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AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak

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Release date: 15 October 1984

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AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak: Wikipedia Album Entry

'74 Jailbreak is an EP by Australian band AC/DC, comprising five hard rock/blues oriented tracks that had been released only in Australia. It was released in 1984 in the United States, Canada and Japan. The song "Jailbreak" was also released as a single and a video. The EP was reissued in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.

The first track is from the Australian version of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976), while the rest are from the Australian version of the band's debut album, the Australian version of High Voltage, recorded in 1974 and released early the following year.

Side A
"Jailbreak" – 4:40
"You Ain't Got a Hold on Me" – 3:30
"Show Business" – 4:43

Side B
"Soul Stripper" – 6:23 (Angus Young, Malcolm Young)
"Baby, Please Don't Go" – 4:50 Big Joe Williams

Personnel
Bon Scott – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Malcolm Young – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
George Young - bass guitar, production
Rob Bailey - bass guitar
Mark Evans – bass guitar on "Jailbreak"
Tony Currenti - drums
Peter Clack - drums
Phil Rudd – drums on "Jailbreak"
Harry Vanda - production


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AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak Lyrics

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There was a friend of mine on murder
And the judge's gavel fell
Jury found him guilty
Gave him sixteen years in hell

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You can roll me round your finger
You can roll me if I'm blind
You can roll me tally ho ho
I'm easy rollin' kind

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AC/DC - Show Business Lyrics

You learn to sing
You learn to play
Why don't the businessman
Ever learn to pay

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Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go down to New Orleans
You know I love you so

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Well, I met her in the garden

Underneath that old apple tree

Sitting with a handful of flowers

Looking as cool as can be

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