Friday September 13th 1974

The original (from February, 1972) line-up included:
Vic Malcolm (born Albert Victor Malcolm, 3 December 1946, Newcastle upon Tyne) (lead guitar, vocals),
Tom Hill (bass guitar),
Brian Gibson (drums) (born 6 March 1951, Newcastle upon Tyne) and
Brian Johnson (vocals).

Their first single, "Don't Do That" broke into the UK Top 40 in December 1972.
In March 1973, Geordie released their debut album, Hope You Like It on EMI's Regal Zonophone label.

Trying to compete with such British glam rock outfits as Slade and Sweet (Geordie supported the former on a UK tour, as well as the latter at a concert at the Rainbow Club, London in March 1973), they had one UK Top 10 hit, "All Because Of You" (April 1973) and one UK Top 20 hit, "Can You Do It" (July 1973) and several appearances on BBC Television including Top of the Pops in November 1972.
But their second album, Don't Be Fooled By The Name (1974), including a cover of The Animals' "House Of The Rising Sun" failed to yield a hit.
After their 1976 album Save The World, frontman Johnson left for a solo project.

The original quartet gathered to record one more album, No Good Woman in 1978 but then reformed with the only original member being Johnson.
A new line-up signed a recording contract in 1980, but finally folded that spring when Johnson became a member of AC/DC to replace the late Bon Scott.

The above article sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/

Don't Do That b/w Francis Was A Rocker
Released 2nd December 1972
Reached No.32 7wks in charts

All Because Of You b/w Ain't It Just Like A Woman
Released 17th March 1973
Reached No.6 13wks in charts

Can You Do It b/w Red Eyed Lady
Released 16th June 1973
Reached No.13 9wks in charts

Electric Lady b/w Geordie Stomp
Released 25th August 1973
Reached No.32 6wks in charts

12.06.2009. 08:06

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