It’s nearly 40 years since the second Ivor album but it’s back on the streaming services and, of course, is CD2 in THE COMPLEAT WORKS [misprint] OF IVOR BIGGUN.
As we asked back in 1981… Why should you lash out your hard-earned cash on this grotty Ivor Biggun album when you could spend it on women, drink, filthy magazines, Woodbines, or perhaps even foolishly? Why? Because it’s value for money, that’s why!
For the price of a couple of pairs of wooly socks you could get 50 minutes of the kind of depravity that makes Vlad the Impaler seem like Donny Osmond! – Disgustin’ stuff like “The Cockerel Song”, which some people say isn’t about chickens. The “Shirt Collar Song” adapted from “Flaccido del Plonquero” by Los Quintettos Bunchawhankas – Pierre Foofe letting rip! – Two portions of reggae (one Bosanquet and one Perrin) – and the Phil ExSpectorant lavatory wall-of-sound (Richard III).
Now! That’s better than a pair of wooly socks…huh?? Still not convinced?? Well… try “Banking Your Blues Away” [MISPRINT] which features Ivor gargling with Tizer… or “I Have A Dog” which is recorded in Ambiphonic 360º Surround Sound, giving the listener on stereo headphones the aural illusion that he is ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY RED-NOSED BURGLARS!! There’s even a completely clean song about bears, but we hope this won’t spoil your enjoyment too much. And there’s the Filthy Farmer… AND some singing mice. AND a vulgar poem…
