Tales of Old Grand-Daddy is the only studio album by Australian rock band Marcus Hook Roll Band, released in Australia in 11 March 1974. The album is noted for being the recording debut of Angus Young and Malcolm Young, who went on to global fame with AC/DC.

Overview The group released Tales of Old Grand-Daddy in 11 March 1974, which was originally issued only in Australia on Albert Productions/EMI. Many of the details surrounding Tales of Old Grand-Daddy remain forgotten due to excessive alcohol consumption during the recording sessions. According to George Young, "We all got rotten (drunk) – except Angus, who was too young – and we spent a month in the studio boozing it up every night." The album features rhythm and lead guitar from both Malcolm and Angus Young, although whose parts are whose is a detail forgotten. Tales of Old Grand-Daddy was released in 1979 as Marcus Hook Roll Band with an extra track and new cover art in the United States on Capitol's "green label" budget series (#SN-11991); in the wake of Vanda & Young's Flash and the Pan album. They also released the lead single "Can't Stand the Heat" / "Moonshine Blues" in 1974. Tales of Old Grand-Daddy was re-issued in 1981, titled Full File, with two non-album singles added. A CD version of the album was also re-issued in 1994 through Albert Productions/Sony Music, and again on 2 June 2014, with two unreleased songs added.

Track listing All tracks are written by Harry Vanda and George Young, except where noted. All song lengths are measured according to Spotify.

Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes.

Locations EMI Studios, London – recording, mixing EMI Studios, Sydney – recording

Marcus Hook Roll Band Harry Vanda – lead guitar, lead vocals (tracks 1–4, 7, 10 – 13, 14 on 2014 reissue); backing vocals George Young – lead vocals, (tracks 5, 6, 8, 9 – 11, 12, 15 on 2014 reissue); backing vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, bass guitar Malcolm Young – guitar (Sydney) Angus Young – guitar (Sydney) Alex Young – saxophone (London) Howard Casey – saxophone (London) Ian Campbell – bass guitar (London) John Proud – drums (Sydney) Freddie Smith – drums (London) Wally Waller – electric piano

Production Wally Waller – writing (track 13 on 2014 reissue), producing Harry Vanda – writing George Young – writing

Charts Chart (1975) Peakposition Australia (Kent Music Report) 89

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