Bill Fay. Beautiful. This!, this! and this! ...Everything. I could never say enough about this man's music. Thank you, Mr. Fay.
Garden Song and Tiny from the compilation From The Bottom of an Old Grandfather Clock (a collection of outtakes and demos 1966-1970) (now, sadly, out of print), Wooden Hill, 2004. (If any of the invloved parties would like me to remove the audio, please let me know.)
Ivor Cutler drawing, 1961 (from An Elpee and Two Epees, CD reissue, Decca) / Ivor Cutler and Phyllis King at the BBC (archival photo, from the film Looking For Truth With a Pin, 2004)
Me and My Brother, Peel session, 1989 Women of the World, Peel session, 1983. (This is the only version I've heard with Mr. Cutler on vocals. The album and single versions are sung by Linda Hirst.)
Today, I had the honour of guest posting on Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves, Burgin Streetman's incredible website. She's doing important work over there. I can't begin to count the number of books that have entered this house on Burgin's recommendation and I thank her for that. I wrote about Ivor Cutler's first children's book Meal Onefrom 1971. There's almost no information online about his kids' books and I thought it'd be nice to start somewhere.
Although he often included drawings in his poetry books, he didn't illustrate his own children's book, which is a real shame, I think.
And finally, if anyone knows where I can find copies of Herbert The Elephant and Herbert the Chicken (both 1984), illustrated by Alfreda Benge (who also happens to be the partner of Robert Wyatt), please let me know. Those stories were re-illustrated by Patrick Benson in a collection called Herbert: Five Stories (1988). (update: I just found Herbert The Chicken)
Marvelous Grace private press LP, Altona, Manitoba, no date (Kenneth Unger & Darlene Friesen, accompanied by their teacher Mrs. Dora Doell) (Thanks to M.Langlois so long ago.)
See The arrowby Winston Wuttunee, Sunshine Records, no date (mid to late 70's), recorded at Century 21 Studios in Winnipeg. Winston Wuttunee was born in Saskatchewan and is still active today as a singer, lecturer, and comedian. This record is fairly diverse, with songs sung in English, French, and Cree.---It's this one song, Wunisca (meaning "wake-up" in Cree), that I keep coming back to:
Don't It Drag Onby Chris Smither, Tomato Records, 1971 (art direction and design by Milton Glaser, photographs by Duane Michaels) One song that I return to over and over again---I've Got Mine. Listen here. See also this cover by Kria Brekkan and Avey Tare. Troubles come by threes/doing what they wanna/instead of doing what they oughta/ I've got mine./Some are quickly passed/others seem to last/hold on.
Con-Sequence: The Conrad Schnitzler Biography and Discography by Rolf Sommermann & Peter Stoferle, Sounds of Germany (1), 1994 (German and English language) Private Press
"Running action" (Laufaktion) for TV (year unknown) / "Secret Performance" in the furnace room of his home in Berlin /" Running action" / Loudspeaker helmet in Linz (1980) / "Movement" (Bewegung) performance (year unknown) / "Cassettenconcert Outdoor" for SFB-TV-magazine (year unknown)
Armchair Boogie, Raccoon/Warner Brothers, 1971, (LP and homemade cassette) (Cassette lovingly dubbed by Mr. Hurley from a somewhat noisy vinyl copy) LP includes the comic Boone & Jocko in the Barren, Choking Land)
Hi Fi Snock Uptown, Raccoon/Warner Brothers, 1972 (LP and homemade cassette)
Bill Fay. Beautiful. This!, this! and this! ...Everything.
Ivor Cutler drawing, 1961 (from An Elpee and Two Epees, CD reissue, Decca) / Ivor Cutler and Phyllis King at the BBC (archival photo, from the film Looking For Truth With a Pin, 2004) 
Marvelous Grace private press LP, Altona, Manitoba, no date (Kenneth Unger & Darlene Friesen, accompanied by their teacher Mrs. Dora Doell) (Thanks to M.Langlois so long ago.) 
See The arrow by Winston Wuttunee, Sunshine Records, no date (mid to late 70's), recorded at Century 21 Studios in Winnipeg. 
Don't It Drag On by Chris Smither, Tomato Records, 1971 (art direction and design by Milton Glaser, photographs by Duane Michaels) 
The Immeasurable Equation by Sun Ra, Infinity Inc./Saturn Research, 1972 (unused/uncut book cover)
Buckskin Stallion/Catfish Song/Nothin'/I'll be here in the morning/... 
Burl Ives Songbook. Ballantine Books, 1953 (1966)
from Theory For Beginners by Barbara Wharram, illustrations by Robert Zalay, Frederick Harris Music Co., Ontario, 1974
Con-Sequence: The Conrad Schnitzler Biography and Discography by Rolf Sommermann & Peter Stoferle, Sounds of Germany (1), 1994 (German and English language) Private Press 
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