Ian Dury-"New Boots And Panties!!" (1977)

Ian Dury was a flamboyant character, raised during the first half of the 70s in London pus and later become one of the leading figures of the new bird, he has always been considered the perfect antithesis of the polio-looking rock star. not very reassuring and surrounded by unattractive collaborators.
Already in the early years of the decade with almost thirty years, he had formed his first band Kilburn and The High Roads, with which he became very popular on the London underworld circuit and its pubs. The trusted partner at the time for songwriting was the pianist Russel Hardy, who left the band just after the album "Handsome" released in 1974.
In 1975 the band disbanded following Ian giving concerts under the name of Ian Dury and The Kilburns, replacing Hardy with keyboardist Chaz Jankel. With the latter Ian had begun to prepare the expected return with a new album.
The album entitled "New Boots and Panties" would come out at the end of 1977, with little promotion by his record label Stiff Records, which, however, was no objection to selling a whopping more than 400 thousand copies, a true and unusual record for an album recorded in a week and with little commercial promotion.
Nicknamed from here as "The Godfather of punk" Ian Dury had little to do with punk philosophy, except for his disastrous clothing, but his absolutely positive message was the antithesis of any form of nihilism.
This and the next album, the also successful "Do It Yourself" contained an attractive and exciting jazz-funk style with irresistible arrangements where the songs "Sex and Drugs and rock'n'roll", "What a taste", stood out. "Hit me With Your Rhythm Stick" or "Reasons to be Cheeful part 3".