Ludo (Ivor Cutler album) explained

Ludo
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Ivor Cutler
Cover:	Ludo cover Ivor Cutler.jpg
Released:	November 1967
Recorded:	1967
Length:	32:11
Label:	EMI
Producer:	George Martin
Prev Title:	Get Away from the Wall
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Dandruff
Next Year:	1974

Ludo is a 1967 album by Ivor Cutler, credited to the 'Ivor Cutler Trio' comprising Cutler with bassist Gill Lyons and percussionist Trevor Tomkins. The album was produced by George Martin, famous for his work with the Beatles, in a collaboration that came about after Cutler had appeared in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film earlier that year. The album's title and cover allude to the board game of the same name. The music takes inspiration from trad jazz and boogie-woogie and draws comparisons to The Goon Show.^[1] Four of the album's tracks are spoken stories, some backed with Cutler's ambient harmonium music.

Track listing

All compositions by Ivor Cutler

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

Personnel

Ivor Cutler Trio

• Ivor Cutler – vocals, keyboards
• Gill Lyons – bass
• Trevor Tomkins – percussion

Technical

• Toby Egelnick – artwork

References

1. Mason, Stewart. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r34498|pure_url=yes}} Review]. Allmusic. Retrieved 12 Mar. 2006.