Recorded: January–February 1977, Albert Studios, Sydney, Australia
Label: Albert Productions
It was the band's third internationally released studio album and the fourth to be released in Australia. It was originally released on 21 March 1977 in Australia on the Albert Productions label. A modified international edition was released on 25 July 1977 on Atlantic Records. By 1977, AC/DC had become extremely successful in their native Australia and had also achieved a degree of popularity in the U.K. and Europe, largely on the strength of their pulverizing live show. However, Atlantic Records in the United States had rejected the band's third album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, feeling the production was not up to par, and the band, which had yet to tour America, returned to Albert Studios in Sydney to record another album. Let There Be Rock, on the other hand, was recorded in one go and represented a major evolution in the band's sound, with many critics and fans citing it as the first true AC/DC album.
Band members:
Mark Evans – bass guitar
Phil Rudd – drums, percussion
Bon Scott – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Bob Defrin - Art direction
Murray Engleheart - Liner notes
Michael Fraser - Mastering supervisor
George Marino - Mastering
Eugene Nastasi - Digital assembly
Mark Opitz - Engineer
Al Quaglieri - Mastering supervisor
Harry Vanda - Producer
George Young - Producer
