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Bon Scott era
Stick Around , Baby Please don't Go , Soul Stripper , Love Song , You aint got a hold on me and Show Business - These tracks
appear on the Australian High Voltage album. (The first album which differs from the one released in the USA),
Baby Please
don't go is a cover version of an old blues standard
The Australia TNT album 1975 saw the inclusion of School days
an old Chuck Berry number
(Please note that selective tracks from the first two vinyl Australia albums High Voltage
and TNT were used to make up the 1976 High Voltage album , which was released worldwide.
The Australian Dirty Deeds
done Cheap album featured the tracks R.I.P. (Rock in Peace) and Jailbreak
Fling Thing an instrumental based on the
Scottish folk song Loch Lomond was the b side to the Jailbreak single in the UK in 1976
Perhaps a gem of a track to
collect on the bootleg market is the superb 1977 out-take Carry Me Home. This track was released as a b-side to the Australia
Single Dog eat Dog , other than that it has only seen light of day on bootlegs
QUITE SIMPLY IT IS BRILLIANT
Crabsody
in Blue was released on the Australian and UK vinyl versions of the album Let there be Rock.It was replaced by Problem Child
on the USA albums
Cold hearted man appeared on the UK version of the Powerage album. This track did not appear on the
final USA version or later CD versions.
Live versions of Livewire and Shot down in flames appear on the Touch too much
single
There has also been rumours of a track titled Shootin Star which is reported to be recorded around bout the
Powerage sessions. This rumoured has never been confirmed.
The Volts CD from Bonfire saw the inclusion of 6 early versions
of tracks (Dirty Eyes , Touch too much , If you want blood , Get it Hot , Back Street Confidential ) for more details
At
the time of Bon's death there has also been rumours that pages of lyrics written by Bon were removed from his house after
his death. This is hinted by Clinton Walker in his book Highway to Hell (The life and times of Bon Scott). In interviews Angus
and Malcolm have always maintained that Bon never put down vocals for the new album in 1980. But they have stated that Bon
once played drums in a jam session with Angus and Malcolm when they were working on the early stages of the music which later
became Back in Black.
On the 15th February 1980 , just days before his death Bon Scott recorded a version of Ride on
with the French band Trust. This track has recently emerged on Bootled recordings and is the last known recorded material
featuring Bon.
There is also a jam version of Johnny Be Goode with Angus, Mal and Bon guesting with Cheap Trick in 1979.
The track
has just been released on a Cheap Trick fanclub only CD called Bun
News of a rare AC/DC recently appeared in the AC/DC
newsgroup. For more details of the possible exsistance of a rare unreleased recording "I'm a rebel"
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Brian Johnson era
Rare recordings and b-sides from the Brian Johnson era of the band.
Cyberspace a track which was left out of the Stiff Upper Lip album has surfaced on the European CD Single
Tracks that have been left out of the album Stiff upper lip , but may appear as b-sides to singles are
Rave on
Whistle blower
The cock crows
Cyberspace
let it go
Snake Eye appears as a B side to Heatseeker 12 inch single
Borrowed Time appears on the B-side to the Moneytalks
12 inch single and also the b-side to Heatseeker 12 inch single
Down on the Borderline however was the b-side to the
Australian Moneytalks single
Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker) was performed in a jam session on French radio featuring Angus
and Brian. Other tracks performed in this jam sessio were Rocker , Boogie man and Highway to Hell
Lucille the Little
Richard song was performed on the last gig of the European tour. It has surfaced on a bootleg single which features Carry
me Home
Two songs still remains in the vaults from the Flick of the Switch sessions, "Tightrope" and "Out
Of Bounds".
Alright Tonite , Let it lose , Heatseeker demo were recorded in the Blow up your video session.
The
12 inch single of Who Made Who features a special Collectors mix of the same track
1993 Saw the release of the track
Big Gun as a single. This track was recorded for the Arnold Schwarzeneggar file "The Last Action Hero". Although this tracks
appears on the Original soundtrack for the film it has never been released on an AC/DC Album and has not featured in the Set
list of the live shows.
