"Kommerzielle Songs, anspruchsvoll präsentiert" - das hatte der bereits renommierte Blues-Rock-Gitarrist Alex Conti im Sinn, als er im Oktober 1975 in die Hamburger Band Lake einstieg - im biblischen Sinne "am zweiten Tag". Eine Stil-Melange aus den Beach Boys, Doobie Brothers und Steely Dan beeindruckte Szene und Medien - hinter einem Sound definierenden Lead-Sänger, James Hopkins-Harrison, konnte dieses Quintett ausgefeilte vierstimmige Harmonies ebenso bieten wie jazzrockige Grooves und Soli von Weltklasse.
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