05 Bon Scott - Pre AC/DC part1
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This article is from the AC/DC FAQ, by Phil Rose acdcfaq@yahoo.com with numerous contributions by others.
05 Bon Scott - Pre AC/DC part1
*************Here's the liner notes from a compilation
of***************
pre-AC/DC Bon Scott music.
[Thanks to Steve Rhoads <stever@hpcvts.cv.hp.com>]
Bon Scott Seasons Of Change 1967-1972
Raven Records
P.O. Box 92
Camberwell 3124
Australia
Here are the tracks:
1) To Know You Is To Love You [Spector]
2) She Said [Young] (George Young of Easybeat, older bro' of Angus &
Malc)
3) Everyday I Have To Cry [Alexander]
4) I Can't Dance With You [Marriott-Lane]
5) Peculiar Hole In The Sky [Vanda-Young]
6) Love Makes Sweet Music [Ayers]
7) I Can Hear The Raindrops [Lovegrove-Ward]
8) Why Me? [Lovegrove-Ward]
9) Sooky Sooky [D. Covey]
10) Getting Better [Scott-Milsom]
11) Ebeneezer [Price-Taylor]
12) Hoochie Coochie Billy [Lovegrove-Ward-Milsom]
13) My Old Man's A Groovy Man [Vanda-Young]
14) Nick Nack Paddy Wack
[Lovegrove-Scott-Junko-Cooksey-Beach-Milsom]
15) Julliette [Milsom-Ward-Scott]
16) Annabelle [Jurd-Bisset]
17) Welfare Boogie [Fraternity]
18) Hemming's Farm [Fraternity]
19) Sommerville R.I.P. [Howe-See]
20) Getting Off [Jurd]
21) If You Got It [Fraternity]
22) Seasons Of Change [Robinson-Johns]
23) interview with David Day of 5Ka in Adelaide
Bon Scott The Early Years 1968-1972
Tracks 1-15 The Valentines 1967-1970
Tracks 16-22 Fraternity 1970-1972
Tracks 1-9 produced by Martin Clarke
Tracks 10-22 produced by Image Records & Hamish Henry
Original Sound Recordings made by Clarion Records/Raven Records
(Australia)
Copyright 1988 See-For-Miles Records LTD.
SEE CD247
CD insert:
Valentines 1967-1970
Bon Scott- Vocals
Vince Lovegrove- Vocals
John Cooksey- Bass
Wyn Milsom- Lead Guitar
Ted Ward- Rythym Guitar
Doug Lavery- Drums*
(* replaced by Paddy Beach, 1969)
Fraternity 1971-73
Bon Scott- Vocals
Bruce Howe- Bass
Mick Jurd- Lead Guitar
John Bisset- Keyboards
John Freeman- Drums
'Uncle' John Ayres- Harmonica
Sam See- Slide Guitar, Piano
Ask the average Australian to name some famous people who have come
from Perth and the chances are that they'll name either sports stars
or business tycoons. Yet one of Perth's adopted sons was for a while
in the late '70s every bit as much a crowd puller as those sports
stars. As lead singer of AC/DC Bon Scott would regularly perform to
thousands of people each night in the stadiums and concert halls of
America and Europe. But it's a long way to the top in the world of
rock and roll and Bon Scott's road to the top began with the Perth
band the Valentines in 1966.
The Valentines got together around the middle of 1966. Their
initial linup was Bon Scott and Vince Lovegrove sharing vocal
duties, Ted Ward on rythym guitar, Bruce Abbott on bass guitar, Wyn
Milson on lead guitar, and drummer Warrick Findlay. In Scott and
Lovegrove they had two dynamic focal points and within just weeks of
their live debut they had crowds flocking to their shows at such
venues as Canterbury Court and the Swanbourne Surf Livesaving Club
(affectionately known as the Swanbourne Stomp).
It didn't take long for their popularity to come to the notice of
Martin Clarke who operated Perth's only record label in the 1960's,
Clarion. The Valentines were duly signed to Clarion in March 1967
and released their first single a couple of months later, still less
than a year since they formed. That single comprised of Arthur
Alexander's "Everyday I Have To Cry" backed with "I Can't Dance With
You", a song from one of England's fastest rising groups of the
time, the Small Faces. The record, naturally enough, sold very well
in Perth, reaching the Top 5.
Single No.2 was released in August 1967. The top side was a Stevie
Wright/George Young (Easybeats) composition entitled "She Said".
Although similar in some ways to areas that the Beatles were then
exploring, the single failed to capture the record buying public's
imagination and only made the lower end of the Perth charts.
Nevertheless the 3rd single for Clarion was released in February
1968. "I Can Hear The Raindrops" and "Why Me?" were both
Lovegrove/Ward compositions. Promoted as a double A side release
the record made number 30 on the Perth charts but once again failed
to chart elsewhere.
Despite a report in April 1968 that the Valentines were to join the
Sunshine label, this move never eventuated. Their fourth and final
single for Clarion was released some three months later, and once
again it was a composition from the Easybeats camp. "Peculiar Hole
In The Sky" was written by Harry Vanda and George Young and produced
on Martin Clarke's behalf by Paul Aulton. The flip side "Love Makes
Sweet Music" was origially the only single ever released by
avant-guarde British The Soft Machine. It was brought to the
Valentine's attention by Stan Rofe, the doyed of Melbourne disk
jockeys in the latter half of the 1960's.
Represented on this disc are those four singles as well as a
previously unreleased track, "Sooky, Sooky". In 1970 they broke up.
After changes in line-up Bon went on to Fraternity and later to
AC/DC. Vince worked as a writer for pop music weekly before moving
on to become a contributor to a current affairs television
programme. More recently he was manager of the Divinyls before
parting company with them in 1986.
In their heyday the Valentines were dismissed as being blatantly
"Bubblegum", a label they were quick to dismiss. Listen to this
album, judge for yourselves. Hopefully the next time someone
metions the word Valentine you won't think of February 14th but you
will think of some fine music from the late 1960's [sic].
Alan Mannings
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