With all the brouhaha surrounding the forthcoming release of SPINAL TAP‘s second movie and all the reminiscences about the original film’s humour and perfect critical capture of music business’ other sides, people tend to forget one important aspect of it all: the fact that, like THE RUTLES before them, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest – universally known as Derek Smalls. David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel, proved to be not only actors but also more than competent musicians, who would record albums and tour. No need to be surprised, then, by the issue, on September 12th, of their new platter.
