Are You Ready To Rock Single: 1974

A Wizzard Glam-Rock Marathon

Released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the UK on December 13, 1974, on Warner Bros. Records (catalogue: K 16497), Wizzard’s “Are You Ready To Rock” was Roy Wood’s high-energy glam-rock anthem. Backed with “Marathon Man,” this stomping classic — written by Roy Wood (A) and K. Smart/M. Tyler (B) — entered the Official Singles Chart on December 21, 1974, peaking at No. 8 on January 25, 1975, and charting for 10 weeks. Issued in solid centre first press, repress, styrene, push-out centre, test pressing, and mislabelled variants. Ready to rock indeed.

Single Overview

Release Details

Label: Warner Bros. Records.

Formats: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single (solid centre first press / repress / styrene / push-out centre / test pressing / mislabelled).

Full Track Listing

Side A

Are You Ready To Rock – Written-By: R. Wood – Producer: Roy Wood

Side B

Marathon Man – Written-By: K. Smart, M. Tyler – Producer: Roy Wood

UK Variants (all supplied)

- 7", 45 RPM, Single, Solid centre, 1st Press – Warner Bros. K 16497 – UK – 1974

- 7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress – Warner Bros. K 16497 – UK – 1974

- 7", 45 RPM, Single, Styrene – Warner Bros. K 16497 – UK – 1974

- 7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress, Push Out Centre – Warner Bros. K 16497 – UK – 1974

- 7", 45 RPM, Single, Test Pressing, White Label – Warner Bros. K 16497 – UK – 1974

- 7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress, Solid Centre – Warner Bros. K 16497 – UK – 1974

- 7", 45 RPM, Single, Label Variant – Warner Bros. K 16497 – UK – 1974

- 7", 45 RPM, Single, Mislabelled – Warner Bros. K 16497 – UK – 1974

Production and Context

Produced by Roy Wood. From the Introducing Eddy And The Falcons sessions (1974). Wizzard’s final Top 10 hit.

Official Singles Chart Data

Peak position: 8

10 weeks – December 21, 1974 to February 22, 1975

43 → 43 → 28 → 15 → 10 → 8 → 11 → 20 → 37 → 49

Chart Performance

UK Official Singles Chart: 8 (10 weeks) – entry December 21, 1974

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Sources

Information is drawn from my personal knowledge and supplemented by web sources, including Discogs, 45cat, AllMusic, Rate Your Music, Wikipedia, BBC Official Charts Company, Billboard Chart History and YouTube

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