The Rutles - Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band: Definitive Edition (2021)

[RunoutGroove]

Cheese and Onions. Right there you have Oasis. That poor parody outfit from Manchester. They NEVER sounded like The Beatles or came even close to them. In fact I've just insulted The Ruttles.

[D-listener]

Thank you what a great collection!

[hbalzac]

I actually just sat down and watched The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash. Even though it was a parody, they really nailed it.

The best parodies always do.

[firefoxnumber6]

This should be a fun listen, many thanks for putting this together and sharing

[RunoutGroove]

Excellent The Lazenby. I used to love watching The Innes Book of Records. Do any of them survive? It was so much more interesting than the chart pap on TOTP at the time.

[moptophugger]

Excellent The Lazenby. I used to love watching The Innes Book of Records. Do any of them survive? It was so much more interesting than the chart pap on TOTP at the time.

Might on the archive website. Almost anything is on it!

[powerPC]

This year, I finally remedied that, recreating the album from scratch - in full stereo this time (except for one track where no stereo version exists), and what I feel are the definitive song choices. This, I hope, is the END-ALL version of "Sgt. Rutter."

SIDE ONE
01) Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon A Good Time Band
02) Rendezvous
03) Good Times Roll
04) The Knicker Elastic King
05) Equestrian Statue
06) Kenny and Liza - Originally, I had Neil's band GRIMMS butchering "She's Leaving Home"; but I since learned that Neil had an unreleased alternate version of his rocker "Kenny and Liza" clearly intended as a SLH homage. This fits the album MUCH better.
07) Being For The Benefit Of Mankind! - My own edit/remix.

SIDE TWO
08) Solitude
09) Back In Sixty-Four
10) Rockaliser Baby - My own edit/remix.
11) Hey Mister! - My original compilation was missing a "Good Morning" entirely.... the release of the Rutles' "Wheat Album" changed that, with the inclusion of a very unfinished version of "Hey Mister!" that revealed it was originally intended as a GMGM parody, with elements present that are missing from the final track. I've restored them to the final song here - AND given the song a new ending appropriate to this set!
12) Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon A Good Time Band (Reprise) - My own edit/remix, based on the version heard in "The Rutles LUNCH."
13) Cheese and Onions

TheLazenby, i finally gave this a full listen and it's every bit as cool and fun as I remember (now even better with "Kenny & Liza" and "Hey Mister!" added, plus your custom mixes) -- Well done sir! I dug around my old files and they're dated 2017 so it's nice to find you've upgraded it! Any plans on other upgrades? (Shabby Road was another good one) Thanks for the share!

[TheLazenby]

I'm not sure, but it's possible.... I always felt my "Rutle Soul" could use some touch-ups.

Also, a stereo version of "A Hard Day's Rut", since I also went the 'mono with fake crackle' route.

[Gilbeatle]

Thank you very much !!! I love The Rutles !!!!!

[fabwill]

Love the Rutles and anything Neil Innes - thank you