Rollin' (Bay City Rollers album)

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.

Rollin'
Studio album by
Bay City Rollers
ReleasedOctober 1974
Recorded1973, 1974
Length36:56
LabelBell
ProducerPhil 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
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Džuboksmixed[2]

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." (B-side of "Saturday Night").

Personnel

Musicians

Production[3]

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

Charts

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Bay City Rollers – Rollin'". Džuboks (in Serbian). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine (5 (second series)): 23.
  3. Publishing information at discogs
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
  5. "RPM: Bay City Rollers (albums)". RPM Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  7. "Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers".
  8. "Bay City Rollers - Rollin' - hitparade.ch".
  9. "BAY CITY ROLLERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  11. "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
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