{"id":803598,"date":"2020-01-29T12:48:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T19:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=945025"},"modified":"2020-01-29T12:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T19:48:33","slug":"def-leppard-collect-unreleased-earliest-recordings-for-new-box-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/def-leppard-collect-unreleased-earliest-recordings-for-new-box-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Def Leppard Collect Unreleased Earliest Recordings for New Box Set"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Def Leppard<\/a> have compiled a thorough accounting of their earliest days \u2014 when they burst out of their native Sheffield, England, as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal \u2014 for a new box set.<\/p>\n

The Early Years 79-81 <\/em>collects remastered versions of their first two LPs, On Through the Night <\/em>and High \u2018N\u2019 Dry<\/em>, along with live recordings, outtakes and recordings for the BBC. The five-disc set, which frontman Joe Elliott executive produced, will come out March 20th.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell the fans asked, and we listened,\u201d Elliott said in a statement. \u201cReally excited to have our early years reworked with a load of rare material including the newly unearthed Live at the Oxford New Theatre<\/em>, recorded on the 1980 U.K. tour. It\u2019s been a trip putting this box set together and I hope you all enjoy listening to it as much as we did working on it!\u201d<\/p>\n

The group heralded the box set with an early version of \u201cRock Brigade,\u201d the track that kicked off On Through the Night<\/em>. The original is a little crisper than the version here, which was produced by Nick Tauber, who had previously worked with Thin Lizzy and Slaughter and the Dogs. Perhaps because Tauber had worked on it, it has a loose, Thin Lizzy vibe. The band had intended to release this version as a single but it never made it out the door.<\/p>\n

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Each of the studio albums will also be released as remastered single-CD editions and vinyl editions on either black or limited-edition colored LPs.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Elliott told Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>that he had enjoyed revisiting some of the group\u2019s oldest material on the band\u2019s recent Las Vegas residency. Despite this, he said he wasn\u2019t sure if the more obscure music would fly on the band\u2019s upcoming stadium tour with M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, Poison and Joan Jett.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re on the one stage [in Vegas] 12 times, you can pull out [the 1980 B-side] \u2018Good Morning Freedom\u2019 or you can pull out really strange, obscure songs,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when you\u2019re playing for 90 minutes, as opposed to two hours, you have to cut away some of the fat. \u2026 It shouldn\u2019t be just a straightforward \u2018greatest hits tour,\u2019 but we are gonna play the hits. You don\u2019t get out of the building alive if you don\u2019t play \u2018Pour Some Sugar on Me\u2019 and \u2018Photograph\u2019 and stuff like that. But there is a little bit of room for movement in the middle that will set it apart from your average gig.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Early Years 79-81<\/em> tracklist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Disc One: On Through the Night \u2013 Remastered<\/em><\/p>\n

1. \u201cRock Brigade\u201d
2. \u201cHello America\u201d
3. \u201cSorrow Is a Woman\u201d
4. \u201cIt Could Be You\u201d
5. \u201cSatellite\u201d
6. \u201cWhen the Walls Came Tumbling Down\u201d
7. \u201cWasted\u201d
8. \u201cRocks Off\u201d
9. \u201cIt Don\u2019t Matter\u201d
10. \u201cAnswer to the Master\u201d
11. \u201cOverture\u201d<\/p>\n

Disc Two: High \u2018N\u2019 Dry \u2013 Remastered<\/em><\/p>\n

1. \u201cLet It Go\u201d
2. \u201cAnother Hit and Run\u201d
3. \u201cHigh N Dry (Saturday Night)\u201d
4. \u201cBringin\u2019 on the Heartache\u201d
5. \u201cSwitch 625\u201d
6. \u201cYou Got Me Runnin’\u201d
7. \u201cLady Strange\u201d
8. \u201cOn Through the Night\u201d
9. \u201cMirror Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)\u201d
10. \u201cNo No No\u201d<\/p>\n

Disc Three: When The Walls Came Tumbling Down \u2013 Live in Oxford 26\/04\/1980<\/em><\/p>\n

1. \u201cWhen the Walls Came Tumbling Down\u201d
2. \u201cIt Could Be You\u201d
3. \u201cRock Brigade\u201d
4. \u201cSatellite\u201d
5. \u201cMedicine Man\u201d
6. \u201cAnswer to the Master\u201d
7. \u201cWhen the Rain Falls\u201d
8. \u201cSorrow Is a Woman\u201d
9. \u201cGood Morning Freedom\u201d
10. \u201cDon\u2019t Matter to Me\u201d
11. \u201cOverture\u201d
12. \u201cLady Strange\u201d
13. \u201cGetcha Rocks Off\u201d
14. \u201cHello America\u201d
15. \u201cWasted\u201d
16. \u201cRide Into the Sun\u201d<\/p>\n

Disc Four: Too Many Jitterbugs \u2013 B-Sides and Rarities<\/em><\/p>\n

1. \u201cRide Into the Sun\u201d (The Def Leppard EP)
2. \u201cGetcha Rocks Off\u201d (The Def Leppard EP)
3. \u201cThe Overture\u201d (The Def Leppard EP)
4. \u201cWasted\u201d (Single)
5. \u201cHello America\u201d (Single)
6. \u201cRock Brigade\u201d (Unreleased Nick Tauber produced version)
7. \u201cGlad I\u2019m Alive\u201d (Unreleased Nick Tauber produced version)
8. \u201cGood Morning Freedom\u201d (Single)
9. \u201cLet It Go\u201d (Single Edit)
10. \u201cSwitch 625\u201d (Single Edit)
11. \u201cBringin\u2019 on the Heartbreak\u201d (Single Edit)
12. \u201cMe and My Wine\u201d (Original Version)
13. \u201cBringin\u2019 on the Heartbreak\u201d (Remix)
14. \u201cMe and My Wine\u201d (Remix)<\/p>\n

Disc Five: Raw \u2013 Early BBC Recordings<\/em><\/p>\n

1. \u201cGlad I\u2019m Alive\u201d (Andy Peebles Session -06\/07\/1979)
2. \u201cSorrow Is a Woman\u201d (Andy Peebles Session \u2013 06\/07\/1979)
3. \u201cWasted\u201d (Andy Peebles Session \u2013 06\/07\/1979)
4. \u201cAnswer to the Master\u201d (Andy Peebles Session \u2013 06\/07\/1979)
5. \u201cSatellite\u201d (Friday Rock Show Session \u2013 10\/03\/1979)
6. \u201cRock Brigade\u201d (Friday Rock Show Session \u2013 10\/03\/1979)
7. \u201cWasted\u201d (Friday Rock Show Session \u2013 10\/03\/1979)
8. \u201cGood Morning Freedom\u201d (Friday Rock Show Session \u2013 10\/03\/1979)
9. \u201cSatellite\u201d\/\u201dWhen the Walls Came Tumbling Down\u201d (Live at the Reading Festival \u2013 08\/24\/1980)
10. \u201cMedicine Man\u201d (Live at the Reading Festival \u2013 08\/24\/1980)
11. \u201cThe Overture\u201d (Live at the Reading Festival \u2013 08\/24\/1980)
12. \u201cLady Strange\u201d (Live at the Reading Festival \u2013 08\/24\/1980)
13. \u201cGetcha Rocks Off\u201d (Live at the Reading Festival \u2013 08\/24\/1980)<\/p>\n

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