Name: An Elpee And Two Epees
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SKU: 510857
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An Elpee And Two Epees

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Album: An Elpee And Two Epees
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Here's A Health For Simon	More Info...	1:30
2)	Size Nine And A Half	More Info...	2:58
3)	Pickle Your Knees	More Info...	2:03
4)	Mary's A Cow	More Info...	1:28
5)	Gravity Begins At Home	More Info...	2:23
6)	A Cowpuncher And A Bird	More Info...	1:22
7)	Boo Boo Bird	More Info...	3:51
8)	Steady Job	More Info...	3:14
9)	The Obliging Fairy	More Info...	0:51
10)	First Love	More Info...	4:47
11)	Who Tore Your Trousers James	More Info...	2:22
12)	Are You Alright Jack	More Info...	3:54
13)	A Red Flower	More Info...	2:27
14)	Do You Ever Feel Lonely	More Info...	1:13
15)	A Warning To The Flies	More Info...	1:26
16)	Grass Seed	More Info...	2:23
17)	The Market Place	More Info...	2:50
18)	A Tooth Song	More Info...	1:27
19)	Egg Meat	More Info...	3:22
20)	Muscular Tree	More Info...	2:28
21)	The Handymen	More Info...	4:00
22)	Sh Chi	More Info...	2:49
23)	Stick Out Your Chest	More Info...	0:44
24)	Turkish Bath Play	More Info...	3:47
25)	These's A Turtle In My Soup	More Info...	3:09
26)	Gruts For Tea	More Info...	2:32
27)	Get Away From The Wall	More Info...	1:59
28)	The Tureen	More Info...	2:34

Album: An Elpee And Two Epees
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Here's A Health For Simon	More Info...	1:30
2)	Size Nine And A Half	More Info...	2:58
3)	Pickle Your Knees	More Info...	2:03
4)	Mary's A Cow	More Info...	1:28
5)	Gravity Begins At Home	More Info...	2:23
6)	A Cowpuncher And A Bird	More Info...	1:22
7)	Boo Boo Bird	More Info...	3:51
8)	Steady Job	More Info...	3:14
9)	The Obliging Fairy	More Info...	0:51
10)	First Love	More Info...	4:47
11)	Who Tore Your Trousers James	More Info...	2:22
12)	Are You Alright Jack	More Info...	3:54
13)	A Red Flower	More Info...	2:27
14)	Do You Ever Feel Lonely	More Info...	1:13
15)	A Warning To The Flies	More Info...	1:26
16)	Grass Seed	More Info...	2:23
17)	The Market Place	More Info...	2:50
18)	A Tooth Song	More Info...	1:27
19)	Egg Meat	More Info...	3:22
20)	Muscular Tree	More Info...	2:28
21)	The Handymen	More Info...	4:00
22)	Sh Chi	More Info...	2:49
23)	Stick Out Your Chest	More Info...	0:44
24)	Turkish Bath Play	More Info...	3:47
25)	These's A Turtle In My Soup	More Info...	3:09
26)	Gruts For Tea	More Info...	2:32
27)	Get Away From The Wall	More Info...	1:59
28)	The Tureen	More Info...	2:34

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Performer Notes

This collection features the CD debut of Scottish poet/humorist Ivor Cutler's album WHO TORE YOUR TROUSERS? (1961) and EP records IVOR CUTLER OF Y'HUP (1959) and GET AWAY FROM THE WALL (1961). All 28 tracks make their CD debut here.
Liner Note Author: Mark Powell.
Ivor Cutler's very earliest work was very hard to find in the decades after it was first issued. This compilation does an exemplary job of restoring it to wide availability, its 28 tracks combining everything from the 1961 LP Who Tore Your Trousers?, the 1959 EP Ivor Cutler of Y'Hup, and the 1961 EP Get Away from the Wall. Cutler's material would become more outrageously surreal on later recordings, perhaps, but these efforts are very much in step with the style for which he's beloved. With almost equal doses of spoken word and warbly singing with harmonium, these pieces take gentle pokes that subtly transform everyday experiences into something nearly surreal. It might be too gentle and subtle for those who like their comedy brash, or for Americans not attuned to his very British brand of humor. Still, it's easy to hear elements that the likes of the Bonzo Dog Band and Monty Python would take to more vivid (and more internationally accessible) extremes. And if it's not often laugh-out-loud funny, or too musically diverse, there's plenty of weird wordplay to generate amusement, such as his ode to a "Muscular Tree" and "Stick Out Your Chest," whose exhortative lyrics are totally undercut by Cutler's knowingly silly tone. ~ Richie Unterberger