01 Bye Bye Baby
02 Shang A Lang
03 Money Honey
04 I Only Wanna Be With You
05 Rock N' Roll Honeymoon
06 Yesterdays Heroes
07 Cut And Run
08 Rock N' Roll Love Letters
09 Electric Wheels
10 Don't Stop Believing
11 Before The Edge
12 She Can't Say No
13 I Was Only Dreaming

The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop/rock band of the '70s with a strong following among teenage girls. The origins of the group go back to the formation of the duo the Longmuir Brothers in the late '60s, consisting of drummer Derek Longmuir (b. March 19, 1952, Edinburgh, Scotland) and his bass-playing brother Alan (b. June 20, 1953, Edinburgh; d. July 2, 2018, Larbert, Scotland). They eventually changed their name to the Saxons, adding singer Nobby Clarke and John Devine. Then they changed their name again by pointing at random to a spot on a map of the United States: Bay City, Michigan. Their first hit was a cover of the Gentrys' "Keep on Dancing," which reached number nine in the U.K. in September 1971. In June 1972, guitarist Eric Faulkner (b. October 21, 1954, Edinburgh) joined. In January 1973, singer Leslie McKeown (b. November 12, 1955, Edinburgh) and guitarist Stuart Wood (b. February 25, 1957, Edinburgh) replaced Clarke and Devine, stabilizing the quintet's lineup.

After flopping with three singles, they finally hit the Top Ten again in February 1974 with "Remember." At this point, the Rollers became a teen sensation in Great Britain, with their good looks and tartan knickers, and they scored a series of Top Ten U.K. hits over the next two and a half years: "Shang-a-Lang," "Summerlove Sensation," "All of Me Loves All of You," "Bye Bye Baby" (a cover of Four Seasons hit that went to number one), "Give a Little Love" (another number one), "Money Honey," "Love Me Like I Love You," and "I Only Want to Be with You" (a cover of the Dusty Springfield hit). Their albums Rollin', Once Upon a Star, Wouldn't You Like It, and Dedication were also Top Ten successes, with Rollin' and Once Upon a Star getting to number one. They scored their first U.S. hit with "Saturday Night," which was released in September 1975 and hit number one in January 1976. It was followed by the Top Ten hits "Money Honey" and "You Made Me Believe in Magic." The Rollers also had five straight gold albums in the U.S.: Bay City Rollers, Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter, Dedication, It's a Game, and Greatest Hits.

Alan Longmuir left the band in June 1976 and was replaced by Ian Mitchell (b. August 22, 1958, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland), who was in turn replaced by Pat McGlynn (b. March 31, 1958, Edinburgh) in June 1977. Longmuir returned in 1978, the same year that McKeown was replaced by Duncan Faure and Faulkner quit to go solo. But by then the Bay City Rollers had scored their last hits. ---William Ruhlmann, alllmusic.com

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01. Shang-a-Lang (Phil Coulter, Bill Martin) - 3:03
02. Give It To Me Now (Coulter, Martin) - 3:45
03. Angel Angel (Eric Faulkner, Stuart "Woody" Wood) - 2:23
04. Be My Baby (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) - 3:23
05. Just A Little Love (Faulkner, Wood) - 2:53
06. Remember (Sha La La La) (Coulter, Martin) - 2:30
07. Saturday Night (Coulter, Martin) - 2:54
08. Ain't It Strange (Faulkner, Wood, Les McKeown) - 2:07
09. Please Stay (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) - 3:50
10. Jenny Gotta Dance (Coulter, Martin) - 3:03
11. There Goes My Baby (Faulkner, Wood) - 3:14
12. Summerlove Sensation (Coulter, Martin) - 3:10

Personnel:
- Les (Leslie Richard) McKeown - acoustic & electric guitars, lead vocals
- Eric Faulkner - acoustic, electric & bass guitars, violin, mandolin
- Stuart "Woody" Wood - acoustic, electric & bass guitars, piano, mandolin
- Alan Longmuir - bass, piano, accordion
- Derek Longmuir - drums, congas, tambourine

It took them four years to make it (in every sense of the phrase), but the Bay City Rollers' debut album could not have kicked off more explosively, with the mind-mangling chant of "Shang-a-Lang," their third hit single but the first to truly state the band's business in mile-high neon-lit tartan letters. And the fact that two more major smashes still lurked onboard only amplifies the album's achievement -- at last, a teenybop idol that wasn't afraid to spread its wings and fly. Rollin' is a dynamic collection, even once you're past the singles: "Summerlove Sensation," with its fairground friendliness and human Wurlitzer compulsion, and the ultimate chant of "Saturday Night." Indeed, almost every track on the album could have been a single -- and several more of them were. "Jenny Gotta Dance" had been released by John Kincaid just a few months earlier, while "Give It to Me Now" was originally recorded by "Heart of Stone" hitmaker Kenny during 1973. But still the album sparkles, from the fan base-baiting version of the old Phil Spector chestnut "Be My Baby," through to the handful of band originals that proved the Rollers would probably have made it regardless of who pulled the songwriting strings. In the event, it is impossible to overstate the contributions of Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, a pair who thought nothing of rhyming "things we used to say" with "shoo-be-doo-ay," and who have a wall of golden discs to prove it. See, the kids don't need literature and they don't need art; they need something they can sing along to, and Rollin' delivers from beginning to end. --- Dave Thompson, Rovi

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01. I Only Wanna Dance With You (Faulkner, Wood) - 2:56
02. Don't Stop The Music (Faulkner, Wood) - 2:46
03. Shanghai'd In Love (Faulkner, Wood) - 3:26
04. Love Is (Faulkner, Wood) - 2:34
05. Maybe I'm A Fool To Love You (Faulkner) - 3:52
06. Too Young To Rock & Roll (Faulkner, Wood) - 2:13
07. Saturday Night (Faulkner, Wood) - 2:52
08. Give A Little Love (Goodison, Wainman) - 3:20
09. Wouldn't You Like It? (Faulkner, Wood) - 3:10
10. Here Comes That Feeling Again (Faulkner, Wood) - 3:37
11. Lovely To See You (Faulkner, Wood) - 3:53
12. Eagles Fly (Faulkner, Wood) - 3:00

Personnel:
- Les McKeown - lead vocals
- Eric Faulkner - guitar
- Alan Longmuir - bass
- Derek Longmuir - drums
- Stuart "Woody" Wood – guitar

After achieving success and gaining a certain degree of artistic credibility with Once Upon a Star, the Bay City Rollers continued to write and perform the majority of their material on Wouldn't You Like It. As usual, the biggest hit from the album was a cover tune: "Give a Little Love" is a harmony-driven love song that offsets its sweetness with some surprisingly hard-rocking guitar work from Eric Faulkner. Despite their lack of singles success, the group once again proved that they could produce a worthwhile bunch of album tracks when left to their own devices. Highlights include "I Only Wanna Dance with You," a toe-tapping rock tune that offsets distorted power chords with an exuberant horn section, and the title track is an adrenaline-fuelled slice of power pop worthy of Cheap Trick. the Bay City Rollers also made a surprising foray into the disco sound on this album with "Don't Stop the Music," a lover's lament set to a pulsating beat. The problem with the group's own compositions this time out is that some of them are underwritten: "Love Is..." suffers from some rather trite romance lyrics, and "Derek's End Piece," while a well-recorded instrumental, is too short and underdeveloped to provide a memorable showcase for the group's instrumental chops. Just the same, Wouldn't You Like It remains a pleasant listen and is of definite interest to Bay City Rollers fanatics. --- Donald A. Guarisco, Rovi

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