Wouldn't You Like It?

Wouldn't You Like It?
Wouldn't You Like It?
Studio album by Bay City Rollers
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

UK LP release, Bell Records #8002

All tracks are written 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, 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

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

Track listing per Discogs^[2]

2004 UK CD reissue

A 2004 CD reissue on Bell included four bonus tracks: "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)" (an entirely different song from 1975's "Wouldn't You Like It?") and "I'd Do It Again".

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[3]	3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[4]	3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	30
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[6]	21
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[7]	5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[8]	9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[9]	45
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	13
UK Albums (OCC)^[11]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[12]	25

Personnel

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"

Production^[13]

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
^ "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

[1] Wouldn't You Like It? at AllMusic

[2] "Wouldn't You Like It? (Images)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

[AUS_Albums-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[FINchart-4] 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.

[ac_Germany4_Bay_City_Rollers-5] "Offiziellecharts.de – Bay City Rollers – Wouldn't You Like It" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

[6] "Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers".

[ac_New_Zealand_Bay_City_Rollers-7] "Charts.nz – Bay City Rollers – Wouldn't You Like It". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

[ac_Norway_Bay_City_Rollers-8] "Norwegiancharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Wouldn't You Like It". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

[ac_Sweden_Bay_City_Rollers-9] "Swedishcharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Wouldn't You Like It". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

[ac_Switzerland_Bay_City_Rollers-10] "Swisscharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Wouldn't You Like It". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

[ac_UK_Bay_City_Rollers-11] "Bay City Rollers | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved October 12, 2021.

[12] "Top Selling Albums of 1976 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

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v t e Bay City Rollers
Eric Faulkner Alan Longmuir Derek Longmuir Les McKeown Stuart "Woody" Wood Nobby Clark John Devine Duncan Faure Billy Lyall Archie Marr Eric Manclark Pat McGlynn Ian Mitchell Neil Henderson David Paton
Albums	Rollin' Once Upon a Star Bay City Rollers Wouldn't You Like It? Rock n' Roll Love Letter Dedication It's a Game Strangers in the Wind Elevator Voxx Ricochet
Singles	"Keep On Dancing" "Remember (Sha-La-La-La)" "Shang-a-Lang" "Summerlove Sensation" "Bye Bye Baby" "Give a Little Love" "Saturday Night" "Money Honey" "Rock and Roll Love Letter" "I Only Want to Be with You" "Yesterday's Hero" "Don't Worry Baby" "It's a Game" "You Made Me Believe in Magic" "The Way I Feel Tonight" "Don't Let the Music Die" "Where Will I Be Now"
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