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'74 Jailbreak
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'74 Jailbreak
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by AC/DC
Sales Rank: 564203
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List Price: $16.98
$16.13
At Amazon
on 11-4-2008.
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1. Jailbreak
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2. You Ain't Got a Hold on Me
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3. Show Business
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4. Soul Stripper
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5. Baby Please Don't Go
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AC/DC's 1984 album remastered and reissued in a special digipak. 2000 release.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Originally released in 1984, AC/DC's "'74 Jailbreak" gave a US release to 5 songs that were previously released in Australia, but not in the US. The first track, "Jailbreak", was released on the Australian "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" album in 1976, while the remaining 4 came out on AC/DC's Australian debut album "High Voltage" in 1975. To put it quite simply, this is a skimpy release. Furthermore, it's rather mind-blowing that with the 2003 batch of re-releases, it was decided YET AGAIN to keep "'74 Jailbreak" alive instead of just using these 5 songs as bonus tracks on the appropriate albums, along with other tracks that to this day have not been released in the US. This "album" doesn't even reach the 25 minute mark, and the CD versions appear to have always had an appallingly high list price, making for quite the ripoff. Granted, it'd be more forgivable if all five of these tracks were kickass AC/DC classics, but unfortunately, that's not even the case. "Jailbreak", with its annoying lyrics, Bon Scott's theatrical vocalizing, and Angus' guitar sound effects, is an overwrought "epic" that blatantly recalls Them's "Gloria", written by Van Morrison. "Show Business" is a dull boogie-rock number with corny background vocals. "You Ain't Got A Hold On Me" does have catchiness and uses a simple-but-effective drum fill, but they sound like they're holding back, to tentative effect. "Soul Stripper" is admittedly quite good, with cool licks, a simple-but-effective 2-note bass line, plus an extended instrumental intro featuring woodblock and congas, unusual instruments for an AC/DC record. The best gets saved for last--the fast-paced cover of "Baby, Please Don't Go" rocks big time. Again, this track displays a Them influence--Them recorded "Baby, Please Don't Go" as well, and their version clearly influenced AC/DC's, but the version here is much more exciting, and although Bon does get a little carried away with his screaming on it, it's still quite a blast. All in all, as I said before, this is quite a ripoff, not to mention a blown opportunity.
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'74 Jailbreak
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Price: $16.13
Updated on 11-4-2008.
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