Any Rutles fans out there?

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 13 May 2014 4:34 am

Well, this isn't The Rutles but Neil Innes & Fatso (the true original Rutles) did a reunion tour back in 2008 for which I returned home to the UK.

I have no idea why it's taken nearly six years for the live CD to finally appear but, anyway, here it is. Many Rutles tunes regurgitated here with a smattering of assorted 'gems'. (My favourite? Billy Bremner's superb vocal on 'Reet Petite'!)

This tour was great fun for us all.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/farewell- ... 0002635838

Scott Duckworth · Post by **Scott Duckworth** » 13 May 2014 5:53 am

Some nice steel playing Roger!

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 13 May 2014 6:01 am

How did you manage to play them, Scott? I can't!!!

Scott Duckworth · Post by **Scott Duckworth** » 13 May 2014 10:34 am

I just clicked the little arrow. It just plays a short sample.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 13 May 2014 10:57 am

Thanks, Scott, but it doesn't work for me. If I click on the arrow it just changes to a 'pause' icon but nothing happens.

I suppose my PC must have something blocked which prevents it from playing but it's beyond me to figure out.

Thanks for replying, though. I think they'll be sending me a couple of CDs in due course.

Scott Duckworth · Post by **Scott Duckworth** » 13 May 2014 1:34 pm

Definitely CDs to proud of!

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 13 May 2014 10:05 pm

I love the Rutles movie, very funny. The songs really sound like they could have been Lennon/McCartney compositions, (perhaps written while slightly inebriated...)

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 14 May 2014 3:23 am

There's a glimpse of us (Neil & Fatso) in the film - a still photo is shown of us in the appalling plaid band-jackets and we're posing around a scruffy little van!

Here it is. It was taken outside the BBC Television Centre in White City on the day we filmed the 'bit' with George Harrison.

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 14 May 2014 8:17 am

That's a nice version of Harrison's Beware Of Darkness, my favourite GH composition.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 14 May 2014 8:40 am

Now I'm getting upset!!!

It seems that everyone can hear these clips but me!

Thanks, Ken - I enjoyed doing that one. I'll PM you with Billy's name for that song.

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 14 May 2014 8:50 am

Was your steel the ZB, switched on the biggest coil winding Roger?

Not only is Billy Bremner a great rock & roll guitarist, he is a great singer as well. I first laid eyes on him in the King Pins, and he knocked me out with his guitar playing.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 14 May 2014 9:05 am

'Yes' for the George Harrison clip, Ken, but 'no' for the 2008 stuff. That's my Emmons LG111.

Scott Duckworth · Post by **Scott Duckworth** » 14 May 2014 10:44 am

Roger, the files are MP3s, but it looks like the site relies heavily on Javascript. If that helps...

Scott Duckworth · Post by **Scott Duckworth** » 14 May 2014 10:54 am

Roger, I just PM'd you with a link to a different site.

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 14 May 2014 10:55 am

The full length tracks are on Spotify.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 14 May 2014 10:58 am

Thanks, Scott. I happened to go to the Amazon.co.uk site and there the links work just fine for me.

It's been a few years since I heard any of these tunes (the tour was 2008!) and from what I heard it seems well mixed. There are a couple of steel and guitar parts I wish I'd done again but I can live with it.

Thanks for listening; I'm told that the CD is already up to #3 on Amazon's 'comedy chart'!!!

Back in the hit parade after almost fifty years!

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 14 May 2014 11:18 am

So the royalty checks should start arriving again soon...?

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 14 May 2014 11:24 am

I've already spent the money!!!

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 14 May 2014 11:25 am

Hopefully on a new jacket...

Abe Levy · Post by **Abe Levy** » 22 May 2014 2:36 pm

Do I have to spell it out? C-H-E-E-S-E-A-N-D-O-N-I-O-N-S