Wednesday 8 April 2020

Ivor Cutler and Phylis king - "King Cutler" (BBC Radio series) 1990




Ivor Cutler and his regular sparring partner Phylis King present six episodes of offbeat humorous songs, stories and poems. With Glen Baxter. From January 1990.
I'm copying and pasting here from Irkthepurists blog:
11/1/90 – 15/2/90 (6x30m)
Radio 3, Thur; various times around 9:30pm
(Repeated by BBC7, 17/1/08 – 21/2/08 and 20/9/09 – 25/10/09, although individual episodes were first included on Comedy Winners, broadcast 11/8/07, and Tom Robinson’s shift as Comedy Controller, 22/9/07)
Note: Programmes originally given numbered billing as ‘King Cutler I, King Cutler II’ etc.


Thats about it for Ivor Cutler.....one can only write and listen to so much of any paricular artist, no matter how brilliant.....
There's another Radio series from 1997 too, called 'A Wet Handle' which you can also download HERE!....its as good as all the others. I've just had enough of posting Ivor Cutler's much missed melodious tones for the time being.

Tracklist:

Episode 1-6.

12 comments:

northfieldhat said...

Phyllis king...you think he was hittin' that?

Jonny Zchivago said...

Hittin' That???? what ever do you mean with these lewd conotations?.....yes.

LonelySubmariner said...

Many thanks for your recent posts, first Patrik Fitzgerald caught my eye and now Ivor Cutler in abundance. The memories of the Seventies come rushing back. Going to bed with a small transistor under the covers and a mono earpiece and hoping not to fall asleep during the Peel Show.
You mentioned 6 episodes of 'King Cutler' but only 5 are in the file.
What happened to the half-dozen?

My gratitude for the effort you make.
Keep yourself healthy through these times!

northfieldhat said...

I'm sorry, language is disintegrating.

Jonny Zchivago said...

Your language, my brain!

Jonny Zchivago said...

@ lonely sub ... should be 6, but sometimes this happens if i'm listening to something i'm compressing,it misses out the one i'm listening to.....can't be arsed to fix it so,you'll have to wonder what larks you are missing.
Cheers, look after yerself too.Stay in and download all of Die Or DIY?

Anonymous said...

hoots mon Jonny the completist in me just sighed a wee bit. please upload with the next batch of Ivor when your heart so sees fit. happy easternment

Jonny Zchivago said...

You've made me feel guilty now.....i'll upload episode 6 later on....i assume its epidoe 6 that is missing?
I'm afraid i'm gonna break easternment,dodge the over-zealous Gendarmes, and visit my girlfriend this weekend.We've been through our 3 week isolation period so i guess we are virus free.

Anonymous said...

Yes 6 is the magic number Jonny, thank you. Ivor has a special place in my heart, so to hear these sessions is a nice wee treat. I hope you have a nice weekend. Take care

MrDave said...

Fans of well crafted and engaging surreal/absurdist monologues should definitely give Joe Frank (RIP) a listen if they are unfamiliar with his long running radio program on public radio from 1978-2018. Fantastic stuff and I was hoping this spoken-word tributary we are on might carry us there but he didn't really release any recordings per se though they can be found here and there.

Anyway, fans of Ivor might very well find this to be up their alley: https://soundcloud.com/thejoefrank

Thanks for all the great shares Johnny!!

Rob said...

Ivor thank you waiting right here for ya...Cheers for all these, funny bastard he was....

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