Rare And Unusual Items

"Rollin' EP"

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(Thailand, 1974)

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4 tracks: "There Goes My Baby"; "Saturday Night"; "Remember (sha La La Da)"; "Be My Baby".

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Came in the same sort of sleeve as the orange German "Rollin'" LP here below, but with the song titles printed across the band's picture.

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Thanks to Hirobumi Ezawa for the info.

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"Rollin'"

(1974/Germany)
Cat.# 2308 101.

Although the Germans got the 'regular' "Rollin'" as well, for some odd reason or another they also saw an ^orange^ of an opportunity to unleash it in a different sleeve and hence we have this proof of a totally tasteless mid-70s sleeve design (by a 'F.Froeb', no less).

"Joepie Presents"

(EMI Belgium, 1976)
Cat.# 4 C 052-97688.

Tracklisting:

1. Saturday Night
2. Marlena
3. Remember
4. Once Upon A Star
5. Just A Little Love
6. Shang-A-Lang
7. Bye Bye Baby
8. Give A Little Love
9. Love Is...
10. Eagles Fly
11. Here Comes That Feeling Again
12. Money Honey

Notes:

A Belgian/Dutch only compilation.

"Saturday Night"

(Holland, 1976)

The Dutch issue of the same selection as the Belgian "Joepie Presents".

"Greatest Hits"

(EMI, New Zealand 1976)
Cat.# SBLL 6121.

Tracklisting:

1. Money Honey
2. Summerlove Sensation
3. All Of Me Loves All Of You
4. Angel Angel
5. Saturday Night
6. Love Me Like I Love You
7. Shang-A-Lang
8. Rock And Roll Love Letter
9. Be My Baby
10. Bye Bye Baby
11. Give A Little Love
12. Let's Go
13. Too Young To Rock And Roll
14. Keep On Dancing

Notes:

A New Zealand-only release.

"Greatest Hits, Vol.2"

(EMI, New Zealand 1977)
Cat.# SBLL 6125.

Tracklisting:

1. I Only Want To Be With You
2. Remember (Sha La La La)
3. Dedication
4. Angel Baby
5. Yesterday's Hero
6. It's A Game
7. I Only Wanna Dance With You
8. The Way I Feel Tonight
9. Jenny Gotta Dance
10. You Made Me Believe In Magic

Notes:

A New Zealand-only release.

"KA-GA-YA-KE!"

(Bootleg, ???? 1977)

Tracklisting:

1. God Save The Queen (intro)(Trad.)
2. Rock 'N Roller
3. Rock 'N Roll Love Letter
4. Bye Bye Baby
5. Don't Worry Baby
6. Don't Stop The Music
7. Maybe I'm A Fool To Love You
8. My Teenage Heart
9. Shanghai'd In Love
10. Wouldn't You Like It?
11. You're A Woman
12. Too Young To Rock 'N Roll
13. Yesterday's Hero
14. Just A Little Love
15. Money Honey
16. I Only Want To Be With You
17. Saturday Night

Personnel:

Leslie McKeown (Lead vocals and rhythm guitar); Eric Faulkner (Lead guitar, bass and vocals); Stuart 'Woody' Wood (Bass, keyboards and vocals); Derek Longmuir (Drums and vocals); Pat McGlynn (Rhythm guitar and vocals)

Produced by Big T. and J.

Notes:

Recorded live at the Budokan hall, Tokyo, on 14 and 15 December 1976. Therefore, probably a Japanese 'product'.

"The Great Lost Rollers Album"

(Bootleg, 'Made In Taiwan' 1977)

Tracklisting:

1. We Love You Rollers
   1975, by The Rollettes.
2. Keep On Dancing
   1971
3. Alright
   1971
4. We Can Make Music
   1972
5. Jenny
   1972
6. Manana
   1972
7. Because I Love You
   1972
8. Hey! C.B.
   1973
9. Bye Bye Barbara
   1973
10. Are You Ready For That Rock 'N Roll
    1974
11. Bringing Back The Good Times
    1974
12. All Of Me Loves All Of You
    1974
13. The Bump
    1974
14. It's For You
    1975
15. She'll Be Crying Over You
    1975
16. Maryanne
    1975
17. Love Me Like I Love You
    1976
18. Mama Li
    1976
19. Tartan Interview Sheet
    In Atlantic City, U.S.A. 26 June 1976
20. Dedication (New Version)
    1977
21. God Save The Queen
    (Featuring their introduction)

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Personnel:

Various line-ups 1971 - 1977.

Direct quote from the album jacket:

"All titles on this album have never been appeared on any BELL albums in the U.K.!"

"Are You Cuckoo?"

