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They also wrote several of their own songs and certainly knew how to play live (listen to the Live CD at the Budokan in Tokyo). This band deserves a lot more respect, especially considering all the crap we have to endure today.
If you didn't like 70's pop or most likely didn't live through them, you should know that BCR had more hits in the US than just one. A lot of nonsense that is written here.
About the success they had over here in Europe, or in Australia and Asia we could even write a whole book. They had during a period of two years four Singles in the Top 10 (Saturday Night, Money Honey, I only want to be with you and You made me believe in Magic).
They also had smaller hits such as Rockn'roll Love letter and They way I feel tonight which made the Top 30. They might not have been everyone's darling in the 70's but they certainly had a uniqueness that is completely lacking from todays boy bands.
No, their songs certainly did not set the World on fire, it was simply refreshing Pop Music, and I still enjoy it today.
However, the bulk of this best of still sounds slick and solid. Sweet faced boys with cheery harmonies, tartan fringed clothes and the catchy chant S-A-TUR-DAY-NIGHT. The tartan answer to the Osmond Brothers finally landed on American Shores thanks to none other than Howard Cosell. Even the covers ("Rock and Roll Love Letter" and "I Only Want to Be With You" being two bests here) still sounds confident and catchy. After being teen sensations in the UK for a couple of years, Rollersmania hit number one in the US in 1974.Despite the hype, much of the best of the Roller's music was composed by the band. The top ten "Money Honey" was self-composed, and so was their disco-hit "Can't Stop The Music." The band was chomping at the bit to escape the teeny-tag, and had they not been yoked to a weird deal with Arista (forcing the band to have 50% of the songs per album covers chosen by the label), they might have managed to be contemporaries of - while listening the toughened sound on "Yesterday's Heroes" - perhaps The Sweet. Not earth-shattering, but still powerful fun. Even the songs most of us did not hear, like "Turn On The Radio," could have been big.
IT IS A WONDERFUL CD OF THEIR BEST IM A BAY CITY ROLLER FANATIC AND ITS A MUST FOR EVERY BAY CITY ROLLER FAN I LOVE IT
Unless you are a rabid fan, save your money.This "Collection" is no more "Definitve" than I am.The sellers (and Amazon) don't bother to mention that most of the tracks are not even in stereo.This CD is not worth the money.I'm sorry I bought it.
I was so happy to see it on CD. Bought this CD as a gift for my sister. The day after Christmas my sister called me while she was listening to the CD and for a half hour we reminisced about the songs together. When we were little and camping with our family, we'd sing and dance to these songs on our cassette tape. Recently I searched high & low for this cassette and couldn't find it. I'm so happy I found this. Thank you Amazon.
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