'74 Jailbreak

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

Great old school rock and roll, 2008-11-16
Not much thought required when it came to buying this cd. I love the early ac/dc and this one did not let me down. Awesome!!!!

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

All in the name of liberty, 2008-11-14
Jailbreak is a great e.p. The riff in Jailbreak is exactly the same as the riff in the song "Gloria." Jailbreak was originally recorded during the Dirty deeds sessions and appeared on the original/ Australian version of the Dirty Deeds album. Another rare track was recorded at these sessions, a song called "Fling thing" which never made it to the dirty deeds album but only ended up as a b-side to the Australian Jailbreak single. Track it down if you can. The other 4 songs on this e.p came from the original/ australian version of the High Voltage album which was recorded in 1974 and released in 1975. All brilliant stuff here.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

A missed opprotunity, 2008-09-17
This is quite a rip-off these days - five songs for standard CD price. Now, this is the only place you'll be able to find these five songs in the U.S. - four ("Baby Please Don't Go," "Show Business," "Soul Stripper," "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me") come from the Australian version of High Voltage, while "Jailbreak" is found on the Australian Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. But why don't the record companies take an opportunity to expand this thing to include "Stick Around," "Love Song," "R.I.P.," "School Days," "Crabsody in Blue" and "Cold Hearted Man"? Or at least release another EP with that stuff on it? To date, you can only find those six songs in Australia. That needs to change. Anyway, the music here is uneven, but it's essential for two tracks: the surging excitement of "Jailbreak," and the group's invigorating, innovative cover of "Baby Please Don't Go," featuring what some have called the earliest use of the hammer-on technique that made Eddie Van Halen famous. The remaining three tracks don't offer much. "Soul Stripper" is particularly bad - is this AC/DC trying to do something epic? Well, it doesn't work. "Show Business" and "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me" are both rudimentary, uninteresting, but fun boogie-rock. This is a blown chance to clear up any discrepancy between the US and international versions of AC/DC albums once and for all, but the first and last track make it an essential purchase. Why release a five-track EP when you have the raw materials for an eleven-track album, anyway?

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Incomplete- Does not complete your Bon Scott- AC/DC collection, 2008-06-08
I agree with some of the other reviews, 74 Jailbreak contains some great songs that you have to have but this CD does not contain all of the missing pieces of the Bon Scott/AC/DC puzzle. If you're a real fan you MUST hear: Carry Me Home, Fling Thing, Crabsody in Blue, Cold Hearted Man, Welfare Boogie, Stick Around, Rock In Peace, and LoveSong(you only need to hear LoveSong once). These songs reveal a slightly different side of Bon and the band that will allow you to appreciate them more. If all the pieces are what you seek then you must find "Bonzo". Good Luck!! RIP Bon. br / br /

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

Good, but it could have been SOOO much better, 2008-02-02
This is a thoroughly enjoyable EP from AC/DC, featuring five tracks from the Bon Scott era. All five songs are strong, and there's not really any filler here. The main complaint I have against this album is that there is truly a wealth of rare Bon era tracks that could have been included, to make this a full length, "Carry Me Home" being the first that comes to mind. But don't let that prevent you from picking this one up. I was initially hesitant to buy, as it costs nearly the same as a full length, but I play it regularly, and with great enjoyment! I just wish it were longer...