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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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Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Martin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Phil Coulter, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Young, Composer, Lyricist - Johnathan King, Producer
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Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Martin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Phil Coulter, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Martin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Phil Coulter, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Martin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Phil Coulter, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bob Gaudio, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Crewe, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Wainman, Producer
(P) 1974 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - John Goodison, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Wainman, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Martin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Phil Coulter, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
(P) 1974 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Eric Faulkner, Composer, Lyricist - Stuart Wood, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Wainman, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Eric Faulkner, Composer, Lyricist - Stuart Wood, Composer, Lyricist - Muff Winwood, Producer
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Moore, Composer, Lyricist - Colin Frechter, Producer
(P) 1975 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Raymond, Composer, Lyricist - Hawker, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Ienner, Producer
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Harry Vanda, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Ienner, Producer - George Young, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Eric Faulkner, Composer, Lyricist - Stuart Wood, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Ienner, Producer
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Guy Fletcher, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Ienner, Producer - Douglas Flett, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Chris Adams, Composer, Lyricist - Harry Maslin, Producer
(P) 1977 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Len Boone, Composer, Lyricist - Harry Maslin, Producer
(P) 1977 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Harvey Shield, Composer, Lyricist - Harry Maslin, Producer
(P) 1977 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Eric Faulkner, Composer, Lyricist - Gabriel Fauré, Composer, Lyricist - Longmuir, Composer, Lyricist - Stuart Wood, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Wainman, Producer
(P) 1979 Arista Records LLC
Bay City Rollers, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Eric Faulkner, Composer, Lyricist - Stuart Wood, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Wainman, Producer
(P) 1975 Arista Records LLC
Album review
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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