Ian Dury

Super deluxe 40th Anniversary edition of the classic album by Ian Dury & The Blockheads. Contains 180gm magnolia colored vinyl LP pressing of the original album plus two CDs and DVD containg all of the singles, b-sides, demos, videos, and live concert recorded in 1979. Choose your own front cover out of the 34 original sleeves designed by the legendary graphic artist Barney Bubbles…

Limited box set packaged in a 12 x 12 hardcover book containing four CDs, the original album on vinyl, and a pull out eight page booklet with sleeve notes by Phill Jupitus. Alongside the original album there are three bonus discs containing bonus tracks, demo versions, John Peel Sessions and a full live performance not available before on CD…

Ian Dury's primary appeal lies in his lyrics, which are remarkably clever sketches of British life delivered with a wry wit. Since Dury's accent is thick and his language dense with local slang, much of these pleasures aren't discernible to casual listeners, leaving the music to stand on its own merits. On his debut album, New Boots and Panties!!, Dury's music is at its best, and even that is a bizarrely uneven fusion of pub rock, punk rock, and disco. Still, Dury's off-kilter charm and irrepressible energy make the album gel, with the disco pulse of "Wake Up and Make Love With Me" making perfect sense next to the gentle tribute "Sweet Gene Vincent," the roaring punk of "Blockheads," and the revamped music hall of "Billericay Dickie" and "My Old Man".

Most of Ian Dury's albums are pretty easy to find…except "4000 Weeks Holiday." This is very frustrating for the many who have collected everything possible (from bootlegs to Baxter Dury and back) and fondly remember seeing Ian and his Blockheads perform live.

Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this 1980 album from British pub and punk rock singer/songwriter. Laughter was Dury's third album for Stiff Records, and the only one to feature Dr. Feelgood's original guitarist, the remarkable Wilko Johnson who co-wrote the hit single "Superman's Big Sister". This casebound book edition includes the three non-album singles sides (including the hit "I Want To Be Straight").