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Rutles 1995-??-??
Hard Days Rut!, Rarities Demos & Atlernan, Compilation
Set 1
01 I Want to Be with You
02 Backbreaker
03 Front Loader
04 Say Sorry Again
05 I Must Be in Love
06 Concrete Jungle Boy
07 Children of Rock n Roll
[t08, 10, 14, and 15 omitted because they were or may have been officially released]
09 It's Looking Good

11 Number One
12 Love Life
13 I Must Be in Love

16 The Knicker Elastic King
17 Ready Mades
18 Testing
19 When I'm with You
20 Live at Mrs. Fletcher's
21 Protest Song
22 Bride Back Bare
23 Doubleback Alley
24 Plenty of Time
25 Boring
26 Worst is Yet to come
27 Womble Bashers of Walthomstowe
28 Slaves of Freedom
29 We've Arrived (And to Prove It We're Here!)
30 Now She's Left You

Notes:
t01 Bonzo Dog Band alternate version
t02, 26-28 Grimms, a Pre-Fab Four
t03-06, 18-21 & 25 Ron, Dirk, and Barry pre-Rutles
t07 working version of "Good Times Roll"
t09,16 demo version
t11-13, 23-24, 29-30 rehearsal versions
t17 Bonzo Dog Band BBC alternate version
t22 Bonzo Dog Band missing BBC cut
Set 2

Set 3

Comment
The existence of not one but two Rutles bootlegs? In 1995, that would have seemed as inconceivable as a Rutles comeback album. But, there was an official Rutles comeback album, Archaeology; there was a Rutles bootleg, Rehearsal; and now, with Hard Days Rut, there's a second Rutles bootleg. There's some repetition between these and Rehearsal, but they're not redundant in relation to each other; Rehearsal has more than half a dozen tracks that don't appear here, and Hard Days Rut has many songs that don't appear on Rehearsal. In part, that's because Hard Days Rut is not strictly a Rutles album (if such a thing exists from a fictitious group). There's a Bonzo Dog Band track; two rare Bonzos BBC cuts; four songs by Grimms (a 1970s post-Bonzos Neil Innes band); a version of "I Must Be in Love" which, although not credited, seems to come from the broadcast of a Rutles clip on Saturday Night Live and has a different arrangement than ones that appear elsewhere; and "My Little Ukulele" and "Knicker Elastic King," 1990s Rutles tracks that only appeared on non-U.S. editions of Archaeology. There are also nine songs identified only as "Ron, Dirk, and Barry Pre-Rutles," whatever that means. And, there are some demos, rehearsals, and alternates of material that appeared in the original made-for-TV Rutles film, All You Need Is Cash (several of which are also on Rehearsal). So it's a bit of a jumble ? not that such a situation is uncommon on bootlegs ? and not everything is explicitly Beatle-esque parody (like the very vicious and right-on Dylan satire "The Old Gay Whistle Test," which is likely an Innes solo performance that has nothing to do with the Rutles project). Rehearsal is certainly a more coherent collection, and a more complete set of unreleased recordings directly related to All You Need Is Cash. However, from a purely musical standpoint, Hard Days Rut is a better listen in some respects, and also gives a more well-rounded view of the Rutles and their side projects (which are mostly Innes').

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Wed Jan 28 2009 10:02:31 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Updated At
Wed Dec 08 2004 06:47:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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