr 12,  · View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Terre Haute Pressing Vinyl release of The Masked Marauders on Discogs. Label: Deity - RS ,Deity - • Format: Vinyl LP, Album Terre Haute Pressing • Country: US • Genre: Rock • Style: Folk Rock, Parody, Classic Rock/5(49).

The album based on the joke review, featuring a good Jagger imitation ("Can't Get No Nookie"), a few decent Dylan imitations ("Cow Pie", "Duke of Earl," "Season of the Witch") and attempted imitations of the others that would fool nobody. The Masked Marauders was an amusing concept -- in execution there is no reason to get excited. The original fake review and the album's liner notes are.

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of The Masked Marauders on Discogs. Label: Deity - RS ,Deity - • Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Promo • Country: US • Genre: Rock • Style: Folk Rock, Parody, Classic Rock.

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Jul 10,  · In November , Warner released The Masked Marauders as a single LP on its newly-created Deity label. The album, which sold more than , copies, spent twelve weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at #

While the Masked Marauders were not a novelty band per se, they were indeed a fabrication of music-industry insiders who decided to see how far they could take a practical joke. The Complete Deity Recordings gathers the nine tracks from the band's self-titled debut long-player, as well as the mono versions of "Cow Pie" and "I Can't Get No Nookie" as used on the 45 rpm.