Seasons In Your Mind-Extra Page: The Masked Marauders Complete Story

The Masked Marauders: The Whole Story

Here are all the printed items about The Masked Marauders, from "review" to "cut-out bin."

The articles were sliced and diced to format them better, but not one word of the copyrighted Rolling Stone material has been cut.

First, the review which started the ball rolling (RS #44, 10/18/69):

Next, article setting Christmas release, with notes about leaked acetates (RS #45, 11/1/69):

Correspondence, Love Letter & Advice, wherein they are dumbfounded to have to explain that it was a JOKE! (RS #46, 11/15/69):

The entire Masked Marauders story is reveiled in detail, including making the album. (RS #48, 12/13/69):

In the same issue, Ralph J Gleason is worried that these hoaxes are taken seriously. (RS #48, 12/13/69):

Story article about an AD for the record, again explaining that it's fake. (RS #50, 1/21/70):

Here's the ad (rotated to enable actual reading). (RS #50, 1/21/70):

Warner Bros reports The Masked Marauders have broken up. (RS #52, 2/21/70):

FCC Chairman Burch deems "I Can't Get No Nookie" obscene. Diety Records responds (RS #55 Random Notes, 4/2/70):

Album is relegated to the cut-out bin, thus ending the story. (RS #80 Random Notes, 4/15/71):

That was the end, until Rhino Homemade Records released a CD in 2003 with the album and the mono singles to eager collectors.

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