The Rutland Weekend Songbook, sometimes referred to as Rutland Times, is a 1976 album by Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Eric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer. He was as a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, a member of the The Rutles on Saturday Night Live and author of the play, Spamalot....

 and Neil Innes

Neil Innes

Neil James Innes is an English writer and performer of comic songs, best known for his collaborative work with Monty Python, and for playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later The Rutles.-Personal life:...

 featuring songs from the BBC comedy series Rutland Weekend Television

Rutland Weekend Television

Rutland Weekend Television was a television sketch show on BBC2, written by Eric Idle with music by Neil Innes. Two series, the first consisting of six episodes, the second of seven, were broadcast, in 1975 and 1976. A Christmas special also aired on Boxing Day 1975.It was Idle's first television...

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It was described by Allmusic's reviewer as "really ... as funny as it ought to be. An effortless parody of the last decade or so of British television's most treasured conceits".

Side one

1. "L'Amour Perdu" - 0:38
2. "Gibberish" - 1:38
3. "Front Loader" - 2:39
4. "Say Sorry Again" - 2:19
5. "I Must Be in Love" - 2:36
6. "Twenty-Four Hours in Tunbridge Wells" - 1:48
7. "The Fabulous Bingo Brothers" - 1:09
8. "Concrete Jungle Boy" - 3:21
9. "The Children of Rock and Roll" - 0:44
10. "Stoop Solo" - 2:36
11. "The Song O' the Insurance Men" - 0:55

Side two

1. "Testing" - 0:37
2. "I Give Myself to You" - 2:19
3. "Communist Cooking" - 1:24
4. "Johnny Cash
   Johnny Cash
   John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
   
   " - 0:57
5. "Protest Song" - 3:42
6. "Accountancy Shanty" - 0:45
7. "Football" - 1:33
8. "Boring" - 2:39
9. "L'Amour Perdu Cha Cha Cha" - 1:54
10. "The Hard to Get" - 3:03
11. "The Song O' the Continuity Announcers" - 2:14

Early version of The Rutles' "I Must Be In Love"
Early version of The Rutles' "Good Times Roll"

(BBC REB233). (CD issue MSI MSI 10079 Japan only)

Personnel

• Neil Innes
  Neil Innes
  Neil James Innes is an English writer and performer of comic songs, best known for his collaborative work with Monty Python, and for playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later The Rutles.-Personal life:...
  
   (credited as "Nobby") - piano
• Roger Rettig - guitar
• Billy Bremner
  Billy Bremner (musician)
  William "Billy" Bremner is a guitarist best known for his work in the band Rockpile and on many of Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds' albums...
  
   - guitar
• Brian Hodgson
  Brian Hodgson
  Brian Hodgson is a British television composer and sound technician. Born in Liverpool in 1938, Hodgson joined the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1962 where he became the original sound effects creator for the science fiction programme Doctor Who...
  
   - bass
• John Halsey
  John Halsey (musician)
  John Halsey is a rock drummer, best known for his appearance as "Barry" in The Rutles, leading to his playing with Neil Innes's band Fatso and appearing in the film All You Need is Cash ....
  
   - drums
• Andy Roberts
  Andy Roberts (musician)
  Andrew "Andy" Roberts is an English musician.He gained a violin scholarship to Felsted School. He then attended Liverpool University. He has played with The Liverpool Scene, Plainsong, The Scaffold, Roy Harper, Chris Spedding, Pink Floyd, Hank Wangford, Kevin Ayers, Vivian Stanshall and Grimms...
  
   - guitar
• Dave Richards - bass
• Roger Swallow
  Roger Swallow
  Roger Swallow is an English producer, musician and songwriter. He was a member of The Albion Band and worked with many artistes in the late 1960s early '70s as a session and touring drummer/percussionist.- Biography :...
  
  - drums