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Ian Dury and The Blockheads 1977 -1980 [3 albums spread across 8 CDs]

Hey Kostas our brother in modern music from Greece has done it again and dedicated a set to yours truly!!!

THE GUVNOR!

"This post is dedicated to my Brother Blog: "Blog Nobody Reads". I suppose you like very much Ian Dury, Andy, my Rock friend from England."

Oh, you’re not wrong there my fellow friend in music!

Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000)

New Boots and Panties 40th Anniversary edition, Do It Yourself and Laughter

I should say I dedicate this posting to my old friend Brian Love who designed the cover for the ‘Laughter’ album who we lost recently and he was an extraordinary man, polymath, collector, designer, Graphic Design Tutor (at Kingston School of Art) and contemporary of Ian’s and Sir Peter Blake’s. He curated a few exhibitions at Oxford Museum of Modern Art (Aerial Dropped Propaganda of the Second World War!) which were extraordinary. His publications on the history of Baord Games are amongst my prized possessions. He was unerringly kind, gracious, friendly and affectionate to all fellow art travellers. A true gentleman and adored by many not least his fantastic wife Christine and son Mark

The Brian Love Archive - Kingston School of Art

Thanks so much Kostas! You’re too kind and whilst I have all the material anyway it is appreciated!

Why don’t you get back into bed?

Ian Dury and The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3

Tickets for THE BLOCKHEADS! So . . . . . . .

 

 

 Rare appearance of Chaz and Wilko on the same stage... Paris 1981! How many other times did this occur?!! I always thought Wilco stood in when Chaz was 'taking a break' (sic?) well this shows the Blockheads don’t recall either!!

 

 Our next gig is at Bush Hall, with some special guests (who we can't mention yet!) - tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/event/621368/

WILCO JOHNSON's BIRTHDAY!

 

BLOCKHEADS! 

 Ian Dury and The Blockheads

Dedicated to everyone of the meatheads over at the comments section of Big O . . . . .after all is said and done you can baffle a blockhead with ease! 

Ha ha ha ha ha ha . . . . . .  

 It's

THE GUVNOR

if the Doctor can't help you the Guvnor will

He's on the Voodoo Wagon you know!

The Great Raspberry hisself!

"There ain't half been some clever bastards . . . . . . . "

IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS 1978 - ILFORD

'Cut the Finsburies dear, cut the Finsburies'

Ian Dury And The Blockheads

Odeon

Ilford UK

1978-12-23

Soundboard @320

01. Wake Up And Make Love To Me

02. I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra

03. Upminster Kid

04. Clever Trevor

05. This Is What We Find

06. You're More Then Fair

07. Blackmail Man

08. Billericay Dickie

09. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

10. There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards

11. Plaistow Patricia

12. I Made Mary Cry

13. I Made Mary Cry (Cont'd)

14. What A Waste

15. My Old Man

16. Band Intros

17. Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll

Ian Dury - Vocals

Chaz Jankel - Guitar, Keyboards

John Turnbull - Guitar

Micky Gallagher - Piano, Organ, Synthesizer

Norman Watt-Roy - Bass

Charlie Charles - Drums

Davey Payne - Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone

Ian Dury And The Blockheads- Ilford '78 - Voodoo Wagon

 Just bumped into this . . . . . . . . the Guvnor!

Of course I bought this when it came out . . . . . . . . album too! The Master! 

I miss him . . . . . . . . . . master of the apropos! "I will buy you scarlet ribbons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernard Cribbins!"

"Oh, Segovia!"

Blue Gene Baby . . . . . . . 

Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender, the beauties were brief
Shall I mourn your decline with some Thunderbird Wine and a black handkerchief?
I miss your sad Virginia whisper, I miss the voice that called my heart

Sweet Gene Vincent
Young and old and gone
Sweet Gene Vincent
Who, who, who slapped John?

White face, black shirt
White socks, black shoes
Black hair, white strat
Bled white, died black

Sweet Gene Vincent
Let the Blue Caps roll tonight
At the Sock Hop Ball in the Union Hall
The bop is their delight

Here comes duck-tail Danny dragging uncanny Annie, she's the one with the flying feet
You can break the peace, daddy's sickle grease, the beat is reet complete
And the jump-back honey in the dungarees, tight sweater and a pony-tail
Will you guess her age when she comes back-stage, the hoodlums bite their nails

Black gloves, white frost
Black crêpe, white lead
White sheet, black knight
Jet black, dead white

Sweet Gene Vincent
There's one in every town
And the devil drives 'til the hearse arrives
And you lay that pistol down

Sweet Gene Vincent
With nowhere left to hide
With lazy skin and ashtray eyes
And perforated pride

So farewell, mademoiselle knicker-bocker hotel
Goodbye to money owed
But your leg still hurts and you need more shirts
You got to get back on the road

Ian Dury Esq

just because  . . . . . . . . . 

On this day in music history: May 4, 1956 - “Be-Bop-A-Lula” by Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps is recorded. Written by Tex Davis and Gene Vincent, it is the debut release and biggest hit for the rock & roll band fronted by lead singer Gene Vincent (born Vincent Eugene Craddock). Co-written by Vincent and his manager radio DJ “Sheriff Tex” Davis, the pair demo the song, and Davis helps the singer secure a record contract. Hollywood, CA based Capitol Records, in search of “the next Elvis Presley” eagerly sign Gene Vincent. Vincent’s band, The Blue Caps, consist of Willie Williams (rhythm guitar), Jack Neal (upright bass), Dickie Harrell (drums) and Cliff Gallup (lead guitar). The band record the track at famed country music producer Owen Bradley’s Quonset Hut studio in Nashville, TN. Released a month later, “Be-Bop-A-Lula” peaks at #7 on the Billboard Best Sellers chart on July 28, 1956, #8 on the R&B chart, and #5 on the C&W chart, selling over two million copies. The band also perform the song in classic rock & roll film “The Girl Can’t Help It”, released later in the year. The seminal recording becomes one of the definitive examples of rockabilly music, and goes on to influence many musicians over the years including The Beatles, The Animals and rockabilly revivalists The Stray Cats not to mention Ian Dury and The Blockheads (see above). “Be-Bop-A-Lula” is inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1999.

Gene Vincent Craddock

• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
• Ian Dury
• New Boots And Panties (Deluxe Edition)

Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Of course . . . . . ."I will buy you scarlet ribbons . . . . Bernard Cribbins" I Dury