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. For the collection, Rhino licensed the Rutles' "Hold My Hand" from Warner Bros Records. The cover of the album was done by well-known commercial artist William Stout, who had made a name for himself drawing the cover artwork for some of the best-looking Beatles bootleg records in the 1970s. His cover drawing included a representation of Mark Chapman, the man who had killed John Lennon, which generated an immense backlash. Rhino responded by recalling the album and reissuing it with a new, innocuous cover, which they announced in this press release.