mercredi 17 avril 2019

AC/DC's "Powerage" & "Highway to Hell" photo session, December 1977

updated Jan 02 2024

 AC/DC's Powerage & Highway to Hell photo session, December 1977
Only one session two record covers

POWERAGE

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Powerage
album front ( with Mexican Yellow lettering variation)

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 "Powerage" New Zealand ( blue lettering) / "RnR Damnation"  single Japan (above)
 
Australian version with "Red POW" / Japan Version (below)
AC/DC Powerage Red Lettering AusAC/DC POWERAGE JAPAN vinyl

Original standee below:
AC/DC POWERAGE STANDEEAC/DC POWERAGE standee
Serious collectors have 'em all !!!
AC/DC POWERAGE Collection of vinylsAC/DC POWERAGE vinyl


AC/DC POWERAGE vinyl
Mexican Blue ( bootleg ?) and Powerage-Multi-Coloured-Vinyl-UK

Cartridges (above)


AC-DC Powerage posterAC-DC PowerageAC-DC Powerage poster
Official posters old and new & Record Cie Photo

 
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 Powerage back ( color variations) / Single

AC DC Highway to hell (italian 1979 original w label 2-trk 7single promo unique psAC DC Highway to hell (italian 1979 original w label 2-trk 7single promo unique ps
Italian 1979 promo single with Pic sleeve (front/back)

AC DC Highway to Hell Ultra Rare 12 Promo Israel LP Israeli the Very Best of Hits
Rare Israeli promo LP (front/back) - is this one a real one or a fake ?-
 

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 "Rock N Roll Damnation" maxi single ( noir & Blanc) / réédition 45t 1980 / "HtoH" single from Benelux
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some promo / press kit & stickers from Powerage

Different adverts ( below) and standee:

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Different adverts in mag

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PIC DISC: Japanese official (?) Warner version(above)
 

Red Vinyl Canada 1978 / Bootleg Pic Disc version (below):

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AC/DC Powerage KnuckleBonz StatueAC/DC Powerage KnuckleBonz StatuePowerage 2024 Gold Vinyl 
AC/DC Powerage KnuckleBonz Statue / Powerage 2024 Gold Vinyl
 
 Angus recreating the POWERAGE album cover at a photo session for an American Fanzine / Live Posters from "Powerage" & "H2H" (below)
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Angus and Bon with someone for the Record Company with an alternate version of the album with an all dark POWERAGE lettering


------------------Original session December 1977 -------------------------
By Jim Houghton (photo) + assistant unknown & Earl Steinbicker ( lightning)
Art direction Bob Defrin (Atlantic)

"Jim took the photo on Ektachrome film with a Hasselblad 500EL camera equipped with an 80mm Planar lens, using a  single Balcar studio strobe, umbrella reflector and a Calumet generator."

For the same session there were two different backgrounds or lightning, one most likely used for Powerage and the other for "Highway to hell"
 
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 the two pics in the middle are almost the one from the album cover, we're getting closer but we're still missing the original pic from the cover.

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Powerage unused pics from session, some ended up on bootlegs and others in the press.


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above new addition: Déc 2019
Never could find the original pic that was used for the cover of Powerage
 
Fantastic Australian promo poster
 

Stockholm, Mannheim & Dortmund concerts
ac dc powerage highway to hell session
Recent Powerage sticker
 
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 Promotional American poster for Powerage with quite similar background (grey) and shot used on the Highway to Hell album

HIGHWAY TO HELL


different album covers (original pic heavily airbrushed)
On the original picture below, Angus eyes are almost closed

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 Session with grey background/ lightning


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 some more...
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Some adverts
Some more
German Concert advert ( or poster ?) with original picture from the session -left- / Horrible original tee shirt -right-
Tapes & bootleg Pic disc

very cool recent billboard ( where ?)
Australian advert
 German poster ( wrong side)  included in German Tour edition of Highway to Hell

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Highway to hell backcover with non- airbrushed Phil Rudd Tee shirt 
Session in Brooklyn Staten Island on the unfinished West Shore Expressway spring 1979

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What happened to Jim Houghton ?

He vanished many years ago, not even his family knows where he is or if he's still alive

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Jim Oughton other works:

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samedi 13 avril 2019

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex,Paris, 13 Avril 2019

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex,Paris, 13 Avril 2019

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, 12 Avril 2019, Paris
 Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, Paris, 11 Avril 2019
Aucune différence par rapport aux deux premières dates.
Un concert qui commence à l'heure: 20h10 ( et dure 2 heures)
Un publique sage
Un Bob Dylan en voix
Des musiciens irréprochables
Un son parfait et pas trop fort.
Des versions que l'on aime ou pas: 
-le moins: "Simple Twist Of Fate" et "Like a Rolling Stone".
-Le Plus: "Thunder on the mountain" et "Pay in Blood"
Un Dylan toujours aussi mutique qui n'adresse pas la parole de tout le concert, sa maman ne l'a pas bien éduqué, il ne sait pas dire "Bonjour" où "Au revoir", ce n'est pas bien !

