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Артист: Bay City Rollers Альбом: Original Album Classics, 2013 Издатель: Arista / 88883701532 Жанр: Pop Rock Формат файла: NL+ Ссылка: CD Нахождение: Torrent Примечание: 5 × CD, Album, Remastered, Box-Set

SPOILER (Review for Rollin', но в принципе можно отнести к первым 4 альбомам)

AMG EXPERT REVIEW: It took them four years to make it (in every sense of the phrase), but the Bay City Rollers' debut album could not have kicked off more explosively, with the mind-mangling chant of "Shang-a- Lang," their third hit single but the first to truly state the band's business in mile-high neon-lit tartan letters. And the fact that two more major smashes still lurked onboard only amplifies the album's achievement -- at last, a teenybop idol that wasn't afraid to spread its wings and fly. Rollin' is a dynamic collection, even once you're past the singles: "Summerlove Sensation," with its fairground friendliness and human Wurlitzer compulsion, and the ultimate chant of "Saturday Night." Indeed, almost every track on the album could have been a single -- and several more of them were. "Jenny Gotta Dance" had been released by John Kincaid just a few months earlier, while "Give It to Me Now" was originally recorded by "Heart of Stone" hitmaker Kenny during 1973. But still the album sparkles, from the fan base-baiting version of the old Phil Spector chestnut "Be My Baby," through to the handful of band originals that proved the Rollers would probably have made it regardless of who pulled the songwriting strings. In the event, it is impossible to overstate the contributions of Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, a pair who thought nothing of rhyming "things we used to say" with "shoo-be-doo-ay," and who have a wall of golden discs to prove it. See, the kids don't need literature and they don't need art; they need something they can sing along to, and Rollin' delivers from beginning to end. -- Dave Thompson Half.com Album Notes The 1974 classic from Scotland's Bay City Rollers includes "Saturday Night," their big bubble gum hit of the decade. The British reissue adds four bonus tracks, the B-sides of the singles off the album. AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW The first... but not the best., September 7, 2004 By Brewzerr "Brewzerr" (On the fault line, CA) Before the first wave of English Punk hit in '76, there weren't too many alternatives to the ailing state of popular Rock in mid-70's Britain. The exciting but doomed-by-excess Glam phenomenon of the earlier part of the decade was in it's death throes, and the radio was becoming increasingly more dominated by much more "serious" music like Yes and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer... ie. the dreaded "dinosaur" rock perpetuated by "supergroups". A huge void was created, and it was this void that became the unlikely launching pad for the Rollers' rise to fame and success. After slogging through the early 70's with only one Top 40 single, which came and went in '71, and numerous lineup changes and failed follow-up singles, they finally gelled their lineup in late '73 with the replacement of original vocalist Nobby Clarke by the more rogueish and extroverted Leslie McKeown. A drastic new look with bizarre Tartan highwater flares and cropped-shag haircuts, plus the backing of songwriting team Martin/Coulter, and a new hit single in the form of "Remember", propelled the Rollers to new heights and the heyday of their career. "Rollin'" is the result of all this activity. The first BCR album came nearly 5 years into their career, and kicked off the glory days of "Rollermania". Released in the summer of '74, this platter offers mainly Martin/Coulter compositions, with only 4 band-penned songs. There was also talk of session musicians being used on some of the recordings. Nevertheless... "Rollin'" and the new re-vamped Rollers offered a fresh, youthful, and