Has anybody ever released a record as a prank? Not a comedy record, but something actually released to mislead/wind people up?
Inventing a fictional scene or band, claiming to be made by another musician, claiming to be a classic "lost" recording...stuff like that.
Inventing a fictional scene or band, claiming to be made by another musician,
Likewise the northern soul tune by Lenny Gamble that was actually by Tony Blackburn - think it got spins from respected djs."well, maybe not a hoax entirely, but the biggest bogus record was probably Roadblock by Stock Aitken and Waterman, which was originally leaked out to DJs purporting to be a US funk track so people would think it was cool and play it"
Think it's actually Morgan Geist.Jersey Devil Social Club was conceived in northern New Jersey in 1980 as a studio-based soundtrack project. Unreleased tapes were shelved in various states of completion until they were unearthed in 2001.
The core of the original J.D.S.C. group consisted of two Italian immigrant brothers, Lorenzo and Vincenzo Capo. Vincenzo's daughter Anabella contributed spoken vocal parts (apparently because she had almost no Italian accent) and two Latin percussionist friends of the brothers (credited simply as "Carlos 1" and "Carlos 2") rounded out the lineup. It was in this formation that the members composed the bulk of their catalog. This included 1982's 13-minute tribute to an obscure French disco LP, Black Devil, themed around Vincenzo's obsession the local "Jersey Devil" myth.
The group ceased working together in 1984 when the brothers founded Vinnie's Pizzarama. They continue to operate the pizza parlor today and recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the business.
This is a pisstake as well right? Though I don't think anyone really fell for it.
http://www.environrecords.com/artists/artists2.html
Think it's actually Morgan Geist.
http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=942
Fake "Whitehouse" record recorded by Smell & Quim
Also in industrial culture lots of fake "limited editions".