{"product_id":"ian-dury-mr-love-pants-national-album-day-2026","title":"Ian Dury - Mr. Love Pants [National Album Day 2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003eExclusively reissued on Translucent Yellow Vinyl and featuring striking cover art designed by Storm Thorgerson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo celebrate National Album Day and the 2026 theme of 'Icons', Demon Records are proud to present the reissue of \u003cem\u003eMr Love Pants\u003c\/em\u003e, the 1998 album by \u003cstrong\u003eIan Dury\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ethe Blockheads\u003c\/strong\u003e on coloured vinyl for the first time ever, only previously available on black vinyl once before and out of print for over 10 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeen by many as the true successor to '\u003cem\u003eNew Boots and Panties!!\u003c\/em\u003e', \u003cem\u003eMr. Love Pants\u003c\/em\u003e was sadly to be the final studio album from Ian Dury before his death in 2000 but in a building of relations, it was also the first studio album with the Blockheads for 17 years and featured the remaining band \u003cstrong\u003eChaz Jankel\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNorman Watt-Roy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Turnbull\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMicky Gallagher\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDavey Payne\u003c\/strong\u003e and now \u003cstrong\u003eSteven Monti\u003c\/strong\u003e on drums after the sad passing of \u003cstrong\u003eCharley Charles\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album took around four years to complete and was recorded at Air Studios with song partnerships initially beginning with Ian and Chaz Jankel including the songs \"\u003cem\u003eItinerant Child\u003c\/em\u003e\", \"\u003cem\u003eHoneysuckle Highway\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eBed O' Roses No. 9\u003c\/em\u003e\" and latterly with \u003cstrong\u003eMerlin Rhys-Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e (previously in the \u003cstrong\u003eMusic Students\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ian Dury's band for the album \u003cem\u003e4,000 Weeks' Holiday\u003c\/em\u003e) on the songs \"\u003cem\u003eJack Shit George\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eCacka Boom\u003c\/em\u003e\". The album was produced by Ian Dury \u0026amp; The Blockheads and mixed by Laurie Latham who had worked with Ian and The Blockheads on '\u003cem\u003eNew Boots and Panties!!\u003c\/em\u003e' and '\u003cem\u003eDo It Yourself\u003c\/em\u003e' along with the singles '\u003cem\u003eHit Me With Your Rhythm Stick\u003c\/em\u003e' and '\u003cem\u003eWhat A Waste\u003c\/em\u003e'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eItinerant Child\u003c\/em\u003e\" was originally to be released as Ian Dury \u0026amp; the Blockhead's first single in 17 years (since 1980's \"\u003cem\u003eSueperman's Big Sister\u003c\/em\u003e\") but in the end the official single became \"\u003cem\u003eMash it Up Harry\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DEMON RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Translucent Yellow Vinyl LP","offer_id":59470443970905,"sku":"SDZ-52719","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/UNK_20260917_1743_164928_000_p_5014797913646_014.jpg?v=1789667543","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/ian-dury-mr-love-pants-national-album-day-2026","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}