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In its October 18, 1969 issue, Rolling Stone gave a verbal review of a non-existent album that captured a “super session” of the era’s leading rock and roll musicians, including Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, George Harrison. , John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. The review claimed that none of the artists could be listed on the jacket cover due to contracts with their recording companies. The editors involved decided to up the ante by hiring a relatively obscure band to record an actual album and then sign a deal with Warner Bros.[3] As an indication of how many people The prank caught on, The Masked Marauders peaked at No. 114 on Billboard’s album chart.
