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This very straightforward selection is based almost exclusively on the Bay City Rollers' British and American singles file. It opens, of course, with "Saturday Night" -- in U.S. terms, their most memorable release -- but thereafter adheres to strict and joyful chronology. The original hit version of "Keep On Dancing," featuring founding vocalist Nobby Clarke, sets the ball rolling with lovable exuberance; two years later, "Remember" finds Les McKeown installed at the front, Bill Martin and Phil Coulter entrenched in the writers' seat, and the Rollers themselves preparing to assume world domination. With hindsight, it seems staggering that the quintet's heyday was so brief. As early as "Money Honey," the first cracks are beginning to show and, though their American breakthrough at least postponed the day of judgment, by the time Ian Mitchell replaced original guitarist Alan Longmuir, in time for the Dedication album, the entire edifice was teetering. The inclusions from that period are uniformly, and deceptively, elegant: "Love Me Like I Love You," "I Only Want to Be With You," "Dedication," "Rock'n'Roll Love Letter," and "Yesterday's Hero" mark the apogee of the Rollers as both a creative and a commercial force. But Mitchell's sudden retirement finally sent the whole shebang over and, as The Definitive Collection approaches its close, the entire affair takes on a very different complexion. Four final singles pass by with barely a hummable note between them and, though this album closes by turning back a few years, to the title track from the all-powerful Wouldn't You Like It album, the damage has already been done. Wouldn't you like it? Not anymore.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Bill Martin, Composer - Bill Martin, Lyricist - Bill Martin, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Phil Coulter, Composer - Phil Coulter, Lyricist - Phil Coulter, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Young, Composer - Young, Lyricist - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Johnathan King, Producer
Originally released 1971. All rights reserved by Arista Records LLC
Bill Martin, Composer - Bill Martin, Lyricist - Bill Martin, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Phil Coulter, Composer - Phil Coulter, Lyricist - Phil Coulter, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Bill Martin, Composer - Bill Martin, Lyricist - Bill Martin, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Phil Coulter, Composer - Phil Coulter, Lyricist - Phil Coulter, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Bill Martin, Composer - Bill Martin, Lyricist - Bill Martin, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Phil Coulter, Composer - Phil Coulter, Lyricist - Phil Coulter, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Bob Gaudio, Composer - Bob Gaudio, Lyricist - Phil Wainman, Producer - Bob Crewe, Composer - Bob Crewe, Lyricist - Bay City Rollers, Performer
(P) 1974 Arista Records LLC
Phil Wainman, Composer - Phil Wainman, Lyricist - Phil Wainman, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer - John Goodison, Composer - John Goodison, Lyricist
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Bill Martin, Composer - Bill Martin, Lyricist - Bill Martin, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Phil Coulter, Composer - Phil Coulter, Lyricist - Phil Coulter, Producer
(P) 1974 Arista Records LLC
Phil Wainman, Producer - Stuart Wood, Composer - Stuart Wood, Lyricist - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Eric Faulkner, Composer - Eric Faulkner, Lyricist
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Stuart Wood, Composer - Stuart Wood, Lyricist - Muff Winwood, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Eric Faulkner, Composer - Eric Faulkner, Lyricist
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
MOORE, Lyricist - MOORE, Composer - Colin Frechter, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer
(P) 1975 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Hawker, Composer - Hawker, Lyricist - Raymond, Composer - Raymond, Lyricist - Jimmy Ienner, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
George Young, Composer - George Young, Lyricist - Jimmy Ienner, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Harry Vanda, Composer - Harry Vanda, Lyricist
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
Stuart Wood, Composer - Stuart Wood, Lyricist - Jimmy Ienner, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Eric Faulkner, Composer - Eric Faulkner, Lyricist
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
Douglas Flett, Composer - Douglas Flett, Lyricist - Jimmy Ienner, Producer - Guy Fletcher, Composer - Guy Fletcher, Lyricist - Bay City Rollers, Performer
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
Chris Adams, Composer - Chris Adams, Lyricist - Harry Maslin, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer
(P) 1977 Arista Records LLC
Harry Maslin, Producer - Len Boone, Composer - Len Boone, Lyricist - Bay City Rollers, Performer
(P) 1977 Arista Records LLC
Harry Maslin, Producer - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Harvey Shield, Composer - Harvey Shield, Lyricist
(P) 1977 Arista Records LLC
FAURE, Lyricist - FAURE, Composer - Phil Wainman, Producer - Stuart Wood, Composer - Stuart Wood, Lyricist - Longmuir, Composer - Longmuir, Lyricist - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Eric Faulkner, Composer - Eric Faulkner, Lyricist
(P) 1979 Arista Records LLC
Phil Wainman, Producer - Stuart Wood, Composer - Stuart Wood, Lyricist - Bay City Rollers, Performer - Eric Faulkner, Composer - Eric Faulkner, Lyricist
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Albumbeschreibung
This very straightforward selection is based almost exclusively on the Bay City Rollers' British and American singles file. It opens, of course, with "Saturday Night" -- in U.S. terms, their most memorable release -- but thereafter adheres to strict and joyful chronology. The original hit version of "Keep On Dancing," featuring founding vocalist Nobby Clarke, sets the ball rolling with lovable exuberance; two years later, "Remember" finds Les McKeown installed at the front, Bill Martin and Phil Coulter entrenched in the writers' seat, and the Rollers themselves preparing to assume world domination. With hindsight, it seems staggering that the quintet's heyday was so brief. As early as "Money Honey," the first cracks are beginning to show and, though their American breakthrough at least postponed the day of judgment, by the time Ian Mitchell replaced original guitarist Alan Longmuir, in time for the Dedication album, the entire edifice was teetering. The inclusions from that period are uniformly, and deceptively, elegant: "Love Me Like I Love You," "I Only Want to Be With You," "Dedication," "Rock'n'Roll Love Letter," and "Yesterday's Hero" mark the apogee of the Rollers as both a creative and a commercial force. But Mitchell's sudden retirement finally sent the whole shebang over and, as The Definitive Collection approaches its close, the entire affair takes on a very different complexion. Four final singles pass by with barely a hummable note between them and, though this album closes by turning back a few years, to the title track from the all-powerful Wouldn't You Like It album, the damage has already been done. Wouldn't you like it? Not anymore.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:26
- Main artists: Bay City Rollers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2000 Arista Records, Inc.
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