The Rutles Wiki
Don't have an account?
Register
Register
in: US albums, Compilation album

Changes: Tomorrow and Today

Back to page
Edit
No edit summary
No edit summary
Tag: Source edit
(17 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
  +
{{Infobox
⚫
[[File:Tomorrow and today (Second Cover).jpg|thumb|250px]]'''The Rutles Burder Mabies''' is the ninth Capatal release by The Rutles and the eleventh overall American release. This album is most known for originally featuring a disturbing image of The Rutles surrounded by baby corpses, with the title ''The Rutles Murder Babies''. For unknown reasons, record executives asked for a change to the cover, resulting in the new cover and title being hastily glued over. It was issued only in the United States and Canada.
  
  +
|Box title = ''The Rutles Burder Mabies''
  +
|image = File:Tomorrow and today (Second Cover).jpg
  +
|Row 1 title = Released
  +
|Row 1 info = 15 June 1966
  ⚫
}}{{Beatles wikia|Yesterday and Today}}'''''The Rutles Burder Mabies''''' is the ninth [[Capatol Records|Capatal]] release by The Rutles and the eleventh overall American release. This album is most known for originally featuring a disturbing image of The Rutles surrounded by baby corpses, with the title ''The Rutles Murder Babies''. For unknown reasons, record executives asked for a change to the cover, resulting in the new cover and title being hastily glued over. It was issued only in the United States and Canada.
  +
  +
The Rutles reportedly felt upset and the removal of the original cover, which they worked particularly hard on. "If we can't put out messages like that, then what's this all been about?" Nasty later commented.
  +
 
==Music==
  
==Music==
  +
[[File:Tomorrow and today (Original Cover).jpg|thumb|250px|The infamous "butcher" cover.]][[File:Burder mabies.png|thumb|166x166px|Many albums which were recalled simply had the new cover "pasted" over, meaning that it was possible to partially or fully reveal the original underneath.]]
−
Tommorow and Today included tracks from the Rutles' two most recent British LPs which had not yet been included on American albums, plus three from their upcoming LP in the United Kingdom, plus two songs which were back-to-back on a single:
 +
''Burder Mabies'' included tracks from the Rutles' two most recent British LPs which had not yet been included on American albums, plus three from their upcoming LP in the United Kingdom, plus two songs which were back-to-back on a single:
   
−
*from the UK LP [[Ouch!]], the tracks "Dead Naturally" and "Left-Overs" (earlier issued by Capatal as a single)
 +
*from the UK LP ''[[Ouch! (album)|Ouch!]]'', the tracks "[[Living in Hope]]" and "[[Scrambled Eggs]]" (earlier issued by Capatol as a single)
−
*from the UK LP [[Rutle Soul]], the tracks "[[Unfinished Words]]" and "What Goes Ron" (also earlier issued by Capatal as a single), plus "(Stevie You Can't) Drive My Car" and "If I Needed Some Lunch",
 +
*from the UK LP ''[[Rutle Soul]]'', the tracks "[[Questionnaire]]" and "What Goes Ron" (also earlier issued by Capatol as a single), plus "(Stevie You Can't) Drive My Car" and "If I Needed Some Lunch", both sides of the double A-side single "Gay Tripper" / "You Stole My Baby"
−
*both sides of the double A-side single "Gay Tripper" / "You Stole My Baby"
  
 
*from the upcoming UK LP [[Semi-Automatic]], the tracks "I'm Only Dying", "Professor Ken", and "Just Shut Up, You Bird!".
  
*from the upcoming UK LP [[Semi-Automatic]], the tracks "I'm Only Dying", "Professor Ken", and "Just Shut Up, You Bird!".
−  
−
The hodgepodge nature in which Capatal Records compiled their albums irritated the group, who felt they had "put a lot of work into the sequencing" of the British versions.
  
