Unusual song - and not just for the Ripper (played by Mick Clarke), but also for the radical change in the Rubettes' previous do-wop nostalgia sound. Trying to escape the hit machine, they tried this self-penned country ballad sung by their drummer (not the singer of all their previous hits) - about a gay couple (in 1976!). The song even worked its way up the charts until the BBC banned it.
The Ripper would be seen more often:
The country sound stayed on:
With slight excursions into Beatles/Badfinger territory: