Rollermania!

I'm only into my second entry in my music blog, and I am going to just put it out there: I like the music of the Bay City Rollers. I'm sure I have lost all credibility, but the Bay City Rollers are the guiltiest of guilty pleasures in music. I wasn't even born when the "tartan teen sensations of Edinburgh" rocketed to fame around the world in the mid-70s, but I kept hearing their hit song "Saturday Night" at weddings and parties and wanted to hear more. Their music is polarizing, to say the least. My ex was horrified to learn I had purchased a Bay City Rollers greatest hits collection while we were dating, but even that didn't deter me from enjoying sugary pop confections such as "Shang-a-Lang", "I Only Want to be With You" and "Rock and Roll Love Letter".

Just recently, Salvo (a great reissue label from the UK) issued a four-cd anthology set called "Rollermania". A four-cd set of Bay City Rollers is probably TOO much for the causal listener (and for me, really) but somehow, the title and colourful and kitschy CD cover just pulled me in. All the hits are featured, including two versions of "Saturday Night" by two different lead singers, and lots of album tracks, B-sides and rare tracks that will probably not mean much to the casual listener, but for the hardcore Bay City Rollers fans (I know you're out there!) will definitely enjoy this. The booklet comes with excellent liner notes which recall the heyday of the Rollers when they ruled the world, ever so briefly.

"Rollermania" is an enjoyable package. It gives you more of the Bay City Rollers than you will ever need, but that doesn't mean you won't have a good time listening to it.

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night!