| Please Rut Me | |
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Released |
22 March, 1963 |
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Recorded |
11 February 1963 |
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Genre |
Rock and Roll |
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Label |
Paurlophone |
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Succeeded by |
Meet the Rutles (1963) |
Please Rut Me is the first album by The Rutles.[1] It was released on March 22nd, 1963, featuring the singles "Stay There" b/w "Another Lonely Man", and "Number One" b/w "Monkey On My Back". The entire album, save for the aforementioned four songs, was recorded in a span of just 20 minutes, having to be slowed down to warrant being produced on a full-sized 12" LP, on February 11, 1963. The inclusion of the previous two smash singles made the album an instant hit; it topped the UK charts for months.
The album had 14 tracks, eight of which were Nasty-McQuickly compositions. Every song was sung by Ron Nasty, except for "Goose-Step Mama", "Someone Stole My Baby" witch were sung by Dirk McQuickly, "Don't Play That Song" (also sung by Stig O'Hara), "Is it You?" (also sung by Stig O'Hara), "Goys" (also sung by Stig O'Hara) "Now You're Gone" (also sung by Stig O'Hara) ,which were sung by Dirk McQuickly, "Don't Play That Song", "Is it You?", "Goys", and "Like Strangers",also sung by Stig O'Hara), Baby It's My Girl (also sung by Stig O'Hara), and "Now You're Gone" which were sung by Stig O'Hara. Initially, Barry Wom wasn't quite popular with the Rutles' producer Archie Macaw. Archie insisted on bringing in a well-known drummer Randy Red to play on the every song on the album except for "Goys" and "Stay There", which Wom was allowed to play on.
Retrospectively, the album shows hints of the future writing talent that would be shown by Nasty-McQuickly on albums like Semi-Automatic and Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band. It is now seen as one of the highlights of material by the band released in March 1963.
Track listing[]
Side One[]
- Goose-Step Mama
- Friends at the End
- Don't Play That Song
- Is it You?
- Goys
- Another Lonely Man
- Stay There
Side Two[]
- Monkey On My Back
- Like Strangers
- Baby It's My Girl
- Someone Stole My Baby
- Now You're Gone
- There's Something to Say
- Number One