(Bootleg, 'F***-Me-Ian-Records' 1977)
'Made In Taiwain, Republic Of China'
Credited to 'Ian Mitchell And Rollers'

Tracklisting:

1. Rock 'N Roller
2. Don't Worry Baby
3. Money Honey
4. You're My Lucky Star
   By Twiggy.
5. Dedication
6. Don't Stop The Music
7. Maybe I'm A Fool
8. Are You Cuckoo?
9. Shanghai'd In Love
10. Reason To Believe
    By Twiggy.
11. Let's Pretend
12. Saturday Night
13. Angie Baby
    By Twiggy.
14. Rock 'N Roll Love Letter
15. Bye Bye Baby
16. A 'Super Sonic' Interview
    (Mike Mansfield)
17. The Pie
18. Shout

Notes:

Tracks 1 thru 15 Recorded (mostly) live at Eden Studios, London in July 1976, for the "Rollercoaster" TV program w/guest star Twiggy.

'Super Sonic' interview recorded in November 1975 for a flexi disc given away free with the X'mas '75 issue of Super Sonic magazine.

"The Pie" - as originally available on the Japanese issue of the "It's A Game" album.
Later released properly worldwide on the "Strangers In The Wind" LP.

"Shout" - as mimed along to on the Rollers' first satellite-broadcasted TV show to the U.S. in the autumn of 1975.

"Much Ado About Nothing"

(Bootleg, Sterling Pound Productions Inc., 'Made In Taiwan' 1977)
Also known as both "F**k Off!!" and "Rollers '77 - Live From Scotland".

Tracklisting:

1. It's A Game
2. Rock 'N Roll Love letter
3. Yesterday's Hero
4. Love Fever
5. Don't Stop The Music
6. You're A Woman
7. My Lisa
8. Eagles Fly
9. Rebel Rebel
10. I Only Want To Be With You
11. Dance Dance dance
12. Don't Let The Music Die
13. You Made Me Believe In Magic
14. Wouldn't You Like It?
15. Money Honey
16. Saturday Night

Notes:

(Poorly) Recorded live at the Budokan, September 1977. Without "My Lisa", the same exact tracklisting as on the "Budokan Live '77" CD (2001), albeit in a slightly different running order.

"Don't Stop The Music"

12" Single.

(Capitol/EMI Canada, 1977)
Cat.# 75600.

Side A: "Don't Stop The Music" (Disco Mix)
Side B: "Don't Stop The Music" (LP version)

Notes:

The only Bay City Rollers 12" single ever released!

"Bravo Prasentiert: Bay City Rollers"

(EMI Electrola, Germany 1978)
Cat.# 1C 038-61 426.

Tracklisting:

1. It's A Game
2. Angel Baby
3. Maybe I'm A Fool To Love You
4. Love Me Like I Love You
5. Be My Baby
6. Don't Let The Music Die
7. Saturday Night
8. Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter
9. Let's Go
10. Love Fever
11. Rock 'n' Roller
12. Wouldn't You Like It
13. Angel Angel
14. Yesterday's Hero

Notes:

A German-only release.

"The Brown Bag Album"

(CBS Records, Canada 1981)
Cat.# PEC 80000.

An interesting pre-marketing exercise by CBS Canada of the Rollers' "Ricochet" album.
This 'Collector's Edition' came in a brown paper bag wrapping and without a title or any sort of credit - apart, of course, from 'Tom', 'Dick', 'Harry' and 'Sam' - but nonetheless contained 'One Outstanding Rock Album'.
Includes the very same song selection and running order as the aforementioned "Ricochet", but the so-called "Brown Bag Album" remains a sought-after collector's item all the same.

"The Brown Bag EP"

(CBS, Canada 1981)
Cat.# DJE4-08451.
(Demonstration disc)

A four track 7" EP version of the "Brown Bag" concept.

Tracklisting

1. No Doubt About It
2. Life On The Radio
   (LP vers.)
3. Lay Your Love On The Line
4. Ride

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Thanks to Peter Stern for the scan.

"Breakout '85"

(Powderworks Records, Australia 1985)
Cat.# POW 6015.

Tracklisting:

1. Make My Body Work
   (Faulkner/Tyler)
2. Breakout
   (McKeown/McGlynn)
3. That's The Way
   (McKeown/McGlynn)
4. Could This Be Love
   (Faulkner/Andrews)
5. When You Find Out
   (McKeown/McGlynn)
6. The Whip
   (Faulkner)
7. I'm The Man For You
   (alias 'I Know')
   (McKeown/McGlynn)
8. Groovy
   (Wood/McKeown/McGlynn)
9. Emotion
   (Wood)
10. No Freedom
    (alias 'Lost Without You')
    (McKeown/McGlynn)

Notes:

Only released in Japan and Australia, albeit in slightly different forms.
See 'Japanese Album Releases' section for further details...

