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AC/DC Puts Its Catalog Online, But Getting The Music Is Going To Be A Ballbreaker

drjimmy11 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:41:22 EDT

"back in black" is a pretty great album.

but in general, the difference is that Bon was being funny on purpose.

drjimmy11

AC/DC Puts Its Catalog Online, But Getting The Music Is Going To Be A Ballbreaker

katieee — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:03:51 EDT

@mackro: Good point - even what I consider to be the clunkers from the Bon era ("Can I Sit Next To You Girl", "Love At First Feel") have a great playfulness to them that became trite once the 80s-cock rock AC/DC took over. I think all the Bon albums are worth owning in their entirety.

katieee

AC/DC Puts Its Catalog Online, But Getting The Music Is Going To Be A Ballbreaker

mackro — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:29:20 EDT

I made my own 2-CDR greatest hits. CD Bon + CD Brian. Let's just say it was much harder to prune songs from CD Bon.

Why didn't an AC/DC greatest hits come out in the 90s or so? Well, to be fair (up until 1981, especially) all of their albums are just plain worth owning. I'm sure the band thought that all their songs were greatest hits, and I don't blame them for thinking that. I mean, where would you start pruning with the Bon era stuff?

Given this, I think AC/DC is making the digital process obfuscated on purpose. Any coincidence that the CD remasters are now going for $7.99 a pop at record stores now? I'm not happy with this, but the band can get away with it, simply put. (But at least you get pics and liner notes with the CDs. Still the reason I haven't fully converted to digital store religion.)

mackro

AC/DC Puts Its Catalog Online, But Getting The Music Is Going To Be A Ballbreaker

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:32:00 EDT

@LAKingsin2008: "Johnson."

And yes, the soundtrack to "Maximum Overdrive" is as close as you're going to get to a bonafide "greatest hits" album.

I think "AC/DC Live" has served as a find stop-gap, though. That album has obtained "must own" status for junior high kids everywhere.

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee

AC/DC Puts Its Catalog Online, But Getting The Music Is Going To Be A Ballbreaker

LAKingsin2009 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:18:10 EDT

@CORTEZ625: "Who Made Who" was mostly culled from AC/DC's early/mid 80's material. Thus, the album is almost all Brian Johnston (8 out of 9 songs). Any greatest hits album would have to include copious amounts of Bon Scott.

LAKingsin2009

AC/DC Puts Its Catalog Online, But Getting The Music Is Going To Be A Ballbreaker

noamjamski — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:02:47 EDT

People are just not interested in buying music digitally! Look we put AC/DC RIGHT ON THEIR CELL PHONES and no one bought it!

People just want to steal everything for free!

noamjamski

AC/DC Puts Its Catalog Online, But Getting The Music Is Going To Be A Ballbreaker

cortez625 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:47:07 EDT

@Chris N.: Nitpicky, I know, but "Who Made Who" was kind of a greatest hits album, albeit barely; they pulled the best stuff from their first four records.

cortez625

AC/DC Puts Its Catalog Online, But Getting The Music Is Going To Be A Ballbreaker

Chris N. — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:31:31 EDT

Here's a question that's been vexing me: Why is there no AC/DC greatest hits album? They're gonna miss the entire CD era!

Chris N.