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. Released in May 1975, the album features the UK number-one hit single, " Bye Bye Baby". Originally issued as a non-album single in 1971, " Keep on Dancing" was included as a track on this LP.

Track listing

Side one

#" Bye Bye Baby" (

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) – 2:50 #"The Disco Kid" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood) – 3:16 #"La Belle Jeane" (Faulkner, Wood) – 4:01 #"When Will You Be Mine" (Johnny Goodison, Phil Wainman) – 2:32 #"Angel Baby" (Faulkner, Wood) – 3:52 #" Keep on Dancing" (

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, Willie David Young) – 2:42

Side two

#"Once Upon a Star" (Faulkner, Wood) – 3:00 #"Let's Go (A Huggin' and a Kissin' in the Moonlight)" (Goodison, Wainman) – 3:28 #"Marlina" (Faulkner, Les McKeown, Wood) – 3:01 #"My Teenage Heart" (Faulkner, Wood) – 2:31 #"Rock & Roll Honeymoon" (Goodison, Wainman) – 2:45 #"Hey! Beautiful Dreamer" (Faulkner, McKeown, Wood) – 3:49

2004 UK reissue

A 2004 CD reissue on

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included five

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: "All of Me Loves All of You" (1974 single), "The Bump" (B-side), "Keep on Dancing" (1971 single version), "Alright" and "It's for You".

Personnel

Group members

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– lead vocals *

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– acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, mandolin, violin * Stuart "Woody" Wood – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, piano, bass *

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– bass, backing vocals, accordion *

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– drums

Other personnel

* Colin Frechter - musical director, piano and additional backing vocals *Melvyn Abrahams – engineering *Barry Hammond – engineering *

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– cover design *Nick Ryan – engineering *Peter Tattersall – engineering *

Phil Wainman Philip Neil Wainman (born 7 June 1946, West London, England) is an English record producer and songwriter, primarily active in the 1970s. He is noted for his work with Sweet, XTC, Dollar, Mud, and the Bay City Rollers. His greatest chart succes ...

– production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

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