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Title: "Zoo" and other favorites - rock's great fake albums! Post by: TheLazenby on August 22, 2008, 11:02:41 PM Thought this was relevant, since there was discussion about "Zoo" in the other thread... there seem to be quite a few fake albums in rock 'n' roll lore. I don't mean misattributed ones (like "Klaatu" or "The Phantom's Divine Comedy") but ones that were never made by the band and only began as urban legends. Any others I'm missing?
* The Beach Boys - "Remember The Zoo?" (1966) TRACKS: In The Back Of My Mind / Let Him Run Wild / Summer Means New Love / The Little Girl I Once Knew / Trombone Dixie / In My Childhood / Pet Sounds / I'm Waiting For The Day / I'm In Great Shape / Teeter Totter Love / Tones / Remember The Zoo? SOURCE: A hoax in Beach Boys Australia magazine that got out of hand thanks to fan confusion. CREATED?: Yes, I made a reconstruction of it * The Beatles - "Hot As Sun" (1969) TRACKS: Maxwell's Silver Hammer / Don't Let Me Down / Hot As Sun / Junk / Polythene Pam / Octopus's Garden / I Should Like To Live Up A Tree / Zero Is Just Another Even Number / What's The News Mary Jane / Dirty Old Man / Proud As You Are / Watching Rainbows SOURCE: An untrue article printed in Rolling Stone in 1970, detailing the Beatles' lost album from the summer of 1969 CREATED?: Yes, released on CD by the Japanese bootleg label Junk Headz in two different variations * The Masked Marauders - "The Masked Marauders" (1969) TRACKS: Season Of The Witch / With A Little Help From My Friends / In The Midnight Hour / Masters Of War / Prisoners Of Love / Duke Of Earl / The Book Of Love / I'm The Japanese Sandman (Rang Tang Ding Dong) / Mammy / Cow Pie / I Can't Get No Nookie / Kick Out The Jams / Oh Happy Day SOURCE: Another incorrect Rolling Stone article detailing a supposed collaboration between Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Dylan, and Jagger CREATED?: Yes, recorded in truncated form by the Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Group to meet the demand for the nonexistent album * They Might Be Giants - "Insect Hospital" (1987) SOURCE: The band themselves, in an onstage comment, claimed that this was a 'lost album' between their debut album and "Lincoln" - but when viewed alongside other onstage comments (John Flansburgh once stated that their next album was called "Factory Showroom 2: Back To Hell"), it most likely never existed CREATED?: No, though there's enough unreleased material from that period that I suppose a fan could make one if they wanted to... * Pink Floyd - "Double Core" (2006) TRACKS: Deep Horizon / Titanic Drill / Away From The Skies / Magnolia / Silent Victory / Come And See / No Heaven and No Hell / Stars SOURCE: Online rumor about a four-man Floyd reunion album started by a fan on a forum, who enhanced the rumor by creating a CD booklet for the supposed album CREATED?: Yes, every song was later written and recorded by the Neptune Pink Floyd forum. Title: Re: \ Post by: The Heartical Don on August 23, 2008, 04:12:58 AM But 'Remember The Zoo' does exist! I happen to have it on the Albanian 'King Zog Rules' label... catalogue number # ST-2581.
Track listing: (A Capella Intro sans Words)/The Joys Of Love/A Weekend Alone/In The Country Side/Carefree Days/Brian's Folly (instrumental)/My Desiree ----- Glimpses/The Shining Sun/Bad Habit/Reaching Home Again/Sequoia (instrumental)/Darling Don't Go A nice effort. Not unlike 'Pet Sounds', really. Title: Re: \ Post by: the captain on August 23, 2008, 07:11:50 AM How about fake versions of real ones?
Quote Singer-songwriter Ben Folds responded to the inevitable leak of his forthcoming album Way To Normal in a unique way: he leaked it himself. Only the songs weren't real — he spent eight hours recording "fake" versions of six tracks during a late-night Dublin, Ireland session in early July, then let friends work their magic on the Web. David Downs, Rolling Stone, http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/22595157/why_i_leaked_it_ben_folds_co"You see so many rock bands in the studio and it's serious, serious business," the 42-year-old singer-pianist tells Rolling Stone. "They got the making-of camera up their ass the whole time and they're on the BlackBerry the other half of the time. I just think that we all need to remember how to have fun." The self-leak idea came during an early July flight to Europe with drummer Sam Smith and bassist Jared Reynolds (the trio were traveling as part of a year-long tour that includes 15 dates in the fall; Way To Normal hits stores September 30th). Folds says the group rented studio time with nine joke songs in eight hours as the goal. They finished six at the pace of Sixties studio musicians and had a blast. Title: Re: \ Post by: TheLazenby on August 23, 2008, 02:12:08 PM That's a good point... 'leaked' tracklists aren't necessarily legitimate. Three that I've seen:
Weird Al Yankovic - "Straight Outta Lynwood" (2006)
Paul McCartney - "Memory Almost Full" (2007)
Dark Lotus - "The Opaque Brotherhood" (2008)
And speaking of ICP, that reminds me of another non-existent album... Insane Clown Posse - "The Red Magician" (2001)
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