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  Ivor Cutler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ivor Cutler on the sleeve of his Jammy Smears LP Ivor Cutler (15 January 1923 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist.
Cutler died on 3 March 2006, following a stroke the previous week.
Cutler recited his poems in a gentle burr and this, combined with the absurdity of the subject matter, is a mix that earned him a faithful, if small, following.
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 BBC - h2g2 - Ivor Cutler - Writer and Humourist
Ivor Cutler is a man of many talents being equally a poet, an author, a humourist, a songwriter, a singer, an actor, a recording artiste, a raconteur, a teacher, an octogenarian
After the war, Cutler trained to become a teacher and joined the staff of AS Neill's Summerhill, an unusual school 'where staff and pupils live as equals in a democratic, self-governing community', the upshot of which is that the children don't have to attend lessons if they don't want to.
Ludo (by The Ivor Cutler Trio, Parlophone, 1967; re-issued on Rev-Ola, 1997)
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A855218   (795 words)

  
 The Works of Ivor Cutler
``Ivor Cutler is a Glaswegian whose humour is surreal, to say the least.
Ralph Jordan recalls Ivor Cutler in session for Andy Kershaw.
The Vheissu Project's Peel Sessions page details Ivor's sessions for John Peel (see the index).
www.ivorcutler.org   (193 words)

  
 Ivor Cutler Life History
Ivor was born in Glasgow on 15th January 1923 100 yards from the Glasgow Rangers football ground, Ibrox, to a Jewish middle-class family, the descendant of Eastern European Jews who arrived in Scotland three generations before him.
Mr Cutler's classes were popular with pupils, even though today his unusual approach would be thoroughly disapproved of in a system dominated by a national curriculum, and in his time he drew criticism from both disapproving parents and head teachers.
Ivor is a member of the Noise Abatement Society and the Voluntary Euthanasia Society.
www.ivorcutler.org /biography.html   (2496 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Ivor Cutler - Writer and Humourist - A834400
To do justice to the many talents of Ivor Cutler, however, the subject line would be far too long to fit on the screen, causing you to moan and whinge at having to scroll across to read it.
Ivor Cutler was born in Ibrox, Glasgow on January 15th 1923.
After the war, Cutler trained to become a teacher and joined the staff of A S Neill's Summerhill, an unusual school "where staff and pupils live as equals in a democratic, self-governing community," the upshot of which is that the children don't have to attend lessons if they don't want to.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A834400   (977 words)

  
 Ivor Cutler
Cutler was no model crewman by any standard; his dreamy state and love for nature as opposed to combat ensured his time serving for his country was short lived.
Cutler paints an unreasonably dark picture of poverty and neglect from his parents, along with a stoicism that any monk would be proud of.
Cutler's marriage did not last very long, and perhaps the experience made him think long and hard about the fact that although men and woman attracted, they are rarely similar animals intellectually.
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 Ivor Cutler - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ivor Cutler was born on 15th January 1923 in Glasgow, 100 yards from the Glasgow Rangers football ground, Ibrox.
Ivor Cutler's first gig was at the Blue Angel in 1957 but was, in his words, an "unmitigated failure".
Ivor Cutler now lives in Parliament Hill Fields, London, where he takes his chances cycling through the traffic.
www.issue.demon.co.uk /poetry/cutler/biograph.htm   (332 words)

  
 Ivor Cutler - Dandruff: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ivor Cutler [+]'s appearance on two tracks of Robert Wyatt [+]'s harrowing 1973 album Rock Bottom [+] led to the Scottish poet/musician's signing to Wyatt's label, Virgin Records.
Although Cutler had been releasing records for a full decade and a half before the appearance of 1974's Dandruff [+], his debut on the U.K.'s pre-eminent art rock label brought his unique and occasionally unsettling whimsy an entirely new audience.
Fans of Cutler's songs, unfortunately, might feel somewhat shortchanged by Dandruff [+], which consists primarily of poems and brief stories.
www.music.com /release/dandruff/1   (318 words)

  
 Browse by Artist: CUTLER, IVOR
Ivor Cutler's first recordings, originally issued by Fontana & Decca in the late 50s/early 60s, on CD for the first time.
At the start of his debut EP, Ivor Cutler of Y'Hup (1959), he describes himself as an 'oblique musical philosopher', which is good, if characteristically understated.
Cutler in his usual spectacular live performance, at Glasgow's 3rd Eye Centre in the 1970s.
www.forcedexposure.com /artists/cutler.ivor.html   (431 words)

  
 Guardian | Ivor Cutler
Ivor Cutler wandered on stage, alone, in front of a capacity QEH crowd, wearing a lumber-jack shirt and a cap decorated with a sunflower.
As a member of the Noise Abatement Society, he had asked for applause at "50% of normal volume", and his opening remarks were so quiet that it seemed he would never be heard.
Back in 1978, Cutler released a live recording of Scotch Sitting Room on EMI's progressive rock label Harvest, as evidence of his standing in music circles (he had, after all, counted John Lennon among his fans, and taken part in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour).
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4850205-110430,00.html   (334 words)

