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Contents
Articles
AC/DC
1
'74 Jailbreak
13
AC/DC (electricity)
15
AC/DC (video)
18
AC/DC Live
19
AC/DC discography
23
AC/DShe
35
ACDC Lane
37
ARIA Hall of Fame
39
Albert Productions
42
Alternating current
44
Angus Bucks
52
Angus Young
53
Anything Goes (AC/DC song)
59
Are You Ready (AC/DC song)
61
Atco Records
63
B.J. Wilson
68
Baby, Please Don't Go
70
Back in Black
75
Back in Black (song)
82
Back in Black Tour
86
Backtracks (AC/DC album)
92
Bagpipes
99
Ballbreaker
107
Ballbreaker World Tour
110
Big Gun
117
Big Jack (song)
120
Black Ice (album)
121
Black Ice World Tour
134
Black Sabbath
144
Blow Up Your Video
163
Blow Up Your Video World Tour
166
Blues rock
172
Bon Scott
176
Bonfire (album)
183
Brendan O'Brien (music producer)
187
Brian Johnson
190
Bruce Fairbairn
195
Can I Sit Next to You Girl
199
Chris Slade
201
Clipped
205
Club Dates/Rolling Stones Tour
206
Colin Burgess (musician)
208
Compass Point Studios
210
Countdown (Australian TV series)
211
Cover You in Oil
215
Danger (song)
217
Dave Evans (singer)
218
Dio (band)
221
Direct current
227
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
230
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (song)
235
Dog Eat Dog (song)
240
Donington Park
242
Download Festival
249
East West Records
269
Family Jewels (AC/DC album)
273
Flick of the Switch
278
Flick of the Switch/Monsters of Rock Tour
281
Flick of the Switch (song)
285
Flint, Michigan
287
Fly on the Wall (AC/DC album)
307
Fly on the Wall (video)
310
Fly on the Wall Tour
312
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
317
For Those About to Rock (film)
320
For Those About to Rock Tour
321
For Those About to Rock We Salute You
325
Fraternity (band)
329
Fremantle
332
Geordie (band)
347
George Young (rock musician)
350
Girls Got Rhythm
352
Guns for Hire
354
Hail Caesar (song)
356
Hard as a Rock
358
Hard rock
361
Harry Vanda
374
Heatseeker (song)
376
Heavy metal music
378
Hell's Belles (band)
401
Hells Bells (song)
403
High Voltage (1975 album)
405
High Voltage (1976 album)
408
High Voltage (song)
411
Highway to Hell
412
Highway to Hell (song)
416
If You Want Blood You've Got It
421
Iron Maiden
424
Iron Man 2
441
Iron Man 2 (soundtrack)
451
It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)
457
Jailbreak (AC/DC song)
461
Jam session
463
Judas Priest
466
Kerrang!
479
Larry Van Kriedt
482
Las Ventas
484
Last Action Hero
488
Leganés
495
Let's Get It Up
499
Let There Be Rock
500
Let There Be Rock (song)
504
Live '77
506
Live at Donington (AC/DC album)
507
Live at River Plate
509
Live at River Plate (album)
512
Live from the Atlantic Studios
516
Lock Up the Wolves
518
Love at First Feel
520
Malcolm Young
522
Marcus Hook Roll Band
525
Mark Evans (musician)
527
Maximum Overdrive
530
Mike Fraser
535
Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto
539
Money Made
541
Moneytalks
543
Monsters of Rock
544
Moxy (band)
559
Nervous Shakedown
566
Night Prowler (song)
568
No Bull
570
Nutbush City Limits
573
Ocean Way Recording
579
Pavillon de Paris
580
Perth
582
Peter Clack
600
Phil Rudd
601
Plug Me In
605
Powerage
610
Rhino Bucket
614
Rick Rubin
617
Rob Bailey (musician)
622
Rock 'N Roll Train
623
Rock 'n' Roll Damnation
626
Rock Band
628
Rock Band 2
641
Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
650
Rolling Stone
652
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
658
Safe in New York City
660
Satellite Blues
662
School Days (song)
663
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
666
Shake Your Foundations
680
Sherbet (band)
682
Shoot to Thrill
688
Simon Wright (musician)
691
Sink the Pink
695
Skyhooks (band)
697
Slade
704
Stade de France
723
Stephen King
732
Steven Tyler
748
Stevie Young
760
Stiff Upper Lip (album)
761
Stiff Upper Lip (song)
767
Stiff Upper Lip World Tour
769
Studio Miraval
777
Swanston Street, Melbourne
778
T.N.T. (album)
781
T.N.T. (song)
784
Ted Albert
787
Terry Slesser
790
That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll
791
The Apollo (Glasgow)
793
The Easybeats
796
The Razors Edge (album)
801
The Valentines (rock band)
806
The Warehouse Studio
808
The Wiggles
811
Thin Lizzy
821
Thunderstruck (song)
835
Tony Platt
839
Touch Too Much
843
Tribute act
845
UFO (band)
851
Ulster Hall
858
Volts (album)
861
Who Made Who World Tour
863
Whole Lotta Rosie
866
You Shook Me All Night Long
870
References
Article Sources and Contributors
873
Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors
899
Article Licenses
License
906
AC/DC
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AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC, from L-R: Brian Johnson, Malcolm Young, Phil Rudd, Angus Young, Cliff Williams, performing at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma on 31
August 2009.
Background information
Origin
Sydney, Australia
Genres
Hard rock, blues rock, rock and roll
Years active
1973–present
Labels
Albert, EMI, Columbia, Epic, Atlantic, Atco, Elektra, East West
Associated acts
Geordie, The Easybeats, Fraternity, The Valentines, Marcus Hook Roll Band,
Rhino Bucket
Website
www.acdc.com
Members
Angus Young
Malcolm Young
[1]
Phil Rudd
Cliff Williams
Brian Johnson
Past members
Dave Evans
Larry Van Kriedt
Colin Burgess
Neil Smith
Ron Carpenter
Russell Coleman
Noel Taylor
Peter Clack
Rob Bailey
Bon Scott
Mark Evans
Simon Wright
Chris Slade
AC/DC are an Australian hard rock band, formed in November 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, who
have remained constant members. Commonly referred to as a hard rock or blues rock[2] band, they are also
considered pioneers of heavy metal and are sometimes classified as such,[] though they have always dubbed their
music as simply "rock and roll".[] To date they are one of the highest-grossing bands of all time.
AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, on 17 February 1975.
Membership subsequently stabilised until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977 for the album
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Powerage. Within months of recording the album Highway to Hell, lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on
19 February 1980 after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group briefly considered disbanding, but buoyed
by support from Scott's parents, decided to continue and set about finding a new vocalist.[] Ex-Geordie singer Brian
Johnson was auditioned and selected to replace Scott. Later that year, the band released the new album, Back in
Black, which was made as a tribute to Bon Scott. The album launched them to new heights of success and became
their all time best-seller.
The band's next album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, was their first album to reach number one in the
United States. AC/DC declined in popularity soon after drummer Phil Rudd was fired in 1983 and was replaced by
future Dio drummer Simon Wright. The band experienced a resurgence in the early 1990s with the release of The
Razors Edge. Phil Rudd returned in 1994 after Chris Slade, who was with the band from 1989–1994, was asked to
leave in favour of him, and contributed to the band's 1995 album Ballbreaker. Since then, the band's line-up has
remained the same. Stiff Upper Lip was released in 2000 and was well received by critics, and the band's latest studio
album, Black Ice, was released on 20 October 2008 and was the second-highest-selling album of that year. It was
their biggest hit on the charts since For Those About to Rock, eventually reaching No.1 on all charts worldwide.[]
As of 2010, AC/DC had sold more than 200 million albums worldwide,[3] including 71 million albums in the United
States alone.[] Back in Black has sold an estimated 50 million units worldwide, making it the second-highest-selling
album by any artist – behind only Michael Jackson's Thriller – and the highest-selling album by any band. The
album has sold 22 million units in the U.S. alone, where it is the sixth-highest-selling album of all time.[] AC/DC
ranked fourth on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"[4][5] and were named the seventh "Greatest
Heavy Metal Band of All Time" by MTV.[6] In 2004, AC/DC were ranked number 72 in the Rolling Stone list of the
"100 Greatest Artists of All Time".[7] In 2010, AC/DC were ranked number 23 in the VH1 list of the "100 Greatest
Artists of All Time".[8]
History
Background and name
Brothers Malcolm, Angus, and George Young were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and moved to Sydney with most of
their family in 1963. George was the first to learn to play the guitar. He became a member of the Easybeats, one of
Australia's most successful bands of the 1960s. In 1966, they became the first local rock act to have an international
hit, with the song "Friday on My Mind".[] Malcolm followed in George's footsteps by playing with a Newcastle,
New South Wales band called the Velvet Underground (not to be confused with the New York-based Velvet
Underground).[] Their oldest brother Alex Young chose to remain in Britain to pursue musical interests. In 1967,
Alexander formed and played bass in the London-based band Grapefruit—initially called "The Grapefruit"—with
three former members of Tony Rivers and the Castaways, John Perry, Geoff Swettenham, and Pete Swettenham.
Malcolm and Angus Young developed the idea for the band's name
after their sister, Margaret Young, saw the initials "AC/DC" on a
sewing machine. "AC/DC" is an abbreviation meaning "alternating
current/direct current" electricity. The brothers felt that this name
symbolised the band's raw energy, power-driven performances of their
music.[9][] "AC/DC" is pronounced one letter at a time, though the
band are colloquially known as "Acca Dacca" in Australia.[10][11]
The band's logo was designed in 1977 by Gerard
Huerta, commissioned by Bob Defrin, the art
director at Atlantic Records during the 1970s. It
first appeared on the international version of Let
There Be Rock.
AC/DC
Early years
In November 1973 Malcolm and Angus Young formed AC/DC and recruited bassist Larry Van Kriedt, vocalist Dave
Evans, and Colin Burgess, ex-Masters Apprentices drummer.[12] Pushing hard for the band's success were Australia's
legendary roadie Ray Arnold and his partner Alan Kissack. The two men convinced Chequers entertainment
manager Gene Pierson to let the band play at the popular Sydney nightclub on New Year's Eve, 1973.[] The band was
so loud that management complained. Pierson however took an interest, and booked them into the Bondi Lifesaver
and other venues where they further developed their stage show.[citation needed] The early line-up of the band changed
often; Colin Burgess was the first member fired, and several bassists and drummers passed through the band during
the next year.
By this time, Angus Young had adopted his characteristic school-uniform stage outfit. The idea was his sister
Margaret's. Angus had tried other costumes: Spider-Man, Zorro, a gorilla, and a parody of Superman, named
Super-Ang.[] In its early days, most members of the band dressed in some form of glam or satin outfit but this
approach was abandoned seeing as Melbourne band Skyhooks had already adopted this approach to their stage
presentation.
The Young brothers decided that Evans was not a suitable frontman for the group because they felt he was more of a
[]
glam rocker like Gary Glitter. On stage, Evans was occasionally replaced by the band's first manager, Dennis
Laughlin, who was the original lead singer with Sherbet prior to Daryl Braithwaite joining the band. Evans did not
get along with Laughlin, which also contributed to the band's ill feeling toward Evans.[]
Gene Pierson brokered the arrangement for Bon Scott from Fraternity to join as lead singer. He was also
instrumental in getting personal friend Ted Albert of Albert Productions to listen to AC/DC and arrange with
programme manager Rod Muir of Australia's biggest rock station 2SM to have them on the bill for one of their
school holiday concerts at Chequers which helped launch AC/DC's career and led to their being signed to the
EMI-distributed Albert Productions label for Australia and New Zealand.[citation needed]
The Bon Scott era (1974–1980)
The journey begins (1974–1977)
In September 1974 Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott, an experienced vocalist and friend of George Young, replaced Dave
Evans.[] Like the Young brothers, Scott had been born in Scotland before emigrating to Australia in his childhood.
The band had recorded only one single with Evans, "Can I Sit Next To You, Girl" / "Rockin' in the Parlour";
eventually, the song was re-written and re-recorded with Bon Scott as "Can I Sit Next to You Girl" [Track 7 on the
Australian album T.N.T. (1975), and Track 6 on the international release of High Voltage (1976)].
By October 1974, the Australia-only album High Voltage had been recorded. It took only ten days[] and was based
on instrumental songs written by the Young brothers, with lyrics added by Scott. Within a few months, the band's
line-up had stabilised, featuring Scott, the Young brothers, bassist Mark Evans and drummer Phil Rudd. Later that
year they released the single "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)", which became their
perennial rock anthem.[] It was included on their second album, T.N.T. (1975), which was also released only in
Australia and New Zealand. T.N.T. featured the song "High Voltage", which was the first song written and recorded
for the album. Because "High Voltage" was released as a single before T.N.T. was released, some people thought it
was the title track to AC/DC's debut album.
Between 1974 and 1977, aided by regular appearances on Molly Meldrum's Countdown, the ABC's nationally
broadcast pop-music television show, AC/DC became one of the most popular and successful acts in Australia. Their
[]
performance on 3 April 1977 was their last live TV appearance for more than 20 years.
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International success (1976–1980)
In 1976, the band signed an international deal with Atlantic Records and toured
extensively throughout Europe, including their first UK tour sponsored by
Sounds magazine, called the 'Lock Up Your Daughters Summer Tour'. They
gained invaluable experience of the stadium circuit, supporting leading rock acts
such as Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Kiss, Styx, UFO, and Blue Öyster Cult, and
co-headlined with Cheap Trick.[]
The first AC/DC album to gain worldwide distribution was a 1976 compilation
of tracks taken from the High Voltage and T.N.T. LPs. Also titled High Voltage,
and released on the Atlantic Records label, the album, which has to date sold
three million copies worldwide,[] gained the band a following among the
then-substantial British punk audience.[13] The track selection was heavily
Former vocalist Bon Scott (centre)
weighted toward the more recent T.N.T., and included only two songs from their
pictured with guitarist Angus Young
first LP. The band's next album, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, was released in
(left) and bassist Cliff Williams
(back), performing at the Ulster Hall
the same year in both Australian and international versions, like its predecessor.
in August 1979
Track listings varied worldwide, and the international version of the album also
featured the T.N.T. track "Rocker", which had previously never been released
internationally. The original Australian version included "Jailbreak" (now more readily available on the 1984
compilation EP '74 Jailbreak or as a live version on the 1992 Live album). Dirty Deeds was not released in the US
until 1981, by which time the band were at the peak of their popularity.
Following the 1977 recording Let There Be Rock, bassist Mark Evans was sacked; purportedly to find someone who
[]
[]
could sing backup vocals. Evans described disagreement with Angus and Malcolm as a contributing factor. He
[]
was replaced by Cliff Williams. Neither of the Young brothers has elaborated on the departure of Evans, though
Richard Griffiths, the CEO of Epic Records and a booking agent for AC/DC in the mid-1970s, later commented,
"You knew Mark wasn't going to last, he was just too much of a nice guy."[] Mark Evans' autobiography, DIRTY
DEEDS: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC, released in 2011, predominantly dealt with his time in AC/DC, including
being fired.[]
AC/DC were a somewhat formative influence on New Wave of British
Heavy Metal bands who emerged in the late 1970s, such as Saxon and
Iron Maiden, in part as a reaction to the decline of traditional early
1970s hard rock bands. In 2007, critics noted that AC/DC, along with
Thin Lizzy, UFO, Scorpions and Judas Priest, were among "the second
generation of rising stars ready to step into the breach as the old guard
waned."[14]
AC/DC's first American exposure was through the Michigan radio
station AM 600 WTAC in 1977. The station's manager, Peter C.
Bronze statue of Bon Scott, unveiled in
Cavanaugh,
booked the band to play at Flint's Capitol Theater. The
Fremantle, Western Australia, in October 2008
supporting act was MC5, who had just briefly reunited and agreed to
play at the event. The band opened with their popular song "Live Wire" and closed with "It's a Long Way to the Top
(If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)".[15]
AC/DC came to be identified with the punk rock movement by the British press. Their reputation, however,
managed to survive the punk upheavals of the late 1970s, and they maintained a cult following in the UK throughout
this time.[] Angus Young gained notoriety for mooning the audience during live performances.
The 1978 release of Powerage marked the debut of bassist Cliff Williams, and with its harder riffs, followed the
blueprint set by Let There Be Rock.[16] Only one single was released from Powerage, "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation/Sin
AC/DC
City", and it became AC/DC's best-performing single at the time, reaching No. 24.[citation needed] Eddie Van Halen
notes this to be his favourite AC/DC record, along with Highway to Hell.[17] An appearance at the Apollo Theatre,
Glasgow during the Powerage tour was recorded and released as If You Want Blood You've Got It, featuring such
songs as "Whole Lotta Rosie", "Problem Child", and "Let There Be Rock", as well as lesser-known album tracks like
"Riff Raff". Powerage was the last album produced by Harry Vanda and George Young that had lead vocals by Bon
Scott, and is claimed to be AC/DC's most underrated album.[]
The major breakthrough in the band's career came in their collaboration with producer "Mutt" Lange on the album
Highway to Hell, released in 1979. It became the first AC/DC LP to break into the US top 100, eventually reaching
No. 17,[] and it propelled AC/DC into the top ranks of hard rock acts.[] Highway to Hell had lyrics that shifted away
from flippant and comical toward more central rock themes, putting increased emphasis on backing vocals but still
featured AC/DC's signature sound: loud, simple, pounding riffs and grooving backbeats.[18] The final track, "Night
Prowler", has two breaths in quick succession at the start of the song, intended to create a tone of fear and loathing.[]
Scott's death (1980)
As 1980 began, the band began work on a new album that would eventually become Back in Black, but Bon Scott
would not live to see it finished. On 19 February 1980, Scott passed out in the car on the way back to friend Alistair
Kinnear's house after a night of heavy drinking at the Music Machine club in London. Upon arrival at his home,
Kinnear was unable to move Scott from the car into his home for the night, so he left him in the car overnight to
sleep off the effects of the alcohol. Unable to wake Scott late the next morning, Kinnear rushed him to King's
College Hospital in Camberwell, where Scott was pronounced dead on arrival. Pulmonary aspiration of vomit was
the cause of Scott's death,[19] and the official cause was listed as "acute alcohol poisoning".[] Scott's family buried
him in Fremantle, Western Australia, the area they emigrated to when he was a boy.[20]
Inconsistencies in the official accounts of Scott's death have been cited in conspiracy theories, which suggest that
Scott died of a heroin overdose, or was killed by exhaust fumes redirected into the car, or that Kinnear did not exist.[]
Additionally, Scott was asthmatic,[21] and the temperature was below freezing on the morning of his death.
The Brian Johnson era (1980–present)
The rebirth (1980–1983)
Following Scott's death the band briefly considered quitting, but encouraged by the insistence from Scott's parents
that he would have wanted them to go on, they eventually decided to continue and went about finding a new
frontman. [] Various candidates were considered for his replacement, including: Buzz Shearman, ex-Moxy member,
who was not able to join because of voice problems,[22] ex-Back Street Crawler vocalist Terry Slesser and then Slade
vocalist, Noddy Holder.[23] The remaining AC/DC members finally decided on ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson.
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Angus Young later recalled, "I remember the first time I had ever heard Brian's
(Johnson) name was from Bon. Bon had mentioned that he had been in England
once touring with a band and he had mentioned that Brian had been in a band
called Geordie and Bon had said 'Brian Johnson, he was a great rock and roll
singer in the style of Little Richard.' And that was Bon's big idol, Little Richard.
I think when he saw Brian at that time, to Bon it was 'Well he's a guy that knows
what rock and roll is all about.' He mentioned that to us in Australia. I suppose
when we decided to continue, Brian was the first name that Malcolm and myself
came up with, so we said we should see if we can find him."[24] For the audition,
Johnson sang "Whole Lotta Rosie" from Let There Be Rock and Ike & Tina
Turner's "Nutbush City Limits".[] He was hired a few days after the audition.
Cliff Williams in 1981 during the For
Those About to Rock Tour
With Brian Johnson the band completed the songwriting that they had begun
with Bon for the album Back in Black. Recording took place at Compass Point
Studios in The Bahamas a few months after Scott's death. Back in Black,
produced by Mutt Lange and recorded by Tony Platt, became their biggest-selling album and a hard-rock landmark;
hits include "Hells Bells", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" and the title
[citation needed]
and reached No.1 in the UK and
track. The album was certified platinum three months after its release,
No.4 in the US, where it spent 131 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart.[]
The follow-up album, 1981's For Those About to Rock We Salute You, also sold well and was positively received by
critics. The album featured two of the band's most popular singles: "Let's Get It Up"[] and the title track, "For Those
About to Rock (We Salute You)", which reached No.13 and No.15 in the UK, respectively. The band split with
Lange for their self-produced 1983 album, Flick of the Switch, in an effort to recover the rawness and simplicity of
their early albums.[]
Departure of Rudd and commercial decline (1983–1987)
After having problems with drugs and alcohol,[25] drummer Phil Rudd's friendship with Malcolm Young deteriorated
and eventually escalated to a physical confrontation after which Rudd was fired. [] Session drummer B.J. Wilson was
drafted in to help complete the recordings, but his drum parts were eventually not used, as Rudd had already
completed his drum parts.[26] Rudd was replaced by Simon Wright in the summer of 1983 after the band held over
700 auditions in the US and UK.[27] Simon Kirke of Free and Bad Company fame, and Paul Thompson of Roxy
Music were two of the drummers auditioned.[]
Later in the year, AC/DC released the self-produced album Flick of the Switch, which was less successful than their
previous albums, and was considered underdeveloped and unmemorable.[] One critic stated that the band "had made
the same album nine times".[28] AC/DC was voted the eighth-biggest disappointment of the year in the 1984
Kerrang! readers' poll. However, Flick of the Switch eventually reached No.4 on the UK charts,[] and AC/DC had
minor success with the singles "Nervous Shakedown" and "Flick of the Switch". Fly on the Wall, produced by the
Young brothers in 1985, was also regarded as uninspired and directionless.[29] A music concept video of the same
name featured the band at a bar, playing five of the album's ten songs.
