 Throughout the 1980s, the Rutles did not exist.In 1982, the Rutles were involved in a record scandal reminiscent of the one surrounding the Beatles' "Yesterday and Today" album.Rhino Records, at the time a small Los Angeles label specialising in off-beat releases, released an album that it called "Beatlesongs", purportedly a collection of Beatles novelty songs but actually a weird catch-all of assorted Beatles-related tunes.