Len Parrot's Memorial Lift
2002 studio album by Baxter Dury
Len Parrot's Memorial Lift is the debut studio album by the English musician Baxter Dury, released on 29 July 2002 through Rough Trade Records. It was primarily produced by Dury and Craig Silvey, with additional production by Nick Terry and Geoff Barrow.
Background and recording
Baxter, son of singer Ian Dury, initially sought out a life outside of music. However, by his twenties, after working various jobs including work in a watch shop and in independent films, he began to write songs of his own with Ben Gallagher (son of Mickey Gallagher, a member of Ian's backing band the Blockheads). He nearly had a record deal with Island Records, but after that failed to materialise, he later managed to get the support of the independent label Rough Trade Records when he befriended its founder, Geoff Travis.
Ian Dury, suffering from cancer, died in March 2000, and in April, Baxter performed live for the first time at his father's wake, singing "My Old Man", a song Ian had written about his father. In June 2001, after spending some time songwriting in Austin, Texas, he released his debut record, the Oscar Brown EP in Europe. It was positively received upon release, with the NME awarding it Single of the Week and comparing it to groups such as Mercury Rev and Spiritualized. The title track borrows from the song "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" by the Velvet Underground.
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