![]() Some, such as Love Song and Fling Thing really break the traditional AC/DC mould, while the more recent Down on the Borderline is a perfect example of a song way too good to have been consigned to the flipside of a single.ĭiscs two and three bring together no fewer than 29 rare live tracks spanning the years 1977-2000. Australia-only tracks, movie soundtrack songs, B sides and further bonus material comprise fascinating listening. Mind you, aside from giving Santa a hernia, a few long-suffering AC/DC widows might baulk at the £150 price tag.ĭisc one contains 18 rare studio recordings, many on CD for the first time. Three CDs, two DVDs, one LP, a 164-page hardback photo book and a stack of stickers, badges and other memorabilia, all packaged inside an actual working guitar amplifier, and just in time for Christmas. Nothing less than the ultimate box set is good enough for the ultimate legacy band, and Backtracks fits the bill. They’re the ultimate ‘legacy’ band, and if the runaway success of the gargantuan Black Ice tour is anything to go by, they’ll happily end their days touring on the back of the classics they cut between 19. Despite the quality of 2008’s Black Ice, most of the Aussie rockers’ later career has been defined by occasionally outstanding songs rather than truly great albums. Considering that AC/DC passed their creative peak over 25 years ago, their current popularity is astonishing.
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