"Starke Zeiten"

(BMG Ariola, Germany, 1988)

Tracklisting:

1. It's A Game
2. I Only Want To Be With You
3. Saturday Night
4. Bye Bye Baby
5. Rock And Roll Love Letter
6. Yesterday's Hero
7. Dedication
8. Don't Stop The Music
9. Give A Little Love
10. Money Honey
11. Remember (Sha La La La)
12. Where Will I Be Now
13. Summer Love Sensation
14. You're A Woman
15. Shang-A-Lang
16. You Made Me Believe In Magic

Notes:

Actually not all that rare, but, aptly enough, the last Rollers album to be available as a good old-fashioned vinyl album and the first to be available as a CD (see also 'Compact Discs' section) + there was a cassette as well.
Anyways, for the avid fan/collector, a strange, different and never heard-before nor since vocal mix of "Where Will I Be Now" is included.

"The Bay City Rollers Talk And Sing To All Mirabelle Readers"

7" flexi disc, free with Mirabelle (U.K.) magazine, spring 1975.

"Mike Mansfield Talks To The Bay City Rollers"

7" flexi disc, free with Supersonic (U.K.) magazine, Christmas 1975.

"Tartan Interview Sheet" (7" Flexi)

An interview taken in Atlantic City, July '76, free with early pressings of the Japanese "Dedication" album.

"Die Hammer-Stars Sagen DANKE SCHON!"

7" interview flexi disc, free with POP (Germany) magazine, early '79. Feat. The Rollers (w/Duncan), Leslie Mckeown, ABBA, and others.

"Don't Worry Baby"/
"Write A Letter"

Bell Records, Australia, 1976. Cat# Bell-11338.

"Hello And Welcome Home"/
"Instant Relay"

Arista Records, South Africa, 1979.
Cat # AAJ 1065

"Burning Rubber"

As The Rollers, this was recorded as a soundtrack to the 1980 German movie of the same name (see Books, Videos, etc. section)

Tracklisting:

1. Burning Rubber
   (mostly by Wood, but Faure gets some co-credit)
2. Lay Your Love On The Line
   (Faulkner/Faure/Wood)
3. New Beginnings
   (Faulkner)
4. Love Is Yours And Mine
   (Faure)
5. Another Late Nite
   (Faure)
6. Boredun Town
   (Faure)
7. Let Me Be Your Winner
   (Faure/Wood)
8. Doors, Bars, Metal
   (Faure)
9. T.V.
   (Faulkner)
10. Love Theme From "Burning Rubber"
    (Faure/Wood)

Notes:

Never commercially released - since The Rollers were unsigned at the time - this was obtainable though, as a cassette, thru Eric & Co's fan club at various times between 1986 & '96 (further info in Faulkner's section of 'Solo & Side Projects')
"Lay Your Love On The Line" and "Doors, Bars, Metal" appear here in earlier, different version from those which ended up on the "Ricochet" album a year later.
Eric's "T.V." is herein sung by Duncan, while on the "Eric Faulkner Cassette" (again, see 'Solo & Side Projects' - Eric's section) Eric sings lead over the very same backing track.

Thanks to Gigi (and Duncan) for clearing up some of the credits.

"Greatest Hits"

(Thailand LP, 1976. Cat.#LS-6125)

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Tracklisting:

1. I Only Wanna Be With You

2. Eagles Fly

3. Rock & Roll Love Letter

4. Money Honey

5. Love Me Like I Love You

6. There Goes My Baby

7. You're A Woman

8. Saturday Night

9. Give A Little Love

10. Remember (Sha La La Da)

11. I Only Wanna Dance With You

12. Let's Pretend

13. Yesterday's Hero

14. Bye Bye Baby

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Notes:

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Most likely a bootleg.

"What's It All About?"

(7" Interview single, U.S., 1977)

What's It All About? Indeed. One of the weirdest collectables out there. A chopped-down, five-minute interview with BCR on one side, another five of the group Bread on the other. Seems to have been made for public service (religious) broadcast radio, in May 1977. Or, exactly like the label says, produced by TRAV 341 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E. Atlanta, Ga. 30308 for The Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
Thus, most bizarrely at the very end, "host" Bill Huie puts it all in the proper, spritual prespective.

"Smith's Chart Busters"

(U.K., circa 1975)

Several 7" flexi disc singles in a pack (a giveaway, I gather) featuring some of the biggest British names of the era (Slade, Gary Glitter, Status Quo, Bay City Rollers)
The Rollers' disc contains "Bye Bye Baby" on one side, and "All Of Me Loves All Of You" on the other.

"Saturday Night"
/"Mama Li"

(7" Single, EMI/Bell France, 1976)

For some reason, it's the original, 1973, Nobby Clark-sung version of "Saturday Night" which graces this oddity from France.