Un très bon concert dans l'ensemble.



SETLIST: (from Boblinks)

1.     Things Have Changed (Bob on piano)
2.     It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on piano)
3.     Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on piano)
4.     Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on piano and harp)
5.     Cry A While (Bob on piano)
6.     When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on piano)
7.     Honest With Me (Bob on piano)
8.     Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on piano)
9.     Scarlet Town (Bob center stage)
10.     Make You Feel My Love (Bob on piano and harp)
11.     Pay In Blood (Bob on piano)
12.     Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on piano)
13.     Early Roman Kings (Bob on piano)
14.     Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on piano and harp)
15.     Love Sick (Bob on piano)
16.     Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on piano)
17.     Soon After Midnight (Bob on piano)
18.     Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on piano)
     
      (encore)
19.     Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on piano)
20.     It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
(Bob on piano)
21.     Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (instrumental)


 Merchandising


 ARCHIVES
Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, 12 Avril 2019, Paris
 Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, Paris, 11 Avril 2019

Bob Dylan @ Zénith, Paris, 20 Avril 2017
 Bob Dylan (2nd show) @ Palais des Sports, Paris Oct 19 2015
 1st concert @ Palais des Sports on Oct 18 2015 HERE
Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex (second show), Paris Nov 13 2013
Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, Paris Nov 12 2013
 Mark Knopfler & Bob Dylan @ Paris Bercy, Oct 17 2011
Bob Dylan @ Palais des Congres Paris 1st show April 7th 2009
 Bob Dylan @ Palais des Congres Paris 2nd Show April 8th 2009

vendredi 12 avril 2019

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, 12 Avril 2019, Paris

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, 12 Avril 2019, Paris
Notre second concert et vraisemblablement notre dernier sur les trois que va donner M. Zimmerman.
Bon... pas de changement avec la date du 11 avril, même setlist.
Après la découverte de cette tournée hier soir,  on est plus à même de voir ce qui va et ne va pas pour ce crû 2019, les versions que l'on apprécie et celles qui nous semblent en deçà.

On commence par les points négatifs: "Simple Twist of Fate" est un titre  magnifique de "Blood on the tracks", certainement notre titre préféré du Barde, qui est malheureusement massacré.
On est pas trop fan de la ré-orchestration de " Like a Rolling Stone" avec ses breaks qui cassent un peu le rythme du morceau. " Love Sick" manque d'intensité et de puissance.
Pour le reste ça sonne vraiment bien, les musiciens sont une fois de plus irréprochables.
Mention spéciale à " Thunder on the Mountain" qui est le titre le plus puissant  même si la version d'hier soir semblait en peu plus pêchu.
 A noter le son absolument parfait, pas trop fort -on peut se passer des Boules Quies- ce qui n'arrive quasiment jamais à un concert.
Le lightshow est simple, c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire, il n'y a tout simplement aucun jeu de lumières.
Comme hier pas un mot au public.
Un - très- bon concert dans l'ensemble.





SETLIST:
1. Things Have Changed (Bob on piano)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on piano)
3. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on piano)
4. Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on piano and harp)
5. Cry A While (Bob on piano)
6. When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on piano)
7. Honest With Me (Bob on piano)
8. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on piano)
9. Scarlet Town (Bob center stage)
10. Make You Feel My Love (Bob on piano and harp)
11. Pay In Blood (Bob on piano)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on piano)
13. Early Roman Kings (Bob on piano)
14. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on piano and harp)
15. Love Sick (Bob on piano)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on piano)
17. Soon After Midnight (Bob on piano)
18. Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on piano)
(encore)
19. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on piano)
20. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
(Bob on piano)
21. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (instrumental)



ARCHIVES:
 Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, Paris, 11 Avril 2019
Bob Dylan @ Zénith, Paris, 20 Avril 2017
 Bob Dylan (2nd show) @ Palais des Sports, Paris Oct 19 2015
 1st concert @ Palais des Sports on Oct 18 2015 HERE
Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex (second show), Paris Nov 13 2013
Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, Paris Nov 12 2013
 Mark Knopfler & Bob Dylan @ Paris Bercy, Oct 17 2011
Bob Dylan @ Palais des Congres Paris 1st show April 7th 2009
 Bob Dylan @ Palais des Congres Paris 2nd Show April 8th 2009