Ten More Turnips From the Tip Vinyl

Demon Records as part of our ongoing catalogue initiative are pleased to be making Ten More Turnips from the Tip, the fourth and final album to be released by Ian Dury amp The Blockheads widely available on vinyl, pressed for the first time ever on classic black vinyl and featuring the singles 039Dance Little Rude Boy039 amp 039One Love039.Posthumously released in 2002 after Ian Durys premature death in 2000, from cancer, aged 57, the album was a labour of love and family affair, and organised by Ians second wife, Sophy Dury, Ians daughter Jemima, his son Baxter, the Blockheads and Jamie Spencer of East Central One. The album was originally assembled from a list of songs found by Sophy, amongst his paperwork, under the title Ten More Turnips from the Tip. The family gave their blessing for the Blockheads to finish the album with longstanding coproducer Laurie Latham who mixed many of Ians other albums, including New Boots and Panties. The album cover artwork is by Sophy Dury and her brother, Jake Tilson, and features a photo of Ian aged 1 , with his dad and their dog Bella.The album is a treasure trove of songs recorded between 1991 and 2000, some from the original sessions for the Ian Dury amp the Blockheads album, Mr Love Pants, with additional Blockheads dubs added in 2001. Other recordings date back to the Sonet Studios sessions for The Bus Driver039s Prayer amp Other Stories 1991. Two songs that bring the recordings up to date, written by Dury towards the end of his life when he was too ill to record a guide vocal, are I Could Lie and You039re the Why, recorded with vocals by Chaz Jankel and Robbie Williams, respectively. Robbie and Ian spent time together during a 1998 UNICEF mission to Sri Lanka, after which Dury became something of a mentor to Williams and presented Robbie with the Best British Male award at the 1999 BRITs.With songs written by Dury, Jankel, Merlin RhysJones and Norman WattRoy, and recorded with original Blockhead members including Chaz Jankel, Mick Gallagher, John Turnbull, Norman Watt Roy, and Davey Payne, this album is a fitting and final testament to the late great Ian Dury.