Andrei Mihai
This is probably the most electrifying rock band in the world. From 1975 the band has made music and in a way that few rock bands can say they have. [tag]AC/DC[/tag] has produced stadium-class head-bangers for over 20 years which were centered around Angus Young’s searing guitar licks and riffs.
They have released this 2DVD set which contains over 5 hours of rare and unreleased LIVE video from AC/DC. It spans the entirety of their career and covers the Bon Scott and Bryan Johnston eras and it is a history of the band; it has their first U.K. television appearance but it has performances from their latter-day. “AC/DC has delivered the most dynamic rock and roll music in the world,” said Steve Barnett, Chairman, Columbia Records. “Columbia is honored to be releasing this definitive career-spanning retrospective featuring many of AC/DC’s finest filmed performances. “. It transcends the test of time.
It starts with 1975 and original singer Bon Scott with the band’s first appearance on TV and then you get two never-before-seen shows from 1976 show at Sydney’s St. Alban’s High School; it includes the very first public performance of Highway To Hell. Bonus is the Bon Scott interview from November 1977 and other interviews. DVD 2 picks up in Tokyo, with Brian Johnson at the mic. After Bon Scott’s sad and tragic death the band members were able to get themselves together. “Back In Black” shows just how he is missed to this day. Disc Two shows the band’s second great epoch: the Brian Johnson era; it has over 20 performances drawn from three decades of concerts around the world and incredible footage from 1996’s “Ballbreaker” tour (including the “Beavis & Butthead” intro); bonus is the AC/DC Donnington interview and their “Rock Me Baby” with THE ROLLING STONES.
This is a must have for rock listeners of every age. They were formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young but their music is listened in every corner of the world; they have sold 70 million albums just in the U.S. which means they are in the top five best-selling bands in American music history. The Back In Black album has achieved RIAA double diamond status, for sales in excess of 21 million copies in the United States, and is the U.S.’s fifth largest-selling album ever. But the spirit they created and the impulse they gave to rock music and their legacy is more important. They lit up a flame that burns and it is not going to cease burning.
DVD 1(1975-1979)
High Voltage [King Of Pop Awards, Australia, October 1975]
It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock `N’ Roll) [Bandstand, Australia, February 1976]
School Days [St. Albans High School, Australia, March 1976]
T.N.T. [St. Albans High School, Australia, March 1976]
Live Wire [Super Pop/Rollin’ Bolan, London, July 1976]
Can I Sit Next To You Girl [Super Pop/Rollin’ Bolan, London, July 1976]
Baby Please Don’t Go [Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, December 1976]
Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be [Sight & Sound In Concert, London, October 1977]
Rocker [Sight & Sound In Concert, London, October 1977]
Rock ‘N’ Roll Damnation [Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, April 1978]
Dog Eat Dog [Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, April 1978]
Let There Be Rock [Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, April 1978]
Problem Child [Rock Goes To College, Colchester, October 1978]
Sin City [Rock Goes To College, Colchester, October 1978]
Bad Boy Boogie [Rock Goes To College, Colchester, October 1978]
Highway To Hell [Countdown, Arnhem, August 1979]
The Jack [Countdown, Arnhem, August 1979]
Whole Lotta Rosie [Countdown, Arnhem, August 1979]
Bonus Features
Interview at Sydney airport, April 1976
Interview in Covent Garden, London, July 1976
Baby Please Don’t Go [Szene 77, Munich, September 1976]
Problem Child [Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, December 1976]
Interview/Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap [Promo film for Melbourne Radio, December 1976]
Bon Scott Interview [Countdown, Australia, November 1977]
Rock ‘N’ Roll Damnation [Top Of The Pops, London, June 1978]
Live and Interview [Australian Music To The World, Atlanta GA, August 1978]
Live Super 8 Bootleg Film [Théatre De Verdure, Nice, December 1979]
DVD 2 (1981-2003)
Shot Down In Flames [Nihon Seinenkan, Tokyo, February 1981]
What Do You Do For Money Honey [Nihon Seinenkan, Tokyo, February 1981]
You Shook Me All Night Long [Nihon Seinenkan, Tokyo, February 1981]
T.N.T./Let There Be Rock [Nihon Seinenkan, Tokyo, February 1981]
Back In Black [Capital Center, Landover MD, December 1981]
T.N.T. [Capital Center, Landover MD, December 1981]
Shoot To Thrill [The Summit, Houston TX, October 1983]
Guns For Hire [Joe Louis Arena, Detroit MI, November 1983]
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap [Joe Louis Arena, Detroit MI, November 1983]
Flick Of The Switch [Capital Center, Landover MD, December 1983]
Bedlam In Belgium [Capital Center, Landover MD, December 1983]
Back In Black [Tushino Airfield, Moscow, September 1991]
Highway To Hell [Tushino Airfield, Moscow, September 1991]
Whole Lotta Rosie [Tushino Airfield, Moscow, September 1991]
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) [Tushino Airfield, Moscow, September 1991]
Gone Shootin’ [VH1 Studios, London, July 1996]
Hail Caesar [Entertainment Center, Sydney, November 1996]
Ballbreaker [Entertainment Center, Sydney, November 1996]
Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution [Entertainment Center, Sydney, November 1996]
Hard As A Rock [Stade De France, Paris, June 2001]
Hells Bells [Stade De France, Paris, June 2001]
Ride On [Stade De France, Paris, June 2001]
Stiff Upper Lip [Circus Krone, Munich, June 2003]
Thunderstruck [Circus Krone, Munich, June 2003]
If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It) [Downsview Park Toronto Rocks, July 2003]
The Jack [Downsview Park Toronto Rocks, July 2003]
You Shook Me All Night Long [Downsview Park Toronto Rocks, July 2003]
Bonus Features
Beavis and Butt-Head “Ballbreaker Tour” intro film, 1996
Hells Bells – Interview and Live [Countdown, Brussels, January 1981]
Interview [Monsters Of Rock, Castle Donington Park, August 1984]
Gone Shootin’ [Rehearsal, VH1 Studios, London, July 1996]
Rock Me Baby (The Rolling Stones with Angus and Malcolm Young) [Festwiese, Leipzig, June 2003]
