'74 Jailbreak in Bloomington, MN

Despite longtime
AC/DC
fans' immediate acceptance of replacement singer
Brian Johnson
(resulting in one of rock's all-time best sellers, 1980's
Back in Black
), there was still demand for
Bon Scott
-era unreleased tracks. Several of their early albums in Australia and Europe (such as
T.N.T.
) were later combined together for their first U.S. release,
High Voltage
, while several tracks were cut from the original versions and never issued stateside. 1984's five-song EP,
'74 Jailbreak
, features these forgotten tracks from the band's early days.
"Jailbreak"
automatically became a concert standard when the EP came out, and it remains a mystery why it wasn't released earlier. Also included is the largely instrumental
"Soul Stripper,"
a cover of
"Baby Please Don't Go,"
plus a pair of
Angus Young
-
Malcolm Young
Scott
originals:
"You Ain't Got a Hold on Me"
and the autobiographical
"Show Business."
Although
is by no means a definitive collection of early rarities (such compositions as
"Fling Thing,"
"Love Song,"
"Stick Around,"
"R.I.P.- Rock in Peace,"
and
"School Days"
remain unreleased in the States), it is a worthwhile, brief snapshot of early
. ~ Greg Prato