Bon Scott Back In Black ?

[headcoats]

forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/how-much-if-any-did-bon-scott-contribute-to-ac-dcs-back-in-black.243967/

Throws up some interesting theories about Bon contributing to what would become Back In Black

Also the fact the song "Have a drink on me" was in really bad taste !

AC/Dc have always been weird on releasing archive stuff, for example the Powerage album has 2 mixes (one for Europe) but have never put the song Cold Hearted Man on a Powerage re release or the Europe mix of the album

Most bands release triple CD versions of their back catalogue don't they ?

They must be sitting on shitloads of stuff !

[st66]

One of the best bands ever amazing live, bon Scott a touch to much,,, belta

[rigga]

Like all song writers I'm pretty sure he would have written some stuff that hadn't yet been recorded whilst he was still alive, so highly likely some ideas he had shared with the rest of the band, might well have appeared later.

[reedpete]

At the time of release and with the task of drawing a line in the sand vis old vs new, Bon’s name not appearing on BiB makes sense. Also to try and reflect exactly any contributions he made would have resulted in a mess.
However as time has passed...a lot of time...and BiB is now seen as one of the very best 20th century works, it feels more appropriate that Bon should be recognised for whatever active or passive contribution he made.
That said, sometimes you just got to stand back, put the fine detail to one side and look at the big picture. Quite simply the band as with many others has has incarnations across the years and remain valid. Bon was an important part of that, but just a part.

[headcoats]

Well Bon to me was a main cog in the band and his demise was catastrophic

Back In Black was good but the next album (For those about to rock) was awful, Flick of the switch better but just very patchy output after

That's The Way I Wanna Rock & Roll and Big Gun are great though


The Powerage album to me was their peak