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About Bill V.
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I am an AC/DC history and collectibles expert, and can answer any question about the band, it's members past and present, as well as questions related to bands that members were in previous to being in AC/DC. I am well versed in the bands history, album and single releases (vinyl, CD), and worldwide discography and collectibles/memorabilia, past and present AC/DC news, album sales, tour dates and tour history, and anything else about the band. I am also an AC/DC (Especially Bon Scott) autograph expert.

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I have been a fan and collector of AC/DC for 26 years and have written published articles about the band for Goldmine magazine, as well as several AC/DC fan magazines. I have interviewed past members of the band, and attended the bands Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as a press guest. I possess one of the world's largest AC/DC collections, and plan to have my own publication about the band in the future.

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I run the AC/DC fan & collector's site "Highway to Hell" and am the webmaster and designer. I am the official Sony/Epic records AC/DC forum moderator for their record companies website.

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I have interviewed: Mark Evans (AC/DC Bassist 1975-77), Simon Wright (AC/DC Drummer 1983-1989), Dave Evans (AC/DC singer 1974), Noel Taylor (AC/DC Drummer 1974), Neil Smith (AC/DC Bassist 1974), Larry Van Kreidt (AC/DC bassist 1973-4), John Bissett (Fraternity (w/Bon Scott) keyboardist), Vincent Lovegrove (Valentines (w/Bon Scott) singer & former AC/DC manager), Bob Defrin (AC/DC Logo designer & album cover designer for Atlantic records), and many others

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AC/DC - Albert labels color

Expert: Bill V. - 11/3/2009

Question
Hi Bill,
I'm a confused on the meaning of the color of albert's labels. Blue ones with yellow lines around, with or without roo, black ones, red ones.
Red ones are reissues, blue ones should be first printings, but the difference between blue ones with roo and without roo? and what are black ones? Does this color coding apply to all ac/dc albums or only to Bon's era ones?
Thank you very much.

Answer
Hello Stefano,

Thank you for your question. The colors of the Albert's labels will depend on the release, as only the very early releases would have been issued with the 'roo', for example, and some may have only been issued on the red label (the Brian era ones for example are all red label).
But to give you a better idea of the available labels, I will outline them here:

Dark blue label with Kangaroo (original pressing) circa 1975
Dark blue label without the kangaroo (reissue) circa 1977-78
Black label(reissue) circa 1979
Dark green label (reissue, almost looks black) circa 1981
Red label (with credits printed circular) (reissue) circa 1983
Red label (with credits on top half only) (reissue) circa 1987
Red label (plain red) (reissue) circa 1989

Best Regards,

Bill

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