Review Revue: AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It

Sometimes, even when you're an ever-so-independently-minded DJ at a fancy college radio station in the '80s, you just want some AC/DC. I like to think that whoever brought this little gem - the band's first live album, and the sixth album they released between 1975 and 1978 - into the station grinned maniacally at the first person he or she saw and loudly declared "If you want If You Want Blood You've Got It, you've got it!" - and then bribed whomever they had to to make sure it found its way into the library. It's clear the DJs were divided on whether this big, mainstream, slab o' rock belonged in their hallowed stacks, but it seems the forces of rock have prevailed, since the record remains there to this day. Feel free to call up and request "Whole Lotta Rosie," and tell 'em Robert sent you.

"Just causing a bit of Riff Raff. Yes, Bon Scott is here! 1978."

"Classic AC/DC. I grew up listening to this kind of stuff. I don't really like it now."

"Lighten up and have fun you guys."

"I thought we were short on space for records..."

"We need 'High Voltage' + 'Back in Black.'"

"We may be short of space but we lack humor - on a much greater scale..."

"The intro to 'Whole Lotta Rosie' is the greatest thing in the history of rock + roll.-Robert"

"I agree! 'Whole Lotta Rose' on this album grabbed me the first time I heard it in high school. I still think this live version kicks booty. -Spike 1990"