that his wry observations are just as subtle and humorous as ever." Track listing Songwriting credits adapted from the 2015 vinyl edition liner notes. Personnel Ian Dury – lead vocals Mick Gallagher – keyboards Merlin Rhys-Jones – guitar Additional personnel Chaz Jankel – keyboards, guitars Michael McEvoy – bass, synthesizers on "Bus Driver's Prayer" Steve White – drums, percussion on "Bus Driver's Prayer" John Turnbull – guitars Davey Payne – saxophones Will Parnell – percussion Ray Cooper – percussion on "Bus Driver's Prayer" Chris London (courtesy Joe's Garage) Technical Simon Osbourne – engineer Ian Horne – engineer Bruce Ingman – cover painting (from a design by Mike Krage) Jon Millar – photographs Note: the album sleeve does not give information on who plays what on which track Re-releases Problems have occurred with The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories CD re-issues. Initially Demon Record's CD version did not contain any writing credits for the songs, its booklet simply included five poems written by Dury. As of March 2007 Windows Media Player will only automatically give writing credits for "O'Donegal", "Poo-Poo in the Prawn" and "D'Orine the Cow", the three tracks included on Repertoire Records' Reasons to be Cheerful 2-CD retrospective. Edsel Records' 2004 2-CD re-issue fixed this, including writing credits above each song's lyric as with the other albums in the reissue campaign, however it erroneously lists "London Talking" as track 9 and "Have A Word" as track 8, both on the track list on the back of the CD case and in the booklet, also placing the lyrics in the wrong order. Edsel Record's re-issue also includes a bonus disc with eight bonus tracks: unreleased tracks "Amerind", "Whale", "Grape and Grain" and "The Writer", plus four songs that would later appear on later albums with the Blockheads, "Itinerant Child" (which would appear on Mr. Love Pants) and "One Love", "Cowboys" and "I Believe" (later to be included on Ten More Turnips from the Tip). Trivia The voice of "Joey the Budgie" is, according to Song by Song, not Ian Dury, but Chas Jankel. Even though the album is named after the track, this is Ian Dury's second recording of "Bus Driver's Prayer", the original appearing on his 1989 album Apples. Sources Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll: The Life Of Ian Dury by Richard Balls, first published 2000, Omnibus Press Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Song By Song