Voxx is a 1980

1980 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.-January–March:*January 1**Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Elizabeth II.**The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley....

 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 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...

. It was the second of three LPs the group issued as The Rollers.

The disc featured an unlikely hodgepodge of songs culled from various sources. Two tracks ("Soho" and "The Hero") were unused tunes from the Elevator sessions, another two ("Honey Don't Leave L.A." and "New York") were re-recordings of 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...

 solo tracks, and "Working For The People" was a redo of a Rabbitt

Rabbitt

Rabbitt were a South African rock band formed in 1972, evolving from a band called The Conglomeration, consisting of members Trevor Rabin, Duncan Faure, Ronnie Robot, and Neil Cloud. Their successes included making it to the top of the South African charts with the hit "Charlie" in 1976. Rabbitt...

 song. "Rebel Rebel

Rebel Rebel

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" is presented in a live version, lifted from the 1977 Budokan concert that would be released in 2001 as Rollerworld. Production was credited to "Ricky Fender", an alias of Eric Faulkner, with Peter Ker credited for the two Elevator tracks.

Voxx was the Rollers' final LP for Arista Records

Arista Records

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, and was released only in Germany and Japan. A CD edition has been issued in Japan and in the UK.

Track listing

1. "God Save Rock and Roll" (Faulkner/Faure)
2. "Working For The People" (Faure/Rabbitt)
3. "Soho" (Faulkner)
4. "The Hero" (Faulkner)
5. "'85" (Faulkner)
6. "Honey Don't Leave L.A." (Faure)
7. "New York" (Faure)
8. "The Jig" (Trad. Arr. The Rollers)
9. "Only The Young Die Old" (Faulkner)
10. "Rebel Rebel" (David Bowie
    David Bowie
    David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
    
    )

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, vocals, lead vocal on "Rebel Rebel"
• 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, keyboards
• 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, keyboards, vocals