The Idle Race
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About The Idle Race
The Idle Race were a British rock group from Birmingham, Warwickshire in the late 1960s. They are best known for the material released while Jeff Lynne was a member. Rhythm guitarist Dave Pritchard, bass guitarist Greg Masters and drummer Roger Spencer were the core of a band initally known as Billy King and the Nightriders, then later known as Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders and briefly as just The Nightriders. In 1966 they advertised for a new guitarist/vocalist, Jeff Lynne applied and joined the band.
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Top Tracks
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Morning Sunshine
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Imposters Of Life's Magazine
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Days Of The Broken Arrows
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I Like My Toys
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The Skeleton And The Roundabout
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The Birthday
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Please No More Sad Songs
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The Lady Who Said She Could Fly
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Follow Me Follow
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On With The Show
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Sitting In My Tree
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Lucky Man
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End Of The Road
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Come With Me
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Hurry Up John
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Sea Of Dreams
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Pie In The Sky
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Girl At The Window
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Going Home
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Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree
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Reminds Me Of You
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Skeleton and the Roundabout
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Someone Knocking
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In The Summertime
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(Don't Put Your Boys In The Army) Mrs. Ward
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Knocking Nails Into My House
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Mr Crow And Sir Norman
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My Father's Son
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A Better Life (The Weather Man Knows)
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Worn Red Carpet
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Victim Of Circumstance
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Dancing Flower
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Big Chief Woolley Bosher
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I Will See You
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The Clock
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By The Sun
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She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
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Neanderthal Man
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Alcatraz
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Bitter Green
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And The Rain
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We Want It All
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Told You Twice
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Impostors of Life's Magazine
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Don't Put Your Boys in the Army, Mrs. Ward
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Sad O'Sad
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Hurry Up John - 2007 Digital Remaster
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A Better Life (The Weatherman Knows)
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Big Chief Woolly Bosher
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Mrs Ward
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