Rollin' (Bay City Rollers album)

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Rollin'
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1974
Recorded1973, 1974
Length36:56
Label Bell
Producer Phil Coulter, Bill Martin
Bay City Rollers chronology
Rollin'
(1974)
Once Upon a Star
(1975)
Singles from Rollin'
  1. "Remember (Sha-La-La-La)"
    Released: 1974
  2. "Shang-a-Lang"
    Released: 1974
  3. "Summerlove Sensation"
    Released: 1974
  4. "Saturday Night"
    Released: August 1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Džuboks mixed [2]

Rollin', released in 1974, was the first full-length album by Scotland's Bay City Rollers. The album included three British chart hits ("Remember", "Shang-a-Lang", "Summerlove Sensation") and the debut of "Saturday Night", never a British hit yet a No. 1 smash in America, later.

Contents

While the album itself was not released in America, several of the songs would later appear on the band's self-titled U.S. debut.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Shang-a-Lang" (Phil Coulter, Bill Martin) – 3:07
  2. "Give It to Me Now" (Coulter, Martin) – 3:48
  3. "Angel Angel" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart "Woody" Wood) – 2:27
  4. "Be My Baby" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 3:27
  5. "Just a Little Love" (Faulkner, Wood) – 2:57
  6. "Remember (Sha-La-La-La)" (Coulter, Martin) – 2:33

Side two

  1. "Saturday Night" (Coulter, Martin) – 2:57
  2. "Ain't It Strange" (Faulkner, Wood, Les McKeown) – 2:10
  3. "Please Stay" (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) – 3:54
  4. "Jenny Gotta Dance" (Coulter, Martin) – 3:06
  5. "There Goes My Baby" (Faulkner, Wood) – 3:18
  6. "Summerlove Sensation" (Coulter, Martin) – 3:12

2004 UK reissue

A 2004 CD reissue on Bell included four bonus tracks: "Are You Ready for That Rock and Roll" (the original B-side of the "Shang-a-Lang" single); "Bringing Back the Good Times" (B-side of "Summerlove Sensation"); "Bye Bye Barbara" (B-side of "Remember"); and "Hey C.B." Which was the B-side of the original UK "Saturday Night" single, released in June 1973 and recorded with Nobby Clark and John Devine before McKeown and Wood had joined the band. Unusually, this original recording of "Saturday Night" was not included on this reissue, but has been included on subsequent compilations.

Personnel

Musicians

Production [3]

Charts

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