Marcus Hook Roll Band Rare OZ Promo LP Tales of old grand daddy VG+ AC/DC 73 EMI

Vanda & Young Easybeats Angus Young Malcolm Young

Maruc Hook Roll Band

Tales of old grand-daddy

Rare Original OZ Promo LP released in 1973 on EMI Records. Cat: EMC.2518.

The Marcus Hook Roll Band is one obscure, but significant, persona of the legendary partnership of Harry Vanda & George Young. Their better known personas are the '60s beat phenomenon The Easybeats, and later the mysterious entity Flash and The Pan. Capitol Records in the USA expressed an interest in having an album from The Marcus Hook Roll Band having heard the single Natural Man. The main recording was done during July/August 1973 in Sydney. A key ingredient was the duty free supplied by producer Alan 'Wally' Waller - Jim Beam Old Grand-dad bourbon whiskey - hence the album name. George Young explained, "We had Harry, myself and my kid brothers, Malcolm and Angus. We all got rotten, except for Angus, who was too young, and we spent a month in there boozing it up every night. That was the first thing Malcolm and Angus did before AC/DC. We didn't take it very seriously so we thought we'd include them to give them an idea of what recording was all about." Richard Lush the engineer explains, "The sessions were great fun, fuelled with plenty of Old Grand-Dad bourbon. Angus Young drank milk. Angus and his brother Malcolm played guitars as well as Harry." The production notes, recently unearthed at Abbey Road reveal that on many of the tracks Malcolm Young shared rhythm guitar and guitar solos. The Kentucky bourbon seems to have affected everybody's memory. For instance, there is some great slide guitar on the album but no-one can remember who supplied it. Harry thinks it might have been Kiwi born Kevin Borich, but Kevin does not remember being there. Wally vaguely remembers Malcolm doing some slide-guitar, but really can't be sure. So the challenge for the astute listener is to figure out which licks and solos belong to a seventeen year old Angus Young. We've got our money on the second guitar in the Cry For Me lead break.

Tracks : Can’t stand the heat/ Goodbye Jane/ Quick reaction/ Silver shoes/ Watch her do it now/ people and the power/ Red revolution/ Shot in the head/ Ape man/ Cry for me.

There is writing in blue pen on both sides of labels. Record has some light scuff marks and a few lights scratches that cause some light crackles throughout most noticeable marks produce some light pops on last third of second track side one “ Goodbye Jane” & last third of track 1 side two “ People and the power”. Record is in VG+ condition. Cover has light ring wear, a few light marks and minor scuffing on corners. All seams are fully intact. Cover is in VG++ condition.

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