Wouldn't You Like It?
| Wouldn't You Like It? | ||||
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| Studio album by Bay City Rollers | ||||
| Released | December 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Glam rock | |||
| Label | Bell Records | |||
| Producer | Phil Wainman | |||
| Bay City Rollers chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Wouldn't You Like It? was the third studio album to be released by the Scottish pop group, Bay City Rollers. The LP, issued in the UK in late 1975, saw a marked change in the group's musical direction: all the songs save one were the band's own compositions. The one outside-written tune, "Give a Little Love", was a smash UK hit, and the only single released from the album. The album also included, in the form of a giant letter, a free color picture book of the individual members, with a band picture on the front.
Seven of the tracks from the album would appear on Arista Records' 1976 US-only album, Rock N'Roll Love Letter using the same cover photo and artwork.
Track listing
UK LP release, Bell Records #8002
All songs written and composed by Eric Faulkner/Stuart "Woody" Wood except where noted.
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
| 1. | "I Only Wanna Dance With You" | Les McKeown | 2:59 |
| 2. | "Don't Stop the Music" | McKeown | 2:49 |
| 3. | "Shanghai'd in Love" | Faulkner | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Love Is..." | McKeown | 2:38 |
| 5. | "Maybe I'm a Fool to Love You" | McKeown | 3:55 |
| 6. | "Too Young to Rock & Roll" | McKeown | 2:17 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
| 1. | "Give a Little Love" (John Goodison/Phil Wainman) | McKeown | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Wouldn't You Like It?" | McKeown | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Here Comes That Feeling Again" | Alan Longmuir | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Lovely to See You" | McKeown | 3:57 |
| 5. | "Eagles Fly" | McKeown | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Derek's End Piece" | Instrumental, Spoken Outro: Derek Longmuir | 2:34 |
The spoken part of track 6 side 2 were lines from "Angel Baby" which was track 5 their 1975 album "Once Upon A Star" (And you know darling' that every time/ I heard them say/ Our love would die/ It only made me love you more each day).[2]
Track listing per Discogs[3]
2004 UK CD reissue
A 2004 CD reissue on Bell included four bonus tracks: the smash hit "Saturday Night"; which had appeared on Japanese pressings of the original LP; "She'll Be Crying Over You" (originally the B-side of the UK "Give a Little Love" single); and two previously unissued tracks featuring early Roller Nobby Clark on lead vocal: "Wouldn't You Like It? (1972 version)" and "I'd Do It Again".
Personnel
- Eric Faulkner – Guitar
- Alan Longmuir – Bass Guitar
- Derek Longmuir – Drums
- Les McKeown – Lead Vocals
- Stuart "Woody" Wood – Guitar
Production[4]
Recorded at:-
- Chipping Norton Studios – Engineered by Dave Grinstead
- Eden Studios, Chiswick – Engineered by Mike Gardener
- Audio International Studios – Engineered by James Guthrie
- Mastered at IBC Studios, London by Melvin Abrams
- Musical Director – Colin Frechter
- Produced by Phil Wainman
- Sleeve design: The Green Bay Packers Art Company
- Cover Photography: John Paul
- Insert Photography: Alan Ballard
- Art Director: John Dyer
References
- ↑ Wouldn't You Like It? at AllMusic
- ↑ "Bay City Rollers - FamousFix.com - Music, Albums, Songs, News". Whosdatedwho.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ↑ "Wouldn't You Like It? (Images)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ↑ Album notes
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