'' '74 Jailbreak'' is the only EP by Australian rock band

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, released in 1984. It is composed of five tracks that had previously been released only in Australia. Despite the EP's title, the song " Jailbreak" was actually recorded in 1976 and was originally released that year on the Australian version of the '' Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'' album. The EP's four other tracks were originally released on the Australian version of the band's debut album, ''

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'', recorded in 1974 and released early the following year. "Jailbreak" was released as a single with accompanying

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at the same time as the EP. '''74 Jailbreak'' was later re-released worldwide in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.

Track listing

Personnel

AC/DC *

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– lead vocals *

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– lead guitar (tracks 1 & 5), rhythm guitar *

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– rhythm guitar, lead guitar (tracks 2–4), backing vocals * Mark Evans – bass guitar on "Jailbreak" * Rob Bailey – bass guitar on all but "Jailbreak" * Phil Rudd – drums on "Jailbreak" * Peter Clack – drums on "Baby, Please Don't Go" Session members * Tony Currenti – drums on tracks 2–4 * George Young – production, backing vocals *

Harry Vanda Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg (born 22 March 1946), better known as Harry Vanda, is a Dutch-Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as lead guitarist of the 1960s Australian rock band the Easybeats who wi ...

– production

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Lyrics
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