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. It was the second of three LPs the group issued as The Rollers. The disc featured an unlikely hodgepodge of songs culled from various sources. Two tracks ("Soho" and "The Hero") were unused tunes from the ''Elevator'' sessions, another two ("Honey Don't Leave L.A." and "New York") were re-recordings of

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solo tracks, and "Working for the People" was a redo of a

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song. "

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" is presented in a live version, lifted from the 1977 Budokan concert that would be released in 2001 as '' Rollerworld''. Production was credited to "Ricky Fender", an alias of Eric Faulkner, with Peter Ker credited for the two ''Elevator'' tracks. ''Voxx'' was the Rollers' final LP for

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, and was released only in Germany and Japan. A CD edition has been issued in Japan and in the UK.

Track listing

#"God Save Rock and Roll" (Faulkner, Faure) #"Working for the People" (Faure, Rabbitt) #"Soho" (Faulkner) #"The Hero" (Faulkner) #"'85" (Faulkner) #"Honey Don't Leave L.A." (Faure) #"New York" (Faure) #"The Jig" (Traditional; arranged by The Rollers) #"Only the Young Die Old" (Faulkner) #"

" (

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)

Personnel

Group members

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– Guitar, vocals, lead vocal on "Rebel Rebel" *

– Lead vocals, piano, moog, guitars *

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– Guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards *

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– Drums, percussion * Stuart "Woody" Wood - Bass, keyboards, vocals

Other personnel

*Peter Kerr – Producer *

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– Producer except ''The Hero'' and ''Soho''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Voxx (Album) Bay City Rollers albums 1980 albums Arista Records albums