13 Things You Might Not Know About ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’ | iHeart

1. The band began recording the album in early 1976 and put it out in their native Australia on September 20th. However, Atlantic Records didn’t like the vocals and production on the effort so they originally rejected it, but wound up putting it out in America five years later.

2. George
Young, the older brother of guitarists Angus and Malcolm
Young, co-produced the album.

3. The term “dirty deeds done dirt cheap” is a reference to a cartoon called Beany and Cecil, which Anguswatched as a kid. One of the characters in it, Dishonest John, carried a business card that read “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Holidays, Sundays and Special Rates.”