Once Upon a Star

Once Upon a Star Artist: Bay City Rollers
Label: Bmg
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 766487446648
EAN: 0766487446648
ASIN: B0001P1BWU


Release Date: 2004-04-08

Once Upon a Star


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Tracks:

  1. Bye Bye Baby
  2. Disco Kid
  3. Belle Jeane
  4. When Will You Be Mine?
  5. Angel Baby
  6. Keep on Dreaming
  7. Once Upon a Star
  8. Let's Go
  9. Marlina
  10. My Teenage Heart
  11. Rock and Roll Honeymoon
  12. Hey! Beautiful Dreamer
  13. All of Me Loves All of You [*]
  14. Blump [*]
  15. Keep on Dancing [1971 Single Version][*]
  16. Alright [*]
  17. It's for You [*]

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Album Description

2004 reissue of the Scottish pop/rock band's 1975 album features 17 tracks including 5 bonus tracks, 'All Of Me Loves All Of You', 'The Bump' (B-side of 'All Of Me Loves All Of You'), 'Keep On Dancing' (1971 Single Version), 'Alright', & 'It's For You' (B-side of 'Bye Bye Baby'). Includes 8-page sleeve with liner notes, photos & memorabilia. BMG.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of the Second Album from the Tartan Plaid-clad Scottish Boys that Conquered the Pop Charts of the World in the 1970's. Includes Five Songs that were Not a Part of the Original Album Issue in 1975.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars 5 BONUS GREAT.......2005-01-10

THE BUMP IS A GREAT SONG. ALRIGHT SOUNDS LIKE BUDDY HOLLY.DON'T KNOW WHO SINGS THIS SONG? BUT VERYGOOD. IT'S FOR YOU. IS ROMANTIC LOVESONG.KEEP ON DANCING IS DIFERENT.ALL OF ME LOVES ALL OF YOU/LOVE ME LIKE I LOVE YOU.THE A & B SIDE OF THE 45 IS ON THE ROLLERS MEGA HITS AS WELL.

3 out of 5 stars Inconsistent... but decent.......2004-09-03

The Bay City Rollers occupy a very bizarre and unique place in Rock and Pop history. They somewhat managed to fill a void in the mid-70's between Glam, Pop, and Punk. You may scoff at my assessment of the latter... but at the time they were Dee Dee Ramone's favorite band, not to mention that several members of the Ramones have been quoted as saying that the Rollers' classic "Saturday Night" was the main source of inspiration for their own "Blitzkrieg Bop". Also, look closely at the live band photo on the back of the first Damned album... Rat Scabies is sporting classic Rollers' Tartan highwater flares! Before the Damned he played in a BCR cover band called the Tartan Horde with Nick Lowe.
Now... where "Once Upon A Star" is concerned... this may have been the second album, but it was the first album to feature performances solely by the Rollers themselves without the accompaniment of studio session musicians, as well as being the first album to showcase the band's breakaway from the songwriting team of Martin/Coulter, who had previously penned most of their previous recordings. The album is much better produced than the previous ("Rollin'") by Sweet's then-producer/manager Phil Wainman, and features mostly compositions written by members Eric Faulkner and Stuart "Woody" Wood. The only problem is the same problem that seemed to plague the Rollers throughout their career... inconsistency. Songs like "Let's Go", "Marlina", "Keep On Dancing", "Bye Bye Baby", and "Rock And Roll Honeymoon" were excellent examples of what the Rollers could do when they got their confidence levels up to snuff... but the horrible sugar-coated tripe of stinkers like "The Disco Kid", "La Belle Jeane", and "Hey! Beautiful Dreamer" were obvious misguided attempts by highly unlikeable manager Tam Paton to appeal to the 13 year old female teen market that the Rollers had surely outgrown at this point in their career. This mis-management is exactly what did the Rollers in a few years later.
Like all of their first 4 albums, this is not a bad album... just very uneven and unsure of itself.

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