Elevator is a 1979

1979 in music

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 rock

Rock music

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 album

Album

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 by the Bay City Rollers

Bay City Rollers

The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop band who were most popular in the 1970s. The British Hit Singles & Albums noted that they were "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and were "the first of many acts heralded as the 'Biggest Group since The Beatles' and one of the most screamed-at...

. Having replaced longtime lead singer Les McKeown

Les McKeown

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 with Duncan Faure

Duncan Faure

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, the group shortened their name to simply The Rollers, and pursued a more rocking, power-pop

Power pop

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 sound than their previous work.

The album, released by Arista

Arista Records

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, was poorly received. Neither the album itself or any single releases would hit the charts.

The album was reissued on CD in 2008, with no bonus cuts however.

Side One

1. "Stoned Houses #1" (Faulkner/Wood/Faure)
2. "Elevator" (Faulkner/Faure/Wood)
3. "Playing In A Rock And Roll Band" (Faure/T.Seufurt)
4. "Hello & Welcome Home" (Faulkner/Faure)
5. "I Was Eleven" (Faure)
6. "Stoned Houses #2" (Faulkner)

Side Two

1. "Turn On The Radio" (Faulkner/Faure/Wood/A.Longmuir)
2. "Instant Relay" (Faulkner)
3. "Tomorrow's Just A Day Away" (Faulkner/Wood)
4. "Who'll Be My Keeper" (Faure)
5. "Back On The Road Again" (Faulkner/Faure/Wood/A.Longmuir)
6. "Washington's Birthday" (Wood/Faulkner/Faure)

Group members

• Eric Faulkner
  Eric Faulkner
  Eric Faulkner is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band, the Bay City Rollers....
  
   - Guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, lead vocal on "Playing In A Rock & Roll Band"
• Duncan Faure
  Duncan Faure
  Duncan Caldwell Faure is a singer from Pretoria, South Africa.-Early life:Faure was born in 1956 to William and Antonio Faure in Pretoria, South Africa. Faure was a championship swimmer around the age of ten. In 1975, at age 18-19, Faure joined the popular South African band Rabbitt...
  
   - Lead vocals, piano, moog, guitars
• Alan Longmuir
  Alan Longmuir
  Alan Longmuir was the Scottish bass guitarist for the 1970s pop group, the Bay City Rollers.-Biography:...
  
   - Guitar, bass, vocals, string machine
• Derek Longmuir
  Derek Longmuir
  Derek Longmuir was the Scottish 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:...
  
   - Drums, percussion
• Stuart "Woody" Wood - Bass, piano, moog, string machine, clavinet, vocals, lead vocal on "Tomorrow's Just A Day Away"

Other personnel

• Peter Ker - producer
• Rod Thear - engineer
• Gary Gray
  Gary Gray (recording engineer)
  Gary Gray is a Juno Award-winning recording engineer from Toronto, Canada. He's recorded albums for artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Lightfoot, Rough Trade, Murray McLauchlan and Brent Carver. He's also recorded music by such composers as Howard Shore, John Debney, Georges Delerue, Marvin...
  
   - mixing engineer
• John Naslen - mixing engineer