Vast Bastards

Vast Bastards
Released	7 March 1988
Recorded	1961 - 1970
Genre	Rock

Vast Bastards is a two-disc compilation album set by the Rutles.

The majority of the Vast Bastards set consists of rarely seen tracks from The Rutles' history, including different versions of songs that appeared in a different form on the band's albums. Also included are the two christmas releases from 1967-1968, early takes of songs, and songs from Der Rat Keller.

Although Vast Bastards is not a studio album and is instead a compilation, it is considered to be the Rutles' 14th (and final) major release. This occurred when the Rutles' core catalog was standardized in 1988, followed by the official re-releases in 2009.

Track List

1. "Under My Skin" (Der Rat Keller, 1961)
2. "Death Cab for Cutie" (recorded as "The Rut Brothers" with Tony Sheridan on vocals)
3. "I Must Be in Love" (alternate version)
4. "I Must Be in Love" (acoustic cover)
5. "The Children of Rock N' Roll" (alternate, early version of "Good Times Roll")
6. "Plenty of Time" (rehearsal)
7. "I Don't Believe In Santa Anymore" (Christmas Records, 1967)
8. "Fallen Archangel"
9. "Short Blues"
10. "Dear Father Christmas" (Christmas Records, 1968)
11. "Testing"
12. "You Need Feet" (recorded by Nasty and Chastity, but credited to Nasty/McQuickly at the time)
13. "Today is Our Wedding Day" (recorded by McQuickly)
14. "Lullaby"
15. "Cheese and Onions" (Ron Nasty on Saturday Night Live, 1977)
16. "Shangri-La" (SNL, 1977)
17. "We've Arrived! (And to Prove It We're Here)"
18. "Barry Brushes His Teeth"
19. "Bottom Barrel Scrapes"