The Rutland Shimmy

 

 

Another Shimmy request, this time from flojo23. Rutles cover tunes by the army of Shimmy bands. Great choice. Glad to oblige.

The Rutles sprang forth in a Rutland Weekend Television spin off called All You Need is Cash, a pseudo-documentary that quickly gained cult following. On the strength of the TV movie, several recordings were released featuring Eric Idle, Ricky Fataar (ex-Beach Boy [Holland period]), John Halsey (ex-Timebox, Patto, & more), Ollie Halsall (ex-Timebox, Patto, Boxer, & again many more), led by musical director & song writing genius Neil Innes (ex Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band & Monty Python).

You don't necessarily have to know the recordings of The Rutles to appreciate this collection but that does add to the overall enjoyment. There's a lot of diversity on these covers: prog; folk; punk; avant-garde; electronica; & outsider. They all add depth & fire to Innes's clever Beatlesesque parodies.

Various Artists - Rutles Highway Revisited (a Tribute to the Rutles),
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Side A -
Cheese & Onions - Galaxie 500
Hold My Hand - The Pussywillows
Number One - Bongos, Bass, & Bob
Good Times Roll Lida Husik
Another Day - Dogbowl
Piggy in the Middle - Das Damen
I Must Be in Love - Syd Straw & Marc Ribot
Nevertheless - Joey Arias
Let's Be Natural - When People Were Shorter & Lived Near the Water
Between Us - Unrest

Side B -
Ouch - Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps
Blue Suede Schubert - The Tinklers
Living in Hope - Tuli Kupferberg
Baby Let Me Be - Daniel Johnston
It's Looking Good - Uncle Wiggly
Goose Step Mama - Shonen Knife
Get Up & Go _ Jellyfish Kiss
Doubleback Alley - King Missile
With a Girl Like You - Paleface
Love Life - Bongwater

Soon off to Tzadik land.

Enjoy,
NØ