DISCOGRAPHY
Entries ranged left are the original Australian issues; those indented are UK/US releases.
THE VALENTINES
Every Day I Have To Cry (Alexander)/I Can’t Dance With You (Marriott/Lane) (Clarion, May 1967)
She Said (Wright/Young)/To Know You Is To Love You (Spector) (Clarion, August 1967)
Why Me/I Can Hear The Raindrops (Lovegrove/Ward) (Clarion, February 1968)
Peculiar Hole In The Sky (Vanda/Young)/Love Makes Sweet Music (Ayers) (Clarion, June 1968)
My Old Man’s A Groovy Old Man (Vanda/Young)/Ebeneezer (Prince/Taylor) (Philips, March 1969)
Nick Nack Paddy Whack (trad. arr. Valentines)/Getting Better (Scott/Milson) (Philips, August 1969)
Juliette (Milson/Ward/Scott)/Hoochie Coochie Billy (Lovegrove/Ward/Milson) (Philips, March 1970)
FRATERNITY
Why Did It Have To Be Me? (Ashdown/Stewart)/Questions (Hayward) (Sweet Peach, September 1970). Does not feature Bon.
Seasons Of Change (Robinson/Johns)/Sommerville (Howe/See) (Sweet Peach, May 1971)
LIVESTOCK (LP, Sweet Peach, June 1971)
Livestock (Bisset/Jurd)/Sommerville/Raglan’s Folly (Jurd/Scott)/Cool Spot (Bisset/ Jurd)/Grand Canyon Suite (Jurd)/Jupiter’s Landscape/You Have A God (M. Jurd/ C. Jurd)/It
The Race, Part 1/The Race, Part 2 (Ashdown/Stewart) (Sweet Peach, October 1971)
If You Got It (Fraternity)/Raglan’s Folly/You Have a God (Raven, October 1971)
Welfare Boogie (Fraternity)/Annabelle (Jurd/Bisset) (RCA, March 1972)
FLAMING GALAH (LP, RCA, April 1972)
Welfare Boogie/Annabelle/Seasons Of Change/If You Got It/You Have a God/ Hemming’s Farm/Raglan’s Folly/Getting Off (Jurd)/Sommerville RIP (Howe/See)/ Canyon Suite (Jurd)
AC/DC
All songs by Young/Scott/Young unless otherwise indicated.
Can I Sit Next To You Girl?/Rockin’ In The Parlour (Young/Young) (Alberts, July 1974). Does not feature Bon.
HIGH VOLTAGE (LP, Alberts, February 1975)
Baby, Please Don’t Go (Williams)/She’s Got Balls/Little Lover/Stick Around/Soul Stripper (Young/Young)/You Ain’t Got A Hold On Me/Love Song/Show Business
Baby, Please Don’t Go/Love Song (Alberts, March 1975)
High Voltage/Soul Stripper (Alberts, June 1975)
Long Way To The Top/Can I Sit Next To You Girl? (Alberts, December 1975)
TNT (LP, Alberts, February 1976)
Long Way To The Top/Rock’n’roll Singer/The Jack/Live Wire/TNT/Rocker/Can I Sit Next to You Girl?/High Voltage/School Days (Berry)
TNT/Rocker (Alberts, March 1976)
Long Way to the Top/Can I Sit Next to You Girl?
