Too Nutty To Be Naughty: Studio Recordings 77-02
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About This Release
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 between 1977 and the posthumously released final album 'Ten More Turnips From The Tip', 'Too Nutty To Be Naughty' charts a thrilling journey from his punk-era masterpiece 'New Boots And Panties!!', through his classic studio works as a solo artist and with bands The Blockheads and The Music Students. Where appropriate, for this 9CD release, crucial standalone singles have been added as bonus tracks. As to be expected from this versatile artist, throughout there are forays into rock 'n' roll, jazz and R&B, spoken word poetry, ska and just about all points in-between. With an innate genius for lyric writing, the songs here are, at turns, political, confrontational, tender, witty, wry, poetic and occasionally downright hilarious but always incisive... Oh, and there's the not inconsiderable matter of the inclusion therein of some of the all-time great tracks of the post-punk era... 'Sweet Gene Vincent', 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick', 'Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)', 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll', 'Spasticus Autisticus', 'Sueperman's Big Sister', 'Bus Driver's Prayer' and many more.
Tracklist
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
11
Sex ; Drugs ; Rock ; Roll (Bonus Track)
12
What A Waste (Bonus Track) - Ian Dury ; The Blockheads
13
Inbetweenies
14
Quiet
15
Don't Ask Me
16
Sink My Boats
17
Waiting For Your Taxi
18
This Is What We Find
19
Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy Totsy
20
Mischief
21
Dance Of The Screamers
22
Lullaby For Francies
23
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Bonus Track)
24
Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3) (Bonus Track)
25
Sueperman's Big Sister
26
Pardon
27
Delusions Of Grandeur
28
Yes and No (Paula)
29
Dance Of The Crackpots
30
Over The Points
31
(Take Your Elbow Out Of The Soup You're Sitting On The Chicken)
32
Uncoolohol
33
Hey, Hey, Take Me Away
34
Manic Depression (Jimi)
35
Oh Mr Peanut
36
Fucking Ada
37
I Want To Be Straight (Bonus Track)
38
Funky Disco Pops
39
Red Letter
40
Girls Watching
41
Wait For Me
42
The Body Song
43
Lonely Town
44
Trust Is A Must
45
Spasticus Autisticus
46
(You're My) Inspiration
47
Friends
48
Tell Your Daddy
49
Peter The Painter
50
Ban The Bomb
51
Percy The Poet
52
Very Personal
53
Take Me To The Cleaners
54
The Man With No Face
55
Really Glad You Came
56
Profoundly In Love With Pandora (Bonus Track) - Ian Dury
57
Apples
58
Love Is All
59
Byline Browne
60
Bit Of Kit
61
Game On
62
Looking For Harry
63
England's Glory
64
Bus Drivers' Prayer
65
PC Honey
66
The Right People
67
All Those Who Say Okay
68
Riding The Outskirts Of Fantasy
69
That's Enough Of That
70
Bill Haley's Last Words
71
Poor Joey
72
Quick Quick Slow
73
Fly In The Ointment
74
O'Donegal
75
Poo-Poo In The Prawn
76
Have A Word
77
London Talking
78
D'Orine The Cow
79
Your Horoscope
80
No Such Thing As Love
81
Two Old Dogs Without A Name
82
Bus Driver's Prayer
83
Jack Shit George
84
The Passing Show
85
You're My Baby
86
Honeysuckle Highway
87
Itinerant Child
88
Geraldine
89
Cacka Boom
90
Bed O' Roses No. 9
91
Heavy Living
92
Mash It Up Harry
93
Dance Little Rude Boy
94
I Believe
95
It Ain't Cool
96
Cowboys
97
Ballad Of The Sulphate Strangler
98
I Could Lie
99
One Love
100
Happy Hippy
101
Books And Water
102
You're The Why
