Ian Dury & The Blockheads
BBC Rock Hour #215
LWL's Broadcast Week of April 12, 1981
Recorded at:
Dominion Theatre
London, England
December 24, 1980
01 BBC Rock Hour 215 - Richard Skinner
02 The Upminster Kid
03 Clever Trevor
04 Commercial - Dannon Yogurt
05 Sink My Boats
06 Partial To Your Abracadabra
07 Sueperman's Big Sister
08 Yes And No (Paula)
09 Uncoolohol
10 Commercial - Scotch Recording Tape
11 Delusions of Grandeur
12 Dance of the Crackpots
13 What A Waste
14 Commercial - Dannon Yogurt
15 Commercial - Scotch Recording Tape
16 Hey, Hey, Take Me Away
17 Manic Depression (Jimi)
18 Oh, Mr. Peanut
19 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
20 BBC Rock Hour 215 - Richard Skinner
Run out grooves:
BBC Rock Hour #215-A
Updated May 2025 with some press coverage, 300 dpi scans, and the groovy run out grooves.
Here's my latest project. I cleaned the record with Titebond II wood glue, digitized it, and declicked the file.
The picture to the right is from the actual concert which is up on YouTube; a comparison proves that while the date is unattributed on the LP recording, this is sourced from the December 24, 1980 show at the Dominion Theatre in London. There's also a circulating bootleg of this...oddly enough, it doesn't have "The Upminster Kid" so even if you have the bootleg, you may want to get this, too.
As usual, I've blocked out the commercials so that you can drop them out if you don't want them. Note that they chose to spell "Sueperman" with an added "e" to avoid copyright issues with DC Comics.
There's a BBC transcription disc with the same show that adds one more track ("Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll").
UPDATE - March 2026 - This show is finally seeing an official release on CD as "LIVE IN LONDON 1980," as a 2-cd set, paired with a second show from 1990. The 1980 set list has 15 tracks, so you'll need to get it!