High Voltage (1975 album)

Infobox Album
Name = High Voltage
Type = studio
Artist = AC/DC


Released = 17 February 1975
Recorded = November 1974
Genre = Hard rock, Rock and Roll
Length = 39:51
Label = Albert
Producer = Harry Vanda, George Young
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9ev97ydkrkt link]
Last album =
This album = "High Voltage"
(1975)
Next album = "T.N.T."
(1975)
Misc = Singles
Name = High Voltage
Type = Studio
single 1 = Baby, Please Don't Go
single 1 date = 1975

"High Voltage" is the debut studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in February 1975. Six of the album's eight songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. "Soul Stripper" was written by Young & Young, and "Baby, Please Don't Go" is a cover version of a Big Joe Williams song.

It was originally released on Albert Productions. It was never reissued by another label in this format, though a "High Voltage" album was released internationally on Atlantic Records in 1976.

Overview

AC/DC was still developing its sound when "High Voltage" was recorded in November 1974, and Scott and the Young brothers were backed by a different rhythm section than the Mark Evans/Phil Rudd combination featured on their next three full-length studio recordings.

"High Voltage" led to the first of many AC/DC appearances on Australia's "Countdown" music program. The band's earliest appearances included a now-legendary live performance of "Baby, Please Don't Go" (featuring Scott dressed as a blonde schoolgirl) and a filmed performance of "Show Business." [Video Footage and Liner Notes, Family Jewels 2-Disc DVD Set 2005]

International release

Released in May 1976, and featuring a different cover, the international version of "High Voltage" was a compilation of the original Australian edition and its follow-up, the Australia-only "T.N.T." album. Despite its title, the second "High Voltage" features only two tracks from the original: "She's Got Balls" and "Little Lover".

Four of the other songs on the original, "Baby, Please Don't Go", "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me", "Soul Stripper", and "Show Business", were included on the "'74 Jailbreak" EP, released in the United States, Canada, and Japan in October 1984. To date, "Stick Around" and "Love Song" have not been released internationally.

Track listing

All songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott, except where noted.

# "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) – 4:52
# "She's Got Balls" – 4:52
# "Little Lover" – 5:39
# "Stick Around" – 4:42
# "Soul Stripper" (Angus Young, Malcolm Young) – 6:27
# "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me" – 3:35
# "Love Song" – 5:11
# "Show Business" – 4:46

Songs

Show Business

"Show Business" was not released outside Australia until 1984, when it appeared, along with "Jailbreak" (from Australian version of "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap") on the compilation EP "'74 Jailbreak". "Show Business" also appeared as the b-side on the American "Jailbreak" single. Malcolm Young plays lead guitar on this song.Fact|date=September 2007

"Show Business" evolved from an older song called "Sunset Strip", written by Malcolm Young and the band's original singer Dave Evans. The song was revamped for their first album and new lyrics were added by Bon Scott.

Personnel

*Bon Scott – lead vocals
*Angus Young – lead guitar
*Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*George Young - production, bass guitar
*Tony Currenti - drums
*Harry Vanda – production

References

External links

* [http://www.acdcrocks.com/highvoltage.html Lyrics] on AC/DC's official website