In 1986, the group returned to the charts with the made-for-radio "Who Made Who". The album Who Made Who was
the soundtrack to Stephen King's film Maximum Overdrive,[] It brought together older hits, such as "You Shook Me
All Night Long" and "Ride On", with newer songs such as title track "Who Made Who", and two new instrumentals,
"D.T." and "Chase the Ace".
In February 1988, AC/DC were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association's Hall of Fame.[30]
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Back to commercial success (1987–1990)
AC/DC's 1988 album, Blow Up Your Video, was recorded at Studio Miraval in Le Val (Occitania), France, and
reunited the band with their original producers, Harry Vanda and George Young. The group recorded nineteen songs,
choosing ten for the final release; though the album was later criticised for containing excessive "filler",[] it was a
commercial success. Blow Up Your Video sold more copies than the previous two studio releases combined, reaching
No.2 on the UK charts—AC/DC's highest position since "Back in Black" in 1980. The album featured the UK
top-twenty single "Heatseeker"[] and popular songs such as "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll". The Blow Up
Your Video World Tour began in February 1988, in Perth, Australia. That April, following live appearances across
Europe, Malcolm Young announced that he was taking time off from touring, principally to begin recovery from his
alcoholism. Another member of the Young family, Stevie Young, temporarily took Malcolm's place.
Following the tour, Wright left the group to work on the upcoming Dio
album Lock Up the Wolves, and was replaced by session veteran Chris
Slade. Johnson was unavailable for several months while finalising his
divorce,[] so the Young brothers wrote all the songs for the next album,
a practice they continued for all subsequent releases through Black Ice
in 2008.
Popularity regained (1990–1994)
The next album, The Razors Edge, was recorded in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada, and was mixed and engineered by Mike Fraser and
produced by Bruce Fairbairn, who had previously worked with
Aerosmith and Bon Jovi. Released in 1990, it was a major comeback
Phil Rudd performs at the KeyArena in Seattle on
12 August 1996 during the Ballbreaker World
for the band, and included the hits "Thunderstruck" and "Are You
Tour
Ready", which reached No.5 and No.16 respectively on Billboard's
Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart, and "Moneytalks", which peaked at
[]
No.23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album went multi-platinum and reached the US top ten. Several shows on the
Razors Edge tour were recorded for the 1992 live album, titled Live. Live was produced by Fairbairn, and is
considered one of the best live albums of the 1990s.[31] It was during this tour when AC/DC headlined the Monsters
of Rock show, which was released on DVD as Live at Donington. A year later, AC/DC recorded "Big Gun" for the
soundtrack of the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Last Action Hero, and was released as a single, reaching No.1 on
the US Mainstream Rock chart, the band's first No.1 single on that chart.[]
Popularity confirmed (1994–2008)
In 1994, Angus and Malcolm invited Rudd to several jam sessions. He was eventually rehired to replace Slade,
whose amicable departure arose in part because of the band's strong desire to again work with Rudd. Recorded at the
Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles, California by a 1980–83 line-up back together and produced by Rick Rubin,
Ballbreaker was released in 1995. The first single from the album was "Hard as a Rock". Two more singles were
released from the album: "Hail Caesar" and "Cover You in Oil".
In 1997, a box set named Bonfire was released. It contained four albums; a remastered version of Back in Black;
Volts (a disc with alternate takes, outtakes, and stray live cuts) and two live albums, Live from the Atlantic Studios
and Let There Be Rock: The Movie. Live from the Atlantic Studios was recorded on 7 December 1977 at the Atlantic
Studios in New York. Let There Be Rock: The Movie was a double album recorded in 1979 at the Pavillon de Paris
and was the soundtrack of a motion picture, AC/DC: Let There Be Rock. The US version of the box set included a
colour booklet, a two-sided poster, a sticker, a temporary tattoo, a keychain bottle opener, and a guitar pick.[32]
AC/DC
In 2000, the band released Stiff Upper Lip, produced by brother George
Young at the Warehouse Studio, again in Vancouver. The album was
better received by critics than Ballbreaker but was considered lacking
in new ideas.[33][34] The Australian release included a bonus disc with
three promotional videos and several live performances recorded in
Madrid, Spain in 1996. Stiff Upper Lip reached No.1 in five countries,
including Argentina and Germany; No.2 in three countries, Spain,
France and Switzerland; No.3 in Australia; No.5 in Canada and
Portugal; and No.7 in Norway, the US and Hungary. The first single,
Angus Young performs in Cologne, Germany in
"Stiff Upper Lip", remained at No.1 on the US Mainstream Rock
2001 during the Stiff Upper Lip Tour
charts for four weeks.[] The other singles released also did very well;
"Satellite Blues" and "Safe in New York City" reached No.7 and No.31 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks,
respectively.
[35]
who went on to release a series of
In 2002, AC/DC signed a long-term, multi-album deal with Sony Music,
remastered albums as part of their AC/DC remasters series. Each release contained an expanded booklet featuring
rare photographs, memorabilia, and notes.[36] In 2003, the entire back-catalogue (except Ballbreaker and Stiff Upper
Lip) was remastered and re-released. Ballbreaker was eventually re-released in October 2005; Stiff Upper Lip was
later re-released in April 2007. Also in 2003, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
On 30 July 2003, the band performed with the Rolling Stones and Rush at Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto. The
concert, held before an audience of half a million, was intended to help the city overcome the negative publicity
stemming from the effects of a 2003 SARS epidemic. The concert holds the record for the largest paid music event
in North American history.[37] The band came second in a list of Australia's highest-earning entertainers for 2005,[38]
and sixth for 2006,[39] despite having neither toured since 2003 nor released an album since 2000. Verizon Wireless
has gained the rights to release AC/DC's full albums and the entire Live at Donington concert to download in
2008.[40]
On 16 October 2007, Columbia Records released a double and triple DVD titled Plug Me In. The set consists of five
and seven hours of rare footage, and even a recording of AC/DC at a high school performing "School Days",
"T.N.T.", "She's Got Balls", and "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)". As with Family Jewels,
disc one contains rare shows of the band with Bon Scott, and disc two is about the Brian Johnson era. The collector's
edition contains an extra DVD with 21 more rare performances of both Scott and Johnson and more interviews.[41]
AC/DC made their video game debut on Rock Band 2, with "Let There Be Rock" included as a playable track.[42]
The setlist from their Live at Donington live album was released as playable songs for the Rock Band series by
means of a Wal-Mart-exclusive retail disc titled AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack.[]
No Bull: The Directors Cut, a newly edited, comprehensive Blu-ray and DVD of the band's July 1996 Plaza De
[]
Toros de las Ventas concert in Madrid, Spain, was released on 9 September 2008.
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Black Ice (2008–2011)
On 18 August 2008, Columbia Records announced 18 October
Australian release, and 20 October worldwide release, of the studio
album Black Ice. The 15-track album was the band's first studio release
in eight years, was produced by Brendan O'Brien and was mixed and
engineered by Mike Fraser. Like Stiff Upper Lip, it was recorded at
The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia. Black Ice was
sold in the US exclusively at Walmart and Sam's Club and the band's
official website.[]
"Rock 'n' Roll Train", the album's first single, was released to radio on
AC/DC performs at Rogers Centre in Toronto on
28 August. On 15 August, AC/DC recorded a video for a song from the
7 November 2008 during their Black Ice World
Tour
new album in London with a special selection of fans getting the
[]
chance to be in the video. Black Ice made history debuting at No.1 on
album charts in 29 countries and also has the distinction of being Columbia Records' biggest debut album (since
Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Billboard in March 1991). Black Ice has been certified Multi
Platinum in eight countries, including the US, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Germany and the
Czech Republic. Additionally Black Ice has achieved Platinum status in twelve countries (Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, UK, Argentina, Singapore and New Zealand) and Gold status in
four countries (The Netherlands, Spain, Poland and Brazil). With over 6.5 million copies of Black Ice shipped
worldwide, combined with over 5.5 million in catalogue sold, AC/DC have surpassed The Beatles as the No.1 selling
catalogue artist in the US for 2008. The 18-month Black Ice World Tour supporting the new album was announced
on 11 September and began on 28 October in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[]
On 15 September 2008, AC/DC Radio debuted on Sirius Channel 19 and XM channel 53. The channel plays AC/DC
music along with interviews with the band members.[43]
With the North American release of Black Ice on 20 October 2008,
Columbia Records and Walmart created "Rock Again AC/DC Stores"
to promote the album. In October 2008, MTV, Walmart, and Columbia
created "AC/DC Rock Band Stores" in New York City, at Times
Square, and in Los Angeles. "Black Ice" trucks were also dispatched
on the streets of these two cities after the release, playing AC/DC
music aloud and making various stops each day to sell merchandise.[44]
Angus Young on 18 June 2010 at the Stade de
France (Paris).
[46]
In late September 2009, the band rescheduled six shows when Brian
Johnson underwent an operation for ulcers.[45] On 29 September, the
band announced a collection of studio and live rarities, Backtracks,
which was released on 10 November 2009 as a 3-CD/2-DVD/1-LP
box-set.
On 4 November AC/DC were announced as the Business Review Weekly top Australian earner (entertainment) for
2009 with earnings of $105 million. This displaced The Wiggles from the number one spot for the first time in four
years.[47]
On 19 April 2010, AC/DC released Iron Man 2, the soundtrack for the eponymous film.[48] One month later, the
band headlined Download Festival at Donington Park,[49] and closed the Black Ice World Tour in Bilbao, Spain on
28 June 2010, after 20 months in which AC/DC went to 108 cities in over 28 countries, with an estimated audience
of over five million people.[50] Three concerts in December 2009 at the River Plate Stadium in Argentina were
released as the DVD Live at River Plate on 10 May 2011.[51] An exclusive single from the DVD, featuring the songs
"Shoot to Thrill" and "War Machine", was issued on Record Store Day.[52] In 2011, the band also issued on DVD
AC/DC
and Blu-ray the concert movie AC/DC: Let There Be Rock, which had its theatrical release in 1980.[53]
Future album, 40th anniversary and tour (2011–present)
Angus stated in an interview in early May 2011 that the band was beginning to plan another world tour, saying,
"Now we're thinking, 'How can we ever better the 'Black Ice' world tour?' But we will."[54] At the band's Live at
River Plate DVD premiere on 6 May 2011 at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England, Angus said that there
were plans for the group to release a new studio album "within the next couple of years", which the tour would
support.[55] Also, AC/DC's 40th anniversary will be marked for 2013. Most recently, Brian Johnson was a guest on
VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" saying the band would get back in the studio and release an album in early to
mid-2013. Later, Johnson called in to "The Cowhead Show" and reported that the next album has been delayed due
to a health issue with one of the band members. He stated that an illness suffered by one of his bandmates may have
temporarily put plans for a new album on hold. He would not go into specifics about which member or what the
illness was, but he did say it was not terminal and that the afflicted member was on the path to recovery.
Malcolm Young confirmed that the band are working on a potential follow-up to 2008's Black Ice. But he warned
that fans are in for a longer wait than expected, after lead singer Brian Johnson suggested there would be new
material next year. Malcolm stated, "You know what Brian's like. He just says things and then walks away. It'll be a
little while – a year or two anyway. I've been doing some jamming on some song ideas but I do that all the time, as
do the rest of the band. We are still working. But we had a long rest between Stiff Upper Lip and Black Ice, so I think
[56]
we need a couple of years to recuperate and work on it a bit more."
A live album, entitled Live at River Plate, was released on 19 November 2012.[57] This was AC/DC's first live album
release in 20 years.
Legacy
AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 10
March 2003.[58] During the ceremony the band performed "Highway to
Hell" and "You Shook Me All Night Long", with guest vocals
provided by host Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. He described the band's
power chords as "the thunder from down under that gives you the
second-most-powerful surge that can flow through your body."[59]
During the acceptance speech, Brian Johnson quoted their 1977 song
"Let There Be Rock".[60]
On 22 March 2000, the municipality of Leganés (near Madrid) named
a street in honour of the band as "Calle de AC/DC" ("AC/DC Street").
Malcolm and Angus assisted in the inauguration with many fans. Later
that day, the plaque with the name of the group was stolen, perhaps by
The street sign for ACDC Lane, Melbourne
an enthusiast or collector. The plaque was replaced two hours later, and
stolen once again a mere three days after the fact. The plaque had since
been stolen numerous times, forcing the municipality of Leganés to begin selling replicas of the official street
plaque.
In May 2003, Malcolm Young accepted a Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Service to Australian Music at the 2003
Music Winners Awards, during which he paid special tribute to Bon Scott.[61]
On 1 October 2004, a central Melbourne thoroughfare, Corporation Lane, was renamed ACDC Lane in honour of the
band. However, the City of Melbourne forbade the use of the slash character in street names, so the four letters were
combined.[62] The lane is near Swanston Street where, on the back of a truck, the band recorded their video for the
1975 hit "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)".[]
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They sold over 1.3 million CDs in the US during 2007 despite not having released a new album since 2000 at that
point. Additionally, the group's commercial success continues to flourish despite their choice to refrain from selling
albums in digital, online, formats for many years.[63] However, in November 2012, the entire catalogue (excluding
the T.N.T. album and the Australian versions of the High Voltage, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and Let There Be
Rock albums) became available on the iTunes Store.[64]
In 2009 the Recording Industry Association of America upgraded the group's US sales figures from 69 million to
71 million, making AC/DC the fifth-best-selling band in US history and the ninth-best-selling artist, selling more
albums than Madonna, Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson.[] The RIAA also certified Back in Black as double
Diamond (20 million) in US sales, and by 2007 the album had sold 22 million copies, which made it the
fifth-best-selling album of all-time in the US.[] It is currently the second-best-selling album worldwide.
Band members
Current members
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•
•
Angus Young – lead guitar (1973–present)
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1973–present)
Phil Rudd – drums (1975–1983, 1994–present)
Cliff Williams – bass, backing vocals (1977–present)
Brian Johnson – lead vocals (1980–present)
Former members
•
•
•
•
Bon Scott – lead vocals (1974–1980)
Mark Evans – bass guitar (1975–1977)
Simon Wright – drums (1983–1989)
Chris Slade – drums (1989–1994)
Note: Before their debut album, High Voltage (1975), AC/DC had several line up changes. For a more
comprehensive list of members that were part of the band before 1975, see:
Discography
Studio albums
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
High Voltage (1975) (Australia only)
T.N.T. (1975) (Australia only)
High Voltage (1976) (International version)
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Let There Be Rock (1977)
Powerage (1978)
Highway to Hell (1979)
Back in Black (1980)
For Those About to Rock We Salute You (1981)
•
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•
•
Flick of the Switch (1983)
Fly on the Wall (1985)
Blow Up Your Video (1988)
The Razors Edge (1990)
Ballbreaker (1995)
Stiff Upper Lip (2000)
Black Ice (2008)
AC/DC
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References
[1] http:/ / www. acdc. com/
[3] Howard Stern Show, 2008, Brian Johnson and Angus Young interview, XM/Sirius Satellite Radio.
[5] Rock On The Net: VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists: 1–50 (http:/ / www. rockonthenet. com/ archive/ 2000/ vh1hardrock. htm).
[14] Elliott, Paul. "Never Mind the Bollocks". Mojo (February 2007)
[19] "Scott [had] choked on his own vomit [in his sleep]." Back in Black 1980,2003 CD booklet.
[45] ACDC.com news.news (http:/ / www. acdc. com/ news/ news. php?uid=107).
[46] (http:/ / sev. prnewswire. com/ music/ 20090929/ NY8281729092009-1. html)
[49] Downloadfestival.co.uk (http:/ / www. downloadfestival. co. uk/ lineup/ index. aspx)
Further reading
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Vas, Abdul (2012). AC/DC: For Those About to Power. TF Editores Books. ISBN 9788415253525.
Bunton, Richard (1983). AC/DC: Hell Ain't No Bad Place to Be. Omnibus Books. ISBN 0-7119-0082-5.
Bunton, Richard (1983). AC/DC: Hell Ain't No Bad Place to Be. Omnibus Books. ISBN 0-7119-0082-5.
Dome, Malcolm (1982). AC/DC. Proteus Books. ISBN 0-86276-011-9.
Engleheart, Murray (2006). AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-7322-8964-5.
Holmes, Tim (1986). AC/DC (Monsters of Metal). Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-33239-3.
Huxley, Martin (1996). AC/DC: The World's Heaviest Rock. Lightning Source Inc. ISBN 0-312-30220-7.
Stenning, Paul (2005). AC/DC: Two Sides to Every Glory. Chrome Dreams. ISBN 1-84240-308-7.
External links
• Official website (http://www.acdc.com/)
• AC/DC (http://www.dmoz.org//Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/A/AC-DC/) at the Open Directory Project
• Extended bio- and discography (http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/
{75F865BD-3A63-4824-BBFD-8EFB8F1)
• AC/DC (http://musicbrainz.org/artist/66c662b6-6e2f-4930-8610-912e24c63ed1.html) discography at
MusicBrainz
• Official YouTube profile (http://www.youtube.com/acdc)
• ACDC Timeline (http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=126&csid2=9&fid1=33951)
• Official AC/DC Backtracks website (http://www.acdcbacktracks.com/)
• AC/DC footage on Rokpool.com (http://www.rokpool.com/content/acdc)
• Sin City (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjIpaAnWUCU) Bon Scott era
'74 Jailbreak
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'74 Jailbreak
'74 Jailbreak
EP by AC/DC
Released
15 October 1984
Recorded
1974–1976
Genre
Hard rock, blues-rock
Length
24:12
Label
Atlantic
Producer
Harry Vanda, George Young
AC/DC chronology
'74
Jailbreak
(1984)
Flick of the
Switch
(1983)
Fly on the
Wall
(1985)
Professional
ratings
Review scores
Source
Allmusic
Rating
[1]
'74 Jailbreak is an EP by Australian rock and roll band AC/DC, comprising five hard rock/blues oriented tracks that
had previously been released only in Australia. It was released in 1984 in the United States, Canada and Japan. The
song "Jailbreak" was also released as a single and a video. The EP was reissued worldwide in 2003 as part of the
AC/DC Remasters series.
The first track is from the Australian version of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976), while the rest are from the
Australian version of the band's debut album, High Voltage, recorded in 1974 and released early the following year.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Bon Scott, Malcolm Young and Angus Young, except where noted.
'74 Jailbreak
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No. Title
Writer(s)
Length
1. "Jailbreak"
4:40
2. "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me"
3:31
3. "Show Business"
4:46
4. "Soul Stripper"
M. Young, A. Young
6:25
5. "Baby, Please Don't Go"
Big Joe Williams
4:50
Personnel
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•
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•
•
•
•
•
•
Bon Scott – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals
George Young – production, bass guitar, backing vocals, drums[2]
Rob Bailey – bass guitar
[]
Mark Evans – bass guitar on "Jailbreak"
Tony Currenti – drums, percussion
Phil Rudd – drums & percussion on "Jailbreak"
Harry Vanda – production
Certification
Country
Sales
Certification
United States 1,000,000 Platinum
References
External links
• Lyrics (http://www.acdcrocks.com/74jailbreak.html) on AC/DC's official website
AC/DC (electricity)
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AC/DC (electricity)
The description AC/DC refers to electrical equipment designed to
operate on either alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC). This
term typically described certain types of transformerless vacuum tube
radio or television receivers. Equipment such as heating devices and
incandescent light bulbs which inherently operate on either AC or DC
is not usually described as "AC/DC". Switch mode power supplies may
operate from DC but are not generally described as 'AC/DC' and rating
plates do not include DC ratings.[citation needed]
So-called "All American Five" vacuum tube radio
receivers used a power supply that could work on
either AC or DC
Applicability to early radio and television
In the early days of radio, mains electricity was supplied at different voltages in different places, and either direct or
alternating current was supplied. There are three ways of powering electronic equipment. AC-only equipment would
rely on a transformer to provide the voltages for heater and plate circuits. AC/DC equipment would connect all the
tube heaters in series to match the supply voltage; a rectifier would convert AC to the unidirectional current required
for operation. When connected to a DC supply, the rectifier stage of the power supply performed no active function.
DC-only equipment would only run from a DC supply and included no rectifier stage. DC is no longer used for
mains distribution.
Different radio set models were required for AC, DC mains, and battery operation. For example a 1933 Murphy
radio with essentially the same circuit had different models for AC supply, DC supply, and battery operation.[1] The
introduction of AC/DC circuitry allowed a single model to be used on either AC or DC mains as a selling point,[2]
and some such models added "Universal" to their name[3] (such sets usually had user-settable voltage tapping
arrangements to cater for the wide range of voltages.[4])
The first ever AC/DC design of radio was the All American Five. The sole aim of the design was to eliminate the
mains transformer.[5][6] The lower cost of transformerless designs remained popular with manufacturers long after
DC power distribution had disappeared. Several models were produced which dispensed with the power transformer,
but had circuit features which only allowed operation from AC.[7][8] Some early models were available in both
AC-only and AC/DC versions, with the AC/DC versions sometimes slightly more expensive.[9]
Series tube heaters
Vacuum tube equipment used a number of tubes, each with a heater requiring a certain amount of electrical power.
