Who could have guessed that a global career would begin in Sydney in 1974? With Malcolm and Angus Young on guitars, Bon Scott as singer, Phil Rudd on drums and Mark Evans on bass. It was the fresh, raw, dirty rock blues, the deliberate provocations, the carefree performances. AC/DC were also realistic enough to know that it was a long road to the top and that hard work was required. AC/DC deals with this, albeit with a wink. "If you think it's easy doing one night stands, try playin in a rocking band." And yet AC/DC stuck with us, even when machismo was long out and the provocations only elicited a weary smile. The sound remained the same too, albeit more professional and less bluesy. There is nothing more to say about AC/DC, everything has already been said and written.

So I'm writing about what AC/DC triggered in me when I was 14. I wanted to play the guitar like Angus. Have long hair like Malcolm. Be ironic, non-conformist and have girls raving about me like Bon. Of course none of that happened, the slightly overweight boy remained alone and uncool. AC/DC made up for it in my imagination. Bon and Angus merged with me to become one person, I sang like him and played like Angus at the same time. I don't want to go back to that time. But I miss the carefree attitude. Discovering music and the adventures that were just around the corner. Kissing to Stiff Little Fingers, having sex for the first time in the garden shed and the neighbor playing Albatros by Fleetwood Mac over and over again. AC/DC may be musically simple, but they are part of my life. Like Albatros and the political punk of Stiff Little Fingers, they are etched into my emotions. Even though I can laugh heartily at AC/DC's lyrics today.

Conclusion: Who needs this new gold edition? Anyone who doesn't have vinyl yet. Fans buy everything anyway. The disc looks cool, sounds clean and the remastering with modern technology makes it sound significantly better. You should of course play T.N.T, Live Wire, The Jack and Rock'n' Roll Singer. Classic rock music. Always works, even 50 years later!

The pictures are all from my LP. The rights to all motifs, logos, texts and fonts that can be seen in the photos are of course owned by the copyright holder.