−  
−
Apart from the butcher cover, the Tommorow and Today album is of interest to collectors for the appearance of unique mixes unavailable on CD. Until 2009, the Ouch! and Rutle Sole tracks were not available in their original 1965 mixes. Because of Capitol Records' haste to release new product, duophonic ("fake stereo") mixes of "Professor Ken" "Just Shut Up, You Bird!" and "I'm Only Sleeping" were made from the original USA mono mixes made on May 1966 and were treated with a degree of compression and reverb not found elsewhere. On the stereo mix of "Gay Tripper", the guitar intro is heard on the left channel and jumps into the right channel (and has John's extra "yeah" on the first chorus). On the stereo LP, "You Stole My Baby"'s backing vocals are moved to the centre during the refrain and the bridge.
  
−  
−
Pressings by the Capitol Records Club and all tape copies have the Revolver tracks in true stereo. Some later pressings (1973 onwards) can be found with the tracks in either true stereo or duophonic.
  
   
 
==Track listing==
  
==Track listing==
−
[[File:Tomorrow and today (Original Cover).jpg|thumb|250px|The infamous "butcher" cover.]]
  
 
'''Side one'''
  
'''Side one'''
 
#[[(Stevie You Can't) Drive My Car]]
  
#[[(Stevie You Can't) Drive My Car]]
−
#[[I'm Only Sweeping]]
 +
#[[I'm Only Dying]]
−
#[[Unfinished Words]]
 +
#[[Questionnaire]]
 
#[[Professor Ken]]
  
#[[Professor Ken]]
−
#[[Left-Overs]]
 +
#[[Scrambled Eggs]]
 
#[[Living in Hope]]
  
#[[Living in Hope]]
 
'''Side two'''
  
'''Side two'''
Line 29: Line 30:
 
#[[What Goes Ron]]
  
#[[What Goes Ron]]
 
#[[Gay Tripper]]
  
#[[Gay Tripper]]
−
[[Category:The Rutles albums]]
  
 
[[Category:US albums]]
  
[[Category:US albums]]
−
[[Category:Albums]]
  
 
[[Category:Compilation album]]
  
[[Category:Compilation album]]

Revision as of 04:42, 11 April 2021

The Rutles Burder Mabies
Tomorrow and today (Second Cover)

Released

15 June 1966

Tomorrow and Today

The Rutles Burder Mabies is the ninth Capatal release by The Rutles and the eleventh overall American release. This album is most known for originally featuring a disturbing image of The Rutles surrounded by baby corpses, with the title The Rutles Murder Babies. For unknown reasons, record executives asked for a change to the cover, resulting in the new cover and title being hastily glued over. It was issued only in the United States and Canada.

The Rutles reportedly felt upset and the removal of the original cover, which they worked particularly hard on. "If we can't put out messages like that, then what's this all been about?" Nasty later commented.

Music

Tomorrow and today (Original Cover)

The infamous "butcher" cover.

Burder mabies

Many albums which were recalled simply had the new cover "pasted" over, meaning that it was possible to partially or fully reveal the original underneath.

Burder Mabies included tracks from the Rutles' two most recent British LPs which had not yet been included on American albums, plus three from their upcoming LP in the United Kingdom, plus two songs which were back-to-back on a single:

  • from the UK LP Ouch!, the tracks "Living in Hope" and "Scrambled Eggs" (earlier issued by Capatol as a single)
  • from the UK LP Rutle Soul, the tracks "Questionnaire" and "What Goes Ron" (also earlier issued by Capatol as a single), plus "(Stevie You Can't) Drive My Car" and "If I Needed Some Lunch", both sides of the double A-side single "Gay Tripper" / "You Stole My Baby"
  • from the upcoming UK LP Semi-Automatic, the tracks "I'm Only Dying", "Professor Ken", and "Just Shut Up, You Bird!".

Track listing

Side one

  1. (Stevie You Can't) Drive My Car
  2. I'm Only Dying
  3. Questionnaire
  4. Professor Ken
  5. Scrambled Eggs
  6. Living in Hope

Side two

  1. Just Shut Up, You Bird!
  2. If I Needed Some Lunch
  3. You Stole My Baby
  4. What Goes Ron
  5. Gay Tripper
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.