AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak
This is one of my favorites. Raw, Bon era AC/DC. Ordered this from Columbia House when I was a YOUNGSTER. I had to be like 11 years old.
Side One:
Jailbreak
You Ain't Got a Hold on Me
Show Business
Side Two:
Soul Stripper
Baby Please Don't Go
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
My Dad saw the boys on the tour just before this album. This one is down and dirty, unfuckwithable, Bon Scott goodness. This one gave us "Let There Be Rock", "Problem Child" and "Whole Lotta Rosie" ("Rosie" is another Dad memory for me. The first woman I remember my Dad dating seriously after he and Mom split was a big, zaftig woman named Rosie. Dad never wore shoes and Rosie took advantage of his bare toes by stomping them in a spirited argument). Essential.
Side One:
Go Down
Dog Eat Dog
Let There Be Rock
Bad Boy Boogie
Side Two:
Problem Child
Overdose
Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
Whole Lotta Rosie
AC/DC - Powerage
There's just not bad Bon album in the bunch and this is one of the best.
Side One:
Rock 'N' Roll Damnation
Down Payment Blues
Gimme a Bullet
Riff Raff
Side Two:
Sin City
What's Next to the Moon
Gone Shootin'
Kicked in the Teeth
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
I can remember being just a bit frightened by this album cover as a small child. It was in my Dad's collection, all three of my Uncle's collections, my Aunt Penny's collection and my first step dad's sister's collection. Around the time I turned 12 it was in my collection. This is my all time favorite (barely edging out Dirty Deeds and Back In Black) AC/DC record. I spent about a solid year in an intensely creepy love affair with this album as I had also just discovered serial killer Richard Ramirez and his fascination with the boys as well as acquiring my first copy of Anton LaVey's The Satanic Bible from the library. 'Twas a match made in preteen Hell.
Side One:
Highway to Hell
Girls Got Rhythm
Walk All Over You
Touch Too Much
Beating Around the Bush
Side Two:
Shot Down in Flames
Get it Hot
If You Want Blood (You've Got It)
Love Hungry Man
Night Prowler
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
This is AC/DC at their filthiest and snottiest. A near tie for my favorite of all the albums. This album made an enormous impression on me at a VERY young age.
Side One:
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Love at First Feel
Big Balls
Rocker
Problem Child
Side Two:
There's Gonna Be Some Rockin'
Ain't No Fun Waiting Around to be a Millionaire
Ride On
Squealer
AC/DC - Back In Black
After Bon's passing the boys were faced with the decision of whether or not to carry on. With the help of Bon Scott fan Brian Johnson, the boys carried on and turned in what would arguably be one of the all time greatest rock records in the history of the genre.
Side One:
Hells Bells
Shoot to Thrill
What Do You Do For Money Honey
Given the Dog a Bone
Let Me Put My Love Into You
Side Two:
Back In Black
You Shook Me All Night Long
Have a Drink On Me
Shake a Leg
Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
AC/DC - For Those About to Rock We Salute You
Another one that was in the collection of pretty much everybody I knew - Aunts, uncles and everyone in between. I've seen this record cover used as a rolling tray perhaps as often as Lynyrd Skynyrd's Second Helping or Zep IV.
Side One:
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
Put the Finger on You
Let's Get it Up
Inject the Venom
Snowballed
Side Two:
Evil Walks
C.O.D.
Breaking The Rules
Night of the Long Knives
Spellbound
AC/DC - Flick of the Switch
Side One:
Rising Power
The House is on Fire
Flick of the Switch
Nervous Shakedown
Landslide
Side Two:
Guns For Hire
Deep in the Hole
Bedlam in Belgium
Badlands Brain Shake
AC/DC - Who Made Who
Thank Stephen King for this collection. Better than any basic "Greatest Hits" package, this one plays like a new album and has a cohesive spirit. I spent ALOT of time with this black spiral spinning on my turntable.
Side One:
Who Made Who
You Shook Me All Night Long
D.T.
Sink The Pink
Ride On
Side Two:
Hells Bells
Shake Your Foundations
Chase the Ace
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
AC/DC - Fly On The Wall
The album cover is a real departure for the band. This is AC/DC in the high color world of MTV. Same band, same musical format. The logo never lies. There's not an AC/DC record that betrays their formula - No concept records or synth or orchestra driven epics. Just the brothers Young, a solid backbeat, an unforgiving bass pulse and Brian or Bon singing about booze and women and things that go BUMP in the night. I was losing interest in the band by the time this record came out and I always remember it as AC/DC becoming more mainstream but in reality - 80's production aside - it's a damn fine rock record that stands up with all their releases.
Side One:
Fly On The Wall
Shake Your Foundations
First Blood
Danger
Sink The Pink
Side Two:
Playing With Girls
Stand Up
Hell or High Water
Back In Business
Send For the Man
Next time I sit down to write on this blog, we enter Aerosmith country. Buckle up.
