Ian Dury - Laughter - Black Vinyl - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Demon Records are delighted to welcome back the one of the richest and most diverse catalogues in the British rock cannon from the iconic, much-missed Ian Dury. Kicking off what promises to be an exciting and comprehensive reappraisal of the artist's repertoire come the first three of Ian's gold-plated studio albums, available again on vinyl - 'Do It Yourself' (1979), 'Laughter' (1980) and the all-time new wave classic from 1977, 'New Boots And Panties!!' Packed with early Dury classics such as 'Clevor Trevor', 'Wake Up And Make Love With Me', 'Sweet Gene Vincent' and 'I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra', 'New Boots' is a hugely diverse collection of songs, drawing on influences as diverse as vintage rock 'n' roll, music hall, funk and disco. Warmly received by critics at the time, the album was voted No. 2 in the NME writers' year-end Best Albums poll. After a modest start, it went on to hit the Top 5 and make the British Top 30 best-selling albums in both 1978 and 1979. Today, it is still frequently cited as one of the greatest British albums ever made. Album Tracks 1. Wake Up and Make Love with Me 2. Sweet Gene Vincent 3. I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra 4. My Old Man 5. Billericay Dickie 6. Clevor Trever 7. If I Was with a Woman 8. Blockheads 9. Plaistow Patricia 10. Blackmail Man

Demon Records as part of a wider and ongoing catalogue initiative are pleased to be making the album '4000 Weeks' Holiday' available once more on classic black vinyl, long out of print since 1990 other than within 'The Vinyl Collection' Box Set released in 2014. Released in 1984, this was the second album released by Polydor and the first and only to be billed to Ian Dury & The Music Students. Songwriting duties were shared between Ian Dury, Russell Hardy, Rod Melvin and a young American songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Michael McEvoy. Whilst performed by effectively a new line up there were many familiar names who worked on '4000 Weeks' Holiday'. Though Chas Jankel did not write any of the songs, he did play lead guitar as a guest whilst Ed Speight and Geoff Castle, who had played on Dury's seminal New Boots and Panties!! LP in 1977, guested on guitar and Moog synthesizer. The sessions also featured celebrated reggae/ska trombone player Rico Rodriguez MBE, whilst most of the recordings were performed by the 'Music Students', made up of McEvoy, Rhys-Jones, drummer Tag Lamche and saxophonist Jamie Talbot. The single InchReally Glad You CameInch was released and the band performed on National TV inc The Tube. The album also contains InchPeter the PainterInch written on request from British Pop artist Peter Blake, Dury's former teacher at London's Royal College of Art. Blake was having an exhibition at The Tate Gallery, London and asked Dury to compose a theme tune for it. InchPeter the PainterInch was that theme tune. The cover art, one of the last ever designed by Barney Bubbles featured Ian Dury with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) logo (the peace sign) into his hair - in 1984 Ian was an official face for the campaign group in Britain. Album Tracks 1. You're My Inspiration 2. Friends 3. Tell Your Daddy 4. Peter the Painter 5. Ban the Bomb 6.

Demon Records as part of a wider and ongoing catalogue initiative are pleased to be making 'Lord Upminster' the second solo album from the iconic, much-missed Ian Dury available once more on classic black vinyl, long out of print since 1990 other than within 'The Vinyl Collection' Box Set released in 2014. Released in 1981, the album followed his final album on Stiff 'Laughter' (with The Blockheads) and was Ian's first album with Polydor Records. At a suggestion of Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, Ian Dury flew to the Bahamas to record 'Lord Upminster at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, newly reunited with his long-time collaborator Chaz Jankel. There they were to work with reggae rhythm duo Sly Dunbar (drums) and Robbie Shakespeare (bass guitar) and keyboardist Tyrone Downie, while backing vocals came from amongst others no less than Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club fame, along with her sister Laura Weymouth. The album covers a diverse range of musical styles reflecting Dury's influences and background in pub rock, early rock and roll and British music hall whilst also taking in funk and post disco rhythms and is notable for featuring a Sly Dunbar composition in 'Girls (Watching)'. There was also not least the single which was deemed controversial enough to be banned from the airwaves 'Spasticus (Autisticus)' which was Ian's protest against the International Year of Disabled Persons, which he considered to be patronising and insensitive. Years later the now critically lauded song was broadcast live worldwide during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, performed by Orbital and members of the Graeae Theatre Company. Album Tracks 1. Funky Disco (Pops) 2. Red (Letter) 3. Girls (Watching) 4. Wait (For Me) 5. The (Body Song) 6. Lonely (Town) 7. Trust (Is a Must) 8. Spasticus (Autisticus)