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Since making a splash in their native Australia in 1975, AC/DC have become one of the world's most popular and enduring hard rock bands, reveling in their signature brand of no-frills blues-based rock and roll for over three decades and selling out arenas and stadiums around the world. AC/DC: Plug Me In is the follow-up to 2005's AC/DC: The Family Jewels, a two-DVD set that collected some of the best moments of the band captured on film and video, and this double-disc set delivers a similarly strong variety of television appearances and concert footage showing the group at their onstage best. Most of the material on Plug Me In appears in the full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, though some of the later concert video is letterboxed at 1.78:1. The quality of the source material varies quite a bit, especially on disc one (covering the early years of the group), but in this case the historical value of the material certainly trumps the flaws, especially in video tape of the band playing at an Australian high school in 1976, or highlights from a powerhouse show in Tokyo in 1981 which seem to have been rescued from a VHS recording. The audio, like the video, varies in quality, but most of the recordings range from good to excellent, and the mastering in PCM Stereo is loud and powerfully present. The interviews and stage banter are translated in optional subtitles in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, though the song lyrics are not. Bonus material are tagged at the end of each disc (and will play through if one selects the "play all" function), including additional interviews, television appearances, rehearsals and an animated short (created for the 1996 "Ballbreaker" tour) in which guitarist Angus Young meets Beavis and Butthead. The set also includes a "rockbox" function that allows viewers to pick and choose from each disc's selections and play them in the order they choose, as well as a "random" function that pulls up a different song each time. The disc's on-screen graphics, intended to mimic a video game, are unattractive and sometimes hard to read, but the content is pure joy for fans of AC/DC, and fans of the Aussie maulers will certainly want to have this in their collection.
 
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A must have for AC/DC fans
on September 9, 2008
Posted by: Bassboy
from Birmingham, AL
This really is one of the best band-history related purchases I have ever made. If you take the time to site down and watch all three DVD's you get to see the band transform from green rookies to road tested warriors, not to mention the progression of musical gear over the years. Highlights include Malcom's Gretsch before he stripped off the finish and removed the pickups and what appears to be one of the first wireless guitar transmitters know to exist (they had to figure out a way to let Angus run around you know!). What a great collection of AC/DC material. Like I said earlier, really the only negative about this collection is that you will find that it is impossible to watch at low volumes. TURN IT UP AND ROCK OUT WITH THE GREATEST ROCK BAND EVER!!!!
What's great about it: The single greatest collection of AC/DC history shown through actual perfromances.
What's not so great: DVD menu's are a little annoying. It is impossible to listen to at reasonable volumes.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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