Collaborations

The Rutles

The Rutles - Front Cover	The Rutles - Rear Cover
The Rutles - Inside Gatefold + Page 1
The Rutles - Pages 4 & 5 of the Booklet
The Rutles - Pages 8 & 9 of the Booklet
The Rutles - Pages 14 & 15 of the Booklet
The Rutles - Inner Sleeve

The Beatles Contribution:	Inspiration
Label	Warner Brothers
Catalogue No.	K 56459 K4 56459 (cassette)
Release date	7th April 1978
U.K. Album Chart Detail :	Entry Date : 15th April 1978 Highest Position : 12 Weeks in Chart : 11
Detail :	The Rutles story is a legend. A living legend. A legend that will live a lifetime, long after lots of other living legends have died. The Warner Brothers (Stan and Reg) are proud to present their tribute to the semi-legendary group who made the sixties what they are today - the Prefab Four: Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry. The Rutles Dirk McQuickly - Eric Idle Ron Nasty - Neil Innes Stig O'Hara - Rikki Fataar Barry Wom - John Halsey Their Loves Martini - Bianca Jagger Chastity - Gwen Taylor The Bigamy Sisters - Carinthia West Penelope - Penelope Tree Their Business Leggy Mountbatten - Terence Bayler Eric Manchester - Michael Palin Archie Macaw - Frank Williams Dick Jaws - Barry Cryer Roadie - Robert Putt Adrian Jones - Dan Ackroyd Ron Decline - John Belushi Decline's Henchmen - Al Franken & Tom Davis Their Lives H.M. The Queen - Jeanette Charles Hells Angel - Ronnie Wood Mrs. Iris Mountbatten - Gwen Taylor Narrator - Eric Idle Stanley J. Krammerhead III Jnr. - Eric Idle Bill Murray The K. - Bill Murray Interviewer - George Harrison Themselves - Mick Jagger - Paul Simon. The Beatles spoof documentary "All You Need Is Cash" is shown on BBC2 on Easter Monday, 27th March 1978. This terrific collection of Beatle-esque songs is released just over a week later. It is said that a copy of the film and the finished album were sent to John at the Dakota for his approval. John was so-o-o impressed that he refused to return the either of them to Neil Innes ! A terrific quality package which, to be honest, puts a lot of Beatle packaging to shame ! Extra-thick card gatefold sleeve, with a quality 24 page colour booklet. The album booklet was conceived and written by Eric Idle, designed by Basil Pao, with art direction by Tony Cohen. The artwork was by Dennis Hawkins, with photography by David Strickland and David Gahr. The booklet has many photographs from the film, "All You Need Is Cash", and a lengthy history of the group. The inner sleeve is also thick card with the lyrics (oddly, only 10 out of the 14 tracks), plus full contributor lists Especially considering the whole project is just an elaborate pastiche, it really does look and feel like some considerable effort has gone into it. To promote the album a single was issued from it, see I Must Be In Love The run-out groove on both sides has the name "ALLEN" etched, which is clearly a reference to "PORKY". 18 years later saw a follow-up album Archaeology

Side 1 - (1962-1967)

Side 2 - (1967-1970)