Rutles Highway Revisited

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Rutles Highway Revisited
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Compilation album of cover songs by
Various artists
Released1990
RecordedNoise New York
(New York City, NY)
Genre Experimental rock
Length60:09
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
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Rutles Highway Revisited is a various artists compilation album, released in 1990 by Shimmy Disc. It comprises cover versions of songs recorded by The Rutles. The album title is a reference to the 1965 Bob Dylan album Highway 61 Revisited .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Cheese and Onions" Galaxie 500 3:08
2."Hold My Hand" The Pussywillows 2:06
3."Number One" Bongos, Bass & Bob 2:50
4."Good Times Roll" Lida Husik 3:58
5."Another Day" Dogbowl 3:09
6."Piggy in the Middle" Das Damen 4:33
7."I Must Be in Love" Syd Straw & Marc Ribot 2:32
8."Nevertheless" Joey Arias 3:52
9."Let's Be Natural" When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water 3:24
10."Between Us" Unrest 2:05
11."Ouch!" Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps 1:29
12."Blue Suede Schubert" The Tinklers 3:23
13."Living in Hope" Tuli Kupferberg 2:56
14."Baby Let Me Be" Daniel Johnston 3:01
15."It's Looking Good" Uncle Wiggly 2:22
16."Goose Step Mama" Shonen Knife 2:34
17."Get Up and Go" Jellyfish Kiss 2:25
18."Doubleback Alley" King Missile 2:48
19."With a Girl Like You" Paleface 3:28
20."Love Life" Bongwater 4:06

Personnel

Adapted from the Rutles Highway Revisited liner notes. [2]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1990 Shimmy Disc CD, LP shimmy 041
NetherlandsCDSDE 9028

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References

  1. Unterberger, Richie. "Various Artists: Rutles Highway Revisited > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. Rutles Highway Revisited (booklet). Various artists. New York City, New York: Shimmy Disc. 1990.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)