16. AC/DC / '74 Jailbreak [EP]. 1984. 3/5

In the mid-1980's, the AC/DC publicity machine decided to right a wrong, and put out this EP. It contains the track "Jailbreak", which only appeared on the Australian version of the album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and not the International version. Goodness knows who came up with that decision, but in retrospect it must be considered to be a ridiculous one!

Seeing as they were trying to rectify the mistakes of the past, they also included four songs that only made the original debut release, Australian only version of High Voltage. Those songs were "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me", "Show Business", "Soul Stripper" and "Baby, Please Don't Go". All of these were solid songs from that era, which had been missing from the International scene, and now allowed the fans and hard core collectors to get into the swing of things.

For most Australians this became a superfluous release, though no doubt many (like myself) still own a copy, just to keep their collections full.

Rating:  She was down, he was up, had a gun in his hand.  3/5