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''The Masked Marauders'' is a record album released on the Warner Bros. Reprise/Deity label in the fall of 1969 that was part of an elaborate hoax concocted by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine. In its October 18, 1969 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 Jagger, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. The review claimed that none of the artists could be listed on the jacket cover because of contractual agreements with their recording companies. The editors involved decided to extend the joke by hiring a relatively obscure band to record an actual album and then secured a deal with Warner Bros.〔 As an indication of how many people were taken in by the joke, ''The Masked Marauders'' fell just short of making ''Billboard's'' Hot 100. ==''Rolling Stone'' spoof== ''The Masked Marauders'' began as a spoof dreamed up by ''Rolling Stone'' editor Greil Marcus. Under the pseudonym T.M. Christian (a reference to Terry Southern’s novel ''The Magic Christian''), Marcus wrote a satiric review of a fictitious double bootleg album in collaboration with record reviewer Bruce Miroff. The review was intended to parody the "supergroup" trend then taking place (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Blind Faith and Led Zeppelin) and was also inspired by ''Great White Wonder'', a double album of unreleased Dylan recordings often credited as the first bootleg.〔 Many readers, however, took the review seriously, despite its obvious jokes: *"Produced by Al Kooper, the album was recorded with impeccable secrecy in a small town near the site of the original Hudson Bay Colony in Canada." *"The LP opens with an eighteen-minute version of 'Season of the Witch' (lead vocal by Dylan, on which he does a superb imitation of early Donovan). The cut is highlighted by an amazing jam between bass and piano, both played by Paul McCartney." *"Dylan shines on Side Three, displaying his new deep bass voice, with 'Duke of Earl'." *"Paul showcases his favorite song, 'Mammy,' and while his performance is virtually indistinguishable from Eddie Fisher's version, it is still very powerful, evocative, and indeed, stunning. And they say a white boy can’t sing the blues!" *"It can truly be said that this album is more than a way of life; it is life."〔T.M. Christian (Greil Marcus), "The Masked Marauders," The Rolling Stone Record Review, compiled by the editors of ''Rolling Stone'' (New York: Pocket Books, 1971), p. 392.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Masked Marauders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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