''Wouldn't You Like It?'' is the third studio album by the Scottish pop rock group Bay City Rollers. The LP, issued in the UK in late 1975, saw a marked change in the group's musical direction: all the songs save one were the band's own compositions. The one outside-written tune, " Give a Little Love", was a smash UK hit, and the only single released from the album. The album also included, in the form of a giant letter, a free color picture book of the individual members, with a band picture on the front. Seven of the tracks from the album would appear on Arista Records' 1976 US-only album, '' Rock N'Roll Love Letter'' using the same cover photo and artwork.

Track listing

UK LP release, Bell Records #8002

Track listing per Discogs

2004 UK CD reissue

A 2004 CD reissue on

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" Saturday Night"; which had appeared on Japanese pressings of the original LP; "She'll Be Crying Over You" (originally the B-side of the UK "Give a Little Love" single); and two previously unissued tracks featuring early Roller Nobby Clark on lead vocal: "Wouldn't You Like It? (1972 version)" and "I'd Do It Again".

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

Les McKeown Leslie Richard McKeown (12 November 195520 April 2021) was a Scottish pop singer. He was the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers during their most successful period in the 1970s. Early life McKeown was born in Broomhouse, a suburb close to the ...

– lead and backing vocals * Stuart "Woody" Wood – guitars, backing vocals; co-lead vocals on "Shangai'd In Love" *

Eric Faulkner Eric Faulkner (born 21 October 1953 as Eric Falconer) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band, the Bay City Rollers. Faulkner was born at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland. As a ...

– guitars, backing vocals; co-lead vocals on "Shangai'd In Love" *

Alan Longmuir Alan Longmuir (20 June 1948 – 2 July 2018) was a Scottish musician and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, the Bay City Rollers. He played the bass guitar in the band whilst his younger brother Derek Longmuir was drummer. Biograp ...

– bass, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Here Comes That Feeling Again" *

Derek Longmuir Derek Longmuir (born 19 March 1951, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish former drummer and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, Bay City Rollers. His elder brother, Alan Longmuir, played bass guitar in the group. Biography Longmuir was bo ...

– drums, backing vocals, percussion; spoken word on "Derek's End Piece"

ProductionAlbum notes

Recorded at:- * Chipping Norton Studios – Engineered by Dave Grinstead *

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, Chiswick – Engineered by Mike Gardener *Audio International Studios – Engineered by James Guthrie *Mastered at

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, London by Melvin Abrams *Musical Director – Colin Frechter *Produced by

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 succ ...

*Sleeve design: The Green Bay Packers Art Company *Cover Photography: John Paul *Insert Photography: Alan Ballard *Art Director: John Dyer

References

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