Members John Sayers Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 A track I recorded back in the late 60s. It's a band called Fraternity The lead singer on recorder (with the beard ) is Bon Scott! [YOUTUBE]hZY2nl2CwLc[/YOUTUBE] and another one. [YOUTUBE]BQ-45XG7n4k[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 That is really cool!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 I remember seeing these vids a while ago and not quite believing what I was seeing Thanks for re-acquainting me with them, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim_7string Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Wow, what a rare find! Never knew that Bon was in a band like that before the mighty AC/DC. And I have always loved "Build Me Up Buttercup." Wonderful tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Just think If he'd stayed doing this kind of music and hadn't fallen in with those bad boys of AC/DC, he might still be alive today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted January 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Just think If he'd stayed doing this kind of music and hadn't fallen in with those bad boys of AC/DC, he might still be alive today No, he was always a rager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Can you tell us a little bit about the recording sessions for these songs, and what it was like recording Bon Scott and the band? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted January 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Ken - the recordings were made at Armstrong's studios in Melbourne. It was a converted terrace house. The studio was around 25' x 15' and the control room was 10' x 10' with a pair of 15" Tannoy Reds as monitors! The console was a locally made Optronics and the recorder an 8 track Scully and 2 track AG440 ampex. The bandtracks for the album were all laid down in one session over a 16 hour day. The next day all the vocals, harmonies and overdubs were recorded. A third day for mixing. The Valentines had come over from Perth and were the new kids on the block. Initially they were a hippy band, hence the recorder etc, but they later changed their image and wore those pantsuit affairs that were blue. The other band around at the time (the Zoot, Rick Springfield's band) wore Pink pantsuits the Valentines had two lead singers, Bon and Vince. Bon was always a rager, all those tats were real and very radical for the time, always out for a laugh but really knew how to hit the drugs hard. I have great memories of Bon, he brightened up everyone's life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 That is very cool, thanks for sharing that! The SG must have been very popular down under. I was a HUGE AC/DC fan back in high school and always preferred the Bon Scott version. His voice of course was amazing but I think another thing that was lost when he died was the wit, fun, social observations and wisdom inherent in a lot of his lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alndln2 Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 I saw a Documentary on Bon on YT. It said on of the early bands he was in he played drums on some songs, then switched to vocals while the singer would switch to drums. I'm not sure if this band posted was the one he did than in though, but the documentry is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 No, he was always a rager ........blessed with an amazing voice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bookumdano2 Posted January 4, 2009 Members Share Posted January 4, 2009 On that first video, I dunno ...I was kind waiting for a tiny Stonehenge to drop down from the ceiling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted January 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 4, 2009 On that first video, I dunno ...I was kind waiting for a tiny Stonehenge to drop down from the ceiling :D woudl have been appropriate wouldn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted January 4, 2009 Members Share Posted January 4, 2009 That is really, really cool....Funny how when stuff like this turns up on music icon, although very different usually from what made them famous, you can still see that seed of it there.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nice keetee Posted January 4, 2009 Members Share Posted January 4, 2009 ...sent me off on a tangent this did...remember hearing about bon's departure after I fell in like of highway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted January 4, 2009 Members Share Posted January 4, 2009 On that first video, I dunno ...I was kind waiting for a tiny Stonehenge to drop down from the ceiling Yeah, me too, kind of heard to take it seriously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor Davis Posted January 4, 2009 Members Share Posted January 4, 2009 that first vid rocked. I could hear ol' bonny me ladd kickin' it OUT! Intending to learn the entire album after hearing the band on der raddio; I bought the album BACK IN BLACK and thought BON had blown out his voice.I was mad when I realised he was'nt on the record at all. I could'nt finde his name anywhere.it became very evident on the B side. I was saddened to learn of Bons death.I eventually learned a lot of licks and stuff off that album BIB. The early ACDC (before the OTHER GUY) is some of my all time, out of this world, fave jams. had to learn some of that stuff: RIDE ON is a fave.I learned a bunch of that stuff. Bon was amazeing.thanks for lettin me shareTD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Instrospection Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 Thanks for posting! Bon's work in Fraternity definetely points to the fact that he had vocal skill (vibrato, nuance) that he consciously chose to jettison in favour of grimy, bluesy belting. I like both versions of Bon. Ironically, alot of AC/DC fans got into Fraternity through Bon's work in AC/DC and were less than, um, pleased at the maturity level he displayed, and maybe playing a flute and rocking an Abe Lincoln beard rather than cutoff Daisy Dukes and some bagpipes. According to the AC/DC book "Maximum Rock n' Roll", it would correspond with what John is saying here--Bon had to cover them up and hide the fact that he was a real carouser. His management, apparently, at the time didn't want his rowdy rocker ambitions to be known, because that would ruin the teenage teenybopper demographic ambitions that the band was going for (or told to go for). It was said that the management made him wear long sleeves and applied pancake makeup to his tattoos on any sleeveless shirts or partially seethrough shirts. Interesting to note that Bon was originally AC/DC's chauffeur in the Dave Evans era, and that he originally was considered on drums in some capacity, as he really was a drummer at heart. One of their last jams, right before "Back In Black" was written, Bon was on the drums for some loose rehearsals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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