In AC/DC equipment, the heaters of all the tubes are connected in series. All the tubes are rated at the same current
(typically 100, 150, 300, or 450 mA) but at different voltages, according to their heating power requirements. If
necessary, resistance (which can be a ballast tube (barretter), a power resistor or a resistive mains lead are added so
that, when the mains voltage is applied across the chain, the specified heating current flows.[10] Some types of ballast
resistor were built into an envelope like a tube that was easily replaceable.[11]Wikipedia:Link rot With mains
voltages of around 220 V, the power dissipated by the additional resistance and the voltage drop across it could be
quite high, and it was common to use a resistive power cable (mains cord) of defined resistance, running warm,
rather than putting a hot resistor inside the case. If a resistive power cable was used, an inexperienced repairer might
replace it with a standard cable, or use the wrong length, damaging the equipment and risking a fire.
AC/DC (electricity)
Transformer
AC/DC equipment did not require a transformer, and was consequently cheaper, lighter, and smaller than
comparable AC equipment. This type of equipment continued to be produced long after AC became the universal
standard due to its cost advantage over AC-only, and was only discontinued when vacuum tubes were replaced by
low-voltage solid-state electronics.
A rectifier and a filter capacitor are connected directly to the mains. If the mains power is AC, the rectifier converts
it to DC. If it is DC, the rectifier effectively acts as a conductor. When operating on DC, the voltage available was
reduced by the voltage drop across the rectifier. Because an AC waveform has a voltage peak that is higher than the
average value produced by the rectifier, the same set operating on the same root mean square AC supply voltage
would have a higher effective voltage after the rectifier stage. In areas using 110–120 volt AC, a simple half-wave
rectifier limited the maximum plate voltage that could be developed; this was adequate for relatively low-power
audio equipment, but television receivers or higher-powered amplifiers required either a more complex voltage
doubler rectifier or warranted the use of a power transformer with a conveniently high secondary voltage. Areas with
220–240 volt AC supplies could develop higher plate voltage with a simple rectifier. Transformerless power supplies
were feasible for television receivers in 220–240 volt areas. Additionally, the use of a transformer allowed multiple
independent power supplies from separate transformer windings for different stages.
In an AC/DC design there is no transformer to isolate the equipment from the mains. Much equipment was built on a
metal chassis which was connected to one side of the mains.[12] Because no power transformer was used, so-called
"hot chassis" construction was required and the equipment power supply was conductively connected to the input
power source. Any exposed metal on the device connected to the circuit common was also connected to the power
supply. For safety, no exposed metal could be connected to the circuit common. Service personnel working on
energized equipment had to use an isolation transformer for safety, or to be mindful that the chassis could be live.
AC-only vacuum tube equipment used a bulky, heavy, and expensive transformer, but the chassis was not connected
to the supply conductors and could be earthed, making for safer operation.
Transformerless "hot chassis" televisions continued to be commonly manufactured long after transistorisation
rendered live-chassis design obsolete in radios. By the 1990s, inclusion of audio-video input jacks required
elimination of the floating ground as TVs needed to be interconnectable with VCRs, game consoles and video disc
players. The widespread replacement of cathode ray tubes with liquid crystal displays after the turn of the
millennium resulted in televisions using primarily low voltages, obtained from switching power supplies. The
potentially-hazardous "floating chassis" was no more.
Regional variations
In the past, 110–120 V was not high enough for high-power audio and television applications. Therefore, it was used
to operate low-power audio equipment such as radio receivers. Higher-powered 110–120 V tube audio or television
equipment needed higher voltages which had to be stepped up by a transformer power supply, or sometimes a
voltage doubler, therefore operating off AC only.
Some AC/DC equipment was designed to be switchable to be able to operate off either 110 V AC (possibly with a
voltage doubler) or 220–240V AC or DC.[7] Television receivers were produced which could run off 240 V AC or
DC.[8] The voltage was not high enough to power some circuits, so energy was recovered during the flyback period
from the primary of the line output transformer to provide a boosted HT supply.[13] In a typical vacuum tube colour
TV set the line output stage had to boost its own HT supply to between 900 to 1200 volts (depending on screen size
and design).[14] Transistor line output stages, although not requiring supply voltages above the rectified mains
voltage, nevertheless still developed extra voltage over the normal supply rail to avoid complicating the power
supply circuitry. A typical transistor stage would produce between 20 and 50 'extra' volts.[15] Some details of the way
in which the nominally 190 volts HT supply was boosted to nearly 500 volts in the 1951 Bush TV22 are described in
a technical description.[16] AC/DC televisions were produced well into the color and semiconductor era (some sets
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AC/DC (electricity)
were tube/semiconductor hybrids).
Transistor radios
With widespread adoption of solid-state design in the 1970s, voltage and power requirements for tabletop portable
radio receivers dropped significantly. One common approach was to design a battery-powered radio (typically 6
volts DC from four dry cells) but include a small built-in step down transformer and rectifier to allow mains
electricity (120V or 240V AC, depending on region) as an alternative to battery-powered operation.
Notes and references
[1] Description of 1933 Murphy AC, DC, and battery radios (http:/ / www. classicwireless. co. uk/ Murphy_A4. htm)
[2] Sunbeam radio, offering AC/DC operation as a selling point (http:/ / www. classicwireless. co. uk/ sunbeama. htm)
[3] Decca "Universal 55" radio (http:/ / www. classicwireless. co. uk/ deccaa. htm)
[4] Manual of 1952 Astor PS radio with instructions on use with AC and DC mains of different voltages (http:/ / www. kevinchant. com/ uploads/
7/ 1/ 0/ 8/ 7108231/ ps. pdf)
[5] http:/ / www. angelfire. com/ electronic/ funwithtubes/ AA5-1. html Third sentence
[6] http:/ / home. netcom. com/ ~wa2ise/ radios/ aa5h. html
[7] An eight-valve 110 V AC or 220 V AC/DC superheterodyne receiver with push-pull output stage, detailed description and circuit diagram
(http:/ / www. scottbecker. net/ tube/ sheets/ 046/ suppinfo/ 03a/ 264-269. pdf)
[8] Description of Pye B18T true AC/DC 240V (190–220 V operation needed an additional AC-only autotransformer) monochrome TV and
other equipment, Wireless World magazine, 1948. (http:/ / www. r-type. org/ timeline/ time-028. htm) While DC operation was possible, it
was not an advertised feature; the transformerless design was to save size and weight.
[9] 1935 Murphy catalogue, with AC/DC models 5/- (about 2%) more expensive than AC only. (http:/ / www. murphy-radio. co. uk/
murphybilia/ cats/ 1935_cat_1. jpg)
[10] All About Ballast and Resistor Tubes (1939) (http:/ / radioether. com/ blogspot/ all-about-ballast-and-resistor-tubes)
[11] A five-valve receiver for AC/DC mains with ballast (barretter), detailed description and circuit diagram (http:/ / www. scottbecker. net/ tube/
sheets/ 046/ suppinfo/ 03a/ 254-258. pdf)
[12] From Resistive Line Cords To Ballast Tubes (1939) (http:/ / radioether. com/ blogspot/ )
[13] PAL Receiver Servicing by D.J. Seal, pp. 173–4
[14] PAL Receiever Servicing by D.J. Seal, p. 173
[15] This is the range from a large collection of TV servicing data. 20 volts is the ITT FS12 (12″ B&W), and 50 volts is the BRC2000 chassis
used in a fair number of early transistorised 25″ colour TV sets.
[16] Technical description of the 1951 Bush TV22 (http:/ / www. domino405. co. uk/ documents/ TV22_TV1979. pdf)
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AC/DC (video)
AC/DC
Video by AC/DC
Released 1989
Genre
Hard rock, Blues rock, Rock 'n' roll
AC/DC, released only in Australia in 1989, is a video album from the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. In March
2005 all nine tracks were issued on the DVD compilation, Family Jewels.
Track listing
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
"High Voltage"
"Jailbreak"
"Let There Be Rock"
"Riff Raff"
"Dog Eat Dog"
"Highway to Hell"
"Shot Down In Flames"
"Touch Too Much"
"If You Want Blood (You've Got It)"
• All tracks written by Malcolm Young, Angus Young and Bon Scott.
Personnel
•
•
•
•
•
•
Bon Scott – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Williams – bass guitar and backing vocals on tracks 6-9
Phil Rudd – drums, percussion
Mark Evans – bass guitar on tracks 2-4
AC/DC Live
19
AC/DC Live
AC/DC Live
Live album by AC/DC
Released
27 October 1992
Recorded
1990–1991
Genre
Hard rock
Length
78:00
Label
Albert, Epic (North American Market)
Producer
Bruce Fairbairn
AC/DC chronology
Live Ballbreaker
(1992)
(1995)
The Razors
Edge
(1990)
2 Disc Edition
The deluxe two-disc version was originally packaged in a long cardboard sleeve
AC/DC Live is a 1992 live album by Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. It was released both as a single album and
as a double album on LP and CD (known as AC/DC Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition). The album is supported by a
video, AC/DC: Live at Donington.[1]
AC/DC Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition was released a month after the single-disc version, in a slipcased two-disc
"book" (similar in shape to old CD longboxes) and containing an AC/DC dollar note.
The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.
The recordings on this live album are taken from several shows from AC/DC's 1991 The Razors Edge tour. The
recordings are taken from Dublin, Auburn Hills (Detroit), Glasgow, Edmonton, Paris, Germany, and the Donington
and Moscow "Monsters of Rock" shows.
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic
Blender
Entertainment Weekly
link
link
[2]
[3]
Wikipedia:Link rot
B+ link
[4]
Q
link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
link
[5]
[6]
AC/DC Live
20
Track listings
1 CD edition
All songs written and composed by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson, except where noted.
No. Title
1. "Thunderstruck"
Writer(s)
Length
Young, Young
6:34
2. "Shoot to Thrill"
5:21
3. "Back in Black"
4:28
4. "Who Made Who"
5:15
5. "Heatseeker"
3:37
6. "The Jack"
Young, Young, Bon Scott
6:56
7. "Moneytalks" (Not on vinyl)
Young, Young
4:18
8. "Hells Bells"
9. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
10. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
6:01
Young, Young, Scott
5:02
Young, Young, Scott
4:30
11. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
3:54
12. "Highway to Hell"
Young, Young, Scott
3:58
13. "T.N.T."
Young, Young, Scott
3:47
14. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
7:09
2 CD "Collector's Edition"
Disc one
No. Title
1. "Thunderstruck"
Writer(s)
Young, Young
Length
6:34
2. "Shoot to Thrill"
5:21
3. "Back in Black"
4:28
4. "Sin City"
Young, Young, Scott
5:40
5. "Who Made Who"
5:16
6. "Heatseeker"
3:37
7. "Fire Your Guns"
Young, Young
8. "Jailbreak"
Young, Young, Scott
14:04
9. "The Jack"
Young, Young, Scott
6:57
10. "The Razors Edge"
Young, Young
4:36
11. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Young, Young, Scott
5:03
12. "Moneytalks" (Not available on vinyl) Young, Young
3:42
4:20
AC/DC Live
21
Disc two
No. Title
Writer(s)
Length
1. "Hells Bells"
6:01
2. "Are You Ready" (Not available on vinyl)
Young, Young
4:34
3. "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll"
3:57
4. "High Voltage"
Young, Young, Scott
10:32
5. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
3:54
6. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
Young, Young, Scott
4:30
7. "Let There Be Rock"
Young, Young, Scott
12:17
8. "Bonny" (Not available on vinyl)
Trad. arr. Young, Young
1:03
9. "Highway to Hell"
Young, Young, Scott
3:53
Young, Young, Scott
3:48
10. "T.N.T."
11. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
7:09
The Japanese version includes the bonus track "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" which was the b-side of the "Highway
To Hell" (live) single. This track was later included on the deluxe edition of Backtracks in 2009.
Vinyl 2LP "Collector's Edition"
Side one
No. Title
1. "Thunderstruck"
Writer(s)
Young, Young
Length
6:34
2. "Shoot to Thrill"
5:21
3. "Back in Black"
4:28
4. "Sin City"
Young, Young, Scott
5. "Who Made Who"
6. "Fire Your Guns"
5:40
5:16
Young, Young
3:42
Side two
No. Title
Writer(s)
Length
1. "Jailbreak"
Young, Young, Scott
14:40
2. "The Jack"
Young, Young, Scott
6:57
3. "The Razors Edge"
Young, Young
4:36
4. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" Young, Young, Scott
5:03
AC/DC Live
22
Side three
No. Title
Writer(s)
Length
1. "Hells Bells"
6:01
2. "Heatseeker"
3:37
3. "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll"
3:57
4. "High Voltage"
Young, Young, Scott
10:32
5. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
3:54
Side four
No. Title
Writer(s)
Length
1. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
Young, Young, Scott
4:30
2. "Let There Be Rock"
Young, Young, Scott
12:17
3. "Highway to Hell"
Young, Young, Scott
3:53
4. "T.N.T."
Young, Young, Scott
3:48
5. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
7:09
Chart positions
Year
Chart
1992 Australian ARIA Albums Chart
Position
1
Personnel
•
•
•
•
•
Brian Johnson – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
Chris Slade – drums, percussion
References
[1] AC/DC: Live at Donington on IMDB (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0337566)
[2] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r53486
[3] http:/ / www. blender. com/ guide/ reviews. aspx?id=2398
[4] http:/ / www. ew. com/ ew/ article/ 0,,312205,00. html
[5] http:/ / www. buy. com/ prod/ Live-Deluxe-Digipak-Live/ q/ loc/ 109/ 60590759. html
[6] http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ music/ artists/ ac-dc/ albumguide
External links
• Lyrics (http://www.acdcrocks.com/live1.html) on AC/DC's official website
Preceded by
Keep the Faith by Bon
Jovi
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one
album
22 November – 5 December 1992
Succeeded by
Glittering Prize 81/92 by Simple
Minds
AC/DC discography
23
AC/DC discography
AC/DC discography
Angus Young (left) and Bon Scott (centre), performing at the Ulster Hall, August 1979
Releases
↙Studio albums
18
↙Live albums
6
↙EPs
1
↙Singles
46
↙Video albums
12
↙Box sets
2
This is a discography of AC/DC, an Australian hard rock band. Since 1974, AC/DC have released 14 studio albums
worldwide, 4 albums issued in Australia only, 2 compilations released as soundtracks, 3 live recordings, 12 video
collections of concerts and music videos, and 2 boxed sets. Although a large number of AC/DC singles have been
released, the band always refused to release any greatest hits type packages;[1] Who Made Who (which served as the
soundtrack to Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive), Iron Man 2, and the band's various live recordings are as close
as the group have come to such a compilation.[2] AC/DC albums are available to download from Verizon,[3] but for
several years the band refused to release their albums on iTunes, as iTunes normally allows downloading of
individual tracks; AC/DC publicly stated, "Our...reason is that we honestly believe the songs on any of our albums
belong together. If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three
songs from the album – and we don't think that represents us musically."[4] However, the band finally released their
entire discography to iTunes in November 2012.
AC/DC was formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, and released two albums in Australia before
releasing their first international effort, High Voltage with vocalist Bon Scott, bassist Mark Evans and drummer Phil
Rudd. In 1980, Bon Scott died less than a year after the release of the successful Highway to Hell, and was replaced
by British singer Brian Johnson, with whom AC/DC released their best selling album, Back in Black.[] Their latest
album to date, Black Ice, was released in 2008, selling over 8 million copies worldwide. In 39 years of their career,
AC/DC sold over 200 million albums worldwide, roughly 71 million in the US.[5] Back in Black alone sold 22
million (50 million worldwide), and is the second highest-selling album of all time.[6][7][8][9]
AC/DC discography
24
Albums
Studio albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications
AUS AUT CAN FRA GER NOR NZ SWE SWI UK US
1975 High Voltage (Australia)
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•
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[]
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[]
7
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1
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35
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•
[]
AUS: 5× Platinum
•
[]
AUS: 9× Platinum
•
•
•
[]
AUS: 6× Platinum
•
•
•
•
[]
GER: Platinum
[]
SWI: Gold
[]
UK: Silver
[]
US: 6× Platinum
•
[]
AUS: 5× Platinum
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
15
—
—
20
50
—
—
3
19
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
9
—
37
42
29
—
17 154 •
•
•
•
22
—
—
10
—
—
—
19
—
26 133 •
•
•
•
•
•
1979 Highway to Hell
•
•
Released: 27 July 1979
Label: Atlantic
13
38
40
2
—
37
46
24
57
8
17
[]
GER: Gold
[]
UK: Silver
[]
SWI: Platinum
[]
US: 3× Platinum
—
Released: 25 May 1978
Label: Atlantic
[]
FRA: Gold
•
•
4
Released: 23 June 1977
Label: Atlantic
1978 Powerage
•
•
[]
Released: 21 March 1977
Label: Albert Productions
Let There Be Rock (International)
•
•
[]
Released: 17 December 1976
Label: Atlantic
1977 Let There Be Rock (Australia)
•
•
[]
Released: 20 September 1976
Label: Albert Productions
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
(International) (US release- 1981)
•
•
[]
Released: 14 May 1976
Label: Atlantic
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australia)
•
•
[]
Released: December 1975
Label: Albert Productions
1976 High Voltage (International)
•
•
[]
Released: 17 February 1975
Label: Albert Productions
T.N.T. (Australia)
•
•
[]
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
[]
FRA: Gold
[]
GER: Gold
[]
UK: Silver
[]
US: 2× Platinum
[]
AUS: 3× Platinum
[]
FRA: Gold
[]
GER: Gold
[]
SWI: Gold
[]
UK: Silver
[]
US: Platinum
[]
AUS: 5× Platinum
[]
ARG: Gold
[]
AUT: Gold
[]
CAN: 2× Platinum
[]
FRA: Platinum
[]
SWI: Platinum
[]
UK: Gold
[]
US: 7× Platinum
AC/DC discography
1980 Back in Black
•
•
25
1
6
1
1
42
8
24
12
36
1
4
Released: 25 July 1980
Label: Atlantic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
1981 For Those About to Rock We Salute You
•
Released: 23 November 1981
•
Label: Atlantic
3
7
4
1
—
6
6
9
—
3
1
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
1983 Flick of the Switch
•
Released: 15 August 1983
•
Label: Atlantic
1985 Fly on the Wall
•
•
12
5
—
4
8
8
28
4
15
4
24
30
19
—
17
22
10
19
7
32
2
15
14
21
—
3
3
4
4
2
12
3
11
1
5
55
2
2
5
2
4
2
Released: 1 February 1988
Label: Epic
1990 The Razors Edge
•
•
9
Released: 28 June 1985
Label: Atlantic
1988 Blow Up Your Video
•
•
3
Released: 24 September 1990
Label: Atlantic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
AUS: 3× Platinum
[]
GER: Gold
[]
SWI: Gold
[]
UK: Silver
[]
US: Platinum
•
•
•
•
•
•
AUS: 3× Platinum
[]
FIN: Gold
[]
GER: Gold
[]
SWI: Platinum
[]
UK: Gold
[]
US: Platinum
•
•
•
•
•
•
Released: 22 September 1995
Label: East West
1
2
4
2
4
4
2
1
1
6
4
[]
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
[]
AUS: 5× Platinum
[]
AUT: Gold
[]
FRA: Platinum
[]
GER: Platinum
[]
SWI: Platinum
[]
UK: Gold
[]
US: 4× Platinum
AUS: 3× Platinum
[]
FRA: Gold
[]
GER: Gold
[]
UK: Gold
[]
US: Platinum
•
1995 Ballbreaker
[]
ARG: 2× Platinum
[]
AUS: 12× Platinum
[]
CAN: Diamond
[]
FRA: 2× Platinum
[]
GER: 2x Platinum
[]
SWI: 2× Platinum
[]
UK: Gold
[]
US: 22× Platinum
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
[]
[]
[]
ARG: Platinum
[]
AUS: 5× Platinum
[]
AUT: Platinum
[]
CAN: 5× Platinum
[]
FIN: Platinum
[]
FRA: Gold
[]
GER: 2x Platinum
[]
SWE: Platinum
[]
SWI: 2× Platinum
[]
UK: Gold
[]
US: 5× Platinum
[]
ARG: Gold
[]
AUS: 3× Platinum
[]
AUT: Gold
[]
FIN: Gold
[]
FRA: Platinum
[]
GER: Gold
[]
SWE: Gold
[]
SWI: Gold
[]
US: 2× Platinum
AC/DC discography
26
2000 Stiff Upper Lip
•
•
3
1
Released: 25 February 2000
Label: East West
2
5
[]
1
6
12
1
2
12
7
•
[]
ARG: Gold
[]
AUS: 3× Platinum
[]
AUT: Gold
[]
CAN: Platinum
[]
FIN: Gold
[]
FRA: 2x Gold
[]
GER: 3x Gold
[]
SWE: Gold
[]
SWI: Platinum
[]
UK: Platinum
[]
US: Platinum
•
ARG: 2×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
2008 Black Ice
•
•
1
1
Released: 20 October 2008
Label: Columbia
1
1
[]
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
[citation needed]
Platinum
[]
AUS: 5× Platinum
[]
AUT: 3× Platinum
[]
CAN: 5× Platinum
[]
FIN: 2x Platinum
[]
FRA: 2x Platinum
[]
GER: 5x Platinum
[]
NZ: 2× Platinum
SWE: 2×
Platinum[citation needed]
[]
SWI: 4× Platinum
[]
UK: Platinum
[]
US: 2× Platinum
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Extended plays
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
FRA
US
24
76
[]
1984 '74 Jailbreak
•
•
Certifications
[]
Released: 15 October 1984
Label: Atco
•
[]
US: Platinum
Live albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
AUS
1978 If You Want Blood You've Got It
•
•
Released: 13 October 1978
Label: Atlantic
37
Certifications
AUT CAN FRA GER NOR NZ SWE SWI UK US
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
—
—
10
—
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—
—
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13 113 •
•
•
•
•
•
[]
AUS: 3× Platinum
[]
FRA: Gold
[]
GER: Platinum
[]
SWI: Gold
[]
UK: Gold
[]
US: Platinum
AC/DC discography
27
1992 Live
•
•
1
21
28
1
15
10
3
25
10
5
15
Released: 27 October 1992
Label: Atco
•
[]
ARG: Platinum
[]
AUS: 9× Platinum
[]
CAN: Platinum
[]
FIN: Gold
[]
GER: Gold
[]
SWI: Gold
[]
UK: Gold
[]
US: 3× Platinum
•
•
[]
AUT: Gold
[]
US: 2× Platinum
•
•
[]
AUS: Gold
[]
GER: Gold
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition
•
Released: 27 October 1992
•
Label: Atco
1997 Live from the Atlantic Studios
•
Released: 14 November 1997
•
Label: East West
Let There Be Rock: The Movie
•
Released: 14 November 1997
•
Label: East West
2012 Live at River Plate
•
Released: 20 November 2012
•
Label: Columbia
44
7
13
—
5
—
—
9
5
—
34
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—
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
11
4
17
13
2
7
23
14
4
14
66
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Soundtrack albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
AUS
1986 Who Made Who
•
•
4
Certifications
AUT CAN FRA GER NOR NZ SWE SWI UK US
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
28
12
30
—
—
24
21
21
11 33 •
•
•
•
1
[]
Released: 24 May 1986
Label: Atlantic
[]
•
2010 Iron Man 2
•
Released: 19 April 2010
•
Label: Columbia
2
1
—
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
[]
ARG: Gold
[]
AUS: 5× Platinum
[]
GER: Platinum
[]
SWI: Platinum
[]
US: 5× Platinum
[]
AUS: Platinum
[]
AUT: Gold
[]
FIN: Platinum
[]
GER: Gold
[]
NZ: Gold
[10]
SWE: Platinum
[]
SWI: Platinum
[]
UK: Platinum
[]
US: Gold
AC/DC discography
28
Box sets
Year
Album details
Content
Peak chart positions
AUS
AUT
CAN
[]
1997 Bonfire
•
•
•
Released: November
1997
Label: East West
•
Format: CD
2009 Backtracks
•
Released: 10 November
•
•
2009
Label: Columbia
Format: CD/DVD/LP
•
Live from the Atlantic
Studios
Let There Be Rock: The
•
Movie
Volts
•
Back in Black
•
Disc 1: Studio Rarities
•
(CD)
Disc 2: Live Rarities (CD)
•
•
Disc 3: Live Rarities (CD)
Family Jewels Disc Three
•
•
21
—
Certifications
FRA GER SWE SWI
—
[]
[]
[]
[]
56
71
60
—
UK
US
[]
—
90 •
16
—
31
—
10
16
24
134
[11]
39 •
(DVD)
Live at the Circus Krone
(DVD)
Studio Rarities (LP)
Video albums
Album details
Peak chart positions
FIN
GER
NZ
[]
[12]
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1989 AC/DC (Aus.)
