List of The Rutles fictional albums
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The Rutles were a fictional band, and a parody of The Beatles. Listed here are the fictional albums that Neil Innes and Eric Idle created for the movies All You Need is Cash and Can't Buy Me Lunch.
[edit] My Ronnie
(by Tony Sheridan and the Rut Brothers - Decca, 1961)
Single, spoof of My Bonnie.
- "My Ronnie"
[edit] Please Rut Me
(Parlourphone, 1963)
Spoof of Please Please Me.
Song titles created by Idle:
Songs written by Innes:
[edit] Meet The Rutles
(Parlourphone, 1963)
Spoof of With the Beatles and Meet the Beatles!
[edit] Twist and Rut
(Parlourphone, 1964)
Spoof of Long Tall Sally.
Song titles created by Idle:
- "Twist and Rut"
Songs written by Innes:
- "Baby Let Me Be"
[edit] A Hard Day's Rut
(movie soundtrack - Parlourphone, 1964)
Spoof of A Hard Day's Night.
Song titles created by Idle:
Songs written by Innes:
[edit] Rutles For Sale
(Parlourphone, 1964)
Spoof of Beatles for Sale.
[edit] Ouch!
(movie soundtrack - Aristophone/IOU, 1965)
Spoof of Help!
Song titles created by Idle:
Songs written by Innes:
- "Ouch!"
[edit] Rutle Soul
(Parlourphone, 1965)
Spoof of Rubber Soul.
[edit] Rutler
(Parlourphone, 1966)
The official title of this album is actually unknown. The title Revolter has also been proposed. Spoof of Revolver.
Song titles created by Idle:
Songs written by Innes:
[edit] Travolta[citation needed]
(unreleased concept album, 1966)
A scrapped concept album about a deaf, dumb and blind disco dancer, as described in a 1996 Goldmine article about the group. A parody of The Who's Tommy.
[edit] The Triangular Album
(Parlourphone, mid-sixties)
A record in the shape of a triangle, which unfortunately was not ideal for listening. Other shapes were considered, but only one other was released, and only for a short time.
[edit] Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band
(Parlourphone, 1967)
Spoof of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Song titles created by Idle:
- "Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band"
- "Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band (Reprise)"
Mentioned in The Rutles 2 by Carrie Fisher, creator unknown:
Songs written by Innes:
- "Major Happy's Up And Coming Once Upon A Good Time Band"
- "Rendezvous"
- "Good Times Roll"
- "The Knicker Elastic King"
- "Nevertheless"
- "Back In '64"
[edit] Tragical History Tour
(movie soundtrack - Parlourphone, 1967)
Spoof of Magical Mystery Tour.
Song titles created by Idle:
- "Tragical History Tour"
- "The Fool On The Pill"
- "Lying"
- "Blue Gay Way"
- "Your Mother Should Go"
- "I Am The Waitress"
- "Hello Get Lost"
- "W.C. Fields Forever"
- "Denny Lane"
- "Abie You're A Rich Man"
- "All You Need Is Lunch"
Songs written by Innes:
[edit] The Rutles
(double album - Rutle, 1968)
Spoof of The White Album.
Songs written by Innes:
- "We've Arrived! (And To Prove It We're Here)"
- "Let's Be Natural"
- "Another Day"
- "Easy Listening"
- "Hey Mister!"
- "My Little Ukelele"
[edit] Yellow Submarine Sandwich
(movie soundtrack - Rutle, 1969)
Spoof of Yellow Submarine.
Song titles created by Idle:
- "Yellow Submarine Sandwich"
- "All You Need Is Lunch"
Songs written by Innes:
[edit] Get Up And Go
A lost album, which became Let It Rot. Prototypes of songs that were later to appear on "Let It Rot" and "Shabby Road" were recorded. Spoof of the failed Beatles album Get Back.
[edit] Shabby Road
(Rutle, 1969)
Spoof of Abbey Road.
Mentioned in The Rutles 2 by Tom Hanks, creator unknown:
Songs written by Innes:
[edit] Let It Rot
(Rutle, 1970)
Spoof of Let it Be.
Song titles created by Idle:
Songs written by Innes:
- "Get Up And Go"
- "Lullaby"
[edit] Finchley Road[1]
(posthumous - NSU/Turnip, 1976)
- "Ticket To Rut"
Finchley Road was Eric Idle's original parody of Abbey Road as seen in The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book, before he fully realized the Rutles' complete story. At this point, The Rutles are not said to have broken up, e.g. the ad's statement "their latest motion picture 'A Hard Day's Rut'". As it stands now, this album is now presumably a post-breakup compilation album.
[edit] The Silver Rutles' Demo Sessions
A bootleg of early Rutles recordings.
- "Goose-Step Mama"
- "Under My Skin" (live)
[edit] 1
(compilation - Rutle/Parlourphone, 2000)
Spoof of 1.
David Bowie says in The Rutles 2 that although The Rutles had been working up to the number one for years, he had managed to claim 4 for his "next album" before they did.
[edit] Solo releases
[edit] Old Bag
Spoof of Two Virgins.
Ron Nasty's controversial 1968 album, released on Rutle. Its shocking nude album cover was wrapped in an old bag (hence the name). David Bowie took the album's title as an insult to his wife.
[edit] White Dopes On Punk
(by Dirk McQuickly & The Punk Floyd - Rutle, 1970s)
Spoof of "White Punks on Dope".
[edit] When You Find the Girl of Your Dreams in the Arms of Some Scotsmen from Hull
(by Barry Wom - Rutle, 1970s)
- "When You Find the Girl of Your Dreams in the Arms of Some Scotsmen from Hull"
[edit] Dark Side of the Sun
(by Dirk McQuickly & The Punk Floyd - Rutle, 1973)
Spoof of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. Mentioned by Conan O'Brien in The Rutles 2.
[edit] Dirk & Stig
(by Dirk McQuickly and Stig O'Hara - EMI, 1978)
Single released by Eric Idle and Rikki Fataar.
- "Mr. Sheene" b/w "Ging Gang Goolie"
It is also worth mentioning that the song title "My Sweet Rut" appeared on the back cover of The Rutland Weekend Songbook[2].
