as Leppo, the fifth Rutle who got lost in Hamburg. During 1976 Halsall had rejoined Ayers with whom he stayed for the next sixteen years. For much of that time he frequented the town of Deià in the north of the Spanish island of Mallorca, commuting to Madrid on the mainland to produce and play for numerous Spanish artists, including his final work with pop rock band Radio Futura. In the 1980s he was, together with vocalist Zanna Gregmar, part of a Spanish synth-pop band, called Cinemaspop, created by Spanish producer Julian Ruiz. They released two studio albums – 'Cinemaspop' (1983), just a collection of synth-pop covers of classical movie tunes, and 'A Clockwork Orange' (1984) which included some compositions and vocals by Halsall, as well as a bizarre electronic version of The Troggs' "Wild Thing". In 1989, he replaced the ill Enrique Sierra in Radio Futura. A finished solo album, produced by Robert Fripp, remains unreleased. Halsall died from a drug-induced heart attack on 29 May 1992 at the age of 43 in Calle de la Amargura, Madrid, Spain. Legacy Halsall has been described as an influence by Alvin Lee of Ten Years After, Bill Nelson of Be-Bop Deluxe, Allan Holdsworth, Kee Marcello of Europe and Cheap Trick's guitarist Rick Nielsen. XTC's Andy Partridge cites Halsall as one of his top three influences, saying "He made the guitar sound more like Albert Ayler or John Coltrane, more like a sort of fluid piano player." Discography Solo work 1972 Ollie & The Blue Traffs (unreleased – produced by Robert Fripp) 1973 Rusty Strings (unreleased – produced by Muff Winwood) 1979 Caves (released in 2000; re-released as Lovers Leaping in 2021) Group work 1967–69 The Deram Anthology (as Timebox – released 2000) 1970 Patto (as Patto) 1971 Hold Your Fire (as Patto) 1972 Roll Em, Smoke Em, Put Another Line Out (as Patto) 1973 Monkey's Bum (as Patto – released in 2017) 1973 Living in Fear (as Tempest) 1975 Below the Belt (as Boxer) 1978 The Rutles (as the Rutles) 1979 Bloodletting (as Boxer) 1983 Cinemaspop (as Cinemaspop) 1984 A Clockwork Orange (La Naranja Mecánica) (as Cinemaspop) 1990 Veneno en la piel (as Radio Futura) 1996 Archaeology (as the Rutles) 2000 Warts and All (as Patto – recorded live in 1971) 2007 Under the Blossom (Tempest Anthology) with Kevin Ayers 1974 The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories 1974 June