AC/DC

Bonfire Disc Four: Back In Black

Warning: May cause severe hearing loss.

Review Score:

(8/10)
This box set is an AC/DC fan's wet dream come true. Crammed with 4 cd's (5 discs in-all), this is put together how all box sets should be put together. Most are released being a retrospective of an artist/bands career, in a way a greatest hits package. This is anything but, most of the material here is unreleased live and demo material, making it ESSENTIAL for not just Bon Scott era fans, but all AC/DC diehards. The first disc is frim a radio show in New York around 1978, being one of the first public appearances by the band in the states at that time. The music comes off strong and Bon is in excellent vocal form. Standout tracks being The Jack(clean version), Whole Lotta Rosie, and The Rocker. Disc 2 is a double disc set from a Paris show early 1980, a soundtrack to the video released of the same name. If you have the video the only added bonus to this is the song TNT, which comes off weak, but as for the rest of the performance, it's top-notch stuff, every song is a highlight. Even when you get to TNT your'e already rocked so it won't matter. Cd 3 is a collection of demos, studio tracks, and one-off live songs. The live stuff is great, those being Sin City and She's Got Balls are performed excellent, the demos are so-so, and the studio tracks are miss placed in this collection. Lastly, we come to the 4th disc, being Back In Black. Why o why it's in here is beyond me. It's a classic in all, but if you want to cap off a salute to Bon Scott, don't pay him with this tribute, replace it with Highway To Hell, Bon's swan song. That album is much better than Back In Black, and Bon is at his singing and songwriting peak on it. All-in-all a must have for the live material, and 99% of everyone buying this has Back In Black already, that's the only flaw.

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