Once Upon a Star
Once Upon a Star is the second studio album by the Bay City Rollers. Released in May 1975, the album features the UK number-one hit single, "Bye Bye Baby".
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Released | May 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1975 at Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 37:47 | |||
Label | Bell | |||
Producer | Phil Wainman | |||
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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" (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) – 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" (Allen Jones, 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 Bell included five bonus tracks: "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
- Les McKeown – lead vocals
- Eric Faulkner – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, mandolin, violin
- Stuart "Woody" Wood – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, piano, bass
- Alan Longmuir – bass, backing vocals, accordion
- Derek Longmuir – drums
Other personnel
- Melvyn Abrahams – engineering
- Barry Hammond – engineering
- John Pasche – cover design
- Nick Ryan – engineering
- Peter Tattersall – engineering
- Phil Wainman – production
Charts
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] | 4 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] | 3 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[4] | 1 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 26 |
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[6] | 30 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] | 17 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] | 34 |
UK Albums (OCC)[9] | 1 |
Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA)[10] | 12 |
References
- Allmusic review
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc)
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- http://irish-charts.com/
- "Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers".
- "Bay City Rollers - Once Upon a Star - hitparade.ch".
- "Norwegiancharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Once Upon a Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- "Swedishcharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Once Upon a Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- "BAY CITY ROLLERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
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- Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
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