Marcus Hook Roll Band

Marcus Hook Roll Band
Origin Sydney, Australia
Genres Hard Rock, Boogie Rock, Blues Rock, Australian Pub Rock
Years active 1972–1974
Labels EMI, Albert
Associated acts AC/DC, The Easybeats, Flash and the Pan
Past members Harry Vanda
George Young
Malcolm Young
Angus Young
Alex Young
Ian Campbell
Freddie Smith
Johns Proud
Howard Casey

Marcus Hook Roll Band were an Australian rock group formed by Harry Vanda and George Young. The group is noted for featuring Malcolm Young and Angus Young prior to forming AC/DC.

Overview

Marcus Hook Roll Band featured George Young (vocals, guitar, piano, bass), Harry Vanda (lead guitar, vocals), Alex Young (saxophone), Angus Young (guitar), Malcolm Young (guitar), Freddie Smith (bass), Ian Campbell (drums), John Proud (drums), and Howard Casey (saxophone). The project released one record, Tales of Old Grand Daddy (1973), which was issued only in Australia (EMI), although a variation would later be released in the U.S. on Capitol's "green label" budget series (#SN-11991) in the wake of Vanda and Young's Flash And The Pan album. They also released three singles, the first being "Natural Man"/"Boogalooing Is For Wooing", followed by "Louisiana Lady"/"Hoochie Coochie Har Kau (Lee Ho's Blues)", and "Can't Stand the Heat"/"Moonshine Blues".

Tales of Old Grand Daddy was re-released on June 2, 2014, on CD and vinyl.

Albums

Title Label Notes
Tales of Old Grand Daddy EMI Original LP edtition
Marcus Hook Roll Band Featuring Harry Vanda and George Young Capitol United States Issue
Full File Albert Productions Contains all of the MHRB output
Tales of Old Grand Daddy (CD) Albert Productions CD reissue adding "Louisiana Lady" and a mono demo version of "Natural Man", but omitting all three B sides
Tales of Old Grand-Daddy (CD/Vinyl/Digital) Parlophone 2014 reissue containing the complete Australian album; the CD and digital versions also add two unreleased tracks, "One Of These Days" and "Ride Baby Ride", the B-side "Moonshine Blues", and the two A-sides, "Natural Man" (the stereo single version) and "Louisiana Lady". NOTE: The Japanese CD adds the two remaining B-sides, "Boogalooing Is For Wooing" and "Hoochie Coochie Har Kau (Lee Ho's Blues)".

Singles

All three singles were recorded in England and produced by Wally Allen (The Pretty Things), save for "Can't Stand The Heat" which was taken from the Australian album.

Title Label
Natural Man*/ Boogalooing is for Wooing Regal Zonophone
Louisiana Lady/ Hoochie Koochie Har Kau Regal Zonophone
Can't Stand the Heat/ Moonshine Blues EMI
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