—
—
—
—
1991 Clipped
—
—
—
—
1985 Fly on the Wall
•
•
Label: Atco/Atlantic
Format: VHS
1986 Who Made Who
•
•
•
•
5
[13]
Certifications
SWI
—
1980 AC/DC: Let There Be Rock
Label: Atco/Atlantic
Format: VHS
Label: Atco/Atlantic
Format: VHS
[]
Platinum
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Year
US:
•
[]
US: Gold
[]
AUS: Gold
AC/DC discography
29
1992 Live at Donington
2
[14]
•
•
Released: 26 October 1992
DVD release: 2003
•
•
Label: Epic, Albert Productions
Format: DVD, LD, VHS, Blu-ray
44
—
—
•
•
•
•
•
•
For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow
•
Released: 14 October 1992
•
•
Label: Warner Home Video
Format: VHS
1996 No Bull
•
•
Released: 19 November 1996
Label: EastWest, Elektra/Asylum
•
Format: DVD, LD, VHS
Released: 4 December 2001
•
•
Label: Elektra/Asylum
Format: DVD, VHS
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2001 Stiff Upper Lip Live
•
—
2005 Family Jewels
•
•
•
1
[15]
Released: 29 March 2005
Label: Albert Productions/Epic Music Video/Sony BMG
Format: DVD
2007 Plug Me In
•
•
•
Released: 16 October 2007
Label: Columbia/Albert Productions
Format: DVD
2008 No Bull: The Director's Cut
•
•
•
Released: 9 September 2008
Label: Columbia
Format: Blu-ray, DVD
2011 Live at River Plate
•
Released: 10 May 2011
•
Label: Columbia
•
Format: Blu-ray, DVD
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock
•
Released: 7 June 2011
•
•
Label: Warner Home Video
Format: Blu-ray, DVD
1
[18]
1
[21]
1
[23]
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—
—
—
7
1
[16]
13
3
35
1
—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
1
[19]
1
[22]
1
[24]
—
34
—
—
—
[]
AUS: 6x Platinum
[]
FIN: Gold
[]
FRA: 2x Platinum
[]
GER: Platinum
[]
SWI: Platinum
[]
US: 6x Platinum
•
[]
AUS: 6x Platinum
[]
CAN: 3x Platinum
[]
US: Gold
•
[]
US: Gold
•
•
•
•
•
•
[17]
AUS: 8x Platinum
[]
CAN: 5x Platinum
[]
FIN: Platinum
[]
GER: 2x Platinum
[]
SWI: 2× Platinum
[]
US: 10x Platinum
•
•
•
•
•
[20]
AUS: 4x Platinum
[]
CAN: 3x Platinum
[]
FIN: Gold
[]
SWI: Platinum
[]
US: 5x Platinum
•
[]
GER: Gold
•
•
[25]
AUS: 4x Platinum
[26]
FRA: Diamond
•
•
AC/DC discography
30
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
AU
Album
CA DE NLD NZ SWE SWI UK
[]
[27] [28]
[]
[]
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[]
US
[]
US
Main.
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1974 "Can I Sit Next to You, Girl"
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High Voltage
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T.N.T.
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"It's a Long Way to the Top"
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"Jailbreak"
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"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
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Let There Be Rock
"Love at First Feel"
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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt
Cheap
"Let There Be Rock"
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Let There Be Rock
"Whole Lotta Rosie"
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"Whole Lotta Rosie" (live)
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If You Want Blood (You've
Got It)
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Highway to Hell
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If You Want Blood (You've
Got It)
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (reissue)
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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt
"Love Song (Oh Jene)" / "Baby, Please Don't
[30]
Go"
"High Voltage"
1976 "T.N.T."
1977 "Dog Eat Dog"
1979 "Girls Got Rhythm"
"Highway to Hell"
1980 "Touch Too Much"
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt
Cheap
Cheap
"High Voltage" (reissue)
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1981 "Back in Black"
"Big Balls"
High Voltage
Back in Black
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt
Cheap
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"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
1982 "Let's Get It Up"
"For Those About to Rock"
1983 "Guns for Hire"
Flick of the Switch
AC/DC discography
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1984 "Jailbreak"
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'74 Jailbreak
1985 "Danger"
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1991 "Are You Ready"
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1992 "Highway to Hell" (live)
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Last Action Hero Soundtrack
1995 "Hard as a Rock"
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1996 "Hail Caesar"
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1997 "Dirty Eyes"
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Bonfire
2000 "Stiff Upper Lip"
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Stiff Upper Lip
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2009 "Anything Goes"
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"Sink the Pink"
1988 "Heatseeker"
"That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll"
1990 "Thunderstruck"
"Moneytalks"
"Cover You in Oil"
"Satellite Blues"
"Money Made"[A]
2011 "Shoot to Thrill" (live)
Who Made Who
Blow Up Your Video
The Razors Edge
Live
Black Ice
Live at River Plate
"—" denotes a release that did not chart, or that was not released in that country.
The master ringtones "Highway to Hell" and "Hells Bells" have been certified Gold by the RIAA, and the master ringtones "You Shook Me All
[][32]
Night Long" and "Thunderstruck" has been certified Platinum, while the master ringtone "Back in Black" has been certified 2x Platinum.
Notes
• A.^ Promotional airplay single in Australia and the UK.
Music videos
AC/DC discography
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Year
Video
Director
1974 "Can I Sit Next To You, Girl?"
1975 "High Voltage"
Larry Larstead
"Baby, Please Don't Go"
"Show Business"
1976 "Jailbreak"
Paul Drane
"It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" Paul Drane
"Problem Child"
Russell Mulcahy
"Baby Please Don't Go"
Russell Mulcahy
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
1977 "Dog Eat Dog"
"Let There Be Rock"
1978 "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation"
"Sin City"
"Riff Raff"
"Fling Thing/Rocker"
"Whole Lotta Rosie"
1979 "Shot Down in Flames"
"Walk All Over You"
"Touch Too Much"
"If You Want Blood (You've Got It)"
1980 "Girls Got Rhythm"
"Highway to Hell"
"Back in Black"
Eric Dionysius & Eric Mistler
"Hells Bells"
Eric Dionysius & Eric Mistler
"Let Me Put My Love into You"
Eric Dionysius & Eric Mistler
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
Eric Dionysius & Eric Mistler
"What Do You Do For Money Honey"
Eric Dionysius & Eric Mistler
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
Eric Dionysius & Eric Mistler
1981 "Put the Finger on You"
Derek Burbidge
"Let's Get It Up"
Derek Burbidge
1982 "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
"Flick of the Switch"
Derek Burbidge
Paul Becher
1983 "Nervous Shakedown"
Paul Becher
"Guns For Hire"
Paul Becher
AC/DC discography
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1985 "Sink the Pink"
Brian Ward
"Danger"
Brian Ward
"Stand Up"
Brian Ward
"Fly on the Wall"
Brian Ward
"Shake Your Foundations"
Brian Ward
1986 "You Shook Me All Night Long"
"Who Made Who"
David Mallet
David Mallet
1987 "Heatseeker"
David Mallet
1988 "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll"
David Mallet
1990 "Thunderstruck"
David Mallet
"Moneytalks"
David Mallet
1991 "Are You Ready?"
David Mallet
1993 "Big Gun"
David Mallet
1995 "Cover You in Oil"
David Mallet
"Hard As A Rock"
David Mallet
1996 Hail Caesar
David Mallet
2000 "Stiff Upper Lip"
Andy Morahan
"Satellite Blues"
Andy Morahan
"Safe in New York City"
Andy Morahan
2008 "Rock 'N Roll Train"
David Mallet
2009 "Anything Goes"
David Mallet
2010 "Shoot to Thrill"
David Mallet
"Highway To Hell" (Live from Buenos Aires)
David Mallet
Further reading
•
•
•
•
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•
Dome, Malcolm (1982). AC/DC. Proteus Books. ISBN 0-86276-011-9..
Bunton, Richard (1983). AC/DC: Hell Ain't No Bad Place to Be. Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-0082-5..
Holmes, Tim (1986). AC/DC – Monsters of Metal. Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-33239-3..
Huxley, Martin (1996). AC/DC: The World's Heaviest Rock. Lightning Source Inc. ISBN 0-312-30220-7..
Stenning, Paul (2005). AC/DC: Two Sides to Every Glory. Chrome Dreams. ISBN 1-84240-308-7..
Engleheart, Murray (2006). AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-7322-8964-5..
AC/DC discography
References
General
• "Re-Issues" [33]. AC/DC official website. Archived [34] from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
• "AC/DC discography – Main albums" [35]. Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
Specific
[3] Only Verizon Wireless brings you every AC/DC album ever made (http:/ / products. verizonwireless. com/ index. aspx?id=featured_shows&
show=acdc)
[4] iTunes under threat as bands take their business elsewhere (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ culture/ music/ 3561194/
iTunes-under-threat-as-bands-take-their-business-elsewhere. html)
[26] http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS. html?year=& type=20
[33] http:/ / www. acdcrocks. com/ re-issues. html
[34] http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20080505061004/ http:/ / www. acdcrocks. com/ re-issues. html
[35] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p3496/ discography
External links
• AC/DC discography (http://www.discogs.com/artist/AC/DC) discography at Discogs
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AC/DShe
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AC/DShe
AC/DShe
The logo is a modified version of the AC/DC logo
Background information
Origin
San Francisco, California, United States
Genres
Hard rock
Tribute
Years active
1997-present
Associated acts AC/DC
[1]
Website
acdshe.com
Members
Amy Ward (Bonny Scott)
Nici Williams (Riff Williams)
Sara Brownwell (Mallory Young)
Tina Gordon (Philomena Rudd)
Pamela Ausejo (Agnes Young)
Past members
Tina Lucchesi (Phyllis Rudd)
Erin McDermott (Mallory Young)
Alison Victor (Agnes Young)
Natalie (Mallory Young)
Clementine (Phyllis Rudd)
Gretchen Menn (Agnes Young)
AC/DShe (pronounced A C - D She) is an all-female AC/DC tribute band. The band, hailing from San Francisco,
covers only pre-1980 AC/DC songs (thus those written while Bon Scott was still alive).[2][3] The band was created
by Nici Williams and Amy Ward in 1997. AC/DShe has toured throughout the US and in Europe and performed at
the AC/DC tribute festival in Wales in 2004.[2][4] They began getting significant media coverage in November 2001,
with a feature in Details Magazine and have had national and international press since, alongside other
gender-specific tribute acts such as Lez Zeppelin[2] and Mandonna.[5] They were also featured in an article on
Hustler magazine that covered all-female tribute bands.[6]
Members
Current members
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•
•
•
•
Amy Ward (Bonny Scott) - lead vocals
Pamela Ausejo (Agnes Young) - lead guitar
Sara Brownell (Mallory Young) - rhythm guitar
Nici Williams (Riff Williams) - bass guitar
Tina Gordon (Philomena Rudd) - drums
Former members
•
•
•
•
Tina Lucchesi (Phyllis Rudd) - Drums
Erin McDermott (Mallory Young) - Rhythm guitar
Alison Victor (Agnes Young) - Lead guitar
Natalie (Mallory Young) - Rhythm guitar
AC/DShe
• Clementine (Phyllis Rudd) - Drums
• Gretchen Menn (Agnes Young) - Lead guitar
References
[1] http:/ / www. acdshe. com/
[2] Klosterman, Chuck. "Dude Rocks Like a Lady". SPIN, June 2005. Rpt. in Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous
Ideas (Scribner, 2006), pp. 175-186.
[3] Coddon, David L. "These Riot Grrrls Will Walk All Over You". San Diego Union-Tribune, April 24, 2003. Available through Lexis-Nexis.
[4] Pata, Chad. AC/DShe Rocks On for AC/DC's Sake (http:/ / the. honoluluadvertiser. com/ article/ 2004/ Jul/ 09/ en/ en05a. html). Honolulu
Advertiser, July 9, 2004. Accessed June 26, 2007.
[5] Vaziri, Aidin. Rock'n'role playing (http:/ / www. sfgate. com/ cgi-bin/ article. cgi?f=/ chronicle/ archive/ 2004/ 03/ 07/ PKGNT5DG7N1.
DTL& type=music). San Francisco Chronicle, March 7, 2004. Accessed June 26, 2007.
[6] Hustler, January 2009 - "For Chicks About to Rock, We Salute You!"]
External links
• AC/DShe Official website (http://www.acdshe.com)
• AC/DShe Official MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/acdshe)
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ACDC Lane
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ACDC Lane
ACDC Lane
The street sign for ACDC Lane in Melbourne
Former name(s) Corporation Lane
Location
Coordinates:
Melbourne (city centre)
•
ACDC Lane is at coordinates 37°48′56″S 144°58′15″E
[1]
Coordinates: 37°48′56″S 144°58′15″E [1]
ACDC Lane is a street in Melbourne. It is a short, narrow laneway, running south from Flinders Lane between
Exhibition Street and Russell Street in the central business district of Melbourne.
The street was formerly called Corporation Lane, but was renamed on 1 October 2004 as a tribute to Australian
rock band AC/DC. The Melbourne City Council's vote to rename the street was unanimous.[2] The trademark
lightning bolt or slash ("/") used to separate the AC and the DC in the band's name contravened the naming policy of
the Office of the Registrar of Geographic Names, so the punctuation was omitted on the street sign.
Melbourne's Lord Mayor John So launched ACDC Lane with the words, "As the song says, there is a highway to
hell, but this is a laneway to heaven. Let us rock." Bagpipers then played "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna
Rock 'n' Roll)." One month after the renaming, a lightning bolt was erected above and below the street sign by street
artist 'knifey' (aka Jayszun Vanderwerff).[3] The lightning bolt was removed at a later date.
The lane contains a rock 'n' roll nightclub called the Cherry Bar.
ACDC Lane
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Reason for the name
Corporation Lane (the generic name assigned to
otherwise unnamed lanes in Melbourne) was renamed,
in part, due to the band AC/DC's ties to Melbourne,
their status as cultural ambassadors for Australia, and
the lane's position in the city's bar and rock district.[4]
References
[1] http:/ / toolserver. org/ ~geohack/ geohack.
php?pagename=ACDC_Lane& params=-37. 815505_N_144.
970822_E_type:landmark_region:AU
[2] Boulton, Martin, "Lane way to the top for AC/DC" (http:/ /
www. theage. com. au/ articles/ 2004/ 09/ 09/ 1094530766163.
html), The Age, 10 September 2004. Retrieved on 15 February
2007.
[3] "The legend lives on in a laneway to heaven" (http:/ / www.
theage. com. au/ news/ Music/
The-legend-lives-on-in-a-laneway-to-heaven/ 2005/ 02/ 14/
A poster of Angus Young in ACDC Lane, September 2010
1108229929370. html), The Age, 15 February 2005. Retrieved on
15 February 2007.
[4] Donovan, Patrick, "Mayor thunderstruck with AC/DC" (http:/ / www. theage. com. au/ articles/ 2004/ 07/ 07/ 1089000225625.
html?from=storylhs), The Age, 8 July 2004. Retrieved on 15 February 2007.
External links
Media related to ACDC Lane at Wikimedia Commons
• ACDC Lane on Google Maps (http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&
q=ACDC+Lane,+Melbourne&sll=-26.257476,28.125891&sspn=0.344844,0.617294&ie=UTF8&t=h&
z=16)
ARIA Hall of Fame
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ARIA Hall of Fame
ARIA Hall of Fame
2008 ARIA Hall of Fame, 1 July, Melbourne Town Hall
Awarded for
To honour the growing number of legendary performers, producers, songwriters and others who have had an impact on music
culture in Australia.
Country
Australia
Presented by
Australian Recording Industry Association
First awarded
1988
Last awarded
current
Official website
ariaawards.com.au
[1]
Television coverage
Network
VH1 Australia
MTV Australia
Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has inducted artists into its annual ARIA Hall
of Fame. While most have been recognised at the annual ARIA Music Awards, in 2005 ARIA sought to create a
separate standalone "ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame" event as only one or two acts could be inducted under the old
format due to time restrictions.[] Since 2005 VH1 obtained the righs to broadcast the show live on Foxtel, Austar and
Optus networks;[2] and each year five or six acts were inducted into the Hall of Fame with an additional act inducted
at the following ARIA Music Awards.[] At the 1 July 2008 Hall of Fame ceremony, held at the Melbourne Town
Hall, ARIA stated that the Hall of Fame ceremony would be completely separate from the ARIA Music Awards there would be no additional inductees at the latter ceremony.[] ARIA had opened the Hall of Fame ceremony to the
general public for the first time,[] and ARIA president Ed St John announced that a new annual exhibition, at the
Melbourne Arts Centre from November, would showcase memorabilia honouring the Hall of Fame inductees.[] In
2011, the ceremony returned to the general ARIA Music Awards with two new inductees.[]
ARIA Hall of Fame
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List of inductees
Year
Inductees
[3][4]
1987 Aria Hall of Fame not established
1988 Dame Joan Sutherland, Johnny O'Keefe, Slim Dusty, Col Joye, Vanda & Young, AC/DC
1989 Dame Nellie Melba, Ross Wilson
1990 Percy Grainger, Sherbet
1991 Billy Thorpe, Glenn Shorrock, Don Burrows, Peter Dawson
1992 Skyhooks
1993 Cold Chisel, Peter Allen
1994 Men at Work
1995 The Seekers
1996 Australian Crawl, Horrie Dargie
1997 The Bee Gees, Paul Kelly, Graeme Bell
1998 The Masters Apprentices, The Angels
1999 Richard Clapton, Jimmy Little
2000 No inductees
2001 INXS, The Saints
2002 Olivia Newton-John
2003 John Farnham
2004 Little River Band
2005 Jimmy Barnes, Smoky Dawson, Renée Geyer, Normie Rowe, Split Enz, The Easybeats, Hunters & Collectors
2006 Daddy Cool, Divinyls, Icehouse, Helen Reddy, Rose Tattoo, Lobby Loyde, Midnight Oil
2007 Frank Ifield, Hoodoo Gurus, Marcia Hines, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, Brian Cadd, Radio Birdman, Nick Cave
2008 Dragon, Russell Morris, Max Merritt, The Triffids, Rolf Harris
2009
[5][6]
Kev Carmody, The Dingoes, Little Pattie, Mental As Anything, John Paul Young
2010 The Church, Models, Johnny Young, John Williamson, The Loved Ones
2011
Kylie Minogue, The Wiggles
[]
2012 Yothu Yindi[]
Repeat inductees
Seven artists have been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame under more than one role:
• Harry Vanda and George Young of Vanda & Young as songwriters and producers in 1987, as members of The
Easybeats in 2005.
