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AC/DC Bon Scott era - Live! video

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Australian tour poster, December 1977. Introduction The following is a listing of  Bon Scott (1946-1980) AC/DC era videos, mostly freely available on YouTube or VEVO, though also on DVD or Blu-ray. It is arranged chronologically from earliest (1975) to youngest (1980). A list of 27 songs contained therein is included after the video section. This list does not include live recordings without a video component, of which there are many available online, from audience bootlegs to soundboard recordings. The usefulness of the videos - apart from the sheer enjoyment contained from viewing the performances of the band and the crowd - is, for musicians such as guitarists, in observing how Angus and Malcolm played, and for everyone how the rest of the band performed, especially front man Bon Scott. The videos reveal the extreme energy level of the band during its live performances during this period. The present writer saw AC/DC live at Wollongong Town Hall on Friday, 10 December 1977 ...

Peter Green - Live Bluesbreakers 1967

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Peter Green: Give Up Livin' | John Mayall's Bluesbreakers 1965-7 | Live 1967-70 | Live Bluesbreakers 1967 | Munich 1970 | 1. Introduction The Real Blue Vimeo site contains a set of five audio recordings from 1967 featuring Peter Green and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers live in England. They were posted during 2018-2019 and feature accompanying detailed descriptions of the circumstances surrounding their creation by the 16 year old Tom Huissen. These so-called liner notes (from a CD edition?) are taken from a variety of sources, such as Frans ten Kleij (Mr. French), a blues guitarist with John the Revelator . Those descriptions, along with the five recordings, are brought together below. The recordings are as follows: Ram Jam Club, Brixton, London , 1 February 1967 The Marquee, London , 27 April 1967 Klooks Kleek, West Hamstead, 28 April 1967 Bromley Court Hotel, 29 April 1967 Manor House, 5 May 1967 The quality is very good for t...

Bulli's black panther & Australian spirit big cats

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| Aboriginal Dreaming Stories | Black Panther | Cook's Australian Fairy Tales | Ida Rentoul Outhwaite bibliography | Faërie in Australia | Peck's Australian Legends | Picnic at Hanging Rock - Faërie Realm | Picnic - Path of Light | Picnic - C3 & C18 | Disappearance @ Hanging Rock | Trees & nature spirits | We [the Big Cats in Britain Project] were determined to find an explanation that wasn't supernatural (Coggan 2020) 1. Black Panther in OZ Big cats appear in countries and places around the world were they should not be and are not native. A notable example is the Black Panther in Australia and Great Britain. In the world of cryptozoology , they are one amongst many such mysteries. This article looks specifically at their historic presence in Australia, alongside more general aspects such as totemic elements and communication. A Black Panther is actually a black jaguar - stocky, muscular, and with a short tail; or a bla...