A FAIR FORGERY OF PINK FLOYD (VARIOUS ARTISTS): A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd

A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd (Various Artists)

A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd

© 2003 Stanley Recordings (659057798929)

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This epic double CD is a mindbending journey through all of the periods of Pink Floyd

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A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd is a 2 CD compilation of 30 Pink Floyd obscurities and classics performed by 29 different bands most from the Los Angeles area. AFFoPF has more than 2 hours of music done in a wide variety of styles with songs 1 through 16 are more "indie and interpretive" whereas songs 17 through 30 tend to be more "traditional or prog" Although not streamed here, the current version of AFFoPF includes "Another Brick in the Mason's Wall" -- a hip hop reworking of Another Brick in the Wall by Big Lee who describes his experiences with public education in Southern California ("You ever wonder why they call LA the melting pot? They added pistols, cracks and Aids just to see what it's got.")

XM Radio picked up A Fair Forgery! AFFoPF was played several times in its entirety on the "67:89" Program on XM Radio Unsigned Channel 52 in March, 2004 and Radio Unsigned continues to play tracks from AFFoPF.

A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd was ranked No. 20 in the Gagliarchives radio program's poll of the the top 100 progressive CDs of 2003. Gagliarchives is heard on WBZC FM 88.9 Southern New Jersey and over the internet.

The versions appearing on AFFoPF range from faithful reproductions to "way out" genre bending interpretations. Included on this record are a progressive/metal take on Astronomy Domine by The Mike Keneally Band (featuring Mike Keneally of Zappa and Steve Vai), a Latin folk rock version of Mother by Quetzal, a very Floydian interpretation of High Hopes by Shark and the Smoke (featuring Shark of the Wild Colonials), a stark and beautiful acoustic version of Comfortably Numb by legendary British rocker Graham Parker, a rich southern tinged Fearless by acclaimed solo artist Tom Freund (former bass player with Ben Harper and Graham Parker), a happy yet powerful take on Syd Barrett's Bike by Harvette (featuring Danny Allen on vocals and Dave Chapple of Baby Lemonade and Arthur Lee & Love on bass), a Brian Wilsonesque version of San Tropez also by Dave Chapple, a psychobilly version of Money by Yortoise (featuring former Warren Zevon touring guitarist John Would), a gorgeous version of Childhood's End by Becca & Pierre (featuring Pierre de Beauport, co-author of the Rolling Stones' "Thief in the Night" and wonderful B3/Mini-Moog from Becca Shropshire who has recorded with Lauryn Hill, Lucious Jackson, Wu-Tang Clan), an infectious version of See Emily Play from renowned rocker James Combs, an alt/rock version of Sheep by Numira, a Genesis meets Floyd version of In The Flesh by talented solo artist Shaun Guerin, two tracks by LA's Pink Floyd tribute band Which One's Pink? (Dogs and What Shall We Do Now?), a sultry version of Wish You Were Here from Texas alternaroots rocker Sally Semrad, a GoGoish/Shakira version of Time by 14 year-old Kelsey Wood and the "5 Minute Version" of the Wall by former Atlantic Records artist Rat Bat Blue.

The evidence on A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd is
incontrovertible, the reviews are in, here's the verdict:

