08 Bon Scott - Pre AC/DC part4: Info on new Bon Scott single
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This article is from the AC/DC FAQ, by Phil Rose acdcfaq@yahoo.com with numerous contributions by others.
08 Bon Scott - Pre AC/DC part4: Info on new Bon Scott single
[The following info is taken without permission from the website of
Head Office Records -
'http://www.agro.com.au/headoffice/records/index']
BON SCOTT 'Round And Round And Round'
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Bon's back! Two new songs, three tracks. one CD single
- released October-20 - the closest thing you're ever likely to
hear to the solo album he talked about but never got the chance to
complete. Now re-produced for the Nineties.
"Round And Round And Round" and "Carey Gully" are the last two songs
Bon Scott committed to tape a month before joining AC/DC and the only
released from a three year period in his career between Fraternity's
"Flaming Galah" in April 1972 and AC/DC's "Baby Please Don't Go" in
March 1975.
In their original form, the tracks are genuine Australian long lost
'Basement Tapes", recorded a few months after Bon's motorbike
accident. Recently re-discovered, both "Round And Round And Round"
and "Carey Gully" have been extensively reworked to create musical
pieces which the project's collaborators believe Bon would have been
proud of.
As an occasional member of The Mount Lofty Rangers, a South Australian
collective of creative artists and musicians, Bon Scott recorded these
two compositions by the group's musical director Peter Head in July
1974.
Peter Head recently teamed up with producer Ted Yanni, another old
friend of Bon's. Using the best technology available, Ted isolated
the original vocal track from "Round And Round". and then over many
months rebuilt an entirely new backing to the song, so it sounds as
though it was recorded today rather than yesterday The original
version is also included on the CD single. It features former members
of Headband and Fraternity.
"Carey Gully", a lilting country-flavoured ballad has been tastefully
augmented with strings - the Classically Blue String Quartet. The
song celebrates the Mount Lofty Rangers' stomping ground at the time,
then home to one of South Australia's leading artists. Vytas Serelis,
whose stunning photo portraits grace the CD cover.
The whole project has been achieved by many people - musicians and
technicians donating time, talent and studios in order to pay tribute
to an old friend. The result is one of the best recordings available
by Bon Scott displaying a side to his vocal ability that wasn't as
evident in subsequent releases.
"Round And Round And Round" is only available as a single for
$10; from October 20, and there are no plans to release it on
an album. Get it while you can, because it may not be there tomorrow.
1 October 1996
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