• Ross Wilson as a solo artist in 1989, as a member of Daddy Cool in 2006.
• Glen Shorrock as a solo artist in 1991, as a member of Little River Band in 2004.
• Jimmy Barnes as a member of Cold Chisel in 1993, as a solo artist in 2005.
• Gary Young as a member of Daddy Cool in 2006, as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons in 2007.
• Richard Grossman as a member of Divinyls in 2006, as a member of Hoodoo Gurus in 2007.
ARIA Hall of Fame
References
[1] http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ hall-of-fame. htm
External links
•
•
•
•
•
ARIA Hall of Fame website (http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/)
Official ARIA Awards website (http://www.ariaawards.com.au/)
ARIA site explaining ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame concept (http://www.aria.com.au/pages/hall-of-fame.htm)
2008 ARIA Hall of Fame Inductees' biographies (http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees_listing.htm)
Learn more about the ARIA Hall of Fame inductees in Music Australia (http://www.musicaustralia.org/apps/
MA?function=themeSummary&name=Hall+of+Fame)
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Albert Productions
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Albert Productions
Albert Productions
Parent company
J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd
Founded
1964
Founder
Ted Albert
Genre
Various
Country of origin Australia
Location
Sydney
Official Website
www.albertmusic.com
[1]
Albert Productions, a division of music publishing and recording company Albert Music, is one of Australia's
longest established independent record labels to specialise in rock and roll music. The label was founded in 1964 by
Ted Albert, whose family owned and operated the Australian music publishing house J. Albert & Son.
During the 1960s Albert Productions operated like other similar companies, such as those founded by producers Joe
Meek, Phil Spector or Shel Talmy. Typically, these companies discovered and signed new pop performers and
groups, produced their recordings independently, then leased the finished product to established record labels, who
handled their release, distribution and promotion.
Ted Albert signed two of the most important Australian groups of the mid-1960s, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs and
The Easybeats. Their recordings were released through a deal with EMI's subsidiary label Parlophone and included
some of the biggest Australian hits of the decade, most of which were produced by Albert himself and Shel Talmy.
The company curtailed its recording activities in the late 1960s but was revived in the early 1970s, when Albert
Productions established its own record label and a state-of-the-art recording studio in central Sydney. Early Alberts
acts included Alison MacCallum, Ted Mulry, John Paul Young and Bobbi Marchini, and many of their recordings
were produced by visiting British pop svengali Simon Napier-Bell. But the label's greatest success came in the
mid-1970s, following the return to Australia of former The Easybeats' members, Harry Vanda and George Young.
In the last years of The Easybeats the duo had become both a powerful songwriting team and highly skilled
producers, and upon returning to Australia in early 1973 they became inhouse producers for Albert Productions,
which quickly became one of the most successful labels in Australian music. Usually working in collaboration with
engineer Bruce Brown, Vanda & Young produced (and often also co-wrote) a string of successful singles and
albums for acts including former band mate Stevie Wright, John Paul Young, AC/DC (containing two of Young's
brothers), The Angels, Cheetah and William Shakespeare.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s Vanda & Young also enjoyed their own successful career as Alberts recording
artists, releasing a string of highly regarded albums and singles under the ironic pseudonym Flash and the Pan. These
included the Australian hits "Down Among the Dead Men" and "Hey St Peter" and "Walking in the Rain", which
was later covered by Grace Jones.
The Albert Productions label is known internationally through its association with hard rock band AC/DC. Vanda &
Young produced all their albums recorded in Australia between 1974 and 1977, and two mainstay members of the
band, Malcolm and Angus Young, were George's younger brothers. In 2003 Albert Productions established
operations in the United Kingdom and then added the Northern Ireland rock band The Answer to its recording artist
stable.
Albert Records does not only specialise in Rock & Roll music. Australian R&B singer, Paulini signed to Albert
Records in 2009.
Albert Productions
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Megan Washington
Minus The Bear
The Seabellies
The Basics
Shelley Harland
Eulogies
Bad Veins
The Dears
Darker My Love
Sea Wolf
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
Breed 77
Dallas Crane
George Young
Graham Lowndes
happylife
Harry Vanda
Aleesha Rome
John Paul Young
Oblivia
Skybombers
Stevie Wright
The Choirboys
The Answer
The Easybeats
The Marcus Hook Roll Band
The Missing Links
The Throb
The Angels
San Cisco
William Shakespeare (John Cave)
Furthur reading
• Noel McGrath. Australian Encyclopaedia Of Rock. Published by Outback Press Australia. 1978. (ISBN
0727019090)
• Clinton Walker. Highway To Hell. Published by Pan Macmillan, Australia 1994, & Picador 2002. (ISBN 0 330
36377 8).
• Glenn Goldsmith. Hard Road. Published by Random House Australia, 2004. (ISBN 1 74051 261 8).
• Peter Wilmoth. The Countdown Years. 1974-1987. published by McPhee Grible, Australia, 1993 (ISBN 0 86914
293 3).
• Murray Engleheart. Blood Sweat & Beers. Published by Harper Collins, Australia, 2010. (ISBN 978 0 7322 8935
5).
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• John Tait. Vanda & Young, Inside Australia's Hit Factory. Published by UNSW Press. Australia, 2010. (ISBN
978 1 74223 217 1).
References
• http://www.milesago.com/industry/alberts.htm
• http://www.amo.org.au/label.asp?id=18
• http://www.crabsodyinblue.com/acdcalberts.htm
External links
• Official website [2]
References
[1] http:/ / www. albertmusic. com/
[2] http:/ / www. albertmusic. com/ news/
Alternating current
Alternating Current (green curve). The horizontal
axis measures time; the vertical, current or
voltage.
Electromagnetism
•
•
Electricity
Magnetism
In alternating current (AC, also ac), the flow of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current
(DC, also dc), the flow of electric charge is only in one direction.
The abbreviations AC and DC are often used to mean simply alternating and direct, as when they modify current or
voltage.[1] [2]
AC is the form in which electric power is delivered to businesses and residences. The usual waveform of an AC
power circuit is a sine wave. In certain applications, different waveforms are used, such as triangular or square
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waves. Audio and radio signals carried on electrical wires are also examples of alternating current. In these
applications, an important goal is often the recovery of information encoded (or modulated) onto the AC signal.
History
The first alternator to produce alternating current was a dynamo
electric generator based on Michael Faraday's principles constructed by
the French instrument maker Hippolyte Pixii in 1832.[4] Pixii later
added a commutator to his device to produce the (then) more
commonly used direct current. The earliest recorded practical
application of alternating current is by Guillaume Duchenne, inventor
and developer of electrotherapy. In 1855, he announced that AC was
superior to direct current for electrotherapeutic triggering of muscle
contractions.[5]
In 1876, Russian engineer Pavel Yablochkov invented a lighting
system based on a set of induction coils where the primary windings
were connected to a source of AC. The secondary windings could be
connected to several 'electric candles' (arc lamps) of his own
design.[][6] The coils Yablochkov employed functioned essentially as
transformers.[]
The city lights of Prince George, British
Columbia viewed in a motion blurred exposure.
The AC blinking causes the lines to be dotted
rather than continuous.
A power transformer developed by Lucien Gaulard and John Dixon
Gibbs was demonstrated in London in 1881, and attracted the interest
of Westinghouse. They also exhibited the invention in Turin in 1884,
where it was adopted for an electric lighting system. Many of their
designs were adapted to the particular laws governing electrical
distribution in the UK.[citation needed]
Westinghouse Early AC System 1887
Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti went into this business in 1882 when he set
[3]
(US patent 373035 )
up a shop in London designing various electrical devices. Ferranti
believed in the success of alternating current power distribution early
on, and was one of the few experts in this system in the UK. In 1887 the London Electric Supply Corporation
(LESCo) hired Ferranti for the design of their power station at Deptford. He designed the building, the generating
plant and the distribution system. On its completion in 1891 it was the first truly modern power station, supplying
high-voltage AC power that was then "stepped down" for consumer use on each street. This basic system remains in
use today around the world. Many homes all over the world still have electric meters with the Ferranti AC patent
stamped on them.
William Stanley, Jr. designed one of the first practical devices to transfer AC power efficiently between isolated
circuits. Using pairs of coils wound on a common iron core, his design, called an induction coil, was an early
transformer. The AC power system used today developed rapidly after 1886, and included contributions by Nikola
Tesla (licensed to George Westinghouse) and Carl Wilhelm Siemens. AC systems overcame the limitations of the
direct current system used by Thomas Edison to distribute electricity efficiently over long distances even though
Edison attempted to discredit alternating current as too dangerous during the War of Currents.
The first commercial power plant in the United States using three-phase alternating current was at the Mill Creek No.
1 Hydroelectric Plant near Redlands, California, in 1893 designed by Almirian Decker. Decker's design incorporated
10,000-volt three-phase transmission and established the standards for the complete system of generation,
transmission and motors used today.
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The Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant (spring of 1891) and the original Niagara Falls Adams Power Plant
(August 25, 1895) were among the first AC-powered hydroelectric plants.
The Jaruga Hydroelectric Power Plant in Croatia was set in operation on 28 August 1895. The two generators
(42 Hz, 550 kW each) and the transformers were produced and installed by the Hungarian company Ganz. The
transmission line from the power plant to the City of Šibenik was 11.5 kilometers (7.1 mi) long on wooden towers,
and the municipal distribution grid 3000 V/110 V included six transforming stations.
Alternating current circuit theory developed rapidly in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th century. Notable
contributors to the theoretical basis of alternating current calculations include Charles Steinmetz, Oliver Heaviside,
and many others.[7][8] Calculations in unbalanced three-phase systems were simplified by the symmetrical
components methods discussed by Charles Legeyt Fortescue in 1918.
Transmission, distribution, and domestic power supply
AC voltage may be increased or decreased with a transformer. Use of a higher voltage leads to significantly more
efficient transmission of power. The power losses in a conductor are a product of the square of the current and the
resistance of the conductor, described by the formula
This means that when transmitting a fixed power on a given wire, if the current is doubled, the power loss will be
four times greater.
The power transmitted is equal to the product of the current and the voltage (assuming no phase difference); that is,
Thus, the same amount of power can be transmitted with a lower current by increasing the voltage. It is therefore
advantageous when transmitting large amounts of power to distribute the power with high voltages (often hundreds
of kilovolts).
However, high voltages also have disadvantages, the main one being
the increased insulation required, and generally increased difficulty in
their safe handling. In a power plant, power is generated at a
convenient voltage for the design of a generator, and then stepped up to
a high voltage for transmission. Near the loads, the transmission
voltage is stepped down to the voltages used by equipment. Consumer
voltages vary depending on the country and size of load, but generally
motors and lighting are built to use up to a few hundred volts between
phases.
The utilization voltage delivered to equipment such as lighting and
motor loads is standardized, with an allowable range of voltage over
which equipment is expected to operate. Standard power utilization
voltages and percentage tolerance vary in the different mains power
systems found in the world.
High voltage transmission lines deliver power
from electric generation plants over long
distances using alternating current. These lines
are located in eastern Utah.
Modern high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) electric power transmission systems contrast with the more common
alternating-current systems as a means for the efficient bulk transmission of electrical power over long distances.
HVDC systems, however, tend to be more expensive and less efficient over shorter distances than transformers.
[citation needed]
Transmission with high voltage direct current was not feasible when Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla
were designing their power systems, since there was then no way to economically convert AC power to DC and back
again at the necessary voltages.
Alternating current
Three-phase electrical generation is very common. The simplest case is three separate coils in the generator stator
that are physically offset by an angle of 120° to each other. Three current waveforms are produced that are equal in
magnitude and 120° out of phase to each other. If coils are added opposite to these (60° spacing), they generate the
same phases with reverse polarity and so can be simply wired together.
In practice, higher "pole orders" are commonly used. For example, a 12-pole machine would have 36 coils (10°
spacing). The advantage is that lower speeds can be used. For example, a 2-pole machine running at 3600 rpm and a
12-pole machine running at 600 rpm produce the same frequency. This is much more practical for larger machines.
If the load on a three-phase system is balanced equally among the phases, no current flows through the neutral point.
Even in the worst-case unbalanced (linear) load, the neutral current will not exceed the highest of the phase currents.
Non-linear loads (e.g., computers) may require an oversized neutral bus and neutral conductor in the upstream
distribution panel to handle harmonics. Harmonics can cause neutral conductor current levels to exceed that of one
or all phase conductors.
For three-phase at utilization voltages a four-wire system is often used. When stepping down three-phase, a
transformer with a Delta (3-wire) primary and a Star (4-wire, center-earthed) secondary is often used so there is no
need for a neutral on the supply side.
For smaller customers (just how small varies by country and age of the installation) only a single phase and the
neutral or two phases and the neutral are taken to the property. For larger installations all three phases and the neutral
are taken to the main distribution panel. From the three-phase main panel, both single and three-phase circuits may
lead off.
Three-wire single-phase systems, with a single center-tapped transformer giving two live conductors, is a common
distribution scheme for residential and small commercial buildings in North America. This arrangement is
sometimes incorrectly referred to as "two phase". A similar method is used for a different reason on construction
sites in the UK. Small power tools and lighting are supposed to be supplied by a local center-tapped transformer with
a voltage of 55 V between each power conductor and earth. This significantly reduces the risk of electric shock in the
event that one of the live conductors becomes exposed through an equipment fault whilst still allowing a reasonable
voltage of 110 V between the two conductors for running the tools.
A third wire, called the bond (or earth) wire, is often connected between non-current-carrying metal enclosures and
earth ground. This conductor provides protection from electric shock due to accidental contact of circuit conductors
with the metal chassis of portable appliances and tools. Bonding all non-current-carrying metal parts into one
complete system ensures there is always a low electrical impedance path to ground sufficient to carry any fault
current for as long as it takes for the system to clear the fault. This low impedance path allows the maximum amount
of fault current, causing the overcurrent protection device (breakers, fuses) to trip or burn out as quickly as possible,
bringing the electrical system to a safe state. All bond wires are bonded to ground at the main service panel, as is the
Neutral/Identified conductor if present.
AC power supply frequencies
The frequency of the electrical system varies by country; most electric power is generated at either 50 or 60 hertz.
Some countries have a mixture of 50 Hz and 60 Hz supplies, notably Japan.
A low frequency eases the design of electric motors, particularly for hoisting, crushing and rolling applications, and
commutator-type traction motors for applications such as railways. However, low frequency also causes noticeable
flicker in arc lamps and incandescent light bulbs. The use of lower frequencies also provided the advantage of lower
impedance losses, which are proportional to frequency. The original Niagara Falls generators were built to produce
25 Hz power, as a compromise between low frequency for traction and heavy induction motors, while still allowing
incandescent lighting to operate (although with noticeable flicker). Most of the 25 Hz residential and commercial
customers for Niagara Falls power were converted to 60 Hz by the late 1950s, although someWikipedia:Avoid
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weasel words 25 Hz industrial customers still existed as of the start of the 21st century. 16.7 Hz power (formerly 16
2/3 Hz) is still used in some European rail systems, such as in Austria, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
Off-shore, military, textile industry, marine, computer mainframe, aircraft, and spacecraft applications sometimes
use 400 Hz, for benefits of reduced weight of apparatus or higher motor speeds.
Effects at high frequencies
A direct current flows uniformly throughout the cross-section of a uniform wire. An alternating current of any
frequency is forced away from the wire's center, toward its outer surface. This is because the acceleration of an
electric charge in an alternating current produces waves of electromagnetic radiation that cancel the propagation of
electricity toward the center of materials with high conductivity. This phenomenon is called skin effect.
At very high frequencies the current no longer flows in the wire, but effectively flows on the surface of the wire,
within a thickness of a few skin depths. The skin depth is the thickness at which the current density is reduced by
63%. Even at relatively low frequencies used for power transmission (50–60 Hz), non-uniform distribution of
current still occurs in sufficiently thick conductors. For example, the skin depth of a copper conductor is
approximately 8.57 mm at 60 Hz, so high current conductors are usually hollow to reduce their mass and cost.
Since the current tends to flow in the periphery of conductors, the effective cross-section of the conductor is reduced.
This increases the effective AC resistance of the conductor, since resistance is inversely proportional to the
cross-sectional area. The AC resistance often is many times higher than the DC resistance, causing a much higher
energy loss due to ohmic heating (also called I2R loss).
Techniques for reducing AC resistance
For low to medium frequencies, conductors can be divided into stranded wires, each insulated from one other, and
the relative positions of individual strands specially arranged within the conductor bundle. Wire constructed using
this technique is called Litz wire. This measure helps to partially mitigate skin effect by forcing more equal current
throughout the total cross section of the stranded conductors. Litz wire is used for making high-Q inductors, reducing
losses in flexible conductors carrying very high currents at lower frequencies, and in the windings of devices
carrying higher radio frequency current (up to hundreds of kilohertz), such as switch-mode power supplies and radio
frequency transformers.
Techniques for reducing radiation loss
As written above, an alternating current is made of electric charge under periodic acceleration, which causes
radiation of electromagnetic waves. Energy that is radiated is lost. Depending on the frequency, different techniques
are used to minimize the loss due to radiation.
Twisted pairs
At frequencies up to about 1 GHz, pairs of wires are twisted together in a cable, forming a twisted pair. This reduces
losses from electromagnetic radiation and inductive coupling. A twisted pair must be used with a balanced signalling
system, so that the two wires carry equal but opposite currents. Each wire in a twisted pair radiates a signal, but it is
effectively cancelled by radiation from the other wire, resulting in almost no radiation loss.
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Coaxial cables
Coaxial cables are commonly used at audio frequencies and above for convenience. A coaxial cable has a conductive
wire inside a conductive tube, separated by a dielectric layer. The current flowing on the inner conductor is equal and
opposite to the current flowing on the inner surface of the tube. The electromagnetic field is thus completely
contained within the tube, and (ideally) no energy is lost to radiation or coupling outside the tube. Coaxial cables
have acceptably small losses for frequencies up to about 5 GHz. For microwave frequencies greater than 5 GHz, the
losses (due mainly to the electrical resistance of the central conductor) become too large, making waveguides a more
efficient medium for transmitting energy. Coaxial cables with an air rather than solid dielectric are preferred as they
transmit power with lower loss.
Waveguides
Waveguides are similar to coax cables, as both consist of tubes, with the biggest difference being that the waveguide
has no inner conductor. Waveguides can have any arbitrary cross section, but rectangular cross sections are the most
common. Because waveguides do not have an inner conductor to carry a return current, waveguides cannot deliver
energy by means of an electric current, but rather by means of a guided electromagnetic field. Although surface
currents do flow on the inner walls of the waveguides, those surface currents do not carry power. Power is carried by
the guided electromagnetic fields. The surface currents are set up by the guided electromagnetic fields and have the
effect of keeping the fields inside the waveguide and preventing leakage of the fields to the space outside the
waveguide.
Waveguides have dimensions comparable to the wavelength of the alternating current to be transmitted, so they are
only feasible at microwave frequencies. In addition to this mechanical feasibility, electrical resistance of the
non-ideal metals forming the walls of the waveguide cause dissipation of power (surface currents flowing on lossy
conductors dissipate power). At higher frequencies, the power lost to this dissipation becomes unacceptably large.
Fiber optics
At frequencies greater than 200 GHz, waveguide dimensions become impractically small, and the ohmic losses in
the waveguide walls become large. Instead, fiber optics, which are a form of dielectric waveguides, can be used. For
such frequencies, the concepts of voltages and currents are no longer used.
Mathematics of AC voltages
Alternating currents are accompanied (or caused) by alternating
voltages. An AC voltage v can be described mathematically as a
function of time by the following equation:
,
where
is the peak voltage (unit: volt),
is the angular frequency (unit: radians per second)
•
•
A sine wave, over one cycle (360°). The dashed
• The angular frequency is related to the physical frequency,
(unit = hertz), which represents the number of cycles per second,
by the equation
.
•
line represents the root mean square (RMS) value
at about 0.707
is the time (unit: second).
The peak-to-peak value of an AC voltage is defined as the difference between its positive peak and its negative peak.
Since the maximum value of
is +1 and the minimum value is −1, an AC voltage swings between
and
.
The
peak-to-peak
voltage,
usually
written
as
or
,
is
therefore
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.
Power and root mean square
The relationship between voltage and the power delivered is
where
represents a load resistance.
Rather than using instantaneous power,
, it is more practical to use a time averaged power (where the
averaging is performed over any integer number of cycles). Therefore, AC voltage is often expressed as a root mean
square (RMS) value, written as
, because
For a sinusoidal voltage:
The factor
is called the crest factor, which varies for different waveforms.
• For a triangle waveform centered about zero
• For a square waveform centered about zero
• For an arbitrary periodic waveform
of period
:
Example
To illustrate these concepts, consider a 230 V AC mains supply used in many countries around the world. It is so
called because its root mean square value is 230 V. This means that the time-averaged power delivered is equivalent
to the power delivered by a DC voltage of 230 V. To determine the peak voltage (amplitude), we can rearrange the
above equation to:
For 230 V AC, the peak voltage
is therefore
, which is about 325 V. The peak-to-peak value
of the 230 V AC is double that, at about 650 V.
