Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2

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Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2
Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 cover
Live album by Ivor Cutler
Released 1978
Recorded 3rd Eye Centre, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow 7 July 1977–9 July 1977
Genre Spoken word
Length 53:14
Label Harvest
Professional reviews
Ivor Cutler chronology
Jammy Smears
(1976)		 Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2
(1978)		 Privilege
(1983)

Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 is an album by Ivor Cutler, originally released in 1978. It was recorded live in Cutler's native Glasgow, and tells stories from his childhood growing up in a middle-class family around the time of the Great Depression.[1] Despite the title, there was no volume one. The poems and stories from the album were also published as a book in 1984. (Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol.2 (Methuen) ISBN 0-413-73580-X)

The sleeve notes include the following:

"Recorded by Pete Shipton of Radio Clyde at the 3rd Eye Centre, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, on the 7th, 8th, 9th of July, 1977.

Edited by Seán Murphy & Pat Stapely, and Master Record cut by Mick Webb.

All tracks registered with P.R.S and M.C.P.S and ©1977 Ivor Cutler.

Sleeve front - Helen Oxenbury ©1977. Lettering - Phyllis April King.

Deep gratitude to Al Clark and Seán Murphy."

[edit] Track listing

(All tracks written by Ivor Cutler)
Side one
  1. "Episode 2" – 4:55
  2. "Episode 3" – 3:45
  3. "Episode 9" – 3:40
  4. "Jungle Tip: Owl" – 0:44
  5. "Episode 1" – 3:12
  6. "Episode 11" – 4:02
  7. "Jungle Tip: Lion" – 0:45
  8. "Episode 5" – 3:13
  9. "Episode 14" – 3:53
Side two
  1. "Episode 7" – 3:54
  2. "Episode 12" – 4:10
  3. "Jungle Tip: Leopard" – 0:41
  4. "Episode 8" – 3:52
  5. "Episode 6" – 2:47
  6. "Episode 4" – 3:44
  7. "Jungle Tip: Boa" – 0:31
  8. "Episode 13" – 5:22
  9. "Episode 0" – 0:00

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mason, Stewart. Review. All Music Guide. Retrieved 11 Mar. 2006.