Ac/Dc - Let There Be Rock: Collectors Edition

The first thing I noticed about this set was the amazing package. If you get this you better make sure and get two. One to sit on a shelf where all your great collectibles go. The second one of course will be the one you open up and enjoy like I was forced to do with number 39372 of 90000. Oh, did I not mention that these are all numbered? Yeah they are. Sure it is only a one disc collection, but there is also a 32 page booklet of liner notes, a guitar pick, 10 collector cards, and it all comes in a nice little holder to keep it in mint condition.

The next thing I noticed was that the extras had the worst guitar riffs ever played. They then edited them into every clip to the point where I wanted to jam a screwdriver into my ears it was so annoying. This was rather ironic when they had people talking about the power of the riff. Like most dvd extras like this, half the people came off like complete douchbags (Billy Corgan, The Donnas, Pauley Perrette) and half of them would have been cool (Lemmy, Eddie Trunk, Scott Ian, Lonn Friend, Matt Sorum, Anthony Bozza, Rick Allen) if they didn't have the annoying douchbags in there as well.

The main feature is of course the concert recorded live at the Pavillon de Paris in Paris, France on the 9th of December 1979, during the Highway to Hell World Tour. This is a must have for any Bon Scott fan. It is your typical concert dvd with interviews intertwined throughout, but this is so much better done than most concert dvd's released in the past decade or so. Sad to say the song "TNT" is not on the dvd, but only on the cd version (not included). The song "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" was performed, but for some reason does not appear on either the cd or dvd versions.

Some could say that this is a cash grab and all they did was re-package an old vhs release. But that misses out on so much that this version has to offer. Not only is it remastered, but the package they put it in is way above par for this sort of thing. This is about so much more than that original single dvd that is the feature of this thing. It is about making it special. It is about a record company NOT cutting corners to rip off fans. It is about having a version that the true fan can display in their living room as a piece of art. Yes this is a re-issue but you will be shocked at how well they did it the presentation of it all. As I said before, buy two.