List of The Rutles fictional albums

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 "".

"My Ronnie"

(by Tony Sheridan and the Rut Brothers - Decca, 1961)
Single, spoof of "My Bonnie".

* "My Ronnie"

"Please Rut Me"

(Parlourphone, 1963)
Spoof of "Please Please Me".

Song titles created by Idle:
* "Please Rut Me"
* "Rut Me Do"
* "Twist and Rut"Songs written by Innes:
* "Number One"

"Meet The Rutles"

(Parlourphone, 1963)
Spoof of "With the Beatles" and "Meet the Beatles!"

* "I Love You"
* "Blue Suede Schubert"

"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"

"A Hard Day's Rut"

(movie soundtrack - Parlourphone, 1964)
Spoof of "A Hard Day's Night".

Song titles created by Idle:
* "A Hard Day's Rut"
* "Can't Buy Me Lunch"Songs written by Innes:
* "I Must Be in Love"
* "With A Girl Like You"
* "Between Us"
* "Lonely-Phobia"

"Rutles For Sale"

(Parlourphone, 1964)
Spoof of "Beatles for Sale".

* "Living In Hope"

"Ouch!"

(movie soundtrack - Aristophone/IOU, 1965)
Spoof of "Help!"

Song titles created by Idle:
* "Ticket To Rut"Songs written by Innes:
* "Ouch!"
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"Rutle Soul"

(Parlourphone, 1965)
Spoof of "Rubber Soul".

* "It's Looking Good"

"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:
* "Yellow Submarine Sandwich"Songs written by Innes:
* "Joe Public"

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(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".

"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.

"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:
* "If I Sixty-Nine"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"

"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:
* "Piggy In The Middle"
**The backward message in the middle says: 'This little piggie went to ma-a-arket'.
* "Doubleback Alley"
**The line "Stinking of gin/In Doubleback Alley/Grinning a grin/In Doubleback Alley" quotes two lines from Rocky Raccoon.
* "Love Life"

"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)"
** Released as an outtake from the 1978 sessions, the false starts and laughter are very much like tracks from "Anthology". In the end you can hear Innes repeat "number two" until it fades out, parodying Revolution 9.
* "Let's Be Natural"
* "Another Day"
* "Easy Listening"
**The line "Why don't we do it in the middle of the road?" references McCartney's Why Don't We Do It in the Road?.
* "My Little Ukelele"

"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:
* "Cheese And Onions"
* "Love Life"

"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".

"Shabby Road"

(Rutle, 1969)
Spoof of "Abbey Road".

Mentioned in "The Rutles 2" by Tom Hanks, creator unknown:
* "The Lunch You Make"Songs written by Innes:
* "Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik"

"Let It Rot"

(Rutle, 1970)
Spoof of "Let it Be".

Song titles created by Idle:
* "Let It Rot"Songs written by Innes:
* "Hey Mister!"
**In the end of the song you can hear someone, probably the drummer, shouting "I've got a sodding cramp in me pinkie!", referencing the end of "Helter Skelter (song)", when Ringo shouts "I've got blisters on my fingers!"
* "Get Up And Go"
* "Lullaby"

"Finchley Road" [http://www.rutlemania.org/rwt_graphics/rdwbrs.jpg]

(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.

"The Silver Rutles' Demo Sessions"

A bootleg of early Rutles recordings.

* "Goose-Step Mama"
* "Under My Skin" (live)

"Archaeology"

(Rutle, 1996)
Spoof of "Anthology".

According to the Rutles website [ [http://www.rutles.org/rnews102.html Rutles News ] ] , "Archaeology" was recorded before the band broke up, and the master tapes buried in a time capsule, not be opened for 1,000 years. They were unearthed 26 years later instead.

* "Don't Know Why"
* "Shangri-La"
**Includes elements from A Day in the Life, Penny Lane, For No One, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, and Hey Jude. Also includes a quote from Innes' "How Sweet to be an Idiot".

"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.

olo releases

"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.

"White Dopes On Punk"

(by Dirk McQuickly & The Punk Floyd - Rutle, 1970s)
Spoof of "White Punks on Dope".

"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"

"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".

"Dirk & Stig"

(by Dirk McQuickly and Stig O'Hara - EMI, 1978)
Single released by Eric Idle and Ricky 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 [http://www.rutlemania.org/rwt_graphics/rwsb1.gif] .