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'74 Jailbreak
'74 Jailbreak
EP by AC/DC
Released	18 October 1984
Recorded	November 1974; January 1976;
Studio	Albert (Sydney)
Genre	Hard rock; blues rock;
Length	24:12
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Harry Vanda; George Young;
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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[3]

'74 Jailbreak is the only EP by Australian rock band AC/DC, 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, High Voltage, recorded in 1974 and released early the following year.

"Jailbreak" was released as a single with accompanying music video 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

All tracks are written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott, except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Jailbreak"	4:40
2.	"You Ain't Got a Hold on Me"	3:31
3.	"Show Business"	4:46
Total length:		12:57

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Soul Stripper"	A. Young, M. Young	6:25
5.	"Baby, Please Don't Go"	Big Joe Williams	4:50
Total length:			11:15 24:12

Personnel

AC/DC

Bon Scott – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar (tracks 1 & 5), rhythm guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, lead guitar (tracks 2–4),^[4] backing vocals
Mark Evans – bass guitar on "Jailbreak"^[5]
Rob Bailey – bass guitar on all but "Jailbreak"^[6]
Phil Rudd – drums on "Jailbreak"
Peter Clack – drums on "Baby, Please Don't Go"^[7]

Session members

Tony Currenti – drums on tracks 2–4^[6]^[7]
George Young – production, backing vocals^[8]
Harry Vanda – production

Charts

2024 chart performance for '*74 Jailbreak*
Chart (2024)	Peak position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[9]	58

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 30.
^ Prato, Greg. "AC/DC- '74 Jailbreak". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-1894959315.
^ Ariza, Sergio. "Back in Black". Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ Saulnier, Jason (30 September 2011). "Mark Evans Interview". Music Legends. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b Dicecco, Andrew (16 December 2021). "An Interview with Tony Currenti & Peter Clack of ACϟDC". VWMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b Fink, Jesse (1 November 2013). The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC. Ebury Australia. ISBN 9781742759791.
^ Engleheart, Murray & Arnaud Durieux (2006). AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 92–93. ISBN 0-7322-8383-3.
^ "Swisscharts.com – AC/DC – '74 Jailbreak". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ "American album certifications – AC/DC – 74 Jail Break". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

Lyrics on AC/DC's official website

[1] "FMQB" (PDF). p. 30.

[2] Prato, Greg. "AC/DC- '74 Jailbreak". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

[martin-3] Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-1894959315.

[4] Ariza, Sergio. "Back in Black". Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[Music_Legends-5] Saulnier, Jason (30 September 2011). "Mark Evans Interview". Music Legends. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2013.

[Dicecco-6] Dicecco, Andrew (16 December 2021). "An Interview with Tony Currenti & Peter Clack of ACϟDC". VWMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2022.

[book-7] Fink, Jesse (1 November 2013). The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC. Ebury Australia. ISBN 9781742759791.

[8] Engleheart, Murray & Arnaud Durieux (2006). AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 92–93. ISBN 0-7322-8383-3.

[ac_Switzerland_AC/DC-9] "Swisscharts.com – AC/DC – '74 Jailbreak". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[United_StatesAC/DC74_Jail_BreakalbumCertRef-10] "American album certifications – AC/DC – 74 Jail Break". Recording Industry Association of America.

