4000 Weeks Holiday Vinyl

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 amp The Music Students. Songwriting duties were shared between Ian Dury, Russell Hardy, Rod Melvin and a young American songwritermultiinstrumentalist 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 Dury039s seminal New Boots and Panties LP in 1977, guested on guitar and Moog synthesizer. The sessions also featured celebrated reggaeska trombone player Rico Rodriguez MBE, whilst most of the recordings were performed by the 039Music Students039, made up of McEvoy, RhysJones, drummer Tag Lamche and saxophonist Jamie Talbot. The single 34Really Glad You Came34 was released and the band performed on National TV inc The Tube. The album also contains 34Peter the Painter34 written on request from British Pop artist Peter Blake, Durys former teacher at London039s Royal College of Art. Blake was having an exhibition at The Tate Gallery, London and asked Dury to compose a theme tune for it. 34Peter the Painter34 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.