Tom Dunne: Scratch the surface on 1975 and you'll discover a most interesting year

The music world 50 years ago might have felt dominated by Dylan, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, but a new bunch of upstarts were already getting ready to break through 

Some of Tom Dunne's 1975 selections

The 50th anniversary vinyl re-issues and six-CD box sets of classic albums that will undoubtedly arrive in the coming months paint a cosy picture of 1975 as a year dominated by old school rock. From Blood on the Tracks to Physical Graffiti to Born to Run, rock reigned supreme. Or did it?

It had started with the release of Bob Dylan’s classic Blood on the Tracks. Rumour had it that he recorded it partly to assure the new wave of emerging singer song writers — Neil Young et al — that he was still the boss.