  
 Arts Unlimited | Arts Friday Review | Ivor, my inspiration
I think she was a little gauche, thoroughly charmed by the literary excitement of it all, and didn't realise he was maybe a little more amorous than she gave him credit for.
I think there's a distracting absurdity about Cutler's music because it deflects you slightly from the fact that he's often very sharp-witted; there are some very pointed observations within his songs.
Cutler's determination not to become mired in intellectualism is one of the main principles of our band as well.
arts.guardian.co.uk /fridayreview/story/0,,1459369,00.html   (884 words)

  
 Arts Unlimited | Arts features | Cutler's drawers
Amid the debris of photographs, books, cuttings, ephemera and loose pieces of paper that fill the living room are three chairs, a bar heater and a harmonium: a miniature piano that wheezes into life when its foot pedals are pressed.
Since then successive generations have formed their own Cutler cult: he hung out with a hip crowd at Peter Cook's Establishment Club, was lauded by the Beatles, and has kept his legend intact - with the help of John Peel's patronage - ever since.
Cutler gets up to lead us to the toilet, but he collapses over the photographer's camera bag on the way.
arts.guardian.co.uk /homeentertainment/story/0,12830,1123719,00.html   (867 words)

  
 Ivor Cutler MP3 Downloads - Ivor Cutler Music Downloads - Ivor Cutler Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ivor Cutler's first album since 1978's career high point Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Volume Two, 1983's Privilege is a bit of an oddity in Cutler's oeuvre.
Ivor Cutler's indisputable masterpiece, Life In A Scotch Sitting Room, Volume Two (there's not a Volume One) is a live album recorded in Cutler's hometown of Glasgow.
Credited to the Ivor Cutler Trio, 1967's Ludo was produced by George Martin and recorded shortly after longtime fan John Lennon cast Cutler as Buster Bloodvessel in the Beatles' ill-fated Magical Mystery Tour film.
www.mp3.com /ivor-cutler/artists/13109/discography.html   (555 words)

  
 Ivor Cutler | MetaFilter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
I first enjoyed Cutler's touching, funny, and often surreal performances on the John Peel Show; and so I was delighted to find a small group of Cutler fans dedicated to spreading the Word of Ivor online.
Ivor Cutler is one of my absolute favourites, not just because he writes about where I grew up.
Coincidentally, I was with the guy who gave me the Jake Thackray CD on Monday and we were talking about Ivor Cutler, and how we were both turned on to him by listening to him on John Peel's old Sunday Sessions.
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 Ivor Cutler : Prince Ivor - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Ivor Cutler began his performing career at the BBC in the late '50s, and throughout his career, much of his best work has been done for Auntie Beeb.
1986's Prince Ivor, a double disc set released by the venerable Rough Trade label, is a unique addition to the Ivor Cutler canon, collecting 12 of his short plays written for BBC Radio 3 between January 1979 and March 1983.
Even more oblique plays like "Ivor Cutler and the Mermaid" can be heard in this light, making Prince Ivor both a time capsule of British political humor of the early '80s and one of Ivor Cutler's most surprising and delightful works.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,71817,00.html   (328 words)

  
 The London Line : They don't make uncles like this any more
Ivor Cutler was, and remains to this day, a very strange man. Properly bonkers, like a crazy uncle, with that old-fashioned, easy-going oddness that all the best uncles have.
As such, Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With A Pin (BBC4, Friday, 10pm), often seems like a eulogy for a time when weirdness was greeted with enthusiasm, rather than flaming pitchforks.
His superiors pointed out to him that he'd completely failed to navigate the plane in the right direction; his response was that the clouds had been particularly beautiful that day, so he'd stopped to have a look.
www.thelondonline.co.uk /theline/article.php?articleID=77   (387 words)

  
 eBay - ivor cutler, CDs, Nonfiction Books items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Cutler Ivor Jammy Smears LP Virgin V2065 EX/EX 1976
Cutler Ivor Life In A Scotch Sitting Room Vol 2 LP Spea
Ivor Cutler - Life In A Scotch Sitting Room Vol.2 (C...
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 Ludo by Ivor Cutler CD
Cutler's best loved songs, poems & stories were recorded in laissez-faire style by George Martin at Abbey Road, as one of the very first Air Productions.
Highlighting the celebrated Scottish poet & raconteur's skill as a pianist & arranger as well as his unique way with language, it is one of his best recordings.
Cutler's film career with a typically enigmatic starring role in the Beatles' film 'Magical Mystery Tour', which made him a film star of some renown, it was inevitable that Parlophone the Beatles' then label, would want a recording by the great man on it's catalogue.2002.
www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/4881882/a/Ludo.htm   (251 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - cutler, Electrical Test Equipment, CDs, Records items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ivor Cutler - Looking For Truth With A Pin - new sealed
Ivor Cutler Velvet Donkey Original 1976 LP VGC V2037
Ivor Cutler Trio "Ludo" 1997 Rev-Ola CD Creation
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 Ivor Cutler - Gruts: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ivor Cutler - Gruts: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more
Released to coincide with a book of short stories of the same name, published in the U.K. by Methuen, 1986's Gruts [+] is the most traditional of the three albums Ivor Cutler [+] released on Rough Trade in the mid-'80s.
Unlike Privilege [+], which set Cutler's monologues and poetry to ambient music by Steve Beresford [+] and David Toop [+], and Prince Ivor [+], a two-disc set of BBC radio plays, Gruts [+] is Cutler in his most familiar mode.
www.music.com /release/gruts/1   (208 words)

