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Ian Dury

Too Nutty to Be Naughty: Studio Recordings 1977-2002

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Released: 5th December 2025. Demon Records are delighted to welcome back one of the richest and most diverse catalogues in the British rock canon 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.

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  • Details

    Released:
    5th December 2025
    Category:
    Rock/Pop, Punk/New Wave
    Format:
    CD Box Set
    Barcode:
    740155747237
  • Description

    Demon Records are delighted to welcome back one of the richest and most diverse catalogues in the British rock canon 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.
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Wake Up and Make Love With Me
    Ian Dury
    2.Sweet Gene Vincent
    Ian Dury
    3.I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra
    Ian Dury
    4.My Old Man
    Ian Dury
    5.Billericay Dickie
    Ian Dury
    6.Clevor Trever
    Ian Dury
    7.If I Was With a Woman
    Ian Dury
    8.Blockheads
    Ian Dury
    9.Plaistow Patricia
    Ian Dury
    10.Blackmail Man
    Ian Dury
    11.Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
    Ian Dury
    12.What a Waste
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Inbetweenies
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    2.Quiet
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    3.Don't Ask Me
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    4.Sink My Boats
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    5.Waiting for Your Taxi
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    6.This Is What We Find
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    7.Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy-totsy
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    8.Mischief
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    9.Dance of the Screamers
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    10.Lullaby for Francies
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    11.Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    12.Reasons to Be Cheerful
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads

    Disc 3

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Superman's Big Sister
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    2.Pardon
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    3.Delusions of Grandeur
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    4.Yes & No (Paula)
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    5.Dance of the Crackpots
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    6.Over the Points
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    7.(Take Your Elbow Out of the Soup) You're Sitting On the Chicken
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    8.Uncoolohol
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    9.Hey, Hey, Take Me Away
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    10.Manic Depression (Jimi)
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    11.Oh Mr. Peanut
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    12.Fucking Ada
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    13.I Want to Be Straight
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads

    Disc 4

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Funky Disco (Pops)
    Ian Dury
    2.Red (Letter)
    Ian Dury
    3.Girls (Watching)
    Ian Dury
    4.Wait (For Me)
    Ian Dury
    5.The (Body Song)
    Ian Dury
    6.Lonely (Town)
    Ian Dury
    7.Trust (Is a Must)
    Ian Dury
    8.Spasticus (Autisticus)
    Ian Dury

    Disc 5

    Track name
    Artist
    1.(You're My) Inspiration
    Ian Dury
    2.Friends
    Ian Dury
    3.Tell Your Daddy
    Ian Dury
    4.Peter the Painter
    Ian Dury
    5.Ban the Bomb
    Ian Dury
    6.Percy the Poet
    Ian Dury
    7.Very Personal
    Ian Dury
    8.Take Me to the Cleaners
    Ian Dury
    9.The Man With No Face
    Ian Dury
    10.Really Glad You Came
    Ian Dury
    11.Profoundly in Love With Pandora
    Ian Dury

    Disc 6

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Apples
    Ian Dury
    2.Love Is All
    Ian Dury
    3.Byline Brown
    Ian Dury
    4.Bit O' Kit
    Ian Dury
    5.Game On
    Ian Dury
    6.Looking for Harry
    Ian Dury
    7.England's Glory
    Ian Dury
    8.Bus Driver's Prayer
    Ian Dury
    9.PC Honey
    Ian Dury
    10.The Right People
    Ian Dury
    11.All Those Who Say Okay
    Ian Dury
    12.Riding the Outskirts of Fantasy
    Ian Dury

    Disc 7

    Track name
    Artist
    1.That's Enough of That
    Ian Dury
    2.Bill Haley's Last Words
    Ian Dury
    3.Poor Joey
    Ian Dury
    4.Quick Quick Slow
    Ian Dury
    5.Fly in the Ointment
    Ian Dury
    6.O'Donegal
    Ian Dury
    7.Poo-Poo in the Prawn
    Ian Dury
    8.Have a Word
    Ian Dury
    9.London Talking
    Ian Dury
    10.D'Orine the Cow
    Ian Dury
    11.Your Horoscope
    Ian Dury
    12.No Such Thing As Love
    Ian Dury
    13.Two Old Dogs Without a Name
    Ian Dury
    14.Bus Driver's Prayer
    Ian Dury

    Disc 8

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Jack Shit George
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    2.The Passing Show
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    3.You're My Baby
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    4.Honeysuckle Highway
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    5.Itinerant Child
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    6.Geraldine
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    7.Cacka Boom
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    8.Bed O' Roses No. 9
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    9.Heavy Living
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    10.Mash It Up Harry
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads

    Disc 9

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Dance Little Rude Boy
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    2.I Believe
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    3.It Ain't Cool
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    4.Cowboys
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    5.Ballad of the Sulphate Strangler
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    6.I Could Lie
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    7.One Love
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    8.Happy Hippy
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    9.Books and Water
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
    10.You're the Why
    Ian Dury and The Blockheads
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