''Rock N'Roll Love Letter'' is an album by the

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. It was a North America-only

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, issued in early 1976 by

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, catalogue #4071. Of the record's 11 tracks, two were lifted from the Rollers' 1975's UK release '' Once Upon a Star''; seven came from ''

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''; and two were newly recorded

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. The cover art features the same photo as ''Wouldn't You Like It?''. The album reached No. 1 in Canada on 27 March 1976, jumping from No. 25 to the top position in a single week to depose their previous album ''

'' from the top slot. In the US, it went as high as No. 31 on

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's Pop Albums chart. Two singles from the disc made Billboard's

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: "Money Honey", which reached No. 1 in Canada and peaked at No. 9 in the US; and "Rock and Roll Love Letter", peaking at No. 6 in Canada (12 June 1976) and No. 28 in the US. This album was finally released on CD (along with "Bay City Rollers") as a 2 LP On 1-CD set in 2011, by Wounded Bird Records.

Track listing

#" Money Honey" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood) #"La Belle Jeane" (Faulkner, Wood) #" Rock and Roll Love Letter" (Tim Moore) #"Maybe I'm a Fool to Love You" (Faulkner, Wood) #"Wouldn't You Like It" (Faulkner, Wood) #"I Only Wanna Dance With You" (Faulkner, Wood) #"Shanghai'd in Love" (Faulkner, Wood) #"Don't Stop the Music" (Faulkner, Wood) #"The Disco Kid" (Faulkner, Wood) #"Eagles Fly" (Faulkner, Wood) #"Too Young to Rock & Roll" (Faulkner, Wood)

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

* Eric Faulkner – Guitar * Alan Longmuir – Bass Guitar *

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– Drums * Les McKeown – Lead Vocals * Stuart "Woody" Wood – Guitar

References

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