Comments on: Dirt Cheap http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/ ...for all your Bon Scott needs... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:38:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: North Carol Allergy and Immunology http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-68162 North Carol Allergy and Immunology Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:15:08 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-68162 I own the Aussie version of the Dirty Deeds album which I picked up at an imports shop in 1981. The cover art really captures the gritty "up-yours" spirit of early AC/DC perfectly. I hated the international version cover as well. It looks nothing like AC/DC and I've always been baffled by it. I think it's a case of record co. sanitizing. More than one Aussie album cover was scrapped by the record co. suits for international release, like the version of High Voltage I believe with the dog pissing on the electrical box and the empty beer cans on the ground. What a shame. I own the Aussie version of the Dirty Deeds album which I picked up at an imports shop in 1981. The cover art really captures the gritty “up-yours” spirit of early AC/DC perfectly.

I hated the international version cover as well. It looks nothing like AC/DC and I’ve always been baffled by it. I think it’s a case of record co. sanitizing. More than one Aussie album cover was scrapped by the record co. suits for international release, like the version of High Voltage I believe with the dog pissing on the electrical box and the empty beer cans on the ground. What a shame.

]]> By: longer lashes http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-66461 longer lashes Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:47:28 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-66461 I own the Aussie version of the Dirty Deeds album which I picked up at an imports shop in 1981. The cover art really captures the gritty "up-yours" spirit of early AC/DC perfectly. I hated the international version cover as well. It looks nothing like AC/DC and I've always been baffled by it. I think it's a case of record co. sanitizing. More than one Aussie album cover was scrapped by the record co. suits for international release, like the version of High Voltage I believe with the dog pissing on the electrical box and the empty beer cans on the ground. What a shame. I own the Aussie version of the Dirty Deeds album which I picked up at an imports shop in 1981. The cover art really captures the gritty “up-yours” spirit of early AC/DC perfectly.

I hated the international version cover as well. It looks nothing like AC/DC and I’ve always been baffled by it. I think it’s a case of record co. sanitizing. More than one Aussie album cover was scrapped by the record co. suits for international release, like the version of High Voltage I believe with the dog pissing on the electrical box and the empty beer cans on the ground. What a shame.

]]> By: Lucas http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-25807 Lucas Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:42:03 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-25807 It's true, I do need to get new glasses, yakofujimato (seriously). But I'm afraid I can't use that as an excuse for my decade-judgement about that collage. You could, indeed, be right about it being contemporary imagery rather than then-retro! In my defense, I was only one year old when this album came out, so my direct perception of fashions of the time is limited to nappies. It’s true, I do need to get new glasses, yakofujimato (seriously). But I’m afraid I can’t use that as an excuse for my decade-judgement about that collage.

You could, indeed, be right about it being contemporary imagery rather than then-retro! In my defense, I was only one year old when this album came out, so my direct perception of fashions of the time is limited to nappies.

]]> By: yakofujimato http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-25793 yakofujimato Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:08:18 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-25793 Quote: "a collage of figures (an old lady, a school boy, a bikie, a nurse(?), a dog, etc) have been cut out of some 1950s magazine" 1950s???? Are you for real?? Look at the clothing and hairstyles the figures wear. They are all contemporary for the time the album was released. Men certainly did not wear long hair like that in the 1950s. The figures were clearly NOT from a magazine, nor do they look as if they were. Somebody needs an eye test. Quote: “a collage of figures (an old lady, a school boy, a bikie, a nurse(?), a dog, etc) have been cut out of some 1950s magazine”

1950s???? Are you for real?? Look at the clothing and hairstyles the figures wear. They are all contemporary for the time the album was released. Men certainly did not wear long hair like that in the 1950s. The figures were clearly NOT from a magazine, nor do they look as if they were. Somebody needs an eye test.

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-10339 Carolyn Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:33:29 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-10339 29 years have passed and Bon is still rockin' hard and strong as ever. Rock on Bon. 29 years have passed and Bon is still rockin’ hard and strong as ever.

Rock on Bon.