The 1986 12 inch single Shake your foundations includes a 13 minute version of Jailbreak
The 12 inch single of You
shook me all night long includes a live version of the same track and also a live recording from 1976 of She's got balls (Bon
on vocals)
Live versions of Back in Black and T.N.T. appear on the 12 inch single Let's get it up
The 12 inch
single of For those about to Rock features a 11 min live version of Let there be Rock.
Live versions of Rock n Roll
aint a noise pollution , Sin City and this house is on fire appear on the 12 inch single Nervous Shakedown
A live version
of Guns for hire backed the 7 inch single Who made who
Tracks which have surfaced on the bootleg CD tentively titled
The tracks that fell through the cracks include 3 un-released instrumentals from the Who Made Who/Maximum Overdrive sessions
Scared (unreleased Inst. from Maximum Overdrive) , Cliff's Solo (unreleased Inst. from Maximum Overdrive) , Humans Here (unreleased
Inst. from Maximum Overdrive) , You shook me all night long (Unreleased Remix from Maximum Overdrive vox-B.Johnson). Little
is known regarding this bootleg and the tracks.
The Japanese version of the Double collectors edition of Live features
the bonus track Hell aint a bad place to be (live). This track along with live versions of Hells Bells , The Jack , High Voltage
feature on the Highway to Hell douyble CD single pack.
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap 12 inch single includes a live version
of Shoot to Thrill
The Hail Caesar single includes a live version of Whole Lotta Rosie in the CD release.
There
is also a 5 track CD single (CA820) which features live versions taken from Donnington and the Monsters in Moscow performance.
The
Jackyl album Cut the Crap featured a track called Locked and Loaded which featured Brian Johnson on vocals. Brian's involvement
with the band not only as producer also strayed onto the stage and their is a live recording of Jackyl featuring Brian Johnson
performing Back in Black. This track has to the best of my knowledge only surfaced on the Internet
Hard On is a track that was recorded for the Blow up the video session but has not been released.
There is a 1985 studio outtake titled 'Hellbilly Ditty' Available on 'If You Want First Blood' 7 inch bootleg vinyl (which
was released 2-3 years ago).
News of a rare AC/DC bootleg (Aftershock) have surfaced featuring different versions form the Flick of the Switch sessions.
Tracks
rumoured to appear are as follows.
Rising Power , Flick Of The Switch , Nervous Shakedown (take 1) ,Guns For Hire (take
1), Jam , Guns For Hire (take 2), Guns For Hire (take 5), Guns For Hire (take 7), Nervous Shakedown (intro takes), Nervous
Shakedown (take 2), Jam, Messin' With The Kid (the "unheard" song)
On the 18th February 2003 - Angus and Malcolm Young joined the Rolling Stones on stage at the Enmore Theatre , Sydney ,
Australia and performed a version of the blues track "Rock me Baby".
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Blow up the video sessions tracks
Left over tracks from the Blow up the video session
After the release at the end of 1996 of a bootleg single featuring
an unreleased AC/DC song, 'Alright Tonite' and a demo version of 'That's The Way I Wanna Rock N Roll', another unreleased
track was released last week. The song is called 'Let It Lose' and can be found as B-side of a bootleg 7" single which features
a demo version of 'Heatseeker' on the A-side.
Like 'Alright Tonite', 'Let It Lose' was recorded during the "Blow Up Your Video" recording
sessions. The bootleg 7" single was released in four different vinyl colors (black, green, red and pink) and in very limited
edition. It appears that audio tapes were stolen from the recording studios during the sessions of "Blow Up Your Video". In
many interviews following the release of "Blow Up Your Video", the band said that they wrote and recorded 19 songs from which
10 were kept for the album itself and 3 were released as B-side of AC/DC singles, namely 'Snake Eye', 'Borrowed
Time' and 'Down On The Borderline'. Six songs were never released on any official AC/DC recording.