References
[3] http:/ / www. pat2pdf. org/ patents/ pat373035. pdf
[4] Pixii Machine invented by Hippolyte Pixii, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (http:/ / www. magnet. fsu. edu/ education/ tutorials/
java/ pixiimachine/ index. html)
[5] Licht, Sidney Herman., "History of Electrotherapy", in Therapeutic Electricity and Ultraviolet Radiation, 2nd ed., ed. Sidney Licht, New
Haven: E. Licht, 1967, Pp. 1-70.
[7] I. Grattan-Guinness, History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences - 2003, Page 1229 (http:/ / books. google. com/
books?id=f5FqsDPVQ2MC& pg=PA1229& dq=theoretical+ + alternating+ current+ + Oliver+ Heaviside& hl=en& sa=X&
ei=bifsUOmuLKio0AHXtIGoBg& ved=0CFUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage& q=theoretical alternating current Oliver Heaviside& f=false)
[8] Jeff Suzuki, Mathematics in Historical Context - 2009, page 329 (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=lew5IC5piCwC& pg=PA329&
dq=theoretical+ + alternating+ current+ + Charles+ Steinmetz& hl=en& sa=X& ei=viTsUMiiLKWa0QHMw4HAAg&
ved=0CEMQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage& q=theoretical alternating current Charles Steinmetz& f=false)
Alternating current
Further reading
• Willam A. Meyers, History and Reflections on the Way Things Were: Mill Creek Power Plant – Making History
with AC, IEEE Power Engineering Review, February 1997, pages 22–24
External links
• "Alternating Current: Alternating Current (http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/ac/index.
html)". Interactive Java tutorial explaining alternating current. (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)
• "AC/DC: What's the Difference (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/sfeature/acdc.html)?". Edison's
Miracle of Light, American Experience (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/index.html). (PBS)
• "AC/DC: Inside the AC Generator (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/sfeature/acdc_insideacgenerator.
html)". Edison's Miracle of Light, American Experience. (PBS)
• Kuphaldt, Tony R., "Lessons In Electric Circuits : Volume II - AC (http://www.faqs.org/docs/electric/AC/
index.html)". March 8, 2003. (Design Science License)
• Nave, C. R., " Alternating Current Circuits Concepts (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/
accircon.html)". HyperPhysics.
• " Alternating Current (http://www.ndt.net/article/az/mpi/alternating_current.htm) (AC)". Magnetic Particle
Inspection, Nondestructive Testing Encyclopedia.
• " Alternating current (http://www.apcs.net.au/nav/article/fg40400.html)". Analog Process Control Services.
• Hiob, Eric, " An Application of Trigonometry and Vectors to Alternating Current (http://www.math.bcit.ca/
examples/elex/trig_vectors/)". British Columbia Institute of Technology, 2004.
• " Introduction to alternating current and transformers (http://www.tpub.com/neets/book2/index.htm)".
Integrated Publishing.
• "Wind Energy Reference Manual Part 4: Electricity (http://www.windpower.org/en/stat/unitsac.htm)".
Danish Wind Industry Association, 2003.
• Chan. Keelin, " Alternating current Tools (http://www.jcphysics.com/toolbox_indiv.php?sub_id=17)". JC
Physics (http://www.jcphysics.com/), 2002.
• Williams, Trip "Kingpin", " Understanding Alternating Current (http://www.alpharubicon.com/altenergy/
understandingAC.htm), Some more power concepts".
• " Table of Voltage, Frequency, TV Broadcasting system, Radio Broadcasting, by Country (http://salestores.com/
worldvol.html)".
• Professor Mark Csele's tour of the 25 Hz Rankine generating station (http://www.technology.niagarac.on.ca/
people/mcsele/Rankine.html)
• 50/60 hertz information (http://www.henkpasman.com/id1.html)
• AC circuits (http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/AC.html) Animations and explanations of vector (phasor)
representation of RLC circuits
• Blalock, Thomas J., " The Frequency Changer Era: Interconnecting Systems of Varying Cycles (http://www.
ieee.org/organizations/pes/public/2003/sep/peshistory.html)". The history of various frequencies and
interconversion schemes in the US at the beginning of the 20th century
• (Italian) Generating an AC voltage (http://www.sandroronca.it/areacomune/femas/sinus0_low.html).
Interactive.
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Angus Bucks
Angus Bucks
Angus Bucks, Angus Bills or AC/DC Dollars are fake, United States one-dollar bills featuring Angus Young, the
lead guitarist from the Australian rock 'n' roll band AC/DC. Thousands were dropped on the audience as a theatrical
gimmick at the end of the song "Moneytalks" during the band's tour to promote their 1990 album The Razors Edge.
Design
Angus takes the place of the George Washington on the front. On the back in place of the Great Seal and the Bald
Eagle, are the cannon from the band's 1981 album For Those About to Rock We Salute You and a large iron bell
representing the song "Hells Bells" from their 1980 album Back In Black.
Additional appearances
They were featured in the music video for "Moneytalks" which can be found on their DVD, Family Jewels.
Additionally, AC/DC concert DVDs subsequent to the release of The Razors Edge, which include "Moneytalks" in
the set list, also feature their appearance, for example, Live at Donington.
Collectable
In 1992, copies of AC/DC's Live double album included both a Live Poster and an Angus Buck. They are now
collector's items and can be found online from private sellers like eBay.
A different type of Angus Buck, was released in AC/DC Backtracks Boxset. It was a replica of an Australian $100
Note, on both sides featuring Angus Young holding two cannon balls with their fuses lit. [citation needed]
Use as actual currency
Coinciding with the Razors Edge tour, the Soviet Union disintegrated. As a token of thanks for his youthful
followers, Boris Yeltsin arranged for AC/DC to add Moscow to the tour. The venue had to be relocated numerous
times due to high demand, eventually settling on an airfield. Due to the volatile political and economic climate, the
Russian ruble was suffering from severe inflation. For an extremely short period of time, Angus Bucks dropped on
the crowd had more value than the ruble itself and were actually used for regular monetary transactions.[1]
References
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Angus Young
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Angus Young
Angus Young
Angus Young live with AC/DC on 23 November 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota
Background information
Born
31 March 1955
[1][2]
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Genres
Hard rock, blues rock, rock and roll
Occupations
Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments
Guitar, vocals
Years active
1970–present
Labels
EMI, Epic, Atlantic, Albert
Associated acts
AC/DC, Marcus Hook Roll Band
Website
acdc.com
[3]
or http:/ / acdcrocks. com/
Notable instruments
Gibson SG
1962 Gibson Les Paul (SG)
1968 Gibson SG
1970 Gibson SG
2000's Gibson SG Standard
Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is a Scottish born Australian guitarist best known as a co-founder,
lead guitarist, and songwriter of the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. Known for his energetic performances,
schoolboy-uniform stage outfits, and his popularisation of Chuck Berry's duckwalk, Rolling Stone magazine has
ranked Young as the 24th greatest guitarist of all time.[4] In 2003, he and the other members of AC/DC were
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. AC/DC have remained together since their formation in 1974, and
have released 15 studio albums. The band have shipped over 200 million albums worldwide, with 70 million
certified units in the US. Their 1980 studio album, Back in Black, is accountable for 50 million of those worldwide
sales, and is the second all time highest-selling album worldwide.
Angus Young
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Early life
Angus Young, the youngest of eight children of William (1911–1985) and Margaret Young (1913–1988), was born
in Glasgow, Scotland. He dropped out of school, Ashfield Boys High School, at 15.[] In 1963 he emigrated to
Sydney, Australia, with his parents, older brothers Malcolm and George, and older sister Margaret. Older brother,
Alex, remained in Scotland and would later form the London-based group Grapefruit.[]
Young first started playing on a banjo but re-strung them with six strings.[] He first started playing guitar on a cheap
acoustic model purchased second-hand by his mother. His first Gibson SG was bought second-hand circa 1970 from
a music shop just down the street from his home:
“
”
I got out and got a Gibson SG that I played until it got wood rot because so much sweat and water got into it. The whole neck warped. I bought
[5]
it second-hand, it was about a '67. It had a real thin neck, really slim, like a Custom neck. It was dark brown.
Career
Formation of AC/DC
Prior to forming AC/DC, Young played in a local group called Kantuckee. Kantuckee's line-up included Bob
McGlynn (vocals), Angus Young (guitar), Jon Stevens (bass) & Trevor James (drums).[] The band split and was later
called Tantrum with the following line up: Mark Sneddon (vocals-guitar), Angus Young (guitar), Jon Stevens (bass)
and Trevor James (drums). He was 18 when he and his older brother Malcolm formed AC/DC in 1973 with Angus
on lead guitar, Malcolm on rhythm guitar, Colin Burgess on drums, Larry Van Kriedt on bass guitar and Dave Evans
on vocals.[] "Can I Sit Next To You Girl," their first single, was later re-recorded with Bon Scott as their vocalist.[]
They have gotten the name AC/DC after seeing the letters "AC/DC" on the back of their sister Margaret's sewing
machine.[]
Angus tried a number of stage costumes, such as Spider-Man, Zorro, a
gorilla, and a parody of Superman, named Super-Ang,[] before settling
on his signature schoolboy look at the suggestion of his sister. To
match this image the press and public were told that Young was born
in 1959, not 1955. The original uniform was created by his sister
Margaret and when it fell apart from wear and tear he used his uniform
from Ashfield Boys High School in Sydney.[] "I don't like to play
above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front
of a crowd and rip it up." [citation needed]
Angus Young at Prague
Career with AC/DC
AC/DC released their debut album, High Voltage on 17 February 1975. Over the next 3 years AC/DC cemented
themselves as a popular hard rock act, especially in Australia, with the follow-up albums, T.N.T., Dirty Deeds Done
Dirt Cheap, Let There Be Rock and Powerage. Their 1979 studio album, Highway to Hell, became their best-selling
at the time and launched them to new heights of fame, however, shortly after this lead singer Bon Scott died from
alcohol poisoning, and questions were raised as to whether the band could continue without him. Young and his
other band-mates soon decided they should finish the work they had began for their new album, so they recruited
ex-Geordie singer, Brian Johnson to replace Bon Scott and just five months later, Back in Black was released as a
tribute to Scott. It quickly became a huge success, far out-selling any of their previous albums, and going on to reach
22x multi-platinum in the US alone, and selling 50 million copies worldwide, the second highest-selling album
Angus Young
worldwide, behind only Michael Jackson's Thriller. AC/DC's next album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You,
cemented their position as the most popular hard rock act of the time. However, soon after this AC/DC's popularity
began to decline, and with the mediocre success of their next 3 albums, Flick of the Switch, Fly on the Wall and Blow
Up Your Video, AC/DC looked as though they had reached their peak early in the decade and by the end of it, were
on a sharp decline. However, their 1990 studio album, The Razors Edge, brought them back into the spotlight,
reaching 5x multi-platinum in the US alone and selling between 10 and 12 million copies worldwide. Over the next
10 years AC/DC released two other studio albums, Ballbreaker and Stiff Upper Lip, these confirmed their renewed
popularity and success. After a lengthy eight-year hiatus, AC/DC returned with a new studio album, Black Ice. Black
Ice debuted at number 1 in 29 countries and was certified multi-platinum in 14 of those, becoming one of their most
successful albums worldwide, and was followed by a hugely successful world tour. In 2010, AC/DC released an
album of songs used for the Iron Man 2 soundtrack they had put together, this reached number 1 in many countries
around the world, including the UK, and number 4 in the US. Malcolm Young confirmed in 2011 that AC/DC were
in fact working on a 16th studio album.
In 2003, AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame and the following year they were ranked number
72 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 greatest artists of all time." VH1 ranked them number 23 on their list
of the "100 greatest artists of all time" and number 4 in their list of the "100 greatest artists of hard rock." They were
also named the 7th "Greatest heavy metal band of all time" by MTV.
Personal life and recent events
Young prefers to keep his life private. He and his wife Ellen live in Kangaroo Point in the Sutherland Shire, in
Sydney,[6] and also own a home in Aalten, Netherlands where his wife is from.[] Although a heavy smoker, Angus is
a teetotaller.[]
On 24 August 2006, Young received Kerrang! magazine's Legend Award from the editor, Paul Brannigan.
Brannigan called AC/DC "one of the most important and influential rock bands in history".[7]
On 16 May 2012, Young was named Best Australian Guitarist of All Time by a poll conducted by Australian Guitar
Magazine.[citation needed]
Equipment
Guitars
Angus Young has used Gibson SGs in various forms (his
original, and the basis for his current signature model, was a
1970 SG Standard) throughout his career. He also used a
modified version of the SG called the Jaydee SG, which was
[8]
made custom for Angus by Jaydee guitars. The Jaydee SG
featured signature lightning bolt inlays on the fretboard.
Gibson made a custom SG for Angus with lightning bolt
inlays to replace the Jaydee SG. Young's 1970 SG has T Top
pick-ups. Another 1964 SG that he used on the recording of
Young performing live in 2001 on the Stiff Upper Lip tour in
Ballbreaker, has patent # pick-ups. All of these are
Germany
vintage-output Alnico II or V pick-ups with matched coils
typically reading 7.5k ohm. All of his pick-ups "are the
original ones that came on the guitar(s)." He uses Ernie Ball Super Slinky guitar strings (.009-.042).[9]
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Angus Young SG
Angus Young and Gibson Guitar Corporation have collaborated to make the Angus Young SG. It features a pick-up
designed by Young himself (the Angus Young Signature Humbucker) in the bridge position, and a '57 Classic
Humbucker in the neck. The neck has "lightning bolt" inlays.[10]
Amplifiers
Young mainly uses Marshall 1959 100 watt Super Lead Plexi heads and model 1960 AX and BX 4x12 cabinets with
Celestion G12-65 speakers. Later amplifiers included Marshall JMP 2203 and most recently, Wizard Amplifiers.
Early wireless systems, the Schaffer Vega Diversity System, gave Angus extra boost & compression.[11]
Effects
The only "effect" that Young has ever implemented into his signal was the Schaffer-Vega Diversity System, a
wireless unit that he would begin using in 1977. Not only was it used as the intended wireless unit, but it was also
used as a compressor and a booster in his signal to "fatten up" his tone. Ever since adding it to his rig, it was used on
several albums in the studio for chosen rhythm guitar tracks and all lead guitar tracks. It is still used in his live rig to
this day.[12]
Influence
Angus Young has stated that he first began playing guitar when, "I was little, teeny. I would sort of dabble around
five or six years old. That's when I started hearing Little Richard."[]
Young's energetic guitar style has been an influence on many young rock n roll guitarists. When Canadian band
Anvil were asked what it was like to tour with AC/DC, they mentioned that Angus Young has a big heart and should
bring AC/DC to Calgary.
In an interview with The Guitar Show, Angus noted his influences to include his brother Malcolm Young, Chuck
Berry and Freddie King, and Muddy Waters, while playing licks relating to Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and The
Kinks "You Really Got Me".[13] Young has indicated that he was also influenced by Keith Richards,[] as well as
Chuck Berry's style, including his banter with audiences, guitar playing and duck walk.[14] When the band would
cover Chuck Berry songs in their early years, audiences would recognise the song, while noting their renditions were
very different to the source material.[14]
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Style
Young plays a solo during a performance of "Let There
Be Rock"
Angus Young's playing style is influenced by straight blues
playing in both the minor and major pentatonic twelve bar
blues-type progressions. In AC/DC's earlier recordings, power
chords can be heard in songs such as "T.N.T." and "It's a Long
Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)". He also utilises
touches of Scottish folk in his playing, and pull-off arpeggios
(pull-offs, played one-handed) are a popular trick, appearing in
songs such as "Who Made Who", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap",
"Sin City", "Thunderstruck", "Let There Be Rock" (live). In 1976,
the band recorded an instrumental arrangement of the Scottish
traditional song "Loch Lomond", retitled "Fling Thing", which has
appeared in their stage act over the years. The title refers to the
Highland Fling. Young occasionally provides backing vocals
along with Malcolm on songs such as "T.N.T." and "Dirty Deeds
Done Dirt Cheap".[]
A common criticism of AC/DC is that their songs are excessively simple and formulaic. In reply, Young stated in an
interview with the Atlanta Gazette in 1979:
“
”
It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticised for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they going to stop playing these
three chords?' If you believe you shouldn't play just three chords it's pretty silly on their part. To us, the simpler a song is, the better, 'cause it's
more in line with what the person on the street is.
Stage antics
Angus Young is famous for his wild onstage antics: intense jumps
and running back and forth across the crowd. Once Young would
clamber on to Bon Scott's or Brian Johnson's shoulders during
concerts and they would make their way through the audience with
smoke streaming from a satchel on his own back, while he played
an extended improvised guitar solo, usually during the song
"Rocker"[15] with Scott or during "Let There Be Rock" with
Johnson. [citation needed] He frequently does Chuck Berry's duck
walk, as well as a kind of spasm, during which he throws himself
to the ground, kicking, shaking, and spinning in circles, while
playing the guitar.[citation needed] He first feigned a spasm to avoid
embarrassment when he tripped over a lead at a gig. [citation needed]
According to AC/DC video director David Mallet, although Angus
performs many of his trademark feats sometimes from a series of
platforms, risers, and ramps, he suffers from acute vertigo. This
was discovered when Mallet chose to have Angus lowered from a
second story balcony onto a stage floor by wires for the video for
'Who Made Who'.[citation needed]
Angus Young onstage antics at Scotiabank Place in
Ottawa 2009
Angus Young
Discography
Main Article: AC/DC discography
High Voltage (1975), T.N.T. (1975), Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976), Let There Be Rock (1977), Powerage
(1978), Highway to Hell (1979), Back in Black (1980), For Those About to Rock We Salute You (1981), Flick of the
Switch (1983), Fly on the Wall (1985), Blow Up Your Video (1988), The Razors Edge (1990), Ballbreaker (1995),
Stiff Upper Lip (2000), Black Ice (2008)
References
[3] http:/ / www. acdc. com
[5] Angus Young interview with Steven Rosen (http:/ / www. classic-rock-legends-start-here. com/ gibson-sg. html/ )
[11] (http:/ / solodallas. com)
[13] The Guitar Show television documentary, Segment: "Upfront with AC/DC's Angus Young", 2001. Links 1 and 2: http:/ / www. youtube.
com/ watch?v=XPf8xHuV3Tc& feature=related http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=52mpf8FCBMo& feature=related
[14] The Guitar Show television documentary, Segment: "Upfront with AC/DC's Angus Young", 2001.
[15] Angus Young on Bon Scott's Shoulders during a concert (http:/ / www. buoy. com/ ~bonfire/ angbon4. jpg).
External links
• ACDC.com Official Website (http://www.acdc.com/)
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Anything Goes (AC/DC song)
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Anything Goes (AC/DC song)
"Anything Goes"
Single by AC/DC
from the album Black Ice
B-side
Big Jack
Released
25 February 2009
Format
CD single
Recorded
March–April 2008
Genre
Hard rock
Length
3:22
Label
Columbia
Writer(s)
Angus Young, Malcolm Young
Producer
Brendan O'Brien
AC/DC singles chronology
"Big
Jack"
(2008)
"Anything
Goes"
(2009)
"Money
Made"
(2009)
"Anything Goes" is a song by the Australian hard rock group AC/DC. It is the fourth track from their latest album
Black Ice. "Anything Goes" is one of five songs from the album that was played live on their Black Ice World Tour,
however it was removed from the setlist on 25 October 2009 and has not been played in a live show since. The single
cover for Anything Goes is only the second AC/DC cover to feature frontman Brian Johnson alone (the 1986
re-release of "You Shook Me All Night Long" was the first); others have shown either the band or Angus Young.
The music video for "Anything Goes", which was released on Family Jewels Disc 3 as part of the 2009 box set
Backtracks, was filmed live in Paris on 25 and 27 February by David Mallet.[1]
"Anything Goes" was a last-time addition to Black Ice, written as the album was being recorded.[2] The song's main
riff bears a marked resemblance to the main riff of "The Shape of Things to Come" by The Headboys, which was a
minor hit in 1979.
Track listing
• Promo CD: [3]
1. "Anything Goes" – 3:22
2. "Big Jack" – 3:57
3. "War Machine" – 3:10
Personnel
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Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
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• Phil Rudd – drums, percussion
Charts
Chart (2009)
Peak
position
[4]
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks
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References
[1] " Anything Goes video filmed (http:/ / www. ac-dc. net/ news/ news. php?news_id=274)". AC-DC.net (28 February 2009). Retrieved
2009-03-07
[3] "Anything Goes" Issued As Single In Europe (http:/ / www. ac-dc. net/ news/ news. php?news_id=278)
External links
• Anything Goes – AC/DC Official Channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHAg1-bGMhY) on YouTube
• Full lyrics of this song (http://www.metrolyrics.com/anything-goes-lyrics-acdc.html) at MetroLyrics
Are You Ready (AC/DC song)
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Are You Ready (AC/DC song)
"Are You Ready"
Single by AC/DC
from the album The Razors Edge
B-side
"Got You by the Balls"
Released
28 March 1991
Format
CD
Recorded
1990
Genre
Hard rock
Length
4:10
Label
ATCO
Producer
Bruce Fairbairn
AC/DC singles chronology
"Moneytalks"
(1990)
"Are You
Ready"
(1991)
"Highway to Hell"
(live)
(1992)
"Are You Ready" is a song by AC/DC. It is featured on the band's 1990 hit album The Razors Edge. A live version
of the song recorded on the tour of the same name appeared on one of AC/DC's two live albums of 1992, Live: 2 CD
Collector's Edition.
