at 15:32 on September 3, 2006, EST.


Paris Hilton. (CPimages/AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
LONDON (AP) - Some Paris Hilton fans may have got more - or less - than they bargained for when they bought her debut album.

Record chain HMV said Sunday it had pulled from shelves several copies of Hilton's Paris album that appeared to have been doctored by British graffiti artist and prankster Banksy.

The doctored version includes a topless image of the celebrity heiress, as well as a picture in which she sports the head of a dog.

A sticker advertises the album's "hits" - "Why am I Famous?" "What Have I Done?" and "What Am I For?"

Instead of Hilton's perky pop, the CD inside features 40 minutes of remixed music by a musician identified only as "DM."

Banksy's spokeswoman, Jo Brooks, said the artist had hidden 500 copies of the altered album in record stores across Britain.

"They're very subtly done and do look like the original albums," Brooks said. "You have to look quite carefully to see what he's done."

HMV said it had recovered seven copies of the Banksy version of the album from two stores in Brighton, southern England. The chain said it planned to auction off the copies.

Banksy, who has managed to disguise his identity despite his spreading fame, began by scattering subversive stenciled images across British cities, but has moved on to books and gallery shows.

He has surreptitiously hung faux artworks in major galleries in New York, Paris and London, and displayed a rock painting of a spear-toting man pushing a shopping cart in the British Museum.

Last year he stenciled a series of images, including balloons and mountain vistas, on the Palestinian side of Israel's West Bank "security barrier."


©The Canadian Press, 2006

luv4u said:

That is awesome.

Those albums are going to be worth a mint, whoever actually bought one.

But then, whoever actually bought one doesn't deserve to get rich.

DM, might see some newfound fame as well.

Bearing in mind that HMV only stock sealed and security tagged copies, this sounds like bullshit or an inside job.

Either way, Banksy's an untalented cunt.

Mong said:

Already a thread on this.

http://www.prince.org/msg/100/201286

Considering it's not really music, in two senses, it's in the GD.

Mong said:

You're just jealous you didn't think of it first.

Anyway, the spear-toting man pushing a shopping cart in the British Museum sound hilarious.

...a picture in which she sports the head of a dog...


..."They're very subtly done and do look like the original albums," Brooks said. "You have to look quite carefully to see what he's done." ...

meow85 said:

I know.

When I first saw this thread I thought it was with regards to the picture of Paris posted. Look at the 'A' of Atlantic. Looks like a (tragically deformed) penis. I thought that was what the doctoring was.

Mong said:

So is Paris.

i want one!!