AC/DC - Rare Tracks - Bon Scott
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 click here for more deatils on the Bonfire box set
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. - More deatils
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
Click here for more details
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" Click here
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