(UK Atlantic, April 1976)
HIGH VOLTAGE (LP, UK Atlantic, May 1976)
Long Way to the Top/Rock’n’roll Singer/The Jack/Live Wire/TNT/
Rocker/ Can I Sit Next To You Girl?/Little Lover/She’s Got Balls/High Voltage
Jailbreak/Fling Thing (Alberts, June 1976)
Jailbreak/Fling Thing (UK Atlantic, August 1976)
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap/Rock In Peace (Alberts, October 1976)
High Voltage/Live Wire (UK Atlantic, October 1976)
DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP (LP, Alberts, October 1976)
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap/Ain’t No Fun (Waiting Around to Be a
Millionaire)/There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’/Problem Child/Squealer/Big Balls/
Rock In Peace/Ride On/Jailbreak
HIGH VOLTAGE (LP, US Atco, November 1976)
Long Way to the Top/Rock’n’roll Singer/The Jack/Live Wire/TNT/ Can I Sit Next to You Girl?/Little Lover/She’s Got Balls/High Voltage
High Voltage/Long Way to the Top (US Atco, December 1976)
DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP (LP, UK Atlantic, December 1976)
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap/Love at First Feel/Big Balls/Rocker/Problem Child/There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’/Ain’t No Fun (Waiting Around to be a Millionaire)/Ride On/Squealer
Love At First Feel/Problem Child (Alberts, January 1977)
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap/Big Balls/The Jack (UK Atlantic, January 1977)
Dog Eat Dog/Carry Me Home (Alberts, March 1977)
LET THERE BE ROCK (LP, Alberts, April 1977)
Go Down/Dog Eat Dog/Let There Be Rock/Bad Boy Boogie/Overdose/Crabsody
In Blue/Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be/Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock/Problem Child
(UK/US Atlantic/Atco, September 1977)
LET THERE BE ROCK (LP, UK/US Atlantic/Atco, October 1977) same track listing as Australian LP
Let There Be Rock, Part 1/Let There Be Rock, Part 2 (Alberts, October 1977)
POWERAGE (LP, Alberts, April 1978)
Rock’n’roll Damnation/Down Payment Blues/Gimme A Bullet/Riff Raff/Sin City/
Next To The Moon/Gone Shootin’/Up To My Neck In You/Kicked in the Teeth
POWERAGE (LP, UK/US Atlantic, June 1978)
same track listing as Australian LP
Rock’n’roll Damnation/Sin City (UK Atlantic, May 1978)
Rock’n’roll Damnation/Kicked in the Teeth
(US Atlantic, June 1978)
Rock’n’roll Damnation/Cold Hearted Man (Alberts, June 1978)
Whole Lotta Rosie (live)/Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be (live)
(UK/US Atlantic, October 1978)
IF YOU WANT BLOOD (LP, Alberts; UK/US Atlantic, October 1978)
Riff Raff/Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be/Bad Boy Boogie/The Jack/Problem Child/ Whole Lotta Rosie/Rock’n’roll Damnation/High Voltage/Let There Be Rock/ Rocker
Whole Lotta Rosie/Dog Eat Dog (Alberts, November 1978)
HIGHWAY TO HELL (LP, Alberts; UK/US Atlantic, July 1979)
Highway To Hell/Girl’s Got Rhythm/Walk All Over You/Touch Too Much/Beating Around the Bush/Shot Down In Flames/Get It Hot/If You Want Blood/Love Hungry Man/Night Prowler
Highway to Hell/If You Want Blood (Alberts, August 1979)
Highway to Hell/If You Want Blood (UK Atlantic, August 1979)
Highway to Hell/Night Prowler (US Atlantic, August 1979)
Girl’s Got Rhythm/Get It Hot (UK Atlantic, November 1979)
Girl’s Got Rhythm/If You Want Blood/Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be (live)/ Rock’n’roll Damnation (EP, UK Atlantic, Nov. 1979)
Touch Too Much (live)/Live Wire (live)/Shot Down in Flames (live) (UK Atlantic, January 1980)
Touch Too Much (live)/Walk All Over You (live) (US Atlantic, February 1980)
DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP (LP, US Atlantic, May 1981)
Dirty Deeds/Ain’t No Fun/There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’/Love at First Feel/ Big Balls/Problem Child/Rocker/Ride On/Squealer
’74 JAILBREAK (mini-LP, US Atlantic, August 1984) Jailbreak/You Ain’t Got a Hold on Me/Show Business/Soul Stripper/Baby, Please Don’t Go
REISSUES
BON SCOTT WITH THE SPEKTORS AND THE VALENTINES (CD, UK, See for Miles, 1999)
The Spektors: Gloria (Morrison)/It Ain’t Necessarily So (Gershwin)/ On My Mind/Yesterday (Lennon/McCartney)/Interview By Allan Mannings/ The Valentines: To Know You Is To Love You/She Said/Every Day I Have To Cry/I Can’t Dance With You/Peculiar Hole In The Sky/Love Makes Sweet Music/I Can Hear The Raindrops/Why Me/Sooky Sooky (Covay).
