BBC Radio 1 Sessions
BBC Radio 1 Sessions
| Recorded: | Almost annually since 1969 (21 by Radio 1's 25th Anniversary) |
| Studios: | Mostly Maida Vale 4 |
| Producers: | Numerous |
| Engineers: | Numerous |
| First Broadcast: | John Peel |
| Tracks: | See Sessionography |
| Line-up: | Ivor Cutler, vocals, piano, harmonium. |
All tracks: Ivor Cutler (vocals, piano, harmonium)
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 5/5/69 | 7/5/69 | S2 | Pete Ritema | Mike Harding |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Trouble trouble |
| 02) | Bounce bounce bounce |
| 03) | In my room there sits a box |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Gear | 15/2/71 | 27/2/71 | Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue |
John Walters | Bob Conduct |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Trouble trouble/I'm going in a field |
| 02) | A second before is not now |
| 03) | Ivor you are beautiful |
| 04) | My father once had |
| 05) | Life in a Scotch sitting-room Vol II episode 2 |
| 06) | Sit down/Man with the trembly nose |
| 07) | Life in a Scotch sitting-room Vol II episode 7 |
| 08) | A lemon on the grass |
| 09) | A seal is a sheep |
| 10) | Two balls/Two fried eggs for sixpence (recorded 8/5/71) |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 8/11/71 | 24/11/71 | Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue |
John Walters | Bob Conduct |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | I believe in bugs/That's what it's all about |
| 02) | Life in a Scotch sitting-room Vol II episodes 1 & 9 |
| 03) | The green rain/Mud |
| 04) | If all the cornflakes/I like sitting/When I entered heaven/Poem by my son Jeremy. |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 3/9/73 | 25/9/73 | Studio T1, Transcription Service, Kensington House, Shepherd's Bush |
John Walters | Bob Conduct |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Piano tuner song AD2000 |
| 02) | A wag at the flicks |
| 03) | Gooseberries and bilberries |
| 04) | I worn my elbows |
| 05) | Poems from "Many flies have feathers" |
| 06) | Pearly gleam |
| 07) | Life in a Scotch sitting-room Vol II episode 4 (recorded 11/12/73) |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 14/11/74 | 28/11/74 | Maida Vale 4 | Tony Wilson | Bill Aitken |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Railway sleepers/Three sisters |
| 02) | I'm walkin' to a farm/Baby sits |
| 03) | Alone/Lean/The turn/What? |
| 04) | Big Jim |
| 05) | Yellow fly/I think very deeply |
| 06) | Song of the sky |
| 07) | Life in a Scotch sitting-room Vol II episode 6 |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 25/9/75 | 14/10/75 | Maida Vale 4 | John Walters | * |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Pearly winged fly |
| 02) | Go and sit upon the grass |
| 03) | Sleepy old snake |
| 04) | Little black buzzer |
| 05) | Life in a Scotch sitting-room Vol. II ep.11 |
| 06) | Fremsley |
| 07) | True humility |
| 08) | Nigerians in a tunnel |
| 09) | I spent ten years |
| 10) | Excitement |
| 11) | A hen runs |
| 12) | A bowled over child |
| 13) | A wooden tree |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 17/8/76 | 31/8/76 | Maida Vale 4 | * | Mike Robinson? |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Bicarbonate of chicken |
| 02) | Barabadabada |
| 03) | In the chestnut tree |
| 04) | Rubber toy |
| 05) | Life in a Scotch sitting-room Vol. II ep.5 |
| 06) | Lemon flower |
| 07) | Everybody got |
| 08) | The surly buddy (story) |
| 09) | I ate a lady's bun |
| 10) | Stubborn vassals |
| 11) | Fish |
| 12) | Living donkey |
| 13) | When I stand on an open cart |
| 14) | Irk (9-14 poems) |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 10/8/77 | 17/8/77 | Maida Vale 4 | Tony Wilson | Mike Robinson |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | A great grey grasshopper |
| 02) | A suck of my thumb |
| 03) | The shchi |
| 04) | Get away from the wall |
| 05) | The natural height of cloud/If we dug a hole |
| 06) | I had a little boat/I'm going in a field |
| 07) | Life in a Scotch sitting-room Vol. II episode 12 |
| 08) | Life in a Scotch sitting-room Vol. II episode 13 |
| 09) | Jungle tips |
This session was released by Strange Fruit (SFPS068)
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 3/4/78 | 12/4/78 | Maida Vale 4 | Tony Wilson | Dave Dade |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Three piece suite |
| 02) | Lead bell |
| 03) | The head of a nail/The blonde mouse |
| 04) | A mouse asked a rat/A small mouse beckons |
| 05) | I even know what size/The old lady danced |
| 06) | Life in a Scotch sitting room vol. II episodes 3 & 8 & 14 |
| 07) | My face is red |
| 08) | There's got to be something there |
| 09) | The green rain (3-6 poems) |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 20/2/79 | 27/2/79 | Maida Vale 4 | Trevor Dann | Mike Robinson |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | The obliging fairy |
| 02) | The man with the trembly nose |
| 03) | I love you but I don't know what I mean |
| 04) | Bubu bird |
| 05) | Pass the ball Jim |
