![]() It is the third-highest selling AC/DC record behind the 22-times platinum Back in Black and the seven-times platinum Highway to Hell. The album has been certified six-times platinum in America for sales over six-million copies. German band Accept wound up releasing a version of the song.ġ3. During the sessions for Dirty Deeds, the band wrote a song called “I’m A Rebel.” It was never released by AC/DC and is in their vaults. In the track “Ain’t No Fun (Waiting Round to be a Millionaire),” Bon says, “Hey Howard, how ya doing my next door neighbor? Get your f***ing jumbo jet off my airport!”ġ2. The album features one of just a few AC/DC songs that includes cursing. Bon has said that “Problem Child” is about Angus.ġ1. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap LyricsYoung/Young/Scott MusicYoung/Young/Scott If youre havin trouble with your high school head Hes givin you the blues. The track “Ride On” is about a guy who has made mistakes in a relationship because he drank too much.ġ0. Singer Bon Scott explained that the song “Squealer” is about a sexual encounter with a virgin.ĩ. They’re also the names of the first two albums the band put out in Australia.Ĩ. For the 1999 repress see here: AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe. Digitally remastered by Ted Jansen as Sterling Sound. Among the dirty deeds done dirt cheap mentioned in the song are high voltage and TNT, the names of two tracks on AC/DC’s first album. Problem Child previously released on Atco SD 36-151 - 'Let There Be Rock'. There is a backing vocal on the song “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” that is just heavy breathing.ħ. An Illinois couple, whose phone number was 362-4368, sued Atlantic Records for $250,000 because they were getting hundreds of prank calls.Ħ. ![]() In “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,” the number 36-24-36 is followed by the word “Hey,” which sounds a little like the number 8. In the 1960s, that was an actual phone number in Australia.ĥ. The title track invites listeners to call 36-24-36 if they’re having problems. One of the characters in it, Dishonest John, carried a business card that read “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. The term “dirty deeds done dirt cheap” is a reference to a cartoon called Beany and Cecil, which Angus watched as a kid. George Young, the older brother of guitarists Angus and Malcolm Young, co-produced the album.ģ. However, Atlantic Records didn’t like the vocals and production on the effort so they originally rejected it, but wound up putting it out in America five years later.Ģ. The band began recording the album in early 1976 and put it out in their native Australia on September 20th. To mark the album’s 46th anniversary, here are 13 things you might not know about the record:ġ. Though it may not be as well crafted as the in-memory-of-Bon classic Back in Black, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is another fitting eulogy to one of hard rock's most influential vocalists.On September 20th, 1976, AC/DC released their third album, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. On the whole, Dirty Deeds is a fine album with some nice treats for diehards. The song, highlighted by the Keith Richards-inspired licks of Angus Young and the haunting, melancholy lyrics of Bon Scott, shows AC/DC in a rare sensitive form yet manages to retain the raw power that has since become the band's trademark ('Ride On' would be the only Bon Scott-era song to be placed on the 1986 compilation Who Made Who). The album's greatest artistic moment, however, comes in the form of 'Ride On,' where AC/DC experiments with a slow, rhythmic blues ballad. The title track became a concert staple for the band, but Dirty Deeds' most well-known track is arguably 'Big Balls,' a sleazy, ambiguous number that would become one of the band's most well-recognized songs. until 1981, when AC/DC became rock icons the previous year and fans were growing hungry for more material featuring the band's late singer, Bon Scott. ![]() The album's greatest artistic moment, however, comes in the form of 'Ride On,' where AC/DC experiments with a slow, rhythmic blues ballad.ī2 Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round To Be A Millionaire)ĭirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap did not hit the U.S. featuring the immortal 'Big Balls' The title track became a concert staple for the band, but Dirty Deeds' most well-known track is arguably 'Big Balls,' a sleazy, ambiguous number that would become one of the band's most well-recognized songs. Release date: 10-05-2009(originally released in 1975)Ģ009 EU reissue vinyl LP-A fine album with some nice treats for diehards. ![]()
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