Rollin' (Bay City Rollers album) explained

Rollin'
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bay City Rollers
Cover:	RollinBCR.jpg
Released:	October 1974
Recorded:	1973, 1974
Length:	36:56
Label:	Bell
Producer:	Phil Coulter, Bill Martin
Next Title:	Once Upon a Star
Next Year:	1975

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.

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

• Les McKeown – vocals, guitar
• Eric Faulkner – guitar, violin, mandolin, bass
• Stuart Wood "Woody"– guitar, bass, piano, mandolin
• Alan Longmuir – bass, accordion, piano
• Derek Longmuir – drums, congas, tambourine

Production^[1]

• Phil Coulter: arrangement and production
• Bill Martin: production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[2]	accessdate=2016-05-31-->	8
Canadian Albums (RPM)^[3]	29
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[4]	18
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	37
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)^[6]	27
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	1
Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA)^[8]	15

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=695783 Publishing information at discogs
2. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Kent Music Report. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. doc.
3. Web site: RPM: Bay City Rollers (albums) . https://web.archive.org/web/20170415013112/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=h6banu1fsvdt9pof8c4m7dun24&q1=the+temptations&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=50 . dead . April 15, 2017 . RPM Magazine . April 14, 2017 .
4. Book: Pennanen, Timo . 2006 . Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . 1st . Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava . Helsinki. 978-951-1-21053-5 . 263 . fi .
5. Web site: Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers.
6. Web site: Bay City Rollers - Rollin' - hitparade.ch.
7. Web site: BAY CITY ROLLERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. Official Charts.
8. • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
9. 27 December 1975 . Top Selling Albums For 1975 . live . . 10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210309074922/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf . 9 March 2021 . worldradiohistory.com.