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From: marcos@sdchema.UUCP (David A. Pearlman)
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Subject: Re: The Rutles
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Date: Sun, 5-Jan-86 18:03:39 EST
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In article <1008@udenva.UUCP>, showard@udenva.UUCP (showard) writes:
> In article <636@cylixd.UUCP> dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby) writes:
> >In article <517@sdchema.sdchema.UUCP> marcos@sdchema.UUCP (David A. Pearlman) writes:
> >>Hey there netland! Anybody still remember the Rutles movie, aired on
> >>network T.V. (yes-sir-ee-bob!) back in 1977?  


> >I saw it a month or so ago. A truly delightful satire. The songs were
> >so true to the Beatles style it seemed as if they were written by
> >McCartney and Lennon...
> 

>    And, every Beatles fan should buy (or tape) the album!  It's on a Warner
> Bros. subsidiary label (I think) and is out of print, so get out to those

It was indeed issued on Warner's Brother records (not a subsidiary, unless
you consider "Banana Records" (the Rutles' mythical record label) a subsidiary).
And it is indeed out of print, as far as I know. However, there were oodles
of these babies available as cut-outs around 1980 (I remember ordering
several cartons of them for about $0.75 each from "Sounds Good" distributors
back when I was managing my college bookstore's record department). So they
should still be available *SOMEWHERE*. And, by all means get one if
you're a fan of the Beatles...Not only are the parodies great, but the
L.P. comes with a multi-page full-color booklet giving the full history
of the Rutles. It even includes interviews with Paul Simon and Mick Jagger!

     A few other worthwhile goodies for collectors: A promotion-only 12"
on yellow vinyl of a couple of the songs from the L.P. (with a nice picture
sleeve); the press kit which came with review copies of the album (containing
some great Beatles parody glossies, including one of the Beatles first Life
magazine cover); and the album "The Rutland Dirty Weekend" by Eric Idle and
Neil Innes (Passport/ABC records 1976(?), out of print). This album contains
the first vinyl appearance of the Rutles (and is pretty funny overall...).

> used record stores.   All the songs were written by Neil Innes, (of Bonzo Dog
> Doo Dah Band fame, also did music at some Monty Python live shows) who has 
> worked with the Beatles (the Bonzo ... Band was in "Magical Mystery Tour" as
> the band in the club) and later with Paul McCartney (who produced some Bonzo
> records in the 70s, shortly before the group died for being too intelligent in
> their humor).

Actually, the group worked with McCartney in the late '60's (1968, I believe).
McCartney, in fact, wrote and produced the song "I'm the Urban Spaceman" for
the Bonzos, which was a big hit in England. He did so under the pseudonym
of Apollo C. Vermuth (sp?). A good retrospective of the Bonzo's, complete
with excellent liner notes, is available: "History of the Bonzos". It's
a two L.P. set, available on United Artists (now Capital). Neil Innes has
also issued several solo albums, and been a member of the groups "The World"
and "Grimms".

                                            David ("Dr. DAP") Pearlman

"And all this science I don't understand...
 It's just my job five days a week." -- R. Dwight