Angus and Malcolm often insisted on the fact that if a song was dropped from the album it was because it was not good enough
for the fans. We can then easily understand that the band is very upset about the bootleg release of these songs and is determined
to pursue the responsibles of the tapes theft. Anyway 'Let It Lose' has been released as a bootleg. But if the sound quality
of 'Alright Tonite' was good enough for a demo version, the sound quality of 'Let It Lose' is very poor, particularily when
hearing Brian's voice distorted by reverb effect.
Unless the band and its representatives find the responsibles of the theft, the four remaining unreleased tracks should
be released as bootleg singles in a near future.
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Dave Evans era
Over the years information on certain rare tracks have leaked out. Sometimes these tracks have been b-Sides
to singles , non-worldwide releases un-released , illegal bootleg recordings or otherwise. It is not known for certain how
much material is hidden away stored in vaults. These tracks and rumours of possible others have left the AC/DC die-hards yearning
for their release to complete the definitive recorded collection.
Below I have tried to list a few of these rare recordings relating to the Dave Evans period of the band.
Dave Evans era rare tracks
Can I sit next to you girl / Rockin in the Parlour - This was the first ever single and was
released in Australia in 1974. It features Dave Evans on vocals on both tracks.
It is also reported that AC/DC recorded a version of the track Rock n Roll singer with Dave
Evans before Bon joined the band. The track is reported to have different lyrics and was recorded at the same sessions as
the Rockin in the Parlour and Can I sit next to you single.
Around about the time that Dave Evans was in the band the set list also included Old Bay Road
(A Malcolm Young composition) , Sunset Strip (Which was later tyransformed in Show Business) , Fell
in Love (Which was later transformed into Love Song) and a track titled Midnight Rock. It is unlikely
that these tracks were recorded in the original form.
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Rare Vinyl Singles
AC/DC RARE SINGLES (Breif list taken from Electric Outlaws)
(Jody) Where the boys are now 1 sided Townhouse Acetate
This appeared for sale some years ago. Little
else is known regarding this track. ?
Dog eat dog / Carry me home AUSTRALIA 7 inch
Carry me home was
recorded at Vineyard studios in South London at the same session which resulted in Love at first feel
Can I sit
next to you girl / Rockin in the Parlour AUS 7 inch
The single that started it all
Whole lotta rosie
(live) / Dog eat dog (live)
AUS 7 inch (also certain Germain copies ATL 10992 - not all) The German issue appears
to be a mistake as the original german issue was released studio at the time of the Let there be Rock album . But a subsequent
re-issue in '82 sometimes featured a coupling of studio / studio sometimes live / studio and sometimes live / live.
Shake
a leg / Have a drink on me UK mispressed 7 inch
a mistaken pressing consigned to the bin but some singles have
surfaced. (Matrix numbers A side K11600 A - 1 *STRAWBERRY* B side K11600 B - 1 *STRAWBERRY*
Beating around the
bush / Live wire (live)
/ Shot down in flames (live) Dutch 7 inch picture sleeve Only European country to have
Beating around the bush as a single release instead of Touch too Much
High Voltage / Soul stripper German 7 inch
picture sleeve Germany's first 7 inch released to coincide with the bands first dates there.
Let's get
it up 1 sided Dutch prommo (PRO8)
Released in 1981 the B side is blank vinyl covered with a 7 inch diameter sticker
in red & white featuring logo & cannon.
Carry me Home / Fling thing / Lucille (live)
U.S.A.
Bootleg 7 inch limited edition of 300 Both a sides are from there original releases . The b side is from a tape of a gig at
the Vorst Nationale Brussels Belgium on 25/1/81. This was the last show on the European Back in Black tour. The track features
Phillip Carson (head of Atlantic records in Europe) guesting on bass.
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