| 06) | Examine the contents/A saucer/A lady found an insect/Melon |
| 07) | Gruts for tea |
| 08) | Egg-meat (6,7,8 poems) |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 15/4/81 | 22/4/81 | Langham 1 | Chris Lycett | * |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Pellets |
| 02) | O.K. I'll count to eight |
| 03) | Tomato brain |
| 04) | Step it outlively boys |
| 05) | Counting song |
| 06) | Ready/A land of penguins/Her darling |
| 07) | Oh quartz/How do you do/Dirty sky |
| 08) | Life in a Scotch sitting room - episodes 15 & 16 |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 23/2/83 | 3/3/83 | Maida Vale 4 | Roger Pusey | Nick Gomm |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Pussy on the mat/Blue bear/Women of the world |
| 02) | Halfway through/The wren/Creamy pumpkins |
| 03) | Life in a Scotch sitting room vol. II episodes 17 & 18 |
| 04) | Brenda/Mostly tins/People run to the edge |
| 05) | Bad eye/A doughnut in my hand/Old black dog (recorded 23/3/83) |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 15/2/84 | 22/2/84 | Maida Vale 5 | Roger Pusey | Nick Gomm |
| Track | Title | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01) | All the time | ||||
| 02) | The revelation | ||||
| 03) | Her equipment | ||||
| 04) | Three men | ||||
| 05) | Just a nuance | ||||
| 06) | Life in a Scotch sitting room vol. II episode 19 | ||||
| 07) | Vegetarians | ||||
| 08) | Lemonade | ||||
| 09) | I jumped over a wall | ||||
| 10) | Jelly mountain | ||||
| 11) | My next album | ||||
| 12) | I built a house |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 30/6/85 | 15/7/85 | Maida Vale 5 | Dale Griffin | Mike Engels |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Back home |
| 02) | I'm fixed |
| 03) | Knockin' at my door |
| 04) | It's snowin' |
| 05) | I'm walkin' to a farm |
| 06) | Life in a Scotch sitting room vol. II episode 10 |
| 07) | Other poems |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 11/5/86 | 21/5/86 | Maida Vale 5 | Dave Griffin | Mike Engels |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Bend down yetta |
| 02) | Crunch crunch |
| 03) | A ball ina barrel |
| 04) | One of the best |
| 05) | Questionnaire |
| 06) | Glasgow dreamer #3 & #4 |
| 07) | Eggmeat |
| 08) | Jewish jokes |
| 09) | God's blessing |
| 10) | Laughter and disbelief |
| 11) | Bucket and steam |
| 12) | Maturity |
| 13) | Vermin |
| 14) | A new home |
| 15) | Large and Puffy |
| 16) | A country door |
| 17) | Are you a Tory? |
| 18) | The curse |
| 19) | Scratch on my back |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kershaw | 21/5/87 | 4/6/87 | * | Dale Griffin | Ted de Bono & Phil Stannard |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | A romantic man |
| 02) | Carry on dancing |
| 03) | The river bends |
| 04) | The book |
| 05) | Dolly |
| Poems: | |
| 01) | Intro and local natural sounds |
| 01) | Free wood |
| 01) | Loneliness |
| 01) | Seven |
| 01) | A warm bucket |
| 01) | Glasgow dreamer #14 & #15 |
| 01) | A big head |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 9/6/87 | 15/6/87 | * | Dale Griffin | * |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | The shapely balloon |
| 02) | The clever night doctor |
| 03) | The aggressive onion-vendor |
| 04) | Me and my kid brother |
| 05) | The perambulating Scottish collander |
| 06) | A wag at the flicks |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kershaw | 26/5/88 | 23/6/88 | * | Dale Griffin | Nick Gomm & Mark Farrar |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | And so do I |
| 02) | Jump in the Clyde |
| 03) | The dishes are dry |
| 04) | A strategy suit with a jelly pocket |
| 05) | Glasgow dreamer #5 & #1 |
| 06) | Thunder and lightning |
| 07) | Evergreen moon |
| 08) | Amplification is the curse of civilisation |
| 09) | Picking your nose |
| 10) | Barrel tosos |
| 11) | Emasculated |
| 12) | Leather |
| 13) | Their favourite |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kershaw | 27/7/89 | 5/11/89 | * | Dale Griffin | * |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Glasgow dreamer #2 & #18 |
| 02) | Mishap #2 & #3/Tsukiyuki hana |
| 03) | Tree dentist/Stiff as a meningue/A clear lite |
| 04) | Where re my underwriters/Her strange brain/Austin Metro |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 9/5/91 | 6/7/91 | Maida Vale 5 | Dale Griffin | Nick Gomm & Julia Carney |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Glasgow dreamer #6 & #8 |
| 02) | Beside the fish/Footsteps/Green light |
| 03) | Biltong/A long hard gland/Hee haw |
| 04) | Two coy hinnies/Insect/Seaweed |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel | 31/10/91 | 15/12/91 | Maida Vale 4 | Dale Griffin | Ted de Bono & Ro Khan |
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 01) | Thick coat |
| 02) | Neighbours |
| 03) | Eyes shut tight |
| 04) | What a mistake |
| 05) | Glasgow dreamer #7 & #10 |
| Program | Recorded | First Broadcast | Studio | Producer | Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kershaw | * | May 96 | * | * | * |
| Track | Title |
|---|