[1]
The music video to this song, directed by David Mallet, shows prisoners attending an AC/DC mini-concert at their
prison. One prisoner is being dressed up to get ready for the band to play the song. Guards shave his head nearly
bald, leaving hairs that make up AC/DC's logo, the one similar to the cover of the band's music video tape, Clipped.
The song rose to number 16 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
The song was featured in the 2001 movie Rock Star.
The prison venue in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is nearly identical to the stage that the band
appears on in the music video for "Are You Ready".
The song was played on the Big Ten Network for college basketball games in 2007 and 2008.
Personnel
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Brian Johnson – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, background vocals
Cliff Williams – bass guitar, background vocals
Chris Slade – drums
Are You Ready (AC/DC song)
References
[1] mvdbase.com – AC/DC – "Are you ready?" (http:/ / www. mvdbase. com/ video. php?id=616)
External links
• Full lyrics of this song (http://www.metrolyrics.com/are-you-ready-lyrics-acdc.html) at MetroLyrics
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Atco Records
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Atco Records
Atco Records
Parent company
Warner Music Group
Founded
1955
Founder
Herb Abramson
Distributor(s)
Rhino Entertainment
(In the US)
WEA International
Inc.
(Outside of the US)
Genre
Various
Country of origin United States
Official Website
rhinorecords.com
[1]
ATCO Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's
Rhino Entertainment.
Company history
Beginnings
Atco Records was founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by
one of Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who had returned to the company from military service. It was also
intended as a home for acts that did not fit the format of Atlantic, which at the time was only releasing blues, jazz,
and R&B/soul. The Atco name is simply an abbreviation of ATlantic COrporation.
Atco's biggest acts during its early years were Bobby Darin and The Coasters. In the early 1960s Atlantic began to
license material from international sources for release on Atco, leading to instrumental hit singles from such acts as
Jorgen Ingmann, Acker Bilk and Bent Fabric. Starting in the mid-1960s, Atco became a force on the burgeoning
rock scene, with American acts such as Sonny and Cher, Buffalo Springfield and Vanilla Fudge. A relationship with
manager Robert Stigwood brought The Bee Gees and Cream to the label.
In 1964 Atco released a single in the United States by The Beatles, "Ain't She Sweet"; (flip side "Nobody's Child,"
with lead singer Tony Sheridan), which had been recorded in Hamburg in 1961. With lead vocals by John Lennon,
"Ain't She Sweet" reached #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1964. Atco also released an album entitled
Ain't She Sweet which featured the other two tracks by Sheridan and the Beatles from the Hamburg session and filled
out by eight other songs (Beatles and other British Invasion numbers) covered by The Swallows.
In 1966 Atco released a single in the USA by The Who. "Substitute" b/w "Waltz For A Pig" was issued through an
arrangement with UK Polydor Records, due to the dispute the Who was having with their producer Shel Talmy and
their contract with US Decca Records and UK Brunswick Records. This would be the only Who recording to appear
on Atco, although Pete Townshend and John Entwistle would eventually sign to Atco as solo artists.
Atco has also provided distribution for other labels, including, but not limited to, the following: Robert Stigwood's
RSO Records, Volt Records, Island Records, Modern Records, Rolling Stones Records, and Ruthless Records.
In the mid-1970s, Atco issued early albums from the Australian group AC/DC. Starting in 1978, AC/DC releases
were issued on Atlantic until their contract with the label ended in the 1990s.
Atco Records
The twilight years
Atlantic deemphasized Atco in the mid-1970s, using the label mostly for releases by hard rock acts and some British
and European bands. The label's roster became more diverse again in the 1980s. The last number one hit on Atco
was "If Wishes Came True" by Sweet Sensation in 1990. In 1991, Sylvia Rhone merged Atco with Atlantic's
fledgling East West Records America label and briefly operated the combination as Atco–East West Records
America. By 1994, the Atco name was dropped and the label continued operating as East West Records America,
which then switched to sister label Elektra Records for distribution. Since then, the Atco name and logo appeared
only on reissues of old material through Elektra. As of mid-2005, its most recent release (in a joint venture with
Rhino Records) was the soundtrack of the Bobby Darin biopic Beyond the Sea, which starred Kevin Spacey and
featured Spacey's renditions of Darin songs.
Revival
In 2006, Warner Music Group reactivated ATCO Records in conjunction with Rhino Entertainment. Scarlett
Johansson, Keith Sweat, and Art Garfunkel were among the first artists signed to the label. Garfunkel issued Some
Enchanted Evening on January 30, 2007.[2] Johansson issued Anywhere I Lay My Head on May 20, 2008.
Queensrÿche released its American Soldier album on ATCO on March 31, 2009.[3] The New York Dolls released its
album Cause I Sez So on ATCO on May 5, 2009.
Atco Records artists
The following is a list of artists who have recorded for Atco Records.
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Airrace
Allman Brothers Band (Capricorn/Atco)
Steve Arrington
Back Street Crawler
Barrabás
The Beatles (US)
Bad Company
Badger
Ginger Baker (including Ginger Baker's Air Force and Baker Gurvitz Army) (US/Canada)
Jeff Beck
Bee Gees (US/Canada)
Chuck Berry
Mr Acker Bilk (US/Canada)
Black Oak Arkansas
Blackfoot
Blind Faith (US/Canada)
Blue Mountain Eagle
Blue Magic
Blues Image
Sonny Bono (as "Sonny")
Brooklyn Brothers
Jack Bruce (US/Canada)
Buffalo Springfield
Cactus
The Capitols
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Change
Cher
Eric Clapton (US/Canada)
The Coasters
Natalie Cole (Modern/Atco)
Arthur Conley
Cream (US/Canada)
Cross Country
Bobby Darin
Spencer Davis Group (US/Canada)
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends
The D.O.C. (Ruthless/Atco)
Dr. John
Dream Theater
Dave Edmunds
Jonathan Edwards (Capricorn/Atco)
Eight Seconds
Electric Boys
Enuff Z Nuff
Envy
John Entwistle
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
Bent Fabric and his Piano
Scott Fagan
Fat Mattress
Fatback
The Fireballs
Tricia Leigh Fisher
Flies on Fire
Focus (US/Canada)
The Fourmost
Peter Gabriel (US/Canada)
Art Garfunkel
Genesis (US/Canada)
R.B. Greaves
Tim Hardin
Gordon Haskell
Donny Hathaway
Hawkwind
Horslips (US)
Humble Pie
Steve Hunter
Jorgen Ingmann
INXS (US/Canada)
Iron Butterfly
Deon Jackson (Carla)
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Robbin Julien[4]
Scarlett Johansson
Juicy Lucy
Michael Kamen
Ben E. King
King Curtis
Last Words
Bettye LaVette
Lime (Critique/Atco)
Lindisfarne
Loudness
Lulu
Manowar
Mama's Pride
Penny McLean
Michel'le (Ruthless/Atco)
New York Dolls
New York Rock and Roll Ensemble
Stevie Nicks (Modern/Atco) (US/Canada)
Nina & Frederik (US/Canada)
Gary Numan (US/Canada)
Outlaw Blood
Pantera
Pat & The Satellites
The Persuaders
Pleasure Bombs
Queensrÿche
The Raindogs
Otis Redding
Ann Richards
Bob Rivers (Critique/Atco)
The Robins
The Rose Garden
Rowan & Martin
Roxy Music (US/Canada)
Shadows Of Knight (Dunwich/Atco)
Shannon (Mirage/Atco)
The Sherbs
Kym Sims
Slave
P.F. Sloan
Sonny & Cher
Southside Johnny & the Jukes (Mirage/Atco)
Keith Sweat
Sweet Sensation
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Tangier
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Nino Tempo & April Stevens
Nolan Thomas (Mirage/Atco)
Pete Townshend (US/Canada)
The Troggs
Vandenberg
Vanilla Fudge
Jerry Jeff Walker
Dee Dee Warwick
Stevie Wright
Yes
Yomo & Maulkie (Ruthless/Atco)
References
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
http:/ / rhinorecords. com
(http:/ / www. rhino. com/ rzine/ pressrelease. lasso?PRID=455)
(http:/ / www. queensryche. com/ 2009/ 03/ 08/ queensryche-salutes-troops-w-american-soldier/ )
http:/ / www. glorydazemusic. com/ articles. php?article_id=4827
External links
• Discography of ATCO LP releases (http://www.bsnpubs.com/atlantic/atco101265.html)
• Sample of former ATCO Records label on 45 rpm. (http://blogs.dailyrecord.com/sixstrings/files/2010/05/
tellTruth2.jpg)
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B.J. Wilson
B.J. Wilson performing live with Procol Harum in 1976.
Background information
Birth name
Barrie James Wilson
Born
[]
March 18, 1947
Died
[]
October 8, 1990 (aged 43)
Genres
Rock, Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock
Occupations
Musician
Instruments
Drums
Years active
1962–1990
Associated acts Procol Harum
The Paramounts
Barrie James Wilson (18 March 1947 — 8 October 1990) was an English rock drummer. He was best known as a
member of Procol Harum for the majority of their original career from 1967 to 1977.
Career
Wilson was born in Edmonton, London, and grew up in Southend on Sea. In 1962 he joined local group The
Paramounts, who scored a hit with "Poison Ivy" in 1964. After follow up singles failed to chart, the group disbanded
in 1966 and Wilson went into session drumming, playing with Cat Stevens and Lulu.[]
While he was busy with session drumming, former bandmate Gary Brooker had put together a new band, Procol
Harum, and despite having a huge hit with "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (which featured jazz session drummer Bill
Eyden[1]) had difficulty getting a stable band for recording follow-up material. Wilson joined Procol Harum in the
summer of 1967, along with fellow ex-Paramount Robin Trower.[]
There is some confusion over exactly what Wilson's contributions were to Procol Harum's follow-up single
"Homburg". Conventional wisdom states that he played all the drums on the track, but according to both himself and
organist Matthew Fisher, he was presented with a half-completed drum track which he subsequently overdubbed a
few drum rolls.[] Whatever the case, he had established himself as the full-time drummer for the group's debut
album.
Wilson was the only stable member of the band besides vocalist / pianist Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid
during their commercial and artistic peak from 1967 to 1977. He had a powerful, distinctive style - he sat very low
B.J. Wilson
behind his kit (often side-on at the side of the stage) and was once referred to as like an 'Octopus in a Bathtub'.{Steve
Peacock in SOUNDS magazine, reviewing a 1971 concert: Peacock actually wrote, unfairly, that B.J. thrashed
around like "an octopus in a hot tub."} An excellent live performance of Power Failure, written to showcase his
talents on the album Broken Barricades (B.J. solos when the electricity fails to the other members of the band) is to
be seen on a popular internet video site.
A 1974 Danish TV recording of the band was released as a 6-track "extra" on the 2009 DVD "Procol Harum in
concert with the Danish National Concert Orchestra and Choir".
Although he lacked the name recognition as other great drummers of his generation, Wilson is considered to be one
of the greatest drummers in rock music, and was voted Best Drummer in the popular Playboy Music Polls of the
early 1970s. He declined an offer by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant to be the original drummer for Led Zeppelin.[]
After Procol Harum disbanded in 1977, Wilson played on Frankie Miller's Double Trouble album in 1978, and was a
member of Joe Cocker's touring band between 1979 and 1984.[2] Their concert in Calgary is featured on the DVD
Joe Cocker Live (1981) and he is also featured in two Berlin concerts on the 2008 Joe Cocker DVD Cry Me A River
(The Rockpalast Collection). He was also the drummer on Cocker's hit single, "With a Little Help from My Friends",
recorded in 1968.
In 1984 Wilson played briefly with Patrick Landreville, a former member of the 1960s cult band RHS, which
included bandmates Bob Siebenberg (Supertramp), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy) and John Boutell (Beauregard Ajax).
In 1983 Wilson was brought in to play drums on AC/DC's Flick Of The Switch album, after their drummer Phil Rudd
left the band close to the end of the recording for the album. No tracks recorded by Wilson were used on the finished
album according to the recording engineer and was soon after replaced by drummer Simon Wright.
[3]
Wilson was the drummer on the film soundtrack of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, on which his former Procol
Harum bandmate, guitarist Mick Grabham, also played. According to IMDb, Wilson's friend, prominent film
composer, Richard Hartley, was the one who invited him to drum on that soundtrack, and Wilson brought Grabham
in to play guitar.
Wilson's last recorded work was on the 1985 Gary Brooker solo album, Echoes in the Night, along with his former
Procol Harum bandmates Keith Reid and Matthew Fisher, on tracks "Ghost Train," "The Long Goodbye" "Hear
What You're Saying" and "Mr. Blue Day".
He died in Eugene, Oregon, following a long illness, at the age of 43. He was married and had two daughters.
References
He also played on Leon Russell's 1970 self titled record. One of the 4 drummers including Ringo Starr, Charlie
Watts and Jim Gordon.
External links
• B.J. Wilson's extensive fan page (http://www.procolharum.com/procolbj.htm) at procolharum.com
• Master Drummer B.J. Wilson (http://community-2.webtv.net/Jem33nospamplez/druminfo/index.html): one
fan's tribute
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Baby, Please Don't Go
"Baby, Please Don't Go"
Written by
Big Joe Williams
Written
1935
Form
Blues
Original artist Big Joe Williams (1935; 1941)
Recorded by
Tampa Kid (1936)
Sam Montgomery (1936)
Leonard Caston (1939)
Muddy Waters (1953)
Pink Anderson (1961)
Bob Dylan (1962)
Them (1964)
The Amboy Dukes (1967)
AC/DC (1974)
Aerosmith (2004)
"Baby, Please Don't Go"
Single by Them
A-side
"Baby, Please Don't Go" (Williams)
B-side
"Gloria" (Morrison)
Released
November 1964
Genre
Blues rock, garage rock
Length
2:38
Label
Decca Records (UK), Parrot Records (US)
Writer(s)
Van Morrison, Big Joe Williams
Them singles chronology
"One Two Brown
"Baby, Please Don't
"Gloria"
Eyes"
(1964)
Go"
(1964)
(1965)
"Baby, Please Don't Go"
Single by AC/DC
from the album High Voltage
[1]
B-side
Love Song (Oh Jene)
Released
February 17, 1975 (High Voltage)
1975 (single)
October 1984 ('74 Jailbreak)
Recorded
September 1974
Genre
Blues rock
Length
4:50
Baby, Please Don't Go
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Label
Albert Productions
Writer(s)
Big Joe Williams
Producer
Harry Vanda, George Young
AC/DC singles chronology
"Can I Sit Next to You Girl" "Baby, Please Don't Go" "High Voltage"
High Voltage track listing
"Baby, Please Don't
"She's Got
Go"
(1)
Balls"
(2)
'74 Jailbreak track listing
"Soul
"Baby, Please Don't
Stripper"
(4)
Go"
(5)
"Baby, Please Don't Go"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Honkin' on Bobo
Released
2004
Format
CD, vinyl
Recorded
2003
Genre
Hard rock, blues rock
Length
3:23
Label
Columbia
Producer
Steven Tyler
Joe Perry
Jack Douglas
Marti Frederiksen
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Girls of
"Baby, Please Don't
"Devil's Got a New
Summer"
(2002)
Go"
(2004)
Disguise"
(2006)
"Baby, Please Don't Go" is a blues song first recorded by Big Joe Williams in 1935. It is related to a group of early
20th century blues and work songs that include "I'm Alabama Bound", "Another Man Done Gone", and "Don't Leave
Me Here", and "Turn Your Lamp Down Low".
It has become a blues and rock standard, and has been recorded by many artists (see list below). In July 2010 the
online music guide Allmusic listed 1,082 separate entries for releases of the song.
Baby, Please Don't Go
Versions
1935
The original single by Joe Williams' Wachboard Blues Singers can be heard on Harry Smith's Anthology of
American Folk Music, Vol. 4 (Revenant, 2000).
1941
Personnel
•
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•
Big Joe Williams – Guitar, Vocals
Sonny Boy Williamson I – Harp[citation needed]
Ransom Knowling – Double Bass
Judge Riley – Drums
Notable cover versions
Van Morrison and Them
The band Them, fronted by Van Morrison, released "Baby, Please Don't Go" as the A side of a single in late 1964.
Boosted by the B side, a ditty entitled "Gloria", the single became their first hit, reaching No. 10 on the UK Singles
Chart. This version is included on the double CD compilation The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison, Van
Morrison's 1990s greatest hits album The Best of Van Morrison, and various compilations of Morrison's work.
Rhythm guitar was contributed by a then little-known Jimmy Page; however, he did not play the lead guitar on the
track.[2] It was re-released on the Deram label in 1973.
John Lee Hooker's posthumously released DVD Come See About Me includes a 1992 performance where Hooker
plays "Baby, Please Don't Go" on his guitar while sitting on a dock. He is accompanied on harmonica by Them's
Van Morrison.
Amboy Dukes / Ted Nugent
Since it was The Amboy Dukes' debut single, former Dukes guitarist Ted Nugent has covered the song in live
performances throughout his career. The single is included on the 1967 album The Amboy Dukes, and also appears
on the Nuggets compilation. A live version from Nugent's 1978 Double Live Gonzo! is included on his greatest hits
collections Great Gonzos! and The Ultimate Ted Nugent.
AC/DC
AC/DC recorded a version for their 1975 Australia-only album High Voltage; it was released internationally in 1984
on their compilation EP '74 Jailbreak. The song features a fast snare intro and several guitar licks. The video, as
released on Family Jewels, was recorded on the Australian music program Countdown, and features Bon Scott in
drag, singing over a studio-recorded backing track. Scott performed the song live with AC/DC in various concerts
until his death in 1980.
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Baby, Please Don't Go
Aerosmith
Aerosmith released a version of "Baby, Please Don't Go" on their blues cover album, Honkin' on Bobo in 2004. It
was the first single from the album, and hit No. 7 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Since its release, it has been
a staple song in the band's concert performances. As it followed a period in the 1990s and early 2000s when the band
charted with several power ballads, this recording is considered a return to hard rock music for Aerosmith.[citation
needed]
Aerosmith also released the original single's b-side "Milk Cow Blues" on their album Draw the Line. A music
video was produced to promote the single. The video was directed by Mark Haefeli.
Selective list of recorded versions
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1935: Big Joe Williams (Bluebird records), also re-recorded in 1941
1936: Tampa Kid (Decca records)
1936: Sam Montgomery (ARC records)
1939: Leonard Caston
1948: Lightnin' Hopkins
1949: John Lee Hooker
1952: Big Bill Broonzy
1952: The Orioles
1953: Muddy Waters
1954: Rose Mitchell (Jukebox Jam)
1957: Billy Lee Riley & his Little Green Men (Sun Records)
1960: Mance Lipscomb (Arhoolie)
1961: Pink Anderson
1962: Mose Allison (Atlantic, Rhino)
1962: Bob Dylan, officially released 2005 as a download only
1962 Jo Ann Henderson Phonograph Records
1964: Them (Decca UK)
1964: Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, on Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo (Columbia)
[3]
1966: The Ballroom, produced by Curt Boettcher
1966: Los Ovnis (Mexican band, Spanish version named "El Ovni")
1966: MC5
1967: Cuby and the Blizzards, 'Groeten Uit Grollo' album
1967: The Amboy Dukes
1968: Beacon Street Union
1969: Alvin Lee, played live at Woodstock as part of the blues suite I'm Going Home
1969: Mississippi Fred McDowell, I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll (Capitol).
1970: The Doors
1972: Gary Glitter, Glitter album.
1973: Budgie, Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (MCA)
1974: AC/DC (Alberts/EMI)
1976: Curved Air, as a single a-side
[4]
1984: Restless, on the album "Do You Feel Restless?"
1985: Bill Wyman's "Willie and the Poor Boys" featuring Charlie Watts, Andy Fairweather-Lowe, Mickey Gee,
Geraint Watkins[5]
• 1991: Webb Wilder
• 1992: Zakk Wylde's Pride & Glory
• 1992: U.K. Subs, Mad Cow Fever
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1993: Knut Reiersrud
2004: Aerosmith
2008: The Strange Boys (B-Side to 'Woe Is You and Me' single)
2011: George Elias (Wanderlust EP)
2013 Renée Geyer
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Bukka White
Paul Butterfield
Tony Joe White
Beausoleil
Al Kooper
John Mellencamp
Ted Nugent
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Taste
The Animals
Mississippi Fred McDowell
The Tragically Hip (live version found on the popular bootleg Roxy Revisited)
Rising Storm
Rival Sons
References
[1] http:/ / www. acdc. com/ us/ acdc-today/ acdc-rarity-month-love-songoh-jene-baby-please-dont-go-australian-7-single-1975
[2] So who really played one of the greatest riffs in rock 'n' roll? Classic sound of Baby Please Don't Go was my work, says Ulster guitarist (http:/
/ www. encyclopedia. com/ doc/ 1P2-10747118. html)
[3] The Ballroom at Allmusic (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ the-ballroom-p483542/ songs)
[4] Restless at Allmusic (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ restless-p20149/ songs)
[5] BillWyman.com - Projects (http:/ / www. billwyman. com/ site/ projects/ 2/ 0/ 284)
External links
• Illustrated Big Joe Williams discography (http://www.wirz.de/music/willbigj.htm)
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Back in Black
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Back in Black
Back in Black
Studio album by AC/DC
Released
25 July 1980
Recorded April – May 1980 at Compass Point Studios, the Bahamas and Electric Lady Studios, New York
Genre
Hard rock
Length
42:11
Label
Albert/Atlantic Records
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange
AC/DC chronology
Highway to
Hell
(1979)
Back in
Black
(1980)
For Those About to Rock We Salute
You
(1981)
Singles from Back in Black
1.
