Chris will do cartwheels when he sees this!

[bigred]It's A Game[/bigred]
[lilred]September 10, 2007[/lilred]



First time on CD in the U.K. for the Bay City Rollers' fifth studio album which hit No.18 when originally issued in 1977 (No.4 in Germany and No.23 in America). Original LP artwork now features liner notes, lyrics to all the songs and loads of rare European picture sleeves. Three rare bonus cuts have been added and every track has been remastered by Tim Turan.

1. It's a Game
2. You Made Me Believe in Magic
3. Don't Let the Music Die
4. Love Power
5. Way I Feel Tonight
6. Love Fever
7. Sweet Virginia
8. Inside a Broken Dream
9. Dance, Dance, Dance
10. Rebel, Rebel
11. Are You Cuckoo [*]
12. Dedication [Les McKeown Version][*]
13. Way I Feel Tonight [Single Version][*]

Amazon USA:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UPCAKI/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000UPCAKI/?tag=imwan-21

Oh, a new BCR remaster. How nice.








YES! YES! YES!!

Hey CHRIS...

On a whim, I checked Amazon.uk's site and they said it had been released September 10th and was available. I put in my order and I got an e-mail today saying it has been shipped!

Hopefully it's the new version and I don't have to send it back.

Stay tuned, true believers...

My copy arrived in today's mail (Amazon UK works pretty damn fast) and it is indeed the remaster with the bonus tracks. It's on some label called 7T's (get it?). There's no remastering credits, but the booklet is very cool, with a brief bio, lyrics, pictures of the band and picture sleeve 45s.

I will deliver a report on the actual sound of the CD after I...listen to it.

Ven, let's start a petition with this label to remaster the remainder of the BCR catalog.

(sound of crickets)

Vennie? Vennie??

I'm in!

I played the heck out of It's A Game when it came out. Hope they did a good job with the (re)mastering.

Do we know any more about this 7Ts label? What else have they released?

7T's is part of the Cherry Red family of labels, specializing in music from, you guessed it, the '70s. They've just reissued four Drifters albums and they've also done The Glitter Band, a Gary Glitter offshoot. That's all I remember, but there's more. I too like BCR and would like to see the remainder of their catalog reissued.

Sound quality is good. A worthy companion to the BMG UK remasters from three years back. I'm glad they covered the bonus tracks that were on the US version of Dedication that were curiously missing from...the Dedication remaster!

Two thumbs up. (I hope Roger Ebert doesn't sue me!)

The e-mail address for the 7T's label is: infonet@cherryred.co.uk.

I sent them an e-mail suggesting they license the following Rollers titles for remastered re-release:

Strangers In The Wind
Elevator
Voxx
Ricochet
Breakout
There is a live album from the '82 or '83 reunion, but at this point, I'll settle for just having the studio albums all available on CD...hopefully.

(Emphasis mine.)

Hopefully if Elevator gets released, they'll restore the original cover artwork with the red pill.

I have a feeling we could get Strangers In The Wind someday, but the others may be a longshot.

Linda, use your IMWomanly and librarianess powers to...make these releases happen!! Puh-leeze!! There's at least four or us here who wouldn't mind seeing this happen!

I have a strange connection in my mind between the Strangers In The Wind album and Apple Jacks. I must have been eating them when I first listened to the record.

Just thought you all should know.

I really am surprised that one of the Scotch indie labels hasn't licensed these and put out definitive editions. Their power pop music subculture is such that the Rollers are taken fairly seriously, and of course they're hometown heroes of a sort, too.

It was advertised on the back of cereal boxes! That's what you're remembering, I'll bet.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZftwCOkn80[/youtube]

"K-e-double l-o-double good!

Kelloggs' best to you!"

Okay, I swiped it from The Monkees, but they were on Saturday morning TV too - after their initial network run, that is...

I think Ven, Googa, Linda and myself will pool our money and just put them out ourselves. Of course, Linda will ban me from the label before we even have our first meeting, but I'm prepared to deal with that.

And 7T's responds to Chris ... with this!

[bigred]Strangers In The Wind[/bigred]
[lilred]November 12, 2007[/lilred]



First ever UK CD release for the Bay City Rollers' sixth studio album from 1978, the last to feature vocalist Les McKeown. Includes the UK single version of 'All Of The World Is Falling In Love' (appearing on CD for the firsttime), the Japanese single 'Another Rainy Day In New York City' and the German Top 50 hit 'Where Will I Be Now'. Booklet contains original LP artwork, lyrics to all the songs, detailed liner notes and pictures of all the associated singles sleeves.

1. Another Rainy Day In New York City
2. All Of The World Is Falling In Love
3. Where Will I Be Now
4. Back On The Street
5. Strangers In The Wind
6. Love Bought Me Such A Magical Feeling
7. If You Were My Woman
8. Every Tear I Cry
9. Shoorah Shoorah For Hollywood
10. When I Say Love You (The Pie)
11. All Of The World Is Falling In Love (Alt. Version)
12. All Of The World Is Falling In Love (Single Version)

Amazon USA:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WZ8XWK/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000WZ8XWK/?tag=imwan-21

(Might Elevator be next? Stay tuned ...)

Man, this is just too good! A BCR remaster each month?? I would love to get Elevator with the original cover art (the red pill) and Voxx, because the quality of the versions on the Japanese box set is just so-so. Plus, there are indexing errors on Voxx.

Cool!

Linda, let's bombard 'em with e-mails so that we can also get Ricochet, Live In Japan 1982 and Breakout '85 finally on CD!!

Only ten days until Strangers In The Wind, people!!

Let's keep our fingers crossed for maybe Elevator, Voxx & Ricochet next year!!!

Just got an e-mail from Amazon UK - my Strangers In The Wind is on its way!

My Strangers In The Wind arrived in today's mail. Will report on the sound-worthiness on it after a listen!

Once again, 7T's has done another fine job with the Strangers In The Wind remaster.

Okay Miss Linda, we need to keep the campaign going so we can get Elevator, Voxx and Ricochet out on CD finally!!

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!
Chris