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, credited to the 'Ivor Cutler Trio' comprising Cutler with bassist Gill Lyons and percussionist Trevor Tomkins. The album was produced by

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, famous for his work with

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, in a collaboration that came about after Cutler had appeared in the Beatles' ''

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'' film earlier that year. The album's title and cover allude to the

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of the same name. The music takes inspiration from

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and

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and draws comparisons to ''

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''.Mason, Stewart.

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Allmusic. Retrieved 12 Mar. 2006. Four of the album's tracks are spoken stories, some backed with Cutler's

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music.

Track listing

All compositions by Ivor Cutler # "Mud" – 1:03 # "A Great Grey Grasshopper" – 2:21 # "Darling, Will You Marry Me Twice" – 0:53 # "A Still, Small Fly" – 1:12 # "Deedle, Deedly, I Pass" – 1:47 # "I Had a Little Boat" – 2:03 # "Cockadoodledon't" – 1:11 # "Shoplifters" – 2:18 # "Mary's Drawer" – 3:34 # "I'm Happy" – 0:38 # "I'm Going in a Field" – 2:09 # "Go on, Jump!" – 0:49 # "Flim Flam Flum" – 2:06 # "Good Morning! How Are You? Shut Up!" – 1:26 # "Last Song" – 2:02 # "A Suck of My Thumb" – 2:25 # "The Shapely Balloon" – 4:04

Personnel

;Ivor Cutler Trio *Ivor Cutler - vocals, keyboards *Gill Lyons - bass *Trevor Tomkins - percussion ;Technical *Toby Egelnick - artwork

References

{{Authority control 1967 albums Ivor Cutler albums Albums produced by George Martin EMI Records albums