If You Want Blood You've Got It
Occupation
- Song: Bon Scott
- Lead Guitar: Angus Young
- Rhythm Guitar: Malcolm Young
- Bass: Cliff Williams
- Drums: Phil Rudd
If You Want Blood You've Got It (English for "If you want blood, have you there ") is the first live album by the Australian hard rock band AC / DC and the only one with Bon Scott on vocals. It is the last AC / DC album of the Bon Scott era, which was produced by Harry Vanda and George Young, who were also responsible for the first five studio albums of the band. In 1994, the album was released by Atco Records yet again, as in 2003 by Epic Records as part of the AC / DC remasters series.
Background
The album was recorded during the Powerage tour, mostly on 30 April 1978 at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. For adding the band came in the outfit of the Scottish national football team on stage.
The songs Dog Eat Dog and Fling Thing was indeed at the show played, but not included on the album. The live version of Dog Eat Dog came in November 1978 on the B side of Whole Lotta Rosie single. The film recording of the concert was never officially released completely. Only the songs Riff Raff, Rock ' n ' Roll Damnation and parts of Fling Thing / Rocker, released in 2005 on the DVD Family Jewels, and Bad Boy Boogie (only on Special 3 - DVD Box ) Let There Be Rock, Dog Eat Dog and again rock ' n ' Roll Damnation published in 2007 on the DVD plug Me In.
A piece called If You Want Blood ( You've Got It) appeared on the following album Highway to Hell. In The Jack Bon Scott asks the audience if there are still virgins in Glasgow: "Are there any virgins in Glasgow? "
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Reception
The album made it in October 1978 at No. 13 on the album charts of the UK and was awarded a gold award. In addition, it placed itself at number 113 in the U.S. and was certified platinum in Germany, it also reached platinum status.
If You Wan't Blood You've Got It received mostly positive reviews and is one of the most popular live albums in rock history. It was selected eg 2003 by readers of the British magazine Classic Rock at No. 2 of the best live albums of all time. The rock magazine Rock Hard in 2007 listed it at number 24 of its top 500 list of rock and metal albums., Making it the fourth- bestplatzierteste live album of that list. The magazine awarded 9 out of 10 points, has been questioned by Götz Kühnemund only that it is not at If You Wan't Blood You've Got It is a double album would have found on the classics like Livewire or Sin City Square.