VA - Lazy Days - The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1975 @ 320

The latest edition of Grapefruit's acclaimed annual survey of the 70s British rock and pop scene.

A compendium of hit singles, interesting misses, cult classics and important album tracks from 1975.

While the prevailing view among pop experts is that 1975 was merely the calm before the punk-induced storm of the following year, there was a lot of vibrant, vital music being made in the UK and Ireland during this largely overlooked 12-month period.

Roxy Music, 10cc and ELO were still going strong, Thin Lizzy and post-free band Bad Company were well on their way to stardom, Hawkwind remained the lynchpins of the still thriving free festival scene and cult live performers The Sensational Alex Harvey Band unexpectedly reached the top ten in the singles charts after covering a melodramatic Tom Jones ballad.

The London-based pub rock scene hosted bands such as Ace, Brinsley Schwartz, The Kursaal Flyers and the seminal band Dr. Feelgood. Successful glam bands like Slade and Sweet were still producing good stuff, while a handful of 60s veterans - Manfred Mann, The Pretty Things, The Kinks - were updating their sound to appeal to a new generation.

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CD 1 

01. Bad Company - Good Lovin' Gone Bad  (3:39)

02. Fox - Imagine Me, Imagine You  (3:40)

03. Stealers Wheel - Right Or Wrong  (4:46)

04. Slade - In For A Penny  (3:37)

05. Thin Lizzy - Wild One  (4:21)

06. Nazareth - My White Bicycle  (3:28)

07. Moonrider - Riding For A Fall  (4:03)

08. The Kinks - Everybody's A Star (Starmaker)  (3:01)

09. Stray - Precious Love  (3:41)

10. Be Bop Deluxe - Jean Cocteau  (2:54)

11. Roxy Music - Both Ends Burning  (5:18)

12. Justin Hayward & John Lodge - Blue Guitar  (3:40)

13. 10cc - Good News  (3:51)

14. Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman  (4:17)

15. Alan Hull - Dan The Plan  (4:23)

16. Ronnie Lane - Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?  (2:11)

17. Richard & Linda Thompson - I'll Regret It All In The Morning  (3:38)

18. Al Stewart - Carol  (4:34)

19. Ace - Ain't Gonna Stand For This No More (Single Version)  (3:18)

20. Pete Wingfield - A Whole Pot Of Jelly (For A Little Slice Of Toast)  (3:01)

21. Babe Ruth - Private Number  (3:47)

CD 2 

01. Sweet - Fox On The Run (Single Version)  (3:22)

02. David Essex - Won't Get Burned Again  (3:44)

03. Sparks - In The Future  (2:16)

04. Jet - Nothing To Do With Us  (4:53)

05. Bryan Ferry - You Go To My Head  (2:44)

06. Phil Manzanera - Frontera  (4:06)

07. Hatfield And The North - Share It  (3:06)

08. Caravan - Stuck In A Hole  (3:11)

09. Ivor Cutler - Go And Sit Upon The Grass  (2:11)

10. Tom Newman - Sad Sing  (2:24)

11. The Shadows - Run Billy Run  (3:28)

12. Pilot - Heard It All Before  (3:18)

13. Stackridge - Highbury Incident (Rainy July Morning)  (4:03)

14. Barclay James Harvest - Titles  (3:53)

15. Speedy Keen - Someone To Love  (3:57)

16. Kursaal Flyers - Hit Records  (2:44)

17. Method - Lonely Eyes  (3:13)

18. Clive John - Summer Song  (5:25)

19. Heavy Metal Kids - Blue Eyed Boy  (3:09)

20. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah (Live)  (5:05)

21. Streetwalkers - Raingame  (3:04)

22. Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - Arms Of Mary  (2:39)

23. The Brinsleys - There's A Cloud In My Heart  (3:06)

CD 3 

01. Ian Hunter - Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Single Edit)  (3:55)

02. Mick Ronson - Play Don't Worry  (3:13)

03. Mott - By Tonight  (3:47)

04. Brian Protheroe - Running Through The City  (3:50)

05. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Spirits In The Night (Single Edit)  (3:19)

06. Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery (Single Edit)  (4:17)

07. John Miles - Highfly  (3:50)

08. Kestrel - Take It Away  (4:10)

09. Pretty Things - Sad Eye  (4:31)

10. The Winkies - Trust In Dick  (3:41)

11. Peter Skellern - Hard Times  (3:52)

12. The Neutrons - L'Hippie Nationale  (3:34)

13. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Mr. Raffles (Man It Was Mean)  (4:35)

14. Son-Of-A-Gun - La Maison De L'Amour  (3:21)

15. John Entwistle's Ox - Mad Dog (Single Mix)  (3:57)

16. Hawkwind - Kings Of Speed  (3:34)

17. Agnes Strange - Odd Man Out  (3:55)

18. UFO - Shoot Shoot  (3:38)

19. Oddsocks - Lazy Day  (3:44)

20. Dr. Feelgood - Back In The Night  (3:21)

21. Peter Hammill - Birthday Special  (3:36)

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