A UK 7 inch pressing of the Ian Dury and The Blockheads 1978 single ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’. The group have signed the reverse of the sleeve as indicated below.

Ian Dury in black marker pen, adding ‘Top Mark Rules is smart’ above his name and a ‘x’ after his name.

Mick Gallagher in blue ink, adding a drawing to the right of his signature.

Norman Watt-Roy in green ink, adding ‘Oy Oy’ above his name and ‘Blockheads’ below.

Davey Payne in red ink The signatures were obtained at the Apollo, Manchester on the 23rd July 1979.

Illustrated is a photograph of the recipient of the signatures with Ian Dury taken when the autographs were obtained.

There are splits to the right and bottom edges with some tearing along the top edge. The condition is very good minus.

Provenance: accompanied by a letter from the recipient of the signatures confirming how they were obtained.