Dandruff is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Ivor Cutler

Ivor Cutler

Ivor Cutler was a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorded for John Peel's influential radio programme, and later for Andy Kershaw's programme...

, originally released in 1974. It was the first of three LPs that Cutler released through Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

 in the mid-1970s; Cutler had signed to the label after an appearance on Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...

's Rock Bottom

Rock Bottom

-Life:* The culmination of a descent to a place where a person has nothing left to lose in terms of possessions, status, wealth and perhaps even shelter, food and warmth as a result of self-destructive behaviour. Alcoholism and illegal drugs are some causes. Insomnia, paranoia...

, which Virgin had released earlier that year. Many of the album's 45 tracks are simple poems or brief short stories— including seven poems composed and read by Phyllis King

Phyllis King

Phyllis April King is an English poet. She was involved in writing much of Ivor Cutler's later material and appears on King Cutler, Dandruff, Velvet Donkey and Jammy Smears....

, but there are also a number of musical pieces including the calypso-inspired "I Believe in Bugs", which became particularly well-loved among Cutler's compositions. The LP was also the first to feature episodes from Cutler's Life in a Scotch Sitting Room series of autobiographical stories, which resulted in 1978's Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2

Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2

Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 is an album by Ivor Cutler, originally released in 1978. It was recorded live in Cutler's native Glasgow, and tells stories from his childhood growing up in a middle-class family around the time of the Great Depression. Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 1 was...

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Track listing

All tracks written by Ivor Cutler except where noted.

Side one

1. "Solo on Mbira (Bikembe) in – 5:3 Time" – 0:14
2. "Dad's Lapse" – 0:19
3. "I Worn My Elbows" – 2:06
4. "Hair Grips" (Phyllis King) – 0:13
5. "I Believe in Bugs" – 1:15
6. "Fremsley" – 3:13
7. "Goozeberries and Bilberries" – 1:01
8. "Time" (King) – 0:15
9. "I'm Walking to a Farm" – 2:27
10. "The Railway Sleepers" – 1:19
11. "Life in Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 Ep. 1" – 2:54
12. "Three Sisters" – 0:42
13. "Baby Sits" – 2:07
14. "Not Big Enough" (King) – 0:07
15. "A Barrel of Nails" – 1:35

Side two

1. "Men" (King) – 0:10
2. "Trouble Trouble" – 1:35
3. "I Love You" (King) – 0:09
4. "Vein Girl" – 0:31
5. "Five Wise Saws" – 0:43
6. "Life in a Scotch Sitting Room" – 3:08
7. "The Painful League" – 0:58
8. "Piano Tuner Song 2000 AD" – 1:17
9. "Self Knowledge" – 0:22
10. "An Old Oak Tree" – 1:11
11. "The Aimless Dawnrunner" – 2:15
12. "Face Like a Lemon" – 3:20
13. "A Bird" (King) – 0:34
14. "A Hole in My Toe" – 1:26
15. "My Mother Has Two Red Lips" – 0:19
16. "I Like Sitting" – 0:28
17. "The Forgetful Fowl" – 0:28
18. "If Everybody" – 0:08
19. "For Sixpence" – 0:43
20. "I Used to Lie in Bed" – 0:21
21. "If All the Cornflakes" – 0:31
22. "My Sock" – 0:27
23. "When I Entered" – 0:13
24. "Two Balls" – 0:15
25. "Miss Velvetlips" – 0:42
26. "Lean" – 0:32
27. "Fur Coats" – 0:35
28. "The Darkness" – 0:44
29. "A Beautiful Woman" – 0:19
30. "Making Tidy" (King) – 0:19

Personnel

• Ivor Cutler – Piano, Harmonium, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
• Phyllis King - Vocals