Now that we've worked our way all the way back to the start of the band's career, I just need to mop up with a couple of albums from later on that should have appeared as the start of the series. At the time I didn't realise it was going to take off quite as well as it did, and so I was posting random albums in no particular order, so this is the classic 'The Shite Album' and being a double, it contains a wealth of great songs. I've had to make a few substitutions as usual, and so the track listing posted on the Rutles Wiki page is now missing 'Under My Skin', 'Protest Song', 'Monkey On My Back', 'The Blackest Of Blues', and 'Tubas In The Moonlight', as they've all appeared on previous posts, and I just didn't think 'Hard Times' was up to the quality of the other stuff on here, so I dropped that as well. I hope I've picked some suitable replacements, and I'm particularly pleased that I remembered Vivian Stansall's brilliant 'Labio Dental Fricative' / 'Paper-Round' single, arranged by Neil Innes, as it features guitar from Eric Clapton on both tracks, and so mirrors his contribution to 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' on the original album. 'Sugar Cube 1967' was suggested by TheLazenby, and I hadn't heard it before but it acts nicely as the 'Savoy Truffle' of this set. 'Evolution Number Ten' comes from the band's new 'The Wheat Album', but fits on here perfectly. There is a cover for this on the net, but I've made my own as I wanted to try to get the title to look as though it was embossed onto the sleeve.
Track listing
Disc One
SIDE ONE01 We've Arrived! (And To Prove It We're Here) 02 Let's Be Natural 03 Unfinished Words 04 Mr. Eurovision Song Contest Man 05 My Little Ukelele06 Hey Mister!07 Jollity Farm08 Dream On09 I Give Myself To You
SIDE TWO10 Another Day11 Bad Blood12 Rutleution 213 Living In Hope14 How's Your Father 15 Labio Dental Fricative16 Mother
Disc Two
SIDE ONE01 Sausages 02 Short Blues 03 Quiet Talks & Summer Walks 04 Don't Know Why 05 We Are Normal 06 Highs And Lows
SIDE TWO07 Paper-Round08 Tent09 Sugar Cube 196710 11 Mustachioed Daughters11 Godfrey Daniel12 Evolution Number Ten13 Scarlet Ribbons
PERFORMERS
Disc One
* The Rutles - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13* Nel Innes - 4, 8, 9, 16* Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 7, 11* Patto - 14* Vivian Stanshall/Neil Innes - 15
Disc Two
* The Rutles - 4, 12 * The Flames - 6* Neil Innes - 11* Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 3, 5, 8, 10, 13 * Patto - 1, 9* Vivian Stanshall/Neil Innes - 7* GRIMMS - 2