Why the hell do we need yet another Pink Floyd tribute album? Because we desperately needed this one. First of all, this is a localized project involving bands from the US West Coast that all recorded their versions in the same studio, ensuring steady quality standards. Second, the artists come from various backgrounds, anywhere between metal and country-folk. Third, they cover ALL of the group¹s career, not just the sacro-saint trilogy (Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall, in case you really needed to ask), including many of Syd Barrett's buried treasures (Lucifer Sam, Bike, & Astronomy Domine). And when¹s the last time you saw a song from The Final Cut (Not Now John, fantastically unrecognizable thanks to North Green) pop up on a tribute album? Disc one is devoted to artists already tied to Stanley Recordings. It is the most satisfying one since almost everyone takes serious liberties with the original songs. In a bold move, Yortoise stripped Money from its bass riff, revitalizing it in unbelievable ways. 50 Cent Haircut gives Breathe a double-speed alt-Hillbilly treatment, while Quetzal dives into a heart-ripping country rendition of Mother (cajon, accordion and a beautiful violin solo) and Graham Parker sits down with his guitar and pulls off an acoustic folk reading of Comfortably Numb. The list goes on and on, each track reinvented. . . . [T]here are nice finds, like Mike Keneally's Astronomy Domine . . . and S.A.M.'s Hey You -- very heavy, with a sharp contrast between verse and chorus and a doom-laden coda. But the cherry to top it all off is the closing track, a "5 Minute Version of The Wall" (actually six and a half minutes long) by Rat Bat Blue where each track from the album is touched while keeping lyrics logical, keeping track of rhymes and retaining the overall feel of a song. A tour de force!
François Couture on AllMusic.com


"Finally someone has done the 'tribute record' right . . . . . This record does the impossible -- it appeals universally and simulataneously to Floyd and non-Floyd fans alike. This record belongs in the collection of every fan of rock n roll."
A Mole in a Foxhole


Cuts from AFFoPF can be heard on:

WRRW 100.9 FM -- Revolutionary Radio, Williamsburg, VA (and on the web at www.wrrw.fm)
XM Radio -- The 67:89 Program on Unsigned Channel (Now "The Verge") 52
KCRW 89.9, Los Angeles, California (and on the web at http://www.kcrw.org)
Skin Radio - AM 1340 WHAT Philadelphia, PA
Pandora.com – Internet Radio
The "Floydian Slip" program on The Champ 101.3 FM in Colchester, Vermont and 102.1 FM in Randolph, Vermont;
None Radio, streaming at http://www.noneradio.com;
Mojo Dreams, Radio Sinaai, 105.5 FM, Belgium;
BaNgBaNg, Radio 100 107.8 FM, Portugal;
KWMR, West Marin County CA, 90.5 Pt. Reyes Station, CA and 89.3 Bolinas, CA;
KUSP 88.9 Santa Cruz, CA;
The "Gagliarchives Program" on WBZC 88.9 FM and 95.1 FM in the Delaware Valley;
The "Delire Musical" program heard on CFLX 95.5 FM, Sherbrooke, Quebec;
91.1 WLFM Appleton, Wisconsin
91.5 WMFO Tufts University Freeform Radio (The Doctor's "Brain Damage" Pink Floyd program)
88.5 WMNF Tampa, Florida

Check out other Stanley Recordings artists on CDBABY.com they include: Sally Semrad "Left of Me", Yortoise "I Love You to Death", Courtney Fairchild "Long Way", Ira, "Sometimes with the Mouth, Always with the Finger and Danny Allen "Howdy" ...also check out Harvette and Tom Freund

Also check out our friends "Led Zepagain" with their newly released tributes to Led Zeppelin on CD Baby http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ledzepagain

And Check out Which One's Pink? -- Southern California's Pink Floyd tribute band!
Go Here http://www.myspace.com/whichonespink for The Which One's Pink? MySpace Profile

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  • Varied renditions
    author: Gregory Olsen

    I am not one to go in for tribute bands, but this 2 CD set of covers is fantastic with various interpretations from country to ska.

  • Refreshing to hear these new takes on some classic tunes!
    author: Rev T

    The sound quality of this album is superb. No matter how far out the interpretations get, the heart and soul of Floyd could be heard and felt throughout. I can listen to the entire Floyd catalog and not get tired of it, though I may skip over some old favorites that are the overplayed standbys in regular rotation on the radio. After doing that, I've tried to expand my horizons by purchasing and playing albums like Symphonic Floyd with high hopes (seriously, no pun intended) that I would enjoy it, only to put it away never to be heard from again. It is really refreshing to hear these new takes on some classic tunes! This album has become an automatic classic in my collection.

