The Rutles

The Rutles (aka The pre-fab four) was a parody of the Beatles, jointly created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes. The fictional group is best known for the 1978 mockumentary film about them titled All You Need Is Cash (often referred to just as The Rutles . Tagline: The Musical Legend which will last a lunchtime.). The film was written by Idle and featured songs written by Innes.

Other Rutles albums (fictitious)

Meet The Rutles

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(Parlourphone, 1963 - released in the UK as Please Rut Me)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Please Rut Me

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Rut Me Do

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Hold My Hand

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Blue Suede Schubert

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Twist And Rut

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With The Rutles

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(Parlourphone, 1963)

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A Hard Day's Rut

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(movie soundtrack - Parlourphone, 1964)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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A Hard Day's Rut

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I Must Be In Love

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With A Girl Like You

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Between Us

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Can't Buy Me Lunch

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Rutles For Sale

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(Parlourphone, 1964)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Living In Hope

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This Is...The Savage Young Rutles

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(Savage, 1964)

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Ouch!

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(movie soundtrack - Aristophone/IOU, 1965)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Ouch!

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Ticket To Rut

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Rutle Soul

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(Parlourphone, 1965)

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(released in the US as Rubbery Mole: Capatol, 1966)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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It's Looking Good

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Revolter

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(Parlourphone, 1966)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Yellow Submarine Sandwich

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Got To Get You Into My Rut

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Yesterday, Tomorrow, And Lunchtimes

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(US only - Capatol, 1966)

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Travolta

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(unreleased concept album, 1966)

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The Triangular Album

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(Parlourphone, mid-sixties)

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Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band

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(Parlourphone, 1967)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band

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With A Rutle Help From My Friends

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Good Times Roll

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Nevertheless

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If I Sixty-Nine

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Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band (reprise)

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Tragical History Tour

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(movie soundtrack - Parlourphone, 1967)

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SIDE ONE

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Tragical History Tour

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The Fool On The Pill

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Lying

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Blue Gay Way

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Your Mother Should Go

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I Am The Waitress

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SIDE TWO

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Hello Get Lost

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W.C. Fields Forever

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Denny Lane

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Abie You're A Rich Man

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All You Need Is Lunch

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Old Bag

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Ron Nasty's controversial 1968 album, released on Rutle.

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Its shocking nude album cover was wrapped in an old bag (hence the name).

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David Bowie took the album's title as an insult to his wife.

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The Rutles (aka The Shite Album)

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(double album - Rutle, 1968)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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While My Guitarist Gently Sleeps

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Happiness Is A Warm Gun

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Another Day

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Yellow Submarine Sandwich

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(movie soundtrack - Rutle, 1969)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Yellow Submarine Sandwich

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Cheese And Onions

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All You Need Is Lunch

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Get Up And Go

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A lost album, which became Let It Rot. Prototypes of songs that were

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later to appear on "Let It Rot" and "Shabby Road" were recorded, as well

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as "Lullaby" and a cover of an obscure Japanese folk song called "Don't

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Worry Kyoko", among others.

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Shabby Road

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(Rutle, 1969)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Let's Be Natural

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Here Comes My Son

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The Lunch You Make

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Let It Rot

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(Rutle, 1970)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Let It Rot

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Get Up And Go

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Ron Nasty / Polyvinyl Wicker Trio

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(by Ron Nasty - Rutle, 1970)

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All Things Fall Down

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(by Stig O'Hara - Rutle, 1971)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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My Sweet Rut

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All Things Fall Down

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Dark Side Of The Sun

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(by Dirk McQuickly & the Punk Floyd - Rutle, 1973)

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Band On The Loo

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(by Dirk McQuickly - Rutle, 1973)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Band On The Loo

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Goodnight Vietnam

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(by Barry Wom - Rutle, 1974)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Goodnight Vietnam

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Goodnight Vietnam (reprise)

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Venus And Marbles

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(by Dirk McQuickly - Rutle, 1975)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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Venus And Marbles

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White Dopes On Punk

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(by Dirk McQuickly & the Punk Floyd - Rutle, 1970s)

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When You Find The Girl Of Your Dreams In The Arms Of Some Scotsmen From Hull

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(by Barry Wom - Rutle, 1970s)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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When You Find The Girl Of Your Dreams In The Arms Of Some

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Scotsmen From Hull

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Finchley Road

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(posthumous - NSU, 1976)

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SONGS INCLUDE:

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A Ticket To Rut

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