Wouldn't You Like It?
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Released | December 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
Studio | Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire | |||
Genre | Glam rock | |||
Length | 38:05 | |||
Label | Bell | |||
Producer | Phil Wainman | |||
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Wouldn't You Like It? is the third studio album by the Scottish pop rock 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
[edit]UK LP release, Bell Records #8002
[edit]All tracks are written by Eric Faulkner/Stuart "Woody" Wood except where noted
No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
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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, Wood | 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 |
No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
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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 |
Track listing per Discogs[2]
2004 UK CD reissue
[edit]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".
Charts
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Personnel
[edit]- Les McKeown – lead and backing vocals
- Stuart "Woody" Wood – guitars, backing vocals; co-lead vocals on "Shangai'd In Love"
- Eric Faulkner – guitars, backing vocals; co-lead vocals on "Shangai'd In Love"
- Alan Longmuir – bass, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Here Comes That Feeling Again"
- Derek Longmuir – drums, backing vocals, percussion; spoken word on "Derek's End Piece"
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
[edit]- ^ Wouldn't You Like It? at AllMusic
- ^ "Wouldn't You Like It? (Images)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Bay City Rollers – Wouldn't You Like It" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ "Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers".
- ^ "Charts.nz – Bay City Rollers – Wouldn't You Like It". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Wouldn't You Like It". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Wouldn't You Like It". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Wouldn't You Like It". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ "Bay City Rollers | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1976 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ Album notes