  • author: slippery sid

    if you like cover versions buy this cd well worth the money i only skip 2 tracks (i have bought floyd since arnold layne)

  • It is a fun CD , I thought I was a purist ......
    author: Michael Freid of Freidster Times

    My first impression was "Bands that suck do covers of other bands material", but after I bought it and listened to it five times I like it all without missing a beat. It is a great tribute album to a band that is still writing and playing. I hate to say this but if you like Fair Forgery you will like Floydian Propulsion Project also from CD Baby. I never give a five star away, four star is as I as I can feel comfortable for covers of anything, but Hendrix doing Dylan. Rock on...................

  • My son thought the CD was DANK (awesome)
    author: Gina

    All the groups on the CD sound great.

  • Pink Floyd Tributes and Remixes!
    author: Punk Floyd

    Great CD! I should say Great CDs!! Certainly one of the best Pink Floyd TRIBUTE cd's out there, I love it. Another great disc (Pink Floyd REMIX) is "Floydhead - The Floydian Propulsion Project" which is highly recommended, especially if you love tributes and remixes... especially if you love the floyd!!

  • How I Wish You Would Hear
    author: David Sloan

    To me, the real measure for a “covers” CD (or double CD, in this case) is that the new renditions not only entertain, but get you excited about the original songs. The covers of the familiar (from Dark Side, The Wall, etc), a mix of reinvention and faithful, are all done well (especially Mike Keneally!). But it’s the covers of the more "obscure" tracks (Childhood’s End, Paintbox, Let There Be More Light) that really got me intrigued. I thought I had all the original Pink Floyd I need, but thanks to these intriguing and very well delivered versions, I’m on a hunt to find more. I am VERY HAPPY that I found this!

  • Five Stars
    author: James Duckworth

    This CD is worth 5 stars as far as I’m concerned. I only give 4 or 5 stars. When I was young my mother said that if you do not have anything good to say then don’t say nothing at all. So, if I buy a CD and I am sorry I did that…my response is to not rate it at all. If I am glad I got it I give it 4 stars. If I am overjoyed that I bought that CD it gets 5 stars.

  • Can finally pull out the floyd cassette thats worn to dust
    author: Gyro

    Refreshing. different slant. Enjoyable none the less.

  • shut up,sit down, hang on!
    author: bill rankin

    this will be one of the best cd's you will ever purchase in your lifetime!

  • Great to hear so many fresh versions of Pink Floyd songs
    author: Mike

    This cd was a great addition to my already gigantic Pink Floyd collection. I love to hear bands interpritations of Pink Floyd songs. This cd is one of the best tributes to Pink Floyd I've heard so far.

  • author: CD Baby

    Floyd fans can take heart with this 2-CD, 30-track compilation of Pink Floyd obscurities and classics performed by 29 different respected artists and bands mostly from the Los Angeles area, including Courtney Fairchild, Gram Parker and Tom Freund (former bass player with Ben Harper and Graham Parker). From a stark and beautiful acoustic version of "Comfortably Numb," a Latin folk rock version of "Mother" to a progressive/metal take on "Astronomy Domine," you get artistic, interpretive creativity as well as reliving your favorite Floydisms through new eyes.

  • author: James Lydem

    I will listen to this CD for a long time. The versions of songs, talent at it's best. I know XM Radio is helping to get these bands exposed to us but, how about a Tee Shirt with all the bands names and songs they did? I'd buy one. Good Luck to you all.

