By Nick Warburton
The legendary Marcus Hook Roll Band’s classic album Tales of Old Grand-Daddy is being re-issued on 2 June with two previously unreleased tracks and three rarities.
The album saw former Easybeats Harry Vanda and George Young collaborate with Young’s older brother Alex Young (George Alexander of Grapefruit fame) on the UK recordings.
However, it is the album’s Australia-recorded tracks that will probably be of most interest to record collectors as they feature the first ever recordings by George Young’s younger siblings, AC/DC’s Angus and Malcolm Young.
Nick Warburton looks back at the various projects that Harry Vanda and George Young pursued with George Alexander after The Easybeats and Grapefruit broke up and the formation of The Marcus Hook Roll Band:
http://thestrangebrew.co.uk/articles/george-young-harry-vanda-and-george-alexander
