LP IDLE RACE BBC Radio Sessions 1967-1969 - MV 1003 - STILL SEALED

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LP IDLE RACE

BBC Radio Sessions 1967-1969

Country of release: Great Britain, 2018

Label: Maida Vale

Catalogue number: MV 1003

Barcode: 5074684510037

Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Nein/No

 Condition Record: MINT

Condition Cover: MINT

  LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!

(Photo von meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)

Tracks Side 1:

1. (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree (2:51) (BBC Top Gear, 02.10.1967)

2. Imposters Of Life Magazine (2:21) (BBC Top Gear, 02.10.1967)

3. Hey Grandma (2:15) (BBC Top Gear, 02.10.1967)

4. The Lady Who Said She Could Fly (2:25) (BBC Top Gear, 19.02.1968)

5. Skeleton And The Roundabout (2:33) (BBC Top Gear, 19.02.1968)

6. Blueberry Blue (2:30) (BBC Top Gear, 04.06.1968)

7. End Of The Road (1.58) (BBC Top Gear, 04.06.1968)

8. Days Of Broken Arrows (2:45) (BBC Top Gear, 21.10.1968)

9. Follow Me Follow (2:33) (BBC Top Gear, 21.10.1968)

10. Worn Red Carpet (2:33) (BBC Top Gear, 20.01.1969)

11. Frantic Desolution (2:43) (BBC Top Gear, 20.01.1969)

Tracks Side 2:

1. Days Of Broken Arrows (2:37) (BBC Top Gear, 20.01.1969)

2. Please No More Sad Songs (2:24) (BBC Top Gear, 23.06.1969)

3. Someone's Knocking (2:40) (BBC Top Gear, 23.06.1969)

4. Sea Of Dreams (3:31) (BBC Top Gear, 23.06.1969)

5. Reminds Me Of You (3:16) (BBC Top Gear, 23.06.1969)

6. Someone's Knocking (2:18) (BBC Top Gear, 16.09.1969)

7. Please No More Sad Songs (3:19) (BBC Top Gear, 16.09.1969)

8. Debora (7:32) (Bonustrack, Recorded Summer 1969 On Vinyl Acetate)

The Idle Race were a British rock group from Birmingham in the late 1960s and early 1970s who had a cult following but never enjoyed mass commercial success. In addition to being the springboard for Jeff Lynne, the band holds a place of significance in British Midlands' pop-rock history as a link between The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, the Steve Gibbons Band and Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders.

Eager to showcase Lynne's vocal and guitar skills as well as his growing cache of catchy Beatlesque songs, and wishing to embrace the new psychedelic movement, the group changed its name, first to The Idyll Race, then The Idle Race. Wood, now a major star as the Move became a successful chart act, helped arrange a partnership with pop producers Eddie Offord and Gerald Chevin for The Idle Race. In 1967, the band were the first major signing by the new British arm of Liberty Records. Only their first single (not issued in the UK) and their first album got released in the US on Liberty (Liberty would later merge with United Artists).

The group were well received by the music press for their melodies, whimsical lyrics, and inventive production. They often appeared on the same bill with such bands as The Spencer Davis Group, The Who, Small Faces, Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Status Quo, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Yes, Free, and The Move.

During this period, Idle Race was also, as one member later termed it, a very "schizophrenic" band. While their records were awash in melodic hooks, paisley-pop backdrops and lilting harmonies, they were a much heavier act in a live setting. Lynne's early trademark around the clubs and colleges was his ability to coax an unusual "violin" sound out of his guitar, while Masters would occasionally take a bow to his Hofner bass. In addition to original material, their set list included extended covers of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild", The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Purple Haze", Moby Grape's "Hey Grandma," The Lemon Pipers' "Blueberry Blue," The Doors' "Love Me Two Times", and an electric version of "Debora" by Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Influential BBC disc jockeys such as John Peel and Kenny Everett were big boosters of the group. But despite critical respect and famous admirers such as The Beatles and Marc Bolan, Idle Race failed to catch fire with the public.

Bad luck sabotaged efforts from the start. Their debut single on Liberty, a cover of Wood's "Here We Go 'Round the Lemon Tree", was scheduled for release and heavily promoted in September 1967. When the Move's version began getting national in airplay around the UK as the B-side of the hit "Flowers In The Rain," Liberty abruptly pulled the single in the UK (although it was still released by Liberty in the US). The record company replaced it with Lynne's crunching "Impostors of Life's Magazine" in October. With no promotion, "Impostors" received critical praise but this did not result in strong sales.

"The Skeleton and the Roundabout" (February 1968) and "The End of the Road" (June 1968) suffered similar fates. Work continued throughout the year on the Idle Race's debut album, the group commuting in from Birmingham to London on Sundays, when they were granted free studio time at Advision. The resulting "The Birthday Party" was released in October of that year to strong reviews but tepid sales. (Surprisingly, it was issued in the US on Liberty with a modified cover.)

Lynne and Wood's mutal respect and friendship deepened. The demo for the Move hit "Blackberry Way" was recorded in Lynne's front room and borrowed motifs from the Idle Race; the chorus of Lynne's 1969 rocker "Days of the Broken Arrows" lifted part of a riff from the Move's "Wild Tiger Woman". Wood and Lynne often spoke of working together on a project that would integrate classical instruments within a pop/rock idiom

Lynne received an offer to replace Trevor Burton in the Move in February 1969 but declined with hopes of steering The Idle Race to commercial success — and producing the band's second LP for Liberty.

The self-titled Idle Race was eventually released in November 1969 (in the UK but not in the US). When the two Lynne-penned, Lynne-produced singles that preceded the LP, "Days of the Broken Arrows" (April 1969) and "Come With Me" (July 1969) also failed to chart, their composer's frustration mounted.

Despite more good reviews, Idle Race, the first album to be produced by Lynne, flopped.

In January 1970, Lynne accepted a second offer by Wood to join The Move, on condition that they would eventually retire that band and concentrate on a new venture, Electric Light Orchestra.

Lynne made two albums ("Looking On" and "Message from the Country") and a handful of singles with the Move, including the first version of "Do Ya", as work on the first ELO album continued in the studio throughout 1970 and 1971. The Move, now comprising just Wood, Lynne and drummer Bev Bevan, ceased touring in 1970 and adopted its ELO alter ego permanently in 1972.

Meanwhile, Mike Hopkins (guitar) and Dave Walker (vocals) were hired to replace Lynne in The Idle Race. A cover of Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime" on Liberty in 1970 finally got them into the top 10—in Argentina. A cover of Hotlegs' "Neanderthal Man" didn't fare as well. In 1971 the band produced their final album, Time Is for Regal Zonophone (UK only); despite this, the band's line-up collapsed shortly thereafter with the departures of remaining founding members Pritchard and Spencer (who later became comic "Ollie Spencer"), along with Hopkins and Walker. Sole-remaining member Greg Masters built another line-up of the band with guitarists Dave Carroll and Bob Wilson and drummer Bob Lamb; with Steve Gibbons being recruited later as front-man. Ultimately however, this line-up was short-lived and Masters himself departed in February 1972 and was replaced by Bob Griffin; whose tenure in the band was brief and who was replaced by former The Move member Trevor Burton. The Idle Race then, finally, disbanded; with the final line-up becoming the founding line-up of the Steve Gibbons Band.(wikipedia.org)

Jeff Lynne - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Dave Pritchard - Guitar, Vocals, Lead Vocals
Greg Masters - Bass, Vocals
Roger Spencer - Drums, Vocals

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