We wantssss it.

[jere7my]

There is a Rutles cover album, and it features a cover by Bongos, Bass & Bob [1]. I need this.

I also need Big Daddy's cover of Sgt. Pepper. (The album, not the song.) According to Amazon, the one CD I have of theirs (Cutting Their Own Groove) is worth $80 - $100 these days. I've got another (Meanwhile, Back in the States) on vinyl.

While I'm talking about obscure music I want, I might as well mention Look People's bright yellow EP, Stop Making Cheese, another Botticelli classic. I found two of their CDs, but neither features any of the Cheese music. Alas.

[1] BB&B is Penn Jillette's band. We used to play their album Never Mind the Sex Pistols—Here Come Bongos, Bass & Bob! during Botticelli. Their songs Died Trying to Escape and Gun in My Hand and I'm Waitin' for My Woman will not get out of my head. Ever.

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Gave it away

[(Anonymous)]

The Rutles cover album was actually disappointing, even given that I didn't have very high hopes in the first place. If I remember aright, B,B&B cover "Number One"? It's, um, noisy.
The whole thing is a bit of a shaggy dog story, in the sense that the existence of the thing is the funny part, and the actual thing isn't that entertaining. As such, after listening to it once I gave it as a birthday present to somebody who was probably entertained at the moment he opened it, and may well have given it to somebody else after listening to it once. So who knows? Maybe that copy will show up on your next gift-receiving occasion.

Thanks,
-Vardibidian.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

An album covering The Rutles is the most inspired thing I've heard since this.