If You Want Blood, You've Got It＜完全生産限定盤/Gold Vinyl＞

AC/DC 活動50周年記念アナログ盤(ゴールド・ヴァイナル)
1978年発売 初のオフィシャル・ライヴ・アルバム『If You Want Blood You've Got It』(邦題:ギター殺人事件)

1978年秋にリリースされたAC/DC初のライヴ・アルバムで、同年初頭にスコットランドのグラスゴー・アポロで録音されたライヴ音源を収録。現在もロックンロールの最も偉大なライヴ盤のひとつとして定期的に取り上げられている。当時リリースされていたオリジナル・アルバムから満遍なく選曲され、『パワー・エイジ』発売後に行われたワールド・ツアーの模様を余すところなく収録した本作品では、いまや伝説となったボン・スコットの鬼気迫る壮絶なライヴ・パフォーマンスが炸裂している。このツアーの成功が後の欧米での大ブレイクに繋がる。
バンドの活動50周年を記念したアナログ盤(ゴールド・ヴァイナル)で発売。

AC/DC was fast becoming one of rock's top live acts by the late '70s. Few others could match the band's electrifying live performances: Angus Young's never-ending energy and wise-ass antics, Bon Scott's whiskey-soaked vocals, and the rest of the band's penchant for nailing simple, yet extremely effective and memorable, riffs and grooves. While most other rock bands of the era were busy experimenting with disco or creating studio-perfected epics, AC/DC was one of the few specializing in raw and bluesy hard rock, as evidenced by 1978's live set, If You Want Blood You've Got It. Recorded during their world tour in support of their Powerage album, If You Want Blood contains many of AC/DC's best compositions up until that point: "Bad Boy Boogie" (complete with the break-down section in which Young would "strip"), "The Jack," "Problem Child," "Whole Lotta Rosie," "High Voltage," "Let There Be Rock," and "Rocker." Strangely, their early anthem "Sin City" was not included, and there's a slight sense of studio enhancement on certain tracks. While the first disc of the 1997 box set Bonfire is the best document of live Bon Scott-era AC/DC ("Live From the Atlantic Studios"), If You Want Blood You've Got It is highly recommended. ~ Greg Prato