Recorded: December 1978 at Albert Studios in Sydney, Australia,
January–February 1979 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida,
March–April 1979 at Roundhouse Studios in London, England
Label: Albert, Atlantic
It was the band's fifth internationally released studio album and the sixth to be released in Australia. It was the last album featuring lead singer Bon Scott, who died early the following year on Tuesday, February 19, 1980. By 1978, AC/DC had released five albums internationally and had toured Australia and Europe extensively. In 1977, they landed in America and, with virtually no radio support, began to amass a live following. The band's most recent album, the live If You Want Blood, had reached #13 in Britain, and the two albums previous to that, 1977's Let There Be Rock and 1978's Powerage, had seen the band find their raging, rhythm and blues-based hard rock sound. Although the American branch of Atlantic Records had rejected the group's 1976 LP Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, it now believed the band was poised to strike it big in the States if only they would work with a producer who could give them a radio-friendly sound. Since their 1975 Australian debut High Voltage, all of AC/DC's albums had been produced by George Young and Harry Vanda. The producer Atlantic paired the band up with was South African-born Eddie Kramer, best known for his pioneering work as engineer for Jimi Hendrix but also for mega-bands Led Zeppelin and Kiss. Kramer met the band at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida but, by all accounts, they did not get on. Recording commenced at the Roundhouse Studios in Chalk Farm, north London in March 1979.
Band members:
Phil Rudd – drums
Bon Scott – lead vocals
Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Kevin Dallimore - Assistant Engineer
Mark Dearnley - Recording Engineer
Bob Defrin - Art Direction
Jim Houghton - Photography
Robert John "Mutt" Lange - Producer
Tony Platt - Mixing Engineer
Basing Street Studios, London, England - Mixing Studio
Roundhouse Studios, London, England - Recording Studio
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