"Bay City Rollers"

(Arista Records, 1975)
Cat.# 4049.

Tracklisting:

1. Give A Little Love *

2. Bye Bye Baby *

3. Shang-A-Lang **

4. Marlina *

5. Let's Go (A Huggin' And A Kissin' In The Moonlight)*

6. Be My Baby **

7. Summer Love Sensation **

8. Remember (Sha-La-La-La) **

9. Saturday Night **

10. My Teenage Heart *

11. Keep On Dancing *

Personnel:

Leslie McKeown (Lead and harmony vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar); Eric Faulkner (Lead and harmony vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin); Derek Longmuir (Drums, tubular bells, tambourine, sleigh bells, castanets); Stuart 'Woody' Wood (Lead and harmony vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano); Alan Longmuir (Lead and harmony vocals, bass guitar, piano, accordian)

* Produced by Phil Wainman.
** Produced by Bill Martin & Phil Coulter.

Notes:

A mixture of first two Euro/U.K. LP's, "Rollin'" and "Once Upon A Star", with the odd detour thrown in. Such as:
The string-less Euro single version of "Give A Little Love";
A totally different version of "Be My Baby" than the one which initially appeared on "Rollin'";
The U.S. (promo) single version of "Summer Love Sensation" from 1974, which differs from the original "Rollin'" version of it in the way that string have been added to it.
Also, of course, we have here the "Once Upon A Star" version of "Keep On Dancing", as well as the Leslie McKeown sung versions of both "Remember" and "Saturday Night".

"Rock N' Roll Love Letter"

(Arista Records, 1976)
Cat.# 4071.

Tracklisting:

1. Money Honey

2. La Belle Jeane

3. Rock And Roll Love Letter *

4. Maybe I'm A Fool To Love You

5. Wouldn't You Like It

6. I Only Wanna Dance With You

7. Shanghai'd In Love

8. Don't Stop The Music

9. The Disco Kid

10. Eagles Fly

11. Too Young To Rock & Roll

Personnel:

Leslie, Alan, Derek, Woody, Eric.

Produced by Phil Wainman.
Except * by Colin Frechter.

Notes:

Another combo mix; this time it's culled from the Euro/U.K. LP's "Once Upon A Star" and (mostly) "Wouldn't You Like It", with new single sides "Money Honey" and "Rock & Roll Love Letter" thrown in for good measure.
Sorry to disappoint, but the only real curio here is a slightly edited version of "La Belle Jeane". Inexplicably, a drum break of circa 5 seconds ('We can't have any of that musicianship nonesense,' Clive said. Possibly.) appears to have been cut out!

"Dedication"

(Arista Records, 1976)
Cat.# 4093.

Tracklisting:

1. Let's Pretend

2. You're A Woman

3. Rock 'N Roller

4. I Only Want To Be With You

5. Yesterday's Hero

6. My Lisa

7. Don't Worry Baby

8. Are You Cuckoo?
(Russ Ballard)

9. Write A Letter

10. Dedication
Original version, sung by Ian. The single version, sung by Les, replaced it on later U.S. pressings of the album!

Personnel:

Leslie McKeown (Lead vocals and background vocals); Eric Faulkner (Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar and vocals); Stuart 'Woody' Wood (Bass and vocals); Derek Longmuir (Drums, percussion and vocals); Ian Mitchell (Rhythm guitar and vocals)

Produced by Jimmy Ienner.

Notes:

Instead of "Money Honey" and Rock & Roll Love Letter" - both of which were included on the European version of the album but which the Americans had already gotten on the "Rock N' Roll Love Letter" LP - here we have "I Only Want To Be With You" (a non-LP single side in Europe) and Russ Ballard's strange "Are You Cuckoo?"; the latter of which wasn't issued in the U.K. until a 'bit' later, and then as the B-side of the "You Made Me Believe In Magic"(1977) single, along with the Les McKeown-sung "Dedication", which replaced the original album (Ian Mitchell-sung) version on later American pressings of this album. Phew! Confused? Well, from now on it gets relatively simpler...for a while.

"It's A Game"

(Arista Records, 1977)
U.S. cat.# 7004.

Tracklisting:

1. It's A Game

2. You Made Me Believe In Magic

3. Don't Let The Music Die

4. Love Power

5. The Way I Feel Tonight

6. Love Fever

7. Sweet Virginia

8. Inside A Broken Dream

9. Dance, Dance, Dance

10. Rebel Rebel

Personnel:

Les McKeown, Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood, Derek Longmuir, (Pat McGlynn).

Produced by Harry Maslin.

Notes:

Exactly the same as the U.K./Euro issues of the album, although some versions (the Japanese, the German) came with a color lyric/pic insert attached to the inside of the gatefold sleeve.

"Greatest Hits"

(Arista Records, 1977)
U.S. cat.# 4158.

Tracklisting:

1. I Only Want To Be With You

2. Money Honey

3. Rock And Roll Love Letter

4. The Way I Feel Tonight

5. Yesterday's Heroes (sic)

6. Dedication

7. Maybe I'm A Fool To Love You

8. You Made Me Belive In Magic

9. Don't Stop The Music

10. Saturday Night

Personnel:

Various line-ups 1974 - 1977.

Producers: various.

Notes:

Obviously - understandably - a very different selection from its European namesake. The versions herein of "Yesterday's Hero" and "Maybe I'm A Fool To Love You" are their unedited album versions, while "Dedication" is here in its single, Les McKeown-sung version.

"Strangers In The Wind"

(Arista Records, 1978)
U.S. cat.# 4194.

Tracklisting:

1. Another Rainy Day In New York City

2. All Of The World Is Falling In Love

3. Where Will I Be Now

4. Back On The Street

5. Strangers In The Wind

6. Love Brought Me Such A Magical Thing

7. If You Were My Woman

8. Every Tear I Cry

9. Shoorah Shoorah For Hollywood

10. When I Say I Love You (The Pie)

Personnel:

Leslie, Eric, Derek, Woody, Alan.

Produced by Harry Maslin.

Notes:

Highest U.S. chart position: #129.
The first Rollers album to be released exactly the same in all territories.

"Elevator"

(Arista Records, 1979)
U.S. cat.# 4241.
As The Rollers.

Tracklisting:

1. Stoned Houses #1

2. Elevator

3. Playing In A Rock And Roll Band

4. Hello & Welcome Home

5. I Was Eleven

6. Stoned Houses #2

7. Turn On The Radio

8. Instant Relay

9. Tomorrow's Just A Day Away

10. Who'll Be My Keeper

11. Back On The Road Again

12. Washington's Birthday

Personnel:

Eric, Duncan, Derek, Alan, Woody.

Produced by Peter Ker.

Notes:

Did not chart in the U.S.
In all aspects identical to its European counterpart.

"Ricochet"

(Epic/CBS, 1981)
Cat.# EPC 85004.
The Rollers.

Tracklisting:

1. Doors, Bars, Metal

2. Life On The Radio

3. No Doubt About It

4. Roxy Lady

5. Ricochet

6. Won't You Come Home With Me

7. Ride

8. Lay Your Love On The Line

9. That's Where The Boys Are

10. Set The Fashion

11. This Is Your Life

Personnel:

Derek, Alan, Duncan, Eric, Woody.

Produced by The Rollers and Stephan Galfas.

Notes:

Released the same everywhere.
Although definitely issued 'North of the border', in Canada, I'm not so sure that this album was ever released Stateside. However, and as always, anyone possessing a knowledge of the contrary feel free to inform and enlighten me.