[.ca] 1992 Live (Coll.Ed)

to indulgent for most tastes!:
In 92 Ac/dC live came out in both single and double editions. Neither one is really that great! Ac/Dc is one of hard rock/metal's best groups,but just like everyone else, not everything that they do is good. One of the biggest flaws of the album is that it is too self indulgent. Most people don't want to hear songs in excess of ten minute running times. Another flaw is that the Bon Scott era is not represented very well, I know he's dead, but most of Ac/Dc's better albums were from the Bon Scott era. Highway to hell is only represented by the title track, big mistake there Highway to Hell is just as good as Back in Black if not better! Also not enough from High Voltage. The sound quality isn't that bad, but the song selections could have been better, so I must only recommend this album for die hard Ac/Dc fans, the ones why buy everything they release whether good or bad!

If i could only rate it 10!!!!!:
This was the first AC/DC album i brought and if you dont like this album ,get your head checked! This is the ultimate AC/DC live album. Usually your bad reviews come from those fans that wont accept Brian took over from Bon and dont like Brian for it. Or they say it lacks the feel of a live show because a few songs fade out (its only crowed noise) This is the best Live album ive ever heard! not a single song on here that dosent sound great! Make sure you get the 2 disc edition and not the one disc! Its not quite the greatest hits played live, but everyone of them is a great hit! This is a great album , and if you dont have it, BUY IT (...) A commen question that comes up about this album is "is the single disc edition, and the double disc edition diffrent tracks? or are they they same? The anser is; There the same! The double edition just comes with more songs, but there all the same songs as the single edition! Theres a rumour that Highway To Hell is diffrent, but its not! My only problem with this re-issue is that they didnt include a track that came with the Japanese edition of this album "Hell Aint A Bad Place To Be" but its still the best live album out there next to to "If you want blood"

Disappointed in this one:
I expected this to be a great live album, but there's definitely something lacking. The performances are a bit lazy--just phoned-in, going-through the motions type stuff, completely lacking in vitality. These are great songs, of course, but they're performed exactly the same way as on the albums (some with a faster beat)and there's really no reason to own them over the originals; in fact, just get those instead. Be sure to listen to several tracks first if you're interested in buying.

AC/DC Live: the vanguard of concert albums!:
Although I have an aversion to concert albums, I decided to take a chance on AC/DC's Live 2 CD set. My curiosity over how well present front man Brian Johnson could perform the tunes originally sung by the late Bon Scott was the main attraction. Fortunately, I was not disappointed-- the new guy really gives his all doing "Sin City", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "TNT", "Highway to Hell", and every other Bon Scott-era tracks in this collection, in that trademark raspy falsetto of his. After takin' my ear to this, I'd say he's more than worthy to croon the lyrics of his predecessor's tracks. Sigh... if only I could say the same for Sammy Hagar's renditions of Van Halen tunes from the David Lee Roth-era... Fortunately Brian, Angus & Malcolm Young, and-- er, those other dudes had plenty of heart left over to do the rest of the play list ("Thunderstruck", "Hells Bells", "Are You Ready", "Shoot to Thrill", etc) with just as much apparent zeal and vigor as they had displayed in the studio renditions of those same cuts. Which is a quality I usually find lacking in most live CDs, and the main reason why I shy away from them. 'Course, it could've been worse: they could've put out one of them pansified, foofy-@$$ 'unplugged' dealies that were so big back in the 90s. Thank God their sheer machismo prevailed over makin' a quick buck... Also thrown in with the platters is a liner notes booklet that gives a brief yet informative history of AC/DC from their early days working the Australian pub circuit on through to the death of Bon Scott & the arrival of his successor Brian Johnson, and up to the then-present day (around 1992). It's a pretty fast read, and includes some interesting tidbits of info about the group and their struggles. If ya need to bone up on your AC/DC trivia, readin' this whilst takin' a listen to one of the platters at max volume (my personal fave: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" on disc 1) is a good place to start. For ongoing lessons, www.acdcrocks.com is a good starting point. In fact, you can use the CDs on this set to unlock exclusive music, videos, and photos on the site! Well, at least that's what the blurb on the back of the CD case says, anyway; I tried to check out these exclusive features on a couple occasions, and my computer hung every freakin' time! Ya know, some times technology really blows... 'Late

AC/DC Live: Collector's Edition:
Live albums used to mean something. Back when music was music, and video was video, and neither was a half-assed companion of the other, live albums represented a rare glimpse into a special moment in time; and at their best, they boasted highly original performances that added something new to the original studio tracks. But in the post-MTV era of visual overkill, the live album is more often than not (ab)used as a quick means of fulfilling contractual obligations, or padding the record label's fourth-quarter budget. Though hardly an overnight revolution, this sad trend was certainly brought home to many by the unimaginatively entitled Live, a disjointed double-disc set from the world's biggest little rock & roll band AC/DC. After delivering one of the format's undisputed classics with 1978's If You Want Blood, You've Got It, the Australian titans' second concert recording barely raised a pulse. "Bonny," the only unfamiliar track, turns out to be little more than a one-minute solo based on the traditional sea chantey, and even the "improvised" Angus Young solo that introduces "Jailbreak" is an obvious cut and paste job. At least the album serves as an impressive highlight reel for the band's hit-and-miss '80s output (1980's Back in Black and 1990's The Razor's Edge providing the bulk of the material) while making room for the Bon Scott-era essentials. By and large, AC/DC on a bad night are still usually better than most bands on a good one, but Live feels more like a greatest-hits album with crowd noise than a true live album. Still, a better buy than the edited, single-disc version.

• Thunderstruck
• Shoot to Thrill
• Back in Black
• Sin City
• Who Made Who
• Heatseeker
• Fire Your Guns
• Jailbreak
• Jack
• Razor's Edge
• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
• Moneytalks
• Hells Bells
• Are You Ready
• That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'N' Roll
• High Voltage
• You Shook Me All Night Long
• Whole Lotta Rosie
• Let There Be Rock
• Bonny
• Highway to Hell
• T.N.T.
• For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)