Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 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 1978. It was recorded live in Cutler's native Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, and tells stories from his childhood growing up in a middle-class family around the time of the Great Depression

Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...

. Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 1 was a track on the 1974 album Dandruff

Dandruff

Dandruff is the shedding of dead skin cells from the scalp . Dandruff is sometimes caused by frequent exposure to extreme heat and cold. As it is normal for skin cells to die and flake off, a small amount of flaking is normal and common; about 487,000 cells/cm2 get released normally after...

. The poems and stories from the album were also published as a book in 1984. (Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol.2 (Methuen) ISBN 0-413-73580-X)

The sleeve notes include the following:

"Recorded by Pete Shipton of Radio Clyde at the 3rd Eye Centre, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, on the 7th, 8th, 9th of July, 1977.

Edited by Seán Murphy & Pat Stapely, and Master Record cut by Mick Webb.

All tracks registered with P.R.S and M.C.P.S and ©1977 Ivor Cutler.

Sleeve front - Helen Oxenbury ©1977. Lettering - Phyllis April King.

Deep gratitude to Al Clark and Seán Murphy."

Track listing

Side one

1. "Episode 2" – 4:55
2. "Episode 3" – 3:45
3. "Episode 9" – 3:40
4. "Jungle Tip: Owl" – 0:44
5. "Episode 1" – 3:12
6. "Episode 11" – 4:02
7. "Jungle Tip: Lion" – 0:45
8. "Episode 5" – 3:13
9. "Episode 14" – 3:53

Side two

1. "Episode 7" – 3:54
2. "Episode 12" – 4:10
3. "Jungle Tip: Leopard" – 0:41
4. "Episode 8" – 3:52
5. "Episode 6" – 2:47
6. "Episode 4" – 3:44
7. "Jungle Tip: Boa" – 0:31
8. "Episode 13" – 5:22
9. "Episode 0" – 0:00