Ludo (Ivor Cutler album) Ludo (Ivor Cutler album) Ludo is a 1967 album by Ivor Cutler, credited to the 'Ivor Cutler Trio' comprising Cutler with bassist Gill Lyons and percussionist Trevor Tompkins. The album was produced by George Martin, famous for his work with the Beatles, in a collaboration that came about after Cutler had appeared in the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" film earlier that year. The album's title and cover allude to the board game of the same name. The music takes inspiration from trad jazz and boogie-woogie and draws comparisons to "The Goon Show". Four of the album's tracks are spoken stories,
Ludo (band) Cream." Topics on the album are wide and imaginative. Volpe said of writing the album, "I like to write from my imagination, so there are songs about skeletons, grave robbing lovers, a cyclops and of course love and all that stuff." The band headlined a 29 city tour of the United States in support of the album. As of January 2012, Ludo had been removed from Island Records artists section, and the Island Records imprint was removed from Ludo's official website, ludorock.com, leading to speculation that the label had ended their relationship with Ludo. There has been no official statement