  • Click on buy now! ... all this and change from twenty bucks.
    author: Andy Doswell

    A great CD, with some faithful covers to some fantastic re-works in the artists own style (Rapping to the wall?!?) Highlights are Comfortably Numb by Graham Parker (sends shivers down the spine), Big Lee's Another Brick, Harvet's Bike and Rat Bat Blue's "5 minute Version" , even if it is 6'35"!! One criticism ... where's Echoes??? Missing that sonar ping! All this and change from 20 bucks... marvellous

  • Rewards both casual fans and serious fans - a must-have!
    author: MadSwede

    Listening to tribute CDs is a lot like going to a foreign country - there are some big differences and there are some little differences, and you either appreciate the differences and enjoy what's around you, or you spend your time complaining about how it ain't the way it's supposed to be. The only way to tell if the trip was worth it or if one should've stayed home is to go - thankfully, tribute CDs are much cheaper than vacations in foreign countries, AND you can try before you buy! So there is no excuse for failing to check out A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd. Perhaps the most interesting thing about AFFoPF is how it actually manages to cultivate more interest in Pink Floyd's original music. It does this by showing how many different ways the actual songs of Pink Floyd can be done, and how interesting the music remains even when run through another genre's monster garage to come out looking totally other. To be fair, many of the songs are very true to the originals. Given that that was their goal, they've managed to raise the bar ever higher on the "exact copy" style of tribute, no small task. It's very hard to listen to a song that sounds so very close to the original but just misses the mark - just barely - and remain objective about it. Having said that, overall this CD set rewards the casual listener immediately with strong faithful covers, and rewards the more patient or adventurous listener with some really great treatments of the music career of a great band called Pink Floyd.

  • Truly a work of art.
    author: Will Barroso

    There are many Pink Floyd tribute CDs out there but none compare to this well produced, artistically conceived masterpiece. Songs such as Comfortably Numb, Time and Wish You Were Here are performed like never before as they are translated into multiple genres. This great two CD set touches on the entire Pink Floyd catalog bringing to light lost gems such as Not Now John, Good Bye Blue Sky and Nobody Home. I have almost every Floyd tribute CD out there and this is the best by far.

  • author: Tamara Turner, CD Baby

    Floyd fans can take heart with this 2-CD, 30-track compilation of Pink Floyd obscurities and classics performed by 29 different respected artists and bands mostly from the Los Angeles area, including Courtney Fairchild, Gram Parker and Tom Freund (former bass player with Ben Harper and Graham Parker). From a stark and beautiful acoustic version of "Comfortably Numb," a Latin folk rock version of "Mother" to a progressive/metal take on "Astronomy Domine," you get artistic, interpretive creativity as well as reliving your favorite Floydisms through new eyes.

  • Not Floyd, but the next best thing!
    author: Dark Side of the Moon

    If you like Pink Floyd and want to hear more you should get this. My favorite in this set is Let There Be More Light by some band called Glass. I also liked the songs from Animals. I can never get enough of the Floyd and really like their older stuff (The Wall and earlier) much better than the later stuff (Final Cut and beyond). You get all the great old tunes here from Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Saucerful of Secrets, More, etc. Put these disks in the CD player, dim the lights, relax and let the show begin! The more I listen to these disks, the more I like them. For all you Pink Floyd fans out there, get this set and you will not be disapointed.

  • Awesome Album
    author: tribaltat, Maine, USA

    Bought this 2 CD album because of cut by Mike Keneally. What a surprise. Most of the cuts on the first CD (US) were really good...some were great. Listened to it a few times and liked it better each time. The second CD (THEM) was awesome. The music flowed from one cut to the next, even though they were done by different musicians. I highly recommend this album. I used to be a Pink Floyd purist...so I didn't know if I could get into a "tribute" album...but it really works. ...

  • Fresh, creative and respectful. Very good .
    author: Duff Moses

    As an ashamedly rabid Floydoid I've bought every cover disc out there and this is the best. Fresh,creative, respectful but not sycophantic. Very good. You may have your pudding.

  • breadth, fresh sounds, lovely rounds
    author: Dougie Stew Stew

    So many artists, so few failures. Rich recording, thoughtful interpretations and songs for the singing.

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