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High Voltage is the debut studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 band AC/DC
AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock music rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm Young and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock, and considered pioneers of heavy metal music, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll"....
, released in February 1975. Six of the album's eight songs were written by Angus Young
Angus Young

Angus McKinnon Young is a Scotland-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. Known for wild, energetic performances and schoolboy-uniform stage outfits, Young was ranked 96th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"....
, Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young

Malcolm Mitchell Young is a Scotland-born Australian guitarist, best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC....
, and Bon Scott
Bon Scott

Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was an Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980....
. "Soul Stripper" was written by Young & Young, and "Baby, Please Don't Go" is a cover version
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 of a Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams

Big Joe Williams was an United States Delta blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality....
 song.

It was originally released on Albert Productions
Albert Productions

Albert Productions is an Australia record label. It was founded as an independent record production company in 1964 in music by Ted Albert, whose family owned the influential Australian music publishing company J....
. It was never reissued by another label in this format, though a High Voltage album was released internationally on Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an United States record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and jazz. Long one of the most important American independent labels, Atlantic now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group, which consolidated Atlantic Records and the Elektra Entertainment Group into one...
 in 1976.

C 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
Mark Evans (musician)

'Mark Whitmore Evans' is an Australian bassist best known for his membership of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from March 1975 to June 1977. His playing featured on the albums T.N.T....
/Phil Rudd
Phil Rudd

Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd is an Australian drum kit, best known for his membership in Australian Rock music band AC/DC. He held the position from 1975 until 1983, and again from 1994 to present....
 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.






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High Voltage is the debut studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 band AC/DC
AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock music rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm Young and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock, and considered pioneers of heavy metal music, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll"....
, released in February 1975. Six of the album's eight songs were written by Angus Young
Angus Young

Angus McKinnon Young is a Scotland-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. Known for wild, energetic performances and schoolboy-uniform stage outfits, Young was ranked 96th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"....
, Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young

Malcolm Mitchell Young is a Scotland-born Australian guitarist, best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC....
, and Bon Scott
Bon Scott

Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was an Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980....
. "Soul Stripper" was written by Young & Young, and "Baby, Please Don't Go" is a cover version
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 of a Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams

Big Joe Williams was an United States Delta blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality....
 song.

It was originally released on Albert Productions
Albert Productions

Albert Productions is an Australia record label. It was founded as an independent record production company in 1964 in music by Ted Albert, whose family owned the influential Australian music publishing company J....
. It was never reissued by another label in this format, though a High Voltage album was released internationally on Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an United States record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and jazz. Long one of the most important American independent labels, Atlantic now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group, which consolidated Atlantic Records and the Elektra Entertainment Group into one...
 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
Mark Evans (musician)

'Mark Whitmore Evans' is an Australian bassist best known for his membership of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from March 1975 to June 1977. His playing featured on the albums T.N.T....
/Phil Rudd
Phil Rudd

Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd is an Australian drum kit, best known for his membership in Australian Rock music band AC/DC. He held the position from 1975 until 1983, and again from 1994 to present....
 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
Schoolgirl

A schoolgirl is a girl attending either primary or secondary school. They are generally aged between four and eighteen years old....
) and a filmed performance of "Show Business."

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.
T.N.T. (album)

T.N.T. is the second studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in December 1975. Seven of the album's nine songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott....
 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
'74 Jailbreak

'74 Jailbreak is an Extended play by Australian band AC/DC, comprising five hard rock/blues oriented tracks that had previously been released only in Australia....
 EP, released in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, and Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in October 1984. To date, "Stick Around" and "Love Song" have not been released internationally.

Track listing

All songs were written by Angus Young
Angus Young

Angus McKinnon Young is a Scotland-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. Known for wild, energetic performances and schoolboy-uniform stage outfits, Young was ranked 96th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"....
, Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young

Malcolm Mitchell Young is a Scotland-born Australian guitarist, best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC....
, and Bon Scott
Bon Scott

Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was an Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980....
, except where noted.

  1. "Baby Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams
    Big Joe Williams

    Big Joe Williams was an United States Delta blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality....
    ) – 4:50
  2. "She's Got Balls" – 4:51
  3. "Little Lover" – 5:39
  4. "Stick Around" – 4:44
  5. "Soul Stripper" (Angus Young, Malcolm Young) – 6:25
  6. "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me" – 3:31
  7. "Love Song" – 5:14
  8. "Show Business" – 4:46


Songs


Stick Around

"Stick Around" only appeared on the Australian release of High Voltage and has not been officially released internationally. However, it can be unlocked from the remastered CD of '74 Jailbreak
'74 Jailbreak

'74 Jailbreak is an Extended play by Australian band AC/DC, comprising five hard rock/blues oriented tracks that had previously been released only in Australia....
.

Show Business

"Show Business" was not released outside Australia until 1984, when it appeared on the compilation EP 74 Jailbreak. "Show Business" also appeared as the b-side on the American "Jailbreak" single.

"Show Business" evolved from an older song called "Sunset Strip", written by Malcolm Young and the band's original singer Dave Evans
Dave Evans (singer)

Dave Evans is an Australian singer best known for being the first lead singer of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1973-1974....
. The song was revamped for their first album and new lyrics were added by Bon Scott.

Love Song

"Love Song" evolved from an unrecorded song called "Fell In Love", also written by Malcolm Young and Dave Evans. This earlier version of the song had different lyrics, and the finished lyrics as heard on the album were added by Bon Scott. This song was not included on the 74 Jailbreak album, but can be unlocked on AC/DC's website from a remastered CD version of the EP.

Personnel

  • Bon Scott
    Bon Scott

    Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was an Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980....
     – lead vocals
  • Angus Young
    Angus Young

    Angus McKinnon Young is a Scotland-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. Known for wild, energetic performances and schoolboy-uniform stage outfits, Young was ranked 96th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"....
     – guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
  • Malcolm Young
    Malcolm Young

    Malcolm Mitchell Young is a Scotland-born Australian guitarist, best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC....
     – guitar, backing vocals
  • George Young - production, Bass guitar
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  • Tony Currenti - drums
  • Harry Vanda
    Harry Vanda

    Harry Vanda , is a Dutch people-Australian popular music singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer....
     – production


External links

  • on AC/DC's official website