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+| next_title   = [[Fly on the Wall (AC/DC album)|Fly on the Wall]]
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-| next_title = [[Fly on the Wall (AC/DC album)|Fly on the Wall]]
-| next_year  = 1985
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+| rev1Score =  {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/74-jailbreak-mw0000193569 |title=AC/DC- '74 Jailbreak |last=Prato |first=Greg |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |access-date=2020-10-24 }}</ref>
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+''''' '74 Jailbreak''''' is the only [[extended play|EP]] by Australian [[Rock music|rock]] band [[AC/DC]], 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 (AC/DC 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)|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, ''[[High Voltage (1975 album)|High Voltage]]'', recorded in 1974 and released early the following year.
-The song "[[Jailbreak (AC/DC song)|Jailbreak]]" was released as a single with accompanying [[music video]] at the same time as the EP. '' '74 Jailbreak'' was re-released worldwide in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.
+"Jailbreak" was released as a single with accompanying [[music video]] at the same time as the EP. ''<nowiki/>'74 Jailbreak'' was later re-released worldwide in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.
 == Track listing ==
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-| all_writing = [[Bon Scott]], [[Malcolm Young]] and [[Angus Young]], except where noted
+| all_writing = [[Angus Young]], [[Malcolm Young]] and [[Bon Scott]], except where noted
+| headline = Side one
 | title1 = [[Jailbreak (AC/DC song)|Jailbreak]]
 | length1 = 4:40
@@ Line 41: / Line 41: @@
 | title3 = Show Business
 | length3 = 4:46
+| total_length = 12:57
+}}
+{{Track listing
+| headline = Side two
 | title4 = Soul Stripper
-| writer4 = M. Young, A. Young
+| writer4 = A. Young, M. Young
 | length4 = 6:25
-| title5 = [[Baby, Please Don't Go]]
+| title5 = [[Baby, Please Don't Go#AC/DC version|Baby, Please Don't Go]]
 | writer5 = [[Big Joe Williams]]
 | length5 = 4:50
+| total_length = 11:15 24:12
 }}
 == Personnel ==
+'''AC/DC'''
-* [[Bon Scott]]&nbsp;– [[singing|lead vocals]]
-* [[Angus Young]]&nbsp;–  [[lead guitar]] (tracks 1 and 5), [[rhythm guitar]]
+* [[Bon Scott]]&nbsp;– lead vocals
-* [[Malcolm Young]]&nbsp;– rhythm guitar, lead guitar (tracks 2, 3 and 4),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guitarsexchange.com/en/unplugged/354/malcolm-young/ |title=Back In Black |accessdate=16 January 2020 |last=Ariza |first=Sergio}}</ref> [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
+* [[Angus Young]]&nbsp;– lead guitar (tracks 1 & 5), rhythm guitar
+* [[Malcolm Young]]&nbsp;– rhythm guitar, lead guitar (tracks 2–4),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guitarsexchange.com/en/unplugged/354/malcolm-young/ |title=Back in Black |access-date=16 January 2020 |last=Ariza |first=Sergio}}</ref> backing vocals
+* [[Mark Evans (musician)|Mark Evans]]&nbsp;– bass guitar on "Jailbreak"<ref name="Music Legends">{{cite web|publisher=Music Legends|url=http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/mark-evans-acdc-interview/|title=Mark Evans Interview|access-date=6 May 2013|date=30 September 2011|last=Saulnier|first=Jason|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107134707/http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/mark-evans-acdc-interview/|archive-date=7 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
-* [[George Young (rock musician)|George Young]]&nbsp;– [[record producer|production]], [[bass guitar]], backing vocals, [[drum kit|drums]]<ref>{{cite book | title=AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll| year=2006 | isbn=0-7322-8383-3 | author=Engleheart, Murray & Arnaud Durieux | pages=92–93}}</ref>
+* [[Rob Bailey (musician)|Rob Bailey]]&nbsp;– bass guitar on all but "Jailbreak"<ref name="Dicecco">{{cite web |last1=Dicecco |first1=Andrew |url=https://vwmusicrocks.com/an-interview-with-tony-currenti-peter-clack-of-ac%CF%9Fdc/ |title=An Interview with Tony Currenti & Peter Clack of ACϟDC |date=16 December 2021 |work=VWMusic |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>
-* [[Rob Bailey (musician)|Rob Bailey]]&nbsp;– bass guitar
+* [[Phil Rudd]]&nbsp;– drums on "Jailbreak"
-* [[Mark Evans (musician)|Mark Evans]]&nbsp;– bass guitar on "Jailbreak"<ref name="Music Legends">{{cite web|publisher=Music Legends|url=http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/mark-evans-acdc-interview/|title=Mark Evans Interview|accessdate=6 May 2013|date=30 September 2011|last=Saulnier|first=Jason|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107134707/http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/mark-evans-acdc-interview/|archivedate=7 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
-* [[Phil Rudd]]&nbsp;– drums & percussion on "Jailbreak"
