I ended up just buying them all, if any are faulty then I'll return them, I know they will be releasing another batch of albums, but will this include all the albums up to Pwr Up?
I stumbled through Walmart and saw High Voltage and Who Made Who. I have RL Back in Black and Monarch Highway to Hell. These were two AC/DC albums I still really wanted. If you are looking for clean copies I would jump on these the Gold looks sweet and I have a lot of gold colored albums and never have issues with them. So they chose a good color. All I have to say listening to Bon Scott on It's a Long to the Top he was definitely the Boss in the whole thing. I much prefer to Brian Johnson
I know it won't happen, but it would be nice if the record company released one of the last batch of LPs in a box that will store all the other LPs. They could call it 50 Years Of AC/DC (The Gold Vinyl Collection). Iron Maiden released 3 of their albums in a box and you had to buy the rest to fill the box, I know they also did the same thing with the later albums. Luckily I have an AC/DC - Back In Black Vinyl storage box, so I'll put them in that for the time being.
I listened to For Those About To Rock, Who Made Who and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap last night and they sound really good. Has there been any official confirmation that the rest of the albums will be released on gold Vinyl other than the 9 already released?
I just played Back In Black which was fine, playing Highway To Hell now and whilst there is no surface noise, there is sibilance.
What are the best Vinyl versions to get of these that aren't expensive? Back In Black For Those About To Rock Flick Of The Switch Fly On The Wall Blow Up Your Video
These are the 2003 remasters so if you have them already there's no need to buy them again, unless you like the colour. I don't have any other pressings, so I can't give an opinion on how these sound compared with other pressings, they sound ok to me but some are bass shy.
I just picked up a vinyl copy of High voltage from Walmart today. No info on wether it is analog or all Digital, But it sounds pretty damned good to me. Plus, It's pretty much silent between tracks..And no Rice krispy effect. They had pretty much all of the early titles ceptin let There be Rock, And i was tempted to pick up a copy of For Those About To Rock. Anyone have a copy of For those About To Rock? Is it all digital? Sound quality? Thanks!
I have all the Gold Vinyl reissues and have no idea if they are digital or not but I like them, For Those About To Rock is great.
What’s the point of that, huh? Why wouldn’t you want a “download card”, when you have a physical copy in your hands? I may sound old fashioned for a 30 year old, but it’s physical product that matters most! Today’s generations never experienced the long journey of going out to a store, forking out REAL MONEY to pay for the album, & chatting to a proper store owner whilst doing so? And the anticipation of bringing it home & waiting to hear it was the best part! Really… technology has ruined everything.
It means that other than the AC/DC webstore, Walmart is the only retailer you can purchase the 50th Anniversary Gold colored vinyl pressings from - particularly at a brick and mortar store location. You can’t just walk into any other record store and expect to find them. That is, of course, for the North American market. Not sure about elsewhere in the world. This is most likely because the band, and/or Sony, already had exclusivity deals with Walmart in the past. When Black Ice came out, Walmart was initially (for the first year or so) the only US retailer you could buy the album at. They were also the only place you could get the Red colored vinyl pressing of their last album, Power Up.
I think a big problem with that lies within the band. I seem to recall reading an interview with Angus somewhere back when they did the 2003 remasters that he was happy with how they came out, and thought the prior releases “lacked balls” sound wise. If he’s content with that, he may not see a reason to spend money again having the catalog remastered. There might also be an issue with who holds the rights to the original Australian pressings. Is it Albert, or Sony? Could be that Albert holds the rights to the early masters, and/or for that part of the world. Get them would also cost more money to re-distribute elsewhere, and could also be a factor with the UK master of Powerage.