  
 Ivor - GLENDINOREE PROMOTIONS LTD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
[IMAGE] In 1970, the Civic Stadium was renamed Ivor Wynne Stadium in honor of Ivor Wynne Stadium was beginning to be an embarrassment for the league.
Founded in 1972 by Ivor Tiefenbrun, the company grew out of Ivor's belief Linn Managing Director, Ivor Tiefenbrun, was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty
Ivor Cutler..from his early jazz outings to his work with the Beatles, Soft Machine and Ivor Cutler - Ludo (CRREV 3) Maya Angelou - Miss Calypso (CRREV 22)
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 eBay.co.uk - ivor, CDs, Non-Fiction Books, Records items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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 bowblog: Ivor Cutler
Joyce Grenfel?) and, without a doubt the strangest, Ivor Cutler.
All of this came back to me while watching BBC4's terrific, affectionate Cutler profile the other night (they're bound to repeat it).
Cutler, perhaps Britain's strangest and loveliest man, is a sort of gentle Scottish Ginsberg or like one of those happy Swiss Dadaists or your oddest and happiest uncle – but also a proper artist and a great poet.
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 Ivor Cutler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Cutler found an avid fan in John Lennon, who persuaded him to take the role of Buster Bloodvessel in the Beatles vehicle Magical Mystery Tour (1967).
Beatles producer George Martin produced his album Ludo (1967), performed with the erstwhile Ivor Cutler Trio.
Cutler has published numerous books of poetry, stories, and books for children.
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 We Saw a Chicken … » Blog Archive » Ivor Cutler in The Guardian
We Saw a Chicken … » Blog Archive » Ivor Cutler in The Guardian
Ivor Cutler is still with us (despite the best efforts of the photographer).
This entry was posted on Thursday, February 19th, 2004 at 13:10:53 and is filed under General, Wind Things.
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 Ivor Cutler - Roobarbs DVD Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
10PM Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With A Pin is what's called 'an affectionate tribute' to this frankly under-rated genius.
Currently on Ebay : Pipkins Volume One, a (nearly) full set of Marvel UK's Overkill, Survivors Series 1 and 2, last couple of Jupiter Moon DVDs, Special Branch - 1974, and lots of 1980s DC and Marvel comic sets...
Not a fan myself but from years of listening to the John Peel Show one thing that stuck in my mind was when Peelie asked him about "modern" (then 80s) pop music and Cutler replied saying he didn’t care for it, mainly because he found the sound of the drum machine "impertinent".
www.zetaminor.com /roobarb/index.php?showtopic=5181   (310 words)

  
 IVOR CUTLER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
IVOR CUTLER - Waterstones Bookshop, Hampstead, September 24th 2003.
But as it looks like being Mr Cutler's only public performance in 2003, those who could not attend the event may like to hear it.
During the performance, Mr Cutler makes it quite clear how he hates websites, and doesn't approve of bootleg recordings being put on them.
www.fosca.com /ivor_cutler_hampstead_2003.htm   (156 words)

  
 The History of Rock Music. Ivor Cutler: biography, discography, reviews, links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ivor Cutler is an eccentric Scottish Jew (born in 1923), who was already in his middle-age years when he began to write poetry (1965) and compose music.
Cutler returned after a long hiatus with Privilege (Rought Trade, 1983), accompanied by avantgarde musicians such as Steve Beresford and David Toop (sound effects) and Linda Hirst (vocals).
After Prince Ivor (Rought Trade, 1986) and Gruts (Rought Trade, 1986), Cutler seemed to disappear again.
www.scaruffi.com /vol1/cutler.html   (200 words)

  
 Ivor Cutler Ludo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Revola present another unique and unmissable re-release from the man who played Busta Blood Vessel in the Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour', Ivor Cutler's 'Ludo'.
It is a collection of musical tangents that are intriguing and absolutely entertaining.
Cutler in all his finery, confusing us into believing that his abstract approach is intense and academic whilst it is packed full of odd, graceful, offbeat timing.
www.creation-records.com /archive/revola/cutler.html   (64 words)

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