The Rutles The Rutles (Vinyl, WEA Records, 1978) ****
Genre: Beatles pop
Places I remember: Slow Boat Records (my original copy was lost in a house move a few years ago. This copy is more worn than my mint/pristine original but it's good to have it back in my collection)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Cheese And Onions
Gear costume: Number One
Active compensatory factors: This is a kind of soundtrack album for The Rutles' film - All You Need Is Cash, and a pretty perfect parody album.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Cheese And Onions
Gear costume: Number One
Active compensatory factors: This is a kind of soundtrack album for The Rutles' film - All You Need Is Cash, and a pretty perfect parody album.
The film is the brainchild of Python's Eric Idle, but he doesn't perform on the Rutles' albums.
Neil Innes, the writer and arranger, knows Beatles' songs inside out and so his affectionate piss takes of all stages of the Fabs career is bang on target. And hilariously funny!
The packaging of the album is a thing of beauty in itself.
Where do they all belong? Another Rutles album - Anthology, is waiting in the CD wings.
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