+* [[Peter Clack]]&nbsp;– drums on "Baby, Please Don't Go"<ref name="book" />
+'''Session members'''
-* [[Tony Currenti]]&nbsp;– drums & percussion on tracks 2-4<ref name="book">{{cite book |last=Fink |first=Jesse |date=1 November 2013 |title=The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC |publisher=Ebury Australia |isbn=9781742759791 }}</ref>
+* [[Tony Currenti]]&nbsp;– drums on tracks 2–4<ref name="Dicecco" /><ref name="book">{{cite book |last=Fink |first=Jesse |date=1 November 2013 |title=The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC |publisher=Ebury Australia |isbn=9781742759791 }}</ref>
-* [[Peter Clack]]&nbsp;– drums & percussion on "[[Baby, Please Don't Go]]"<ref name="book" />
+* [[George Young (rock musician)|George Young]]&nbsp;– [[record producer|production]], backing vocals<ref>{{cite book | title=AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll| year=2006 | isbn=0-7322-8383-3 | author=Engleheart, Murray & Arnaud Durieux | pages=92–93| publisher=HarperCollins Publishers }}</ref>
 * [[Harry Vanda]]&nbsp;– production
-== Certification ==
+== Charts ==
-{|class="wikitable"
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
+|+ 2024 chart performance for '''74 Jailbreak''
+! scope="col"| Chart (2024)
+! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
 |-
+{{album chart|Switzerland|58|artist=AC/DC|album='74 Jailbreak|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2024}}
-! Country!! Sales!! Certification
-|-
-|United States
-|1,000,000
-|Platinum
 |}
+== Certifications ==
+{{certification Table Top}}
+{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=AC/DC|title=74 Jail Break|award=Platinum|relyear=1984|certyear=2001}}
+{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
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v t e AC/DC
Angus Young Phil Rudd Cliff Williams Brian Johnson Stevie Young Matt Laug (touring) Chris Chaney (touring) Malcolm Young Bon Scott Chris Slade Mark Evans Dave Evans Larry Van Kriedt Colin Burgess Rob Bailey Peter Clack Tony Currenti Paul Matters Simon Wright
Studio albums	High Voltage (1975) T.N.T. (1975) High Voltage (1976) Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976) Let There Be Rock (1977) Powerage (1978) Highway to Hell (1979) Back in Black (1980) For Those About to Rock We Salute You (1981) Flick of the Switch (1983) Fly on the Wall (1985) Blow Up Your Video (1988) The Razors Edge (1990) Ballbreaker (1995) Stiff Upper Lip (2000) Black Ice (2008) Rock or Bust (2014) Power Up (2020)
Compilations	Bonfire (1997) Volts (1997) Backtracks (2009)
Live albums	If You Want Blood You've Got It (1978) AC/DC Live (1992) Live from the Atlantic Studios (1997) Let There Be Rock: The Movie – Live in Paris (1997) Live at River Plate (2012)
EPs	'74 Jailbreak (1984)
Soundtracks	Who Made Who (1986) Last Action Hero (1993) Iron Man 2 (2010)
Singles	"Can I Sit Next to You, Girl" "Baby, Please Don't Go" "High Voltage" "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" "T.N.T." "Jailbreak" "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" "Love at First Feel" "Dog Eat Dog" "Let There Be Rock" "Whole Lotta Rosie" "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" "Highway to Hell" "Girls Got Rhythm" "Touch Too Much" "Night Prowler" "You Shook Me All Night Long" "Hells Bells" "Back in Black" "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" "Let's Get It Up" "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" "Guns for Hire" "Nervous Shakedown" "Flick of the Switch" "Danger" "Shake Your Foundations" "Who Made Who" "Heatseeker" "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll" "Thunderstruck" "Moneytalks" "Are You Ready" "Big Gun" "Hard as a Rock" "Hail Caesar" "Cover You in Oil" "Stiff Upper Lip" "Safe in New York City" "Satellite Blues" "Rock 'n' Roll Train" "Big Jack" "Anything Goes" "Money Made" "Shoot to Thrill" "Play Ball" "Rock or Bust" "Shot in the Dark"
Video albums	AC/DC: Let There Be Rock (1980) Fly on the Wall (1985) Who Made Who (1986) AC/DC (1989) Clipped (1991) Live at Donington (1992) For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow (1992) No Bull (1996) Stiff Upper Lip Live (2001) Family Jewels (2005) Plug Me In (2007) Live at River Plate (2011)
Tours	Highway to Hell Tour (1979–1980) Back in Black Tour (1980–1981) For Those About to Rock Tour (1981–1982) Flick of the Switch Tour (1983–1984) Fly on the Wall Tour (1985–1986) Who Made Who Tour (1986) Blow Up Your Video World Tour (1988) Razors Edge World Tour (1990–1991) Ballbreaker World Tour (1996) Stiff Upper Lip World Tour (2000–2001) Club Dates/Rolling Stones Tour (2003) Black Ice World Tour (2008–2010) Rock or Bust World Tour (2015–2016) Power Up Tour (2024–2025)
Related articles	Discography Songs Awards and nominations Members ACDC Lane Angus Bucks Tribute albums AC/DC (pinball) AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack
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