''Dandruff'' is an album by

Ivor Cutler Ivor Cutler (born Isadore Cutler, 15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorde ...

, originally released in 1974. It was the first of three LPs that Cutler released through

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in the mid-1970s; Cutler had signed to the label after an appearance on

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's '' Rock Bottom'', which Virgin had released earlier that year. Many of the album's 45 tracks are simple poems or brief short stories—including seven poems composed and read by

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, but there are also a number of musical pieces including the calypso-inspired "I Believe in Bugs", which became particularly well loved among Cutler's compositions.Mason, Stewart.

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Allmusic. Retrieved 12 Mar. 2006. The LP was also the first to feature episodes from Cutler's ''Life in a Scotch Sitting Room'' series of autobiographical stories, which resulted in 1978's ''

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''.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ivor Cutler except where noted. ;Side one # "Solo on Mbira (Bikembe) in – 5:3 Time" – 0:14 # "Dad's Lapse" – 0:19 # "I Worn My Elbows" – 2:06 # "Hair Grips" (Phyllis King) – 0:13 # "I Believe in Bugs" – 1:15 # "Fremsley" – 3:13 # "Goozeberries and Bilberries" – 1:01 # "Time" (King) – 0:15 # "I'm Walking to a Farm" – 2:27 # "The Railway Sleepers" – 1:19 # "Life in Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 Ep. 1" – 2:54 # "Three Sisters" – 0:42 # "Baby Sits" – 2:07 # "Not Big Enough" (King) – 0:07 # "A Barrel of Nails" – 1:35 ;Side two # "Men" (King) – 0:10 # "Trouble Trouble" – 1:35 # "I Love You" (King) – 0:09 # "Vein Girl" – 0:31 # "Five Wise Saws" – 0:43 # "Life in a Scotch Sitting Room" – 3:08 # "The Painful League" – 0:58 # "Piano Tuner Song 2000 AD" – 1:17 # "Self Knowledge" – 0:22 # "An Old Oak Tree" – 1:11 # "The Aimless Dawnrunner" – 2:15 # "Face Like a Lemon" – 3:20 # "A Bird" (King) – 0:34 # "A Hole in My Toe" – 1:26 # "My Mother Has Two Red Lips" – 0:19 # "I Like Sitting" – 0:28 # "The Forgetful Fowl" – 0:28 # "If Everybody" – 0:08 # "For Sixpence" – 0:43 # "I Used to Lie in Bed" – 0:21 # "If All the Cornflakes" – 0:31 # "My Sock" – 0:27 # "When I Entered" – 0:13 # "Two Balls" – 0:15 # "Miss Velvetlips" – 0:42 # "Lean" – 0:32 # "Fur Coats" – 0:35 # "The Darkness" – 0:44 # "A Beautiful Woman" – 0:19 # "Making Tidy" (King) – 0:19 Note: Side 2 Track 6 is listed as Life in a Scotch sittingroom, Vol.2 ep.1 on the cover of the original LP. However, this track appears as Episode 3 on the Life in a Scotch Sitting Room Vol II CD.

Personnel

* Ivor Cutler – piano, harmonium, keyboards, vocals *

– vocals ;Technical * Tom Newman - recording

References

{{Authority control Ivor Cutler albums 1974 albums Virgin Records albums