Lazy Days - The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1975 # 1 Bad Company

 

The history book on the shelf. Is always being rewritten by the winners. Or something like that. 1975 is now generally viewed as the calm before the storm. The righteous fire of Punk. But I lived through that year. My parents moved down with the five of us from Nottingham to Richmond and we began to think of ourselves as Londoners. 

It feels an innocent world looking back. But it's important to be real with yourselves. The world was never innocent. Cherry Red Records as so often to the rescue. Back to a half remembered world for me. A 3CD compilation. We listened to Radio Two much more than we did to Radio One.   

We start with Bad Company. And the truth's in the name. This would have gone down well with the kids in Dazed & Confused. But youth is sometimes wasted on the young.