BON SCOTT: THE EARLY YEARS, 1967-72 (CD, UK, See for Miles, 1991)
The Valentines: To Know You Is To Love You/She Said/Every Day I Have To Cry/I Can’t Dance With You/Peculiar Hole In The Sky/Love Makes Sweet Music/I Can Hear The Raindrops/Why Me?/Sooky Sooky/Getting Better/Ebeneezer/Hoochie Coochie Billy/My Old Man’s A Groovy Old Man/Nick Nack Paddy Wack/Juliette/
Fraternity: Annabelle/Welfare Boogie/Hemming’s Farm /Sommerville R.I.P./Getting Off/If You Got It/Seasons Of Change/Interview with David Day of 5KA Adelaide.
BON SCOTT & FRATERNITY: THE COMPLETE SESSIONS, 1971-72 (2CD, Australia, Raven, 1996)
Disc One: Sweet Peach, 1971: Seasons of Change/Livestock/ Sommerville/Raglan’s Folly/Cool Spot/Grand Cany
on Suite/Jupiter’s Landscape/You Have A God/It/The Race, Parts One & Two/Why Did It Have to Be Me?/Question. Disc Two, Raven/ RCA, 1971-1972: The Shape I’m In (Robertson)/If You Got It/ Welfare Boogie/ Annabelle/Seasons Of Change/If You Got It/You Have A God/Hemming’s Farm/ Raglan’s Folly/Getting Off/Sommerville RIP/Canyon Suite/If You Got It/Battle of the Sounds/Interview with David Day of 5KA Adelaide.
BON SCOTT [THE MOUNT LOFTY RANGERS]
(CD single, Australia, Head Office Records, 1996)
Round and Round and Round (Head/Yanni)/Carey Gulley (Head)/Round and Round (Head)
AC/DC: BONFIRE (4CD box-set, Elektra, 1997)
Disc One, Live from the Atlantic Studios: Live Wire/Problem Child/High Voltage/ Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be/Dog Eat Dog/The Jack/Whole Lotta Rosie/Rocker. Disc Two, Let There Be Rock: The Movie: Live Wire/Shot Down in Flames/Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be/Sin City/Walk All Over You/Bad Boy Boogie/The Jack/Highway to Hell. Disc Three, Volts: Dirty Eyes/Touch Too Much/If You Want Blood/Back Seat Confidential/Get it Hot/Sin City/She’s Got Balls/School Days/Long Way to the Top/ Ride On. Disc Four, Back in Black (does not feature Bon): Hell’s Bells/Shoot to Thrill/What Do You Do For Your Money, Honey?/Give the Dog a Bone/Let Me Put My Love Into You/Back in Black/You Shook Me All Night Long/Have a Drink on Me/Shake a Leg/Rock’n’roll Ain’t Noise Pollution (Young/Johnson/Young)
ADDITIONAL LISTENING
To contextualize Bon’s recordings, sample a cross section of ’60s and ’70s Australian rock. For many years the definitive compilation of the ‘60s Australian scene was Glenn A. Baker’s two double-album volumes of So You Wanna Be A Rock’n’roll Star (Festival): The “Scream” Years, 1964-66 and The Psychedelic Years, 1967-70. Baker’s own reissue label, Raven Records (not to be confused with the Raven that released one of Fraternity’s singles) has subsequently released no less than four volumes of Sixties Downunder, on CD, but Festival/Mushroom has also repackaged So You Wanna Be a Rock’n’roll Star in its entirety as a 3CD set; it’s still the best source, if you supplement it with Raven’s Ugly Things CD, a Pebbles-like collection of ’60s garage bands.
Raven’s Boogie, Balls & Blues hasn’t yet made the transition from vinyl to CD, but the label has two fine CD collections that cover the early-to-mid ‘70s: Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974 and Seventies Downunder. There’s also an Alberts double set, Goodtimes, on CD, while Raven’s Do Y’self a Favour: The Countdown Years, 1975-1979 includes many Alberts hits of the era plus much more (Raven Records’ web site is www.ravenrecords.com.au).
And the absolute completist who wants every note Bon got down on vinyl must have Blackfeather’s classic 1971 album At The Mountains of Madness (Infinity Records, re-released on CD by Festival). Bon plays recorder on a couple of tracks, including the hit version of the single “Seasons of Change,” which Bon’s own band Fraternity also covered.
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