NO ESCAPE FROM REALITY – The Boxing Day Division One Fixtures of 1975
DIVISION ONE – Boxing Day 1975: Wins for QPR, Birmingham, Ipswich, Leicester and Coventry make for a blue Christmas.
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WHERE ART THOUGH – PAUL SIMON (1972):
Avoiding the lavish production values of many an S & G track, ‘PAUL SIMON’ (1972) is a lean sounding, but articulate album.
NOWT SO QUEER AS FOLK – Led Zeppelin & LZ III
LED ZEPPELIN III (1970): After the blues-rock foundation of their first two L.P’s, LZ III offered variety with more folk-orientated material.
DARK TIMES: Crosby, Stills & Nash – DAYLIGHT AGAIN
DAYLIGHT AGAIN (1982): Conceived as a Stills-Nash project, the belated involvement of Crosby was more to satisfy market forces than musical focus.
WHAT WAS WANTED – The Kinks & GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT
Belligerent and forceful, ‘Give the People What They Want’ (1981) catered to the arena rock presence The Kinks had now established.
BIRMINGHAM CALL-LYNNE – ELO & OUT OF THE BLUE
OUT OF THE BLUE (1977): Anyone thinking punk put paid to musical extravagance had this double-album bonanza to contend with.
CZECH OUT: England v Czechoslavakia & Portugal – October/November 1975:
Away qualifiers against Czechoslavkia and Portugal would be the acid test for boss Don Revie as England aimed for the last eight of the 1976 Euros.
MOTT’S THE STORY – Mott the Hoople & THE HOOPLE
THE HOOPLE (1974) Between 1972 and 1974 the output of Mott the Hoople had been irresistible, ‘The Hoople’ another triumph to celebrate.
NOT LAST NOT LEAST – Little Feat & THE LAST RECORD ALBUM
THE LAST RECORD ALBUM (1975) reveals them as a band in transition, but at their most cohesive Little Feat remain a classy proposition.
HARRISON ADORED: LAYLA and OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS – Derek & the Dominoes
LAYLA and OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS (1970): With impassioned vocals throughout, Clapton sings ‘Layla’ as if his life depends on it.