well-timed relief to all the pretentious pomp-rock that was dominating the charts in 1974. Not exactly the adrenalin-charged explosion that would occur a couple of years later with bands like the Sex Pistols et al... but a nice appetizer if you will. A few classics arose from this album, in the form of "Shang-A-Lang", "Summerlove Sensation", "Saturday Night", and a remixed version of "Remember", with a Les McKeown vocal overdub. The bonus tracks here are all b-sides of previous singles, and don't offer much in the way of uniqueness, but the last track ("Hey CB" - b- side to "Saturday Night") is an interesting departure... a fuzz-laden stomper about a cycle rally that sounds nothing like the rest of the material here. Strangely catchy. I only wish that Bell would have included the elusive and unreleased "Na Na Na" in place of the highly disposable "Bye Bye Barbara". This album is worth buying if only for it's unique historical significance. AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW Infectious Pop-Rock from Scotland!, December 2, 2004 By Henry R. Kujawa ("The Forbidden Zone" (Camden, NJ)) I never bought the hype that The Rollers were "the new Beatles" when they debuted on Howard Cosell's variety show. I grew up listening to made-for-TV music like The Monkees, The Archies, The Banana Splits, and even Lancelot Link-- loving ALL of it! So I jokingly nicknamed them "the new Archies"-- but to me, that wasn't a bad thing! While their look & promotion was record-company-influenced (to say the least), at least these guys from Scotland started out as a REAL band-- the kind that wrote & played their own songs, and performed in bars! There was a big "50's rock & roll" revival in the early 70's-- but it took me a while to figure out The Rollers' sound mostly came from the early 60's-- that most "squeaky-clean" period of "rock & roll", when record labels "manufactured" their own pop idols. This is obvious when you check out their covers: "Be My Baby" (The Ronnettes), "Bye Bye Baby" (The 4 Seasons), "Don't Worry Baby" (The Beach Boys) and so on. But they were also capable of creating their own classics, either with Bill Martin & Phil Coulter ("Saturday Night", "Summerlove Sensation") or on their own (mostly later on). I've had a copy of ROLLIN', their debut LP, for a long time, and it's slowly grown on me over the years. Compared to their US debut, it's kind of low-key, but then that was designed to be a "greatest hits" album without actually saying so. Among the highlights here are "Shang A Lang" (didn't I mention The Archies?), "Give It To Me Now" (a bit raunchier than the rest), "Remember (Sha La La La La)", "Saturday Night" (pretty much their anthem song), "Jenny Gotta Dance" (a bit more power than the rest here), "There Goes My Baby" (a Faulkner/Wood tune that really brings to mind the style of Neil Sedaka) and "Summerlove Sensation" (one of my favorite "feel-good" romantic songs). This BMG UK & Ireland CD has it over the previous Japanese version, as it has 4 "B" sides as bonus tracks, of which "Are You Ready For That Rock And Roll" and "Bye Bye Barbara" would have really improved the original album. ("Bringing Back The Good Times" is a little too sappy for me, while "Hey C.B." just isn't sticking in my head.) It's also cheaper (especially if you get it from one of the "Marketplace" stores like I did). I don't think they went quite far enough, though. The sound on all 4 CDs in this series has a bit too much bass. Not every 45 side was included (no "Manana" or "Because I Love You", issued in Germany). WORST, however, is the fact that the US lp BAY CITY ROLLERS had at least 4 remixes, ALL of which were superior to the UK tracks: "Give A Little Love", "Be My Baby", "Summerlove Sensation" and "Remember (Sha La La La)". Were these "single" remixes, or just done for the US market? Either way, they definitely should have been included on the new CDs as bonus tracks. (Thank God I still have my old LPs!)

