Vinyl Sessions: AC/DC - Back in Black

Vinyl Sessions returns to Starling Independent Bar Cafe Kitchen on Wednesday 11 November, this time with AC/DC's Back in Black.

If you've been around the Harrogate music scene for a while, you'll know the format: a classic album played through vintage hi-fi, paired with relevant video footage. It's a listening night rather than a gig, and this one follows the sold-out Amy Winehouse Back to Black 20th anniversary session. The focus here is Back in Black, originally released in July 1980 through Atlantic Records. It's sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide and is cited as the best-selling hard rock album in music history. It marked the debut of vocalist Brian Johnson following the death of Bon Scott, and features 'Back in Black', 'You Shook Me All Night Long', 'Hells Bells' and 'Shoot to Thrill'.

Running the night are Vinyl Sessions founder Colin Paine and resident music historian Graham Chalmers of the Harrogate Advertiser. Vinyl Sessions has been a Harrogate fixture since 2018, and it's more than just a night for records: all the evening's revenue goes to the Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity, which has raised more than £25,000 through these sessions. So, if you're coming for the music, you're also putting something back into the local community.

It's a mid-week one, so keep that in mind: Wednesday 11 November at Starling Independent Bar Cafe Kitchen, with Back in Black on the turntable.