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
2.
"Hells Bells"
3.
4.
Released: August 19, 1980
Released: November 1980
"Back in Black"
Released: 1981
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
Back in Black is an album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the seventh Australian and sixth
internationally released studio album by the band.
Released on 25 July 1980, Back in Black was the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon Scott,
who died on 19 February at the age of 33, and was dedicated to him. The band considered disbanding following his
death, but they ultimately decided to continue, with encouragement from Scott's parents, and shortly thereafter hired
Brian Johnson as their new lead singer and lyricist. Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who had previously worked
with AC/DC on Highway to Hell, was again brought in to produce. The album was recorded at Compass Point
Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and Electric Lady Studios in New York, where the album was also mixed.
Back in Black was originally mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York. It was remastered and re-released
in 1994, then again as part of the Bonfire box set in 1997, and as part of the AC/DC Remasters series in 2003 by
George Marino. In addition, a Dualdisc version was released in 2004, featuring the album in enhanced LPCM Stereo
format and the video documentary The Story of Back in Black.
[1][2][3][4]
making it tied for second
As of June 2011, the album has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide,
highest-selling album of all time, the highest-selling album by a band (together with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the
Moon), the best-selling hard rock album of all-time, and the best-selling album ever released by an Australian
musical act. On 13 December 2007, the RIAA certified it 22x multi-platinum, recognizing sales of 22 million in the
US,[5] making it the sixth-highest-selling album in the US (fourth-highest at the time).[]
Back in Black
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Overview
After the success of their previous album, Highway to Hell, Bon Scott and company began developing a new album.
Some of the songwriting had been completed when he died unexpectedly from alcohol poisoning. When Brian
Johnson became lead singer, AC/DC decided to finish the songwriting they had started under Scott, with the Young
brothers composing the music and Johnson writing the lyrics.[6] It contains some of their biggest hits, including
"Hells Bells", "Shoot to Thrill", "You Shook Me All Night Long" and the title track. The final song on the album,
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", reached #15 on the UK Singles Chart, the highest placing of any song on the
album.
Back in Black was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. It was not easy for AC/DC, as their
equipment was initially held up by customs, and the island was overcome with tropical storms that wreaked havoc on
the studio's electricity. Johnson reported having trouble adjusting to the environment, and even referenced the bad
weather on the opening lines of "Hells Bells" ("I'm rolling thunder, pourin' rain. I'm comin' on like a hurricane. My
lightning's flashing across the sky. You're only young but you're gonna die.").[6]
According to Angus Young, the album's all-black cover was a "sign of mourning" for Scott. Atlantic Records
disagreed with the cover, but accepted if the band put a grey outline around the AC/DC logo.[6]
Despite its massive commercial success, Back in Black did not reach the top of the US charts, peaking at #4; their
next album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, hit #1 in 1981,[] their first to do so. Back in Black, however, hit
#1 on the UK charts.
"Let Me Put My Love Into You" was rated #6 in the Parents Music Resource Center Filthy Fifteen list in 1985.
Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic
[]
Blender
[7]
Robert Christgau
Rolling Stone (1980)
[]
(B-)
[]
favourable
Rolling Stone (2002)
[]
Rolling Stone (2005)
[]
Back in Black was released on 25 July 1980, less than half a year after Scott's death. AC/DC were nervous about the
future, with Angus saying they were a "bit jittery" during recording.[8] However, the album proved to ease the band's
worries, as it became an instant success, and is their best-selling album. Not only did it go to #1 on the UK Albums
Chart, its success meant AC/DC were the first band since The Beatles to have four albums in the British Top 100
simultaneously, as Highway to Hell, If You Want Blood You've Got It, and Let There Be Rock all re-entered the charts
right after Back in Black was released.[] In the US the single "You Shook Me All Night Long"/"Have a Drink on Me"
became AC/DC's first Top 40 hit in the country, peaking at #35.[] Back in Black was also well received by critics,
with Rolling Stone saying in its 1980 review of the album, "...the first LP since Led Zeppelin II that captures all the
blood, sweat and arrogance of the [heavy metal] genre."[]
Back in Black
77
Legacy
The album is featured on many "best of" lists. In 1989, it was ranked #26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100
Best Albums of the Eighties. The title track was ranked #190 on the same magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time.[9] In 2001, VH1 ranked Back in Black #82 on its list of the Top 100 Albums.[10] VH1 also placed the
title track at #2 on its list of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. In 2003, the album was ranked #73 on Rolling
Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In 2006, Q magazine placed the album at #9 in its list of the
40 Best Albums of the '80s.[11] It was listed at #2 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums, in October 2010,[] and
included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in 2005.[12]
Back in Black is also praised for its sound quality. In the years after its release, studios in Nashville, Tennessee
(nicknamed "Music City") would use it to check the acoustics of a room, while Motorhead would use it to tune their
sound system.[13]
American death metal group Six Feet Under recorded a cover of the entire album under the title Graveyard Classics
2.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson.
Side one
No. Title
Length
1. "Hells Bells"
5:10
2. "Shoot to Thrill"
5:17
3. "What Do You Do for Money Honey"
3:33
4. "Given the Dog a Bone"
3:30
5. "Let Me Put My Love Into You"
4:16
Side two
No. Title
Length
1. "Back in Black"
4:14
2. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
3:30
3. "Have a Drink on Me"
3:57
4. "Shake a Leg"
4:06
5. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
4:15
• According to the official AC/DC website and most worldwide releases, track four is "Given the Dog a Bone".[][14]
On some albums, particularly Australian releases, it is sometimes shown as either "Givin' the Dog a Bone" or
"Giving the Dog a Bone".[15]
Sales
Back in Black is the second best-selling album worldwide, behind only Michael Jackson's Thriller. It was very
successful around the world, and despite never reaching #1 on the US Billboard 200, it received the 22x
multi-platinum distinction, denoting 22 million albums sold, an especially unique distinction. This currently places it
sixth in the list of best-selling albums in the US (behind Thriller, Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), Led
Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV, Pink Floyd's The Wall, and Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II).[]
Back in Black
Back in Black stayed on the Billboard chart for 131 weeks, never reaching #1. However, it did reach #1 in Australia
and the UK. In April 2010, it re-entered the Billboard charts at #181.
The album has also sold one million or more copies in Canada, Germany and France.[] The album has sold 50
million copies worldwide.
Music videos
AC/DC recorded six music videos for the album which were recorded in Breda, in the Netherlands. The songs they
used for the videos were "Back in Black", "Hells Bells", "What Do You Do for Money Honey", "You Shook Me All
Night Long", "Let Me Put My Love Into You", and "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", and were basic
performance videos. Most of these remained officially unreleased until "Back in Black", "Hells Bells", "What Do
You Do for Money Honey", and "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", as well as the 1986 video for "You Shook
Me All Night Long" which was filmed for the Who Made Who album, were released on the Family Jewels DVD.
The original video for "You Shook Me All Night Long" was later released on the promo DVD Back in Black: The
Videos and on the Backtracks box sets. One thing to note about both videos is the original 1980 video features
drummer Phil Rudd, who appears on the actual track, while the 1986 video features Simon Wright who replaced
Rudd in 1983. However, Rudd would return in 1994. This is not the first time Wright appeared in an AC/DC video
for a track originally recorded with Rudd. Rudd appeared on Flick of the Switch (1983) while Wright appeared on
the tour and videos for that album. "Let Me Put My Love Into You" still remains unreleased but can be viewed on
YouTube.
DualDisc versions
Back in Black was included among a group of fifteen DualDisc releases that were test marketed in two cities in the
US: Boston and Seattle. The DualDisc has the standard album on one side, and bonus material on the second side.
The DualDisc version was subsequently reissued in a commercial version that is somewhat different than the rare
test market version.
Personnel
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Brian Johnson – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
Phil Rudd – drums, percussion
Production
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Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer
Tony Platt – assistant engineer
Benji Armbrister – assistant engineer
Jack Newber – assistant engineer
Brad Samuelsohn – mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering (original LP)
Barry Diament – mastering (original CD releases)
Ted Jensen – remastering (EMI/Atco reissue)
George Marino – remastering (Epic reissue)
Bob Defrin – art direction
Robert Ellis – photography
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Back in Black
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Chart performance
Albums
Chart (1980)
Peak position
[16]
Ö3 Austria Top 40
6
[17]
1
[]
4
UK Albums Chart
US Billboard 200
Chart (1981)
Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[citation needed]
1
Chart (1982)
Peak position
[18]
24
RIANZ Album Top 50
Chart (2005)
Norwegian Album Charts
Peak position
[19]
8
Chart (2009)
Finnish Albums Chart
Peak position
[20]
9
Chart (2010)
Peak position
[]
1
US Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums
Singles
Year
Single
Chart
1980 "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" UK Singles Chart
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
1981 "Back in Black"
[21][22]
Peak position
15
US Billboard Hot 100
35
UK Singles Chart
38
US Billboard Hot 100
37
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks
51
"Hells Bells"
52
"Shoot to Thrill"
60
Sales and certifications
Back in Black
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Region
Certification Sales/shipments
[23]
Platinum
Argentina (CAPIF)
[24]
12× Platinum
Australia (ARIA)
60,000
x
^
840,000
[25]
Austria (IFPI Austria)
Platinum
[26]
Canada (Music Canada)
Diamond
1,000,000^
2× Platinum
[28]
1,384,600
2× Platinum
1,000,000
[27]
France (SNEP)
[29]
Germany (BVMI)
[30]
Gold
Italy (FIMI)
x
50,000
50,000
^
*
[31] 2× Platinum
100,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)
Gold
100,000^
[33]
United States (RIAA)
22× Platinum 22,000,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)
[32]
*
sales figures based on certification alone
shipments figures based on certification alone
x
unspecified figures based on certification alone
^
References
• Engleheart, Murray; Durieux, Arnaud (2 January 2007), AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll [34], Harper
Entertainment, ISBN 0-06-113391-4
Notes
[5] RIAA – Gold & Platinum – 22 September 2010 (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS)
[6] Back in Black 30th Anniversary (http:/ / fanclub. acdc. com/ backinblack/ ), AC/DC official fanclub.
[11] Q August 2006, Issue 241
[23] "Argentinian album certifications – AC/DC – Back in Black" (http:/ / www. capif. org. ar/ Default. asp?PerDesde_MM=0&
PerDesde_AA=0& PerHasta_MM=0& PerHasta_AA=0& interprete=AC/ DC& album=Back+ in+ Black& LanDesde_MM=0&
LanDesde_AA=0& LanHasta_MM=0& LanHasta_AA=0& Galardon=O& Tipo=1& ACCION2=+ Buscar+ & ACCION=Buscar& CO=5&
CODOP=ESOP). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
[24] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Albums" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com.
aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-albums-2013. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association.
[25] "Austrian album certifications – AC/DC – Back in Black" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter
AC/DC in the field Interpret. Enter Back in Black in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
[26] "Canadian album certifications – AC/DC – Back in Black" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=Back+ in+ Black&
sa=AC/ DC& smt=0). Music Canada.
[27] "French album certifications – AC/DC – Back in Black" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.
html?year=2001& type=13) (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
[29] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (AC/DC; 'Back in Black')" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche&
strTitel=Back+ in+ Black& strInterpret=AC/ DC& strTtArt=alben& strAwards=unchecked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
[30] "Italian album certifications – AC/DC – Back in Black" (http:/ / www. fimi. it/ temp/ cert_Gfk_week1313. pdf) (PDF) (in Italian).
Federation of the Italian Music Industry.
[31] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (AC/DC; 'Back in Black')" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/
search_certifications. asp?search=AC/ DC+ Back+ in+ Black). Hung Medien.
[32] "British album certifications – AC/DC – Back in Black" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certified-awards. aspx). British Phonographic Industry.
Enter Back in Black in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
[33] "American album certifications – AC/DC – Back in Black" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Back+ in+ Black").
Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
[34] http:/ / www. acdcbook. com/
Back in Black
81
Preceded by
Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep
Purple
by Deep Purple
UK Albums Chart number one album
9–22 August 1980
Succeeded by
Flesh and Blood
by Roxy Music
Preceded by
Zenyatta Mondatta
by The Police
Australian Kent Music Report number-one
album
9–15 March 1981
Succeeded by
Greatest Hits
by Dr. Hook & The Medicine
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Back in Black (song)
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Back in Black (song)
"Back in Black"
Single by AC/DC
from the album Back in Black
A-side
"What Do You Do for Money Honey"
Released
1981
Format
7 inch
Recorded
Compass Point Studios, The Bahamas, spring 1980
Genre
Hard rock
Length
4:14
Label
Atlantic
Writer(s)
Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson
Producer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
AC/DC singles chronology
"Hells
Bells"
(1980)
"Back in
Black"
(1980)
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise
Pollution"
(1981)
Alternative cover
Cover of the Spanish release
"Back in Black" is a song by AC/DC, appearing as the first track on side two of their 1980 album of the same name.
Known for its opening guitar riff, the song was AC/DC's tribute to their former singer Bon Scott. His replacement
Brian Johnson recalled to Mojo magazine in 2009 that when the band asked him to write a lyric for this song, "they
said, 'it can't be morbid – it has to be for Bon and it has to be a celebration.'" He added: "I thought, 'Well no pressure
there, then' (laughs). I just wrote what came into my head, which at the time seemed like mumbo, jumbo. 'Nine lives.
Cats eyes. Abusing every one of them and running wild.' The boys got it though. They saw Bon's life in that lyric."[1]
It peaked in the U.S. at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1981 and was No. 51 on Billboard's Top Tracks
chart, which debuted in March 1981. "Back in Black" received the RIAA's Master Ringtone Sales Award (Gold and
Platinum) in 2006 and reached 2x Platinum status in 2007.
The song was ranked No. 4 by VH1 on their list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs,[2] and in 2009, it was named the
second greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.[3] It was also ranked No. 187 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500
Greatest Songs of All Time.[4] The same magazine has also ranked "Back in Black" No. 29 on "The 100 Greatest
Guitar Songs of All Time".[5]
In 2010, this song came No. 2 in Triple M's Ultimate 500 Rock Countdown in Melbourne, Australia. The top five
were all AC/DC songs.[6]
It officially charted on the UK charts after 31 years in release; peaking in at #27[7] as a result of AC/DC music
becoming available on iTunes. It also reached #1 on the UK Rock Charts in the same week.[8]
Back in Black (song)
Sampling
In 1984 the Beastie Boys sampled "Back in Black" without permission for their song "Rock Hard". In 1999, when
they wished to include it on an upcoming CD compilation release, they sought permission but AC/DC refused. Mike
D of the Beastie Boys quoted Malcolm Young's reason for refusing as: "'Nothing against you guys, but we just don't
endorse sampling.'"[9]
Art Brut usually began their song "Formed a Band" with the intro to "Back in Black" when they played it live. A
recorded version of this can be found on their 2006 Nag Nag Nag Nag EP. Eminem released a version of his hit, "My
Name Is", with "Back in Black" as the bassline. The song was also heavily sampled to by the Evolution Control
Committee in creating the song "Rocked by Rape". In 2010, Limp Bizkit samples the song during live performances
of "My Way."
Covers and other versions
Two live versions of the song later appeared on both versions of the album Live, as well as the Australian tour
edition of Stiff Upper Lip. It has been covered by bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Hives, Steriogram,
Living Colour, Foo Fighters with Jack Black, Travis and Colombian pop singer Shakira. Other versions include:
• 1984 Beastie Boys, sampled without permission on "Rock Hard"
• 1986 Boogie Down Productions, sampled without permission on "Dope Beat"
• 1989 Red Hot Chili Peppers started using "Back in Black" as an intro and outro jam to some of their own songs at
various live shows. In 1990 they played it as an ending jam to their own song, "Sexy Mexican Maid" on the
television show, Night Music. In 1999 the band once again used "Back in Black" as an intro jam to their songs at a
few of their live shows.
• 1989 Skrewdriver on Warlord
• 1995 Kid Rock, demo with no vocals he scratch over the riff and added a hip hop beat to it, he also covers it in
concert usually just the riff in the middle of "Devil Without a Cause" but he will cover it fully occasionally.
• 1995 Australian band Regurgitator, on Fuse Box: The Alternative Tribute
• 2001 Sampled by Five on the song "Lay All Your Loving On Me" from the album Kingsize.
• 2001 Hayseed Dixie, on A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC
• 2003 Living Colour, on Collideøscope
• 2003 Back in Baroque... The String Tribute to AC/DC
• 2004 Shakira, on Live & Off the Record
• 2004 Six Feet Under, on Graveyard Classics 2
• 2004 ApologetiX, on New & Used Hits: The Best of ApologetiX Vol. 1 & 2
• 2005 Wing, on Wing sings AC/DC
• 2006 Art Brut, sampled without permission on a live recording of "Formed a Band"
• 2007 Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews & Orleans Avenue recorded live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
[10]
Festival
• 2007 Public Enemy, Black is Back, a revamped version done in tribute to AC/DC. This is a reworked version as
the original that was unreleased on album due to legal red tape, but it can viewed freely on YouTube.
• 2010 Muse, played the song on the third day of Big Day Out in Australia, with Nic Cester from Jet on vocals.
Since then, Muse play the "Back in Black" solo as an outro to "Hysteria" in most live performances.
• 2010 Carlos Santana on his cover album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time; this version
features rapper Nas.
• 2010 Skindred on Metal Hammer's The Metal Forge, Vol.2: A Tribute to AC/DC
• 2012 Anastacia on her covers album It's a Man's World
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Back in Black (song)
Personnel
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Brian Johnson – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, background vocals
Cliff Williams – bass guitar, background vocals
Phil Rudd – drums
Use in the media
• This song was used in television series Alias in the now infamous opening scene of season two episode "Phase
One", which originally aired after Super Bowl XXXVII on ABC and featured lead actress Jennifer Garner
undercover as CIA agent Sydney Bristow.[]
• This song inspired the intro to comedian Lewis Black's long running "Back in Black" segment of The Daily Show
on Comedy Central.
• This song is used in television series, Supernatural, in the pilot episode and also in the season two episode
"Bloodlust."
• The song is used in the opening scene of the movie Iron Man.
• The song is used frequently in the Lilo & Stitch trailers and TV spots, but is not included in the film's soundtrack
or even featured in the film itself.
• This song is on the AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack.
• The song is used in The Karate Kid (2010 film), a remake of the 1984 film of the same name.
• The song is used when the New Zealand Warriors run out of the tunnel at their home ground for NRL games.
• The song is used when the Glasgow Warriors run out of the tunnel at their home ground for RaboDirect Pro12
and Heineken Cupgames.
• The song is used as a team song by the South Australian Redbacks
• The song is used in School of Rock when Jack Black assigns his students parts in the band, and is not included on
the film soundtrack.
• Flamengo's supporters sing this song at home matches.
• A portion of the song is used in the 2010 DreamWorks film Megamind, before inconguously segueing into the
Minnie Riperton song Lovin' You.
• The song is used as the Pawn Stars theme on the History Channel.
• The song is used when the London Wasps rugby union team run out for their home games.
• The song was used by Eric Bischoff for his WWE debut as General Manager on WWE Raw. The following week
his entrance theme was changed to a similar sounding song.
• The song was used to introduce comedian Tom Stade onto the stage during the Birmingham episode of Michael
McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow in June 2009.
• The song is used by the Iowa Hawkeyes football team during home games at Kinnick Stadium as they leave their
locker rooms, and proceed to the field entrance.
• The song is sometimes used for the intro of Alex Zane on Balls of Steel.
• The song can be heard in the 2011 film The Smurfs, when Patrick and the 5 Smurfland residents journey to
confront Gargamel and rescue Papa.
• It's heard in the 2011 movie The Muppets.
• It's heard in the 2011 TV commercials for Wal-Mart, promoting Black Friday sales.
• It's heard during a Call of Duty: Black Ops II trailer featuring gameplay from the game.
• A portion of the song is used in Series 16, Episode 2 of Top Gear when the presenters of Top Gear Australia
arrive in a prison lorry for a series of contests.
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Charts
Chart (2012)
Peak
position
[11]
65
[12]
Scotland (Official Charts Company)
28
[13]
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)
27
Australia (ARIA)
References
[1] Back In Black Songfacts (http:/ / www. songfacts. com/ detail. php?id=80)
[2] "VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs", 1– 2006, VH1 Channel, reported by VH1.com (http:/ / www. vh1. com/ shows/ dyn/ the_greatest/ 103446/
episode_this_list. jhtml); last accessed 2006.
[5] Rolling Stone - Search Articles (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ news/ coverstory/ 20947527/ page/ 14)
[7] http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ radio1/ chart/ singles
[8] http:/ / somewhereintimemusic. blogspot. co. uk/ 2012/ 12/ acdc-storm-uk-rock-charts. html
[10] "27 April 2007 - Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue", Jazz Fest Live, https:/ / www. munckmusic. com/ wms/ jazzfest/ index. html
[11] http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20130104-0001/ Issue1188. pdf
[12] " Archive Chart" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 22/ 2012-12-01/ ). Scottish Singles Top 40. Official Charts
Company.
[13] " Archive Chart" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 1/ 2012-12-01/ ) UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company.
External links
• Lyrics (http://www.acdcrocks.com/backinblack.html) on AC/DC's official website