Kosmo Vinyl (born Mark C. Dunk, 9 February 1957, England) is a former longtime associate and sometime manager for

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, as well as being associated with Ian Dury & the Blockheads and

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, three seminal English bands of the 1970s and 1980s. He can be heard introducing The Clash at Shea Stadium on The Clash's live album, '' Live at Shea Stadium'', as well as many bootlegged performances such as ''Kingston Advice''. His impressionistic reading of quotes from

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in the film ''

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'' can be heard on The Clash's " Red Angel Dragnet". Prior to his association with the Clash, he had acted as MC on the

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tours, appearing on the 1978 LP ''

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''. He later became a record producer, producing records by

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and

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. Vinyl was a music consultant on

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's 1989 film, ''

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'', and in 2013, helped produce a major retrospective exhibition of the art of Ian Dury, at

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in London. He debuted his own punk/pop inspired artwork dedicated to his beloved

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with a London exhibit, followed by a show in

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in 2014 during the

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. In 2017 he designed the artwork for the Blockheads Single "Hold Up" and the album ''Beyond the Call of Dury''. His first son, Jack, was born in 1991.

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