A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd
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| A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd | ||
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| Studio album by Various Artists | ||
| Released | March 23, 2003 | |
| Recorded | January 2002–February 2003 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock and Indie rock | |
| Label | Stanley Recordings Venice, California | |
| Producer | John Would (on most of the 31 tracks) | |
A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd is a two CD compilation of Pink Floyd covers released in 2003 by Stanley Recordings of Venice, California.
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[edit] Background
A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd was conceived by members of Pink Floyd tribute band Which One's Pink? in response to inquiries from fans asking whether the tribute band had recordings for sale. The band decided to release its own covers of Pink Floyd songs in the context of a collection of "interpretative" covers that were performed in different styles and genres. As a result, most of the covers on A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd sound very little like the Pink Floyd originals. The compilation consists of two CDs -- one entitled US and the other entitled THEM, a reference to the song Us and Them from Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon.
A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd has interesting connections to Pink Floyd and a unique mix of contributors. Tim Myer (covers Goodbye Blue Sky) is a guitar tech with Roger Waters' touring band.[1] Pierre DeBeauport (of Becca & Pierre, who cover Childhood's End) is a guitar tech with the Rolling Stones and co-author of the Rolling Stones song Thief in the Night which appears on the Bridges to Babylon album. Shaun Guerin (covers In The Flesh) is the son of Joni Mitchell drummer John Guerin. Big Lee's Another Brick in the Mason's Wall is a derivative work composed from Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2 and was licensed as such by Warner Chappell Music -- the administrator of the copyright the compositions. The 5 Minute Version of the Wall by Rat Bat Blue contains a section from every composition that appears on Pink Floyd's album The Wall. Mike Keneally (covers Astronomy Domine) was a member of Frank Zappa's band and later a member of Steve Vai's band. Rat Bat Blue regularly performed The 5 Minute Version as part of its live set. Tortfeasor's Pigs on the Wing contains paraphrase from the opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the case of Fowler v. Board of Education, 819 F. 2d 657 (6th Cir. 1987) which upheld a school board's action in suspending a teacher for showing her class the film Pink Floyd: The Wall. Full opinion available here link Shark of Shark 'N The Smoke (covers High Hopes) is a member of the American Alternative band Wild Colonials [2]. Dave Chapple (covers San Tropez) was a member of the touring band Love founded by Arthur Lee. Producer John Would (as John Wood) was a member of Warren Zevon's touring band in the early 1980s [3]
[edit] Title
The title of the album comes from a quote from Roger Waters 1987 Rockline interview in response to a callers question about his opinion of Pink Floyd's then new album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason he described it as 'A pretty fair forgery'.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] CD # 1 Entitled US
| Song Title | Running Time | Artist |
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| "Fearless" | 5:20 | Tom Freund |
| "Wish You Were Here" | 4:30 | Sally Semrad |
| "Money" | 3:18 | Yortoise |
| "Comfortably Numb" | 3:56 | Graham Parker |
| "See Emily Play" | 3:22 | James Combs |
| "Mother" | 5:52 | Quetzal |
| "Breathe" | 2:13 | 50 Cent Haircut |
| "Young Lust" | 4:15 | John Law |
| "Time" | 3:05 | Kelsey Wood |
| "Have a Cigar" | 4:41 | Ira |
| "Bike" | 1:42 | Harvette |
| "Another Brick In the Mason's Wall" | 3:58 | Big Lee |
| "Nobody Home" | 3:24 | Courtney Fairchild |
| "Paintbox" | 4:24 | Jimmy Caprio |
| "Lucifer Sam" | 3:39 | Billion Stars |
| "San Tropez" | 3:12 | Dave Chappelle |
| "Childhood's End" | 8:06 | Becca & Pierre |
[edit] CD #2 Entitled THEM
| Song Title | Running Time | Artist |
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| "High Hopes" | 7:28 | Shark 'N The Smoke |
| "Astronomy Domine" | 3:52 | Mike Keneally Band |
| "Corporal Clegg" | 4:19 | Samarin, Morgan & Hull LLP |
| "Let There Be More Light" | 4:24 | Brook Claman |
| "Pigs on the Wing" | 4:57 | Tortfeasor |
| "Dogs" | 13:38 | Which One's Pink? |
| "Sheep" | 10:11 | John Stack & Numira |
| "In the Flesh" | 2:56 | Shaun Guerin |
| "Hey You" | 5:45 | S.A.M. |
| "Goodbye Blue Sky" | 2:21 | Tim Myer |
| "Is There Anybody Out There?" | 2:44 | TBL featuring Stevie Z |
| "What Shall We Do Now?" | 3:39 | Which One's Pink? |
| "Not Now John" | 4:07 | North Green |
| "5 Minute Version of the Wall" | 6:35 | Rat Bat Blue |
[edit] Reviews
- François Couture on AllMusic.com [4]
- Matt Rowe on Music Tap [5]
- Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck on ProgressiveWorld.net [6]
- ProgNaut.com [7]
- Jon Nelson on JamBase.com [8]
- Andy Gibbons in Neptune Pink Floyd Magazine [9]
