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A compendium of hit singles, intriguing misses, cult classics and key album tracks from 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile received wisdom among pop pundits is that 1975 was merely the calm before the following year's punk-instigated storm, there was plenty of vibrant, vital music being made in Britain and Ireland during that largely overlooked 12-month period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoxy Music, 10cc and ELO were still firing on all cylinders, Thin Lizzy and post-Free act Bad Company were emerging as prime contenders for stardom, Hawkwind remained linchpins of the still-thriving free festival circuit, and cult live performers The Sensational Alex Harvey Band unexpectedly achieved Top Ten singles success after covering a melodramatic Tom Jones’ ballad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe London-based pub rock scene housed the likes of Ace, Brinsley Schwartz, The Kursaal Flyers and the game-changing Dr. Feelgood, successful glam-era bands like Slade and Sweet were still producing the goods, while a handful of 60s stalwarts – Manfred Mann, The Pretty Things, The Kinks – were updating their sound to appeal to a new generation of record-buyers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll these and more are documented in \u003ci\u003eLazy Days\u003c\/i\u003e, a four-hour, 3CD boxed set that, like every other release in the series, includes a 48-page booklet with photos, cuttings and the story behind each song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRACK LISTING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDISC ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1  GOOD LOVIN' GONE BAD – Bad Company\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2  IMAGINE ME, IMAGINE YOU - Fox\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3  RIGHT OR WRONG – Stealers Wheel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4  IN FOR A PENNY - Slade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5  WILD ONE – Thin Lizzy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6  MY WHITE BICYCLE - Nazareth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7  RIDING FOR A FALL - Moonrider\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8  EVERYBODY'S A STAR (STARMAKER) – The Kinks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9  PRECIOUS LOVE - Stray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10  JEAN COCTEAU – Be Bop Deluxe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 BOTH ENDS BURNING – Roxy Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12  BLUE GUITAR – Justin Hayward \u0026amp; John Lodge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13  GOOD NEWS - 10cc\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14  EVIL WOMAN – Electric Light Orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15  DAN THE PLAN – Alan Hull\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16  BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? 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