The Idle Race has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 23 March 2015. The Idle Race's music has been featured on 13 episodes.

The Idle Race were a rock group from Birmingham, England 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…