Tracks:

cd1 - Rollin' 1974

01. Shang-A-Lang [0:03:07.43]
02. Give It To Me Now [0:03:50.61]
03. Angel Angel [0:02:28.14]
04. Be My Baby [0:03:27.66]
05. Just A Little Love [0:02:56.43]
06. Remember (Sha La La La) [0:02:33.71]
07. Saturday Night [0:02:57.21]
08. Ain't It Strange [0:02:11.46]
09. Please Stay [0:03:55.52]
10. Jenny Gotta Dance [0:03:07.50]
11. There Goes My Baby [0:03:19.10]
12. Summerlove Sensation [0:03:14.05]

13. Are You Ready For That Rock & Roll (bonus) [0:03:28.48]
14. Bringing Back Yhe Good Times (bonus) [0:03:43.03]
15. Bye Bye Barbara (bonus) [0:02:37.19]
16. Hey C.B. (bonus) [0:03:02.72]

cd2 - Once upon a star - 1975

01. Bye Bye Baby [0:02:50.27]
02. The Disco Kid [0:03:16.24]
03. La Belle Jeane [0:04:01.11]
04. When Will You Be Mine? [0:02:32.57]
05. Angel Baby [0:03:52.12]
06. Keep On Dancing [0:02:42.06]
07. Once Upon A Star [0:03:00.28]
08. Let's Go [0:03:28.08]
09. Marlena [0:03:01.02]
10. My Teenage Heart [0:02:31.54]
11. Rock And Roll Honeymoon [0:02:45.09]
12. Hey, Beautiful Dreamer [0:03:52.14]

13. All Of Me Loves All Of You (bonus) [0:03:07.20]
14. The Bump (bonus) [0:02:35.03]
15. Keep On Dancing [Single Version] [0:02:10.18]
16. Alright (bonus) [0:02:07.27]
17. It's For You (bonus) [0:03:26.06]

cd3 - Wouldn't You Like It? - 1975

01. I Only Wanna Dance With You [0:02:59.57]
02. Don't Stop The Music [0:02:49.54]
03. Shanghai'd In Love [0:03:29.64]
04. Love Is [0:02:38.24]
05. Maybe I'm A Fool To Love You [0:03:55.44]
06. Too Young To Rock And Roll [0:02:17.02]
07. Saturday Night [0:02:54.29]
08. Give A Little Love [0:03:28.48]
09. Wouldn't You Like It? [0:03:14.55]
10. Here Comes That Feeling Again [0:03:41.28]
11. Lovely To See You [0:03:57.12]
12. Eagles Fly [0:03:04.48]
13. Derek's End Piece [0:02:34.34]

14. She'll Be Crying Over You (bonus) [0:03:12.36]
15. Wouldn't You Like It? (bonus) [0:02:58.47]
16. I'd Do It Again [Previously Unreleased] [0:02:55.46]

cd4 - Dedication - 1976

01. Let's Pretend [0:03:31.36]
02. You're A Woman [0:04:16.23]
03. Rock 'N Roller [0:03:35.70]
04. Don't Worry Baby [0:03:08.00]
05. Yesterday's Hero [0:04:34.11]
06. My Lisa [0:03:36.63]
07. Money Honey [0:03:19.31]
08. Rock 'n Roll Love Letter [0:02:58.71]
09. Write A Letter [0:03:51.03]
10. Dedication [0:03:56.63]

11. I Only Wanna Be With You (bonus) [0:03:40.29]
12. Love Me Like I Love You (bonus) [0:03:22.26]
13. Mama Li (bonus) [0:03:17.70]
14. Maryanne (bonus) [0:02:46.24]

cd5 - It's A Game - 1977

01. It's A Game [0:03:01.68]
02. You Made Me Believe In Magic [0:02:45.33]
03. Don't Let The Music Die [0:05:50.73]
04. Love Power [0:03:34.65]
05. The Way I Feel Tonight [0:03:58.27]
06. The Pie (When I Say I Love You) [0:04:01.54]
07. Love Fever [0:04:38.11]
08. Sweet Virginia [0:02:55.45]
09. Inside A Broken Dream [0:03:45.33]
10. Dance, Dance, Dance [0:03:36.44]
11. Rebel Rebel [0:03:40.26]

SPOILER (front cd1-5)

SPOILER (back cd1-5)

SPOILER (disc1-disc5)

Official DR value: DR12, DR12 , DR12 , DR11, DR8

Checkers 1-го диска для примера и уменьшения размера поста:

SPOILER (cd1)

wwf, замечательный релиз прекрасной группы, слушал и не мог остановится и звук не сильно попортили!