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Track Listings
| 1. Episode 2 |
| 2. Episode 3 |
| 3. Episode 9 |
| 4. Jungle Tip - Owl |
| 5. Episode 1 |
| 6. Episode 11 |
| 7. Jungle Tip - Lion |
| 8. Episode 5 |
| 9. Episode 14 |
| 10. Episode 7 |
| 11. Episode 12 |
| 12. Jungle Tip - Leopard |
| 13. Episode 8 |
| 14. Episode 6 |
| 15. Episode 4 |
| 16. Jungle Tip - Boa |
| 17. Episode 13 |
| 18. Episode 0 |
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55 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Its hard to put into words how great this is. Ivor Cutler's surreal albums and books have been a part of my life for years and though most are hard to find, all are excellent and well worth picking up. This is my favourite and its great to see it back in print. It is a hilarious cd where Ivor tells us stories about his childhood in Scotland in his wonderful voice. The material is recorded live in Glasgow and it is all Ivor can do to prevent himself from laughing too. The scottish scenes are from his book of the same name (worth purchasing for the great Honeysett illustrations which also grace the cover of the cd). The jungle tips have me in stitches too.
If you like League of Gentlemen there is treat here not to be missed
If you like League of Gentlemen there is treat here not to be missed
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I love Ivor Cutler, and his Scotch Sitting Room series is perhaps my favourite. Hence I bought this CD.
Being a live performance, there is of course an audience present, and unfortunately, they're the album's downfall.
At his best, Cutler is both profound and hilarious, but for me here, the quiet, deliberate poignancy of his tales is ruined by the raucous guffawing of the gathered audience.
And it's not just that I don't like people laughing. In fact, one of the most charming elements of this recording is hearing Cutler himself cracking up as he tries to recite his own stories.
But the audience... they laugh too much, too loudly, and at the wrong parts! Whooping outrageously at an amusing, but fairly commonplace smutty reference, they then remain shufflingly quiet at the moments of true genius.
How I wish he'd recorded these softly, alone, accompanied only by his haunting harmonium!
Being a live performance, there is of course an audience present, and unfortunately, they're the album's downfall.
At his best, Cutler is both profound and hilarious, but for me here, the quiet, deliberate poignancy of his tales is ruined by the raucous guffawing of the gathered audience.
And it's not just that I don't like people laughing. In fact, one of the most charming elements of this recording is hearing Cutler himself cracking up as he tries to recite his own stories.
But the audience... they laugh too much, too loudly, and at the wrong parts! Whooping outrageously at an amusing, but fairly commonplace smutty reference, they then remain shufflingly quiet at the moments of true genius.
How I wish he'd recorded these softly, alone, accompanied only by his haunting harmonium!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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John Peel and his Radio 1 show must take the credit for introducing me and countless others to the unique and wonderfully surreal world of poet, singer, songwriter and storyteller Ivor Cutler. It's taken me a long time to get round to hearing this album which is now one of my favourite Ivor Cutler records.
These dark and hilarious tales of a dour and repressed Scottish family must have had their roots in Ivor Cutler's Scottish/Jewish upbringing in the bleak environment of 1920/30s Glasgow.
Ivor Cutler was an uncompromising artist who once said that working as a schoolteacher "unlocked his creativity". He was an acknowledged influence on the Bonzos and Monty Python and this marvellous record should appeal to anyone who appreciates off-the-wall humour combined with a childlike wonder at the world.
These dark and hilarious tales of a dour and repressed Scottish family must have had their roots in Ivor Cutler's Scottish/Jewish upbringing in the bleak environment of 1920/30s Glasgow.
Ivor Cutler was an uncompromising artist who once said that working as a schoolteacher "unlocked his creativity". He was an acknowledged influence on the Bonzos and Monty Python and this marvellous record should appeal to anyone who appreciates off-the-wall humour combined with a childlike wonder at the world.
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