AC/DC - FAMILY JEWELS ((DVD))

Personnel: Bon Scott, Brian Johnson (vocals); Angus Young (guitar); Chris Slade, Simon Wright , Phil Rudd (drums). Liner Note Author: David Fricke. Recording information: ABC's "Countdown" (04/??/1975-03/18/1991). Directors: David Mallet; Brian Ward; Tom Trbovich; Eric Dionysius; Paul Drane; Eric Mistler; Paul Becher; Brian Grant. Editor: Paul Rachman. Why do hard rock bands have all the best DVDs? Following hard on the heels of Iron Maiden's vault-scouring examination of their earliest years, AC/DC give their entire career a similar jolt by diving into the archives of (predominantly) Australian television appearances to illustrate their early years in positively eyeball-shattering style. The first of the two discs that makes up Family Jewels, documenting the Bon Scott years, is probably the most interesting, just as disc two, with Brian Johnson, is probably the most familiar. Opening with an April 1975 appearance on their homeland's Countdown TV show, you get an eye-opening glimpse in