AC/DC Bon Scott era - Live! video

The following is a listing of known Bon Scott (1946-1980) AC/DC era videos - mostly freely available on YouTube or VEVO, plus also through purchase on DVD or Blu-ray. It is arranged chronologically from earliest (1975) to latest (1980). A listing of the songs contained therein is included after the video section. 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.

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1. Videos

1975

* April: Baby Please Don't Go, Countdown, Australia. Source: Family Jewels, DVD, 2005, YouTube. 

* 16 June: Show Business. Source: Family Jewels, DVD, 2005, YouTube.

* 16 June: High Voltage, promo clip. Source: Family Jewels, DVD, 2005, YouTube. 

* October: High Voltage, King of Pop, Australia. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007; YouTube, duration: 4.02 minutes. Bon singing live to a backing track.

1976

* ?January: T.N.T. Source: Family Jewels, DVD, 2005, YouTube. 

* 23 February: It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll, Countdown, Australia. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007.

* 3 March: School Days / T.N.T., St. Alban's High School, Victoria, Australia. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007.

* March: Jailbreak, promo clip. Source: Family Jewels, DVD, 2005, YouTube. 

* 13 July: Live Wire / Can I Sit Next to You, Super Pop, London. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007.

* 29 September: Baby Please Don't Go, Szene 77, Circus Krone, Munich, Germany. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007.

* 5 December: Baby Please Don't Go / Problem Child, Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007.

* 5 December: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap [promo film], Melbourne. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007; Source: Family Jewels, DVD, 2005, YouTube.

1977

* 3 April: Dog Eat Dog, Countdown. Source: Family Jewels, DVD, 2005, YouTube. 

* July: Let There Be Rock, promo clip. Source: Family Jewels, DVD, 2005, YouTube.

* 27 October: Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be / Rocker, BBC, Sight & Sound in Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, London. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007; ditto, YouTube, duration: 40.05 minutes. Track list: Let There Be Rock / Problem Child / Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be / Whole Lotta Rosie / Bad Boy Boogie / Rocker / T.N.T.

1978

* 30 April: Rock 'n' Roll Damnation / Dog Eat Dog / Let There be Rock, Apollo Theatre, Glasgow. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007; VEVO; complete concert, YouTube, duration: 36.38 minutes. Track list: 00:00 | Riff Raff 05:22 | Rock'n'Roll Damnation 09:03 | Dog Eat Dog 13:30 | Bad Boy Boogie 21:11 | Let There Be Rock 29:35 | Highland Fling Thing 30:50 | Rocker. ('Gimme A Bullet' has never been played from the concert, but played at the sound verification).

* 8 June: Rock 'n' Roll Damnation, Top of the Pops, London, England. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007.

* 23 July: Bill Graham Day on the Green, Oakland Coliseum, California, YouTube, Duration: 51.15 minutes. Combined with performances from 2 September 1978 and 21 July 1979. Track list: Live Wire, Problem Child, Sin City, Highway to Hell, Bad Boy Boogie, The Jack, Rocker, and Dog Eat Dog.

* 11 August: Dog Eat Dog, Australian Music to the World, Atlanta, Georgia. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007.

* 28 October: Problem Child / Sin City / Bad Boy Boogie, Rock Goes to College, Colchester, England. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007. YouTube, duration: 8.58 minutes; complete  concert, YouTube, duration: 42.37 minutes. Track list: 01 - Live Wire 00:00:00 02 - Problem Child 00:04:00 03 - Sin City 00:08:40 04 - Bad Boy Boogie 00:14:00 05 - Whole Lotta Rosie 00:23:00 06 - Rocker 00:28:15 07 - Let There Be Rock 00:34:50.

* 24 November: Sin City, The Midnight Special, ABC TV, US, YouTube, duration: 5.04 minutes.

1979

* July: Promo clips: Shot Down in Flames, Walk All Over You, Touch Too Much and If You Want Blood, You've Got It. Source: Family Jewels, DVD, 2005, YouTube.

* 13 July: Live on Countdown, Arnhem, Netherlands, YouTube, duration: 26.53. Track list: 00:00:00 - Pre Show 00:00:45 - Intro 00:01:26 - Highway To Hell 00:05:00 - Bad Boy Boogie 00:10:12 - The Jack 00:15:11 - Rocker/Jam 00:21:21 - Whole Lotta Rosie; * ditto: Highway to Hell / The Jack / Whole Lotta Rosie, Countdown, Arnhem, Netherlands. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007.

* 21 July: Anaheim Stadium, California, YouTube, duration: 51.15 minutes. Track list: 0:00:00 - Live Wire 0:05:57 - Problem Child 0:10:36 - Sin City 0:15:58 - Highway To Hell 0:19:43 - Bad Boy Boogie 0:27:47 - The Jack 0:33:36 - Rocker (Incomplete) 0:44:50 - Dog Eat Dog.

* 25 November: Girl's Got Rhythm, TopPop, YouTube, duration: 3.22 minutes. 

* 14 December: Live, Theatre de Verdue, Nice, France. Source: Plug Me In DVD 2007. Bootleg.

* ?December: Shot Down in Flames, Paris, YouTube, duration: 3.31 minutes.

1980

9 February: Girl's Got Rhythm and Highway to Hell, TVE1, Aplauso. Source: Family Jewels, DVD, 2005, YouTube. 

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2. Song list

The following song feature in the various videos listed above. 

  • Baby Please Don't Go
  • Bad boy Boogie 
  • Can I Sit Next to You 
  • Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 
  • Dog Eat Dog 
  • Fling Thing (Scottish)
  • Girl's Got Rhythm 
  • Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be 
  • High Voltage
  • Highway to Hell 
  • If You Want Blood, You've Got It 
  • It's a Long Way to the Top if you wanna Rock 'n' Roll
  • Jailbreak 
  • Let There Be Rock 
  • Live Wire 
  • Problem Child 
  • Riff Raff 
  • Rocker 
  • School Days
  • Show Business 
  • Shot Down in Flames 
  • Sin City
  • The Jack 
  • T.N.T. 
  • Touch Too Much 
  • Walk All Over You 
  • Whole Lotta Rosie 

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3. References

Family Jewels, Albert - Epic, 3 x DVD, 2005. Track list: 0:00:00 - Baby, Please Don't Go 0:04:02 - Show Business 0:08:37 - High Voltage 0:12:48 - It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock N' Roll) 0:18:07 - T.N.T. 0:21:39 - Jailbreak 0:25:54 - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 0:30:01 - Dog Eat Dog 0:33:23 - Let There Be Rock 0:39:34 - Rock N' Roll Damnation 0:42:43 - Sin City 0:47:36 - Riff Raff 0:53:07 - Highland Fling Thing / Rocker 1:00:17 - Whole Lotta Rosie 1:05:40 - Shot Down In Flames 1:09:11 - Walk All Over You 1:14:28 - Touch Too Much 1:19:02 - If You Want Blood (You've Got It) 1:23:35 - Girls Got Rhythm 1:27:00 - Highway to Hell.

Plug Me In, Albert - Epic, Sydney, 2 x DVD, 2007, duration: 5+ hours. DVD 1 - The Bon Scott Era.

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Last updated: 4 November 2025

Michael Organ, Australia

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