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-10072 Carolyn Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:05:26 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-10072 If that's true about an album cover competition, it must've been slim pickin's! If that’s true about an album cover competition, it must’ve been slim pickin’s!

]]> By: BEN SCOTT http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-9986 BEN SCOTT Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:16:41 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-9986 DONT QUOTE ME BUT I READ ABOUT A COMPETITION OR SOMTHIN WHERE PEOPLE WERE ASDKED TO SEND STUFF IN... PERHAPS THATS WHERE THIS ALBUM COVER CAME FROM... DONT QUOTE ME BUT I READ ABOUT A COMPETITION OR SOMTHIN WHERE PEOPLE WERE ASDKED TO SEND STUFF IN… PERHAPS THATS WHERE THIS ALBUM COVER CAME FROM…

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-9966 Carolyn Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:44:54 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-9966 I own the Aussie version of the Dirty Deeds album which I picked up at an imports shop in 1981. The cover art really captures the gritty "up-yours" spirit of early AC/DC perfectly. I hated the international version cover as well. It looks nothing like AC/DC and I've always been baffled by it. I think it's a case of record co. sanitizing. More than one Aussie album cover was scrapped by the record co. suits for international release, like the version of High Voltage I believe with the dog pissing on the electrical box and the empty beer cans on the ground. What a shame. I own the Aussie version of the Dirty Deeds album which I picked up at an imports shop in 1981. The cover art really captures the gritty “up-yours” spirit of early AC/DC perfectly.

I hated the international version cover as well. It looks nothing like AC/DC and I’ve always been baffled by it. I think it’s a case of record co. sanitizing. More than one Aussie album cover was scrapped by the record co. suits for international release, like the version of High Voltage I believe with the dog pissing on the electrical box and the empty beer cans on the ground. What a shame.

]]> By: Lucas http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-9957 Lucas Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:01:04 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-9957 Some interesting musings on Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap over <a href="http://ilgordon.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/acdc-and-memory/" rel="nofollow"> here</a>, including the song's musical resemblances to Zoot, the Supremes, Vanilla Fudge and the Mortein Flyspray ad! Worth a read... Some interesting musings on Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap over here, including the song’s musical resemblances to Zoot, the Supremes, Vanilla Fudge and the Mortein Flyspray ad! Worth a read…

]]> By: Lucas http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-112 Lucas Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:23:58 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/#comment-112 Nerdy Update: <a href="http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/24/lost-saints/" rel="nofollow">Mark Evans</a>, who played bass on Dirty Deeds, when I first met him by chance at a pub in Freo, mentioned this version of the Dirty Deeds album. He said he hated it. The whole band didn't like it, and if they'd had a chance to see it before it got printed and distributed, they would have vetoed it. He doesn't know who did the design. That design was only used on the international version of the Dirty Deeds album. The Aussie version used this design: <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/ACDC_Dirty_Deeds_Done_Dirt_Cheap_Aus_Front.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0a/ACDC_Dirty_Deeds_Done_Dirt_Cheap_Aus_Front.jpg/200px-ACDC_Dirty_Deeds_Done_Dirt_Cheap_Aus_Front.jpg" alt="dirty deeds aussie version" /></a> Incidentally, regarding the design of AC/DC's famous logo, I found the following explanation by the designer, Gerard Huerta, from a blog which thoroughly examines the history and design of band logos: <a href="http://pictograms.blogspot.com/search?q=acdc" rel="nofollow">http://pictograms.blogspot.com/search?q=acdc</a> Nerdy Update:
Mark Evans, who played bass on Dirty Deeds, when I first met him by chance at a pub in Freo, mentioned this version of the Dirty Deeds album. He said he hated it. The whole band didn’t like it, and if they’d had a chance to see it before it got printed and distributed, they would have vetoed it. He doesn’t know who did the design. That design was only used on the international version of the Dirty Deeds album. The Aussie version used this design:
dirty deeds aussie version

Incidentally, regarding the design of AC/DC’s famous logo, I found the following explanation by the designer, Gerard Huerta, from a blog which thoroughly examines the history and design of band logos:
http://pictograms.blogspot.com/search?q=acdc

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