Category: JOE ELLIOTT’S DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ

DEF LEPPARD – Hysteria [Japan SHM-CD new remaster / Limited Release] (2023) HQ *Exclusive*

A few days ago Universal Music Japan started a new reissue campaign of DEF LEPPARD albums pressed on SHM-CD, a Limited Edition release on miniLP faithfully replicating the album first edition LP in miniature and the original Japanese OBI. This reissue differs from the previous (now sold out) SHM-CD reissues, as features a new remastering.
Hysteria” is a classic, one of the best selling albums in history, and one of the best produced. This album sounds terrific. Every track sparkles and burns. There is no filler. Mutt Lange gets full credit as a co-composer. He is, in fact, the sixth Leppard — the one who takes their riffs and choruses and assembles them into spectacular tracks.
There’s the relentless big drums; the dazzling guitar montages; the impeccable sense of structure and separation; the preternatural clarity. None of which is to suggest that Lange could have made this album on his own. Def Leppard is a sharp, hot and dedicated stage band that really delivers live. Steve Clark and Phil Collen worked like a two-man guitar firestorm – note the pulsing slabs of sound they pump into “Rocket” and the keening leads on “Don’t Shoot Shotgun” and “Love and Affection”. Rick Allen (despite his accident) and bassist Rick Savage remain a formidable rhythm section, and singer Joe Elliott, this time out, has convincingly deepened his range…

DEF LEPPARD – Def Leppard [UK Limited Edition Fanpack +2] + Japan Ed. exclusive Bonus

If you were thinking why the last DEF LEPPARD studio album has been dubbed “Def Leppard” – a self titled at this stage of their career – it’s simply because the record contents can only be described as sounding like… well, Def Leppard. What we have here is an album that is classic Def Leppard without actually honing in on any one album or era. There’s parts of Hysteria, Adrenalize, Euphoria, Slang, X and even Sparkle on here.
In other words, its pure “Def Leppard”.
This exclusive to UK “Def Leppard Limited Edition Fanpack” released in conjunction with Classic Rock Magazine / TeamRock includes the album plus exclusive bonus tracks, and we have the Japanese Edition bonus track too…

DEF LEPPARD – The Early Years [Japan SHM-CD Box Set Remastered & Unreleased] (2020) *EXCLUSIVE*

‘The Early Years 79-81’ 5xCD boxset represents DEF LEPPARD’s first two albums, ‘On Through The Night’ (1980) and ‘High ‘N’ Dry’ (1981), and with 3 extra discs including previously unreleased material, it’s the definitive collection of the band’s early music.
The release has been prepared in conjunction with singer Joe Elliott, while the remastering has been done by the band’s long serving sound engineer Ronan McHugh. This Japanese box with all 5 discs pressed on SHM-CD sounds  fabulous.
‘The Early Years 79-81’ deluxe set comes with 5 discs consisting of the original Def Leppard 2 albums newly remastered, B-sides, rarities and remix versions, Radio One sessions, Live from Reading Festival, and the first ever appearance of an unreleased and newly mixed show from Oxford in 1980.
These remasters have been highly anticipated, and much requested, by Def Leppard fans globally…

Joe Elliott’s DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ – This Is How We Roll (2019)

DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ, the project headed up by Def Leppard frontman and 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Joe Elliott, are set to release their third studio album October 11, 2019. The band, competed by The Quireboys’ Paul Guerin (Guitar), Guy Griffin (Guitar) and Keith Weir (keyboards), plus Share Ross (Bass, ex Vixen) and Phil Martini (drums, Wayward...

Joe Elliott’s DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ – My Re-Generation [Frontiers Music reissue +2] (2017) [exclusive at 0dayrox]

Sometimes, the most interesting of projects arise from the most unusual of circumstances. “My Re-Generation” was the first life-sign of DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ, a very special collaboration between DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott and THE QUIREBOYS members (being his backing band here). Now signed to Frontiers Music, the label has re-issued the CD 2017 with the addition of 2 bonus...

DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ – The Further Adventures Of… [Frontiers Music reissue +2] (2017) [exclusive at 0dayrox]

“The Further Adventures Of…” is the second studio album by Def Leppard’s frontman Joe Elliott side band the DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ, now reissued by Frontiers Music with 2 extra tracks.Featuring Joe on lead vocals and members of UK rockers THE QUIREBOYS (plus their former drummer Phil Martini), this 2nd album delves deeper into the MOTT THE HOOPLE back-catalogue — reigniting...

DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ – The Further Live Adventures Of… (2017)

Today December 1st Frontiers Records is releasing DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ “The Further Live Adventures Of…“, a show recorded & filmed in Sheffield in 2014, which comes as a 2CD / 1DVD package. For those that missed it DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ are a band fronted by DEF LEPPARD’s singer Joe Elliott and THE QUIREBOYS members whose quirk is that they only...

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases December 2017 – Vol.2

Near the end of the year still there’s a very interesting release schedule with potential Album of the Year status. There’s great news; the greatest Rock band in the world (at least for me) TOTO, are back into the studio. If the initial single from the band’s upcoming retrospective set 40 Trips Around The Sun has a hint of familiarity,...

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases December 2017 – Vol.1

Near the end of the year still there’s a very interesting release schedule with potential Album of the Year status. Via Frontiers Music we have an advanced single from OPERATION: MINDCRIME new album The New Reality, the third and final chapter in the musical trilogy from iconic metal vocalist Geoff Tate. RAINTIMES is the new, killer melodic rock project featuring...

DEF LEPPARD – Hysteria [MFSL 24kt Gold Ultradisc II Original Master Recording]

And… here’s more for DEF LEPPARD fans, as requested, the essential “Hysteria” in its MFSL Mobile Fidelity Labs 24 karat Gold Ultradisc II Original Master Recording. Regarded as the ‘ultimate listening experience”, these Ultradisc II technology discs are limited edition releases with each gold CD being mastered from the original studio master tape, rendering music reproduction as close to the...

DEF LEPPARD – Pyromania [MFSL 24kt Gold Ultradisc II Original Master Recording]

And… here’s more for DEF LEPPARD fans, as requested, the essential “Pyromania” in its MFSL Mobile Fidelity Labs 24 karat Gold Ultradisc II Original Master Recording. Regarded as the ‘ultimate listening experience”, these Ultradisc II technology are limited edition releases with each gold CD being mastered from the original studio master tape, rendering music reproduction as close to the actual...

DEF LEPPARD – Hysteria [Japan SHM-CD Deluxe Edition 2-mini-LP remastered] Out Of Print

While waiting for the 30th anniversary reissue of DEF LEPPARD‘s hit album Hysteria, we’ve been presenting here the band’s early catalog on high quality SHM-CD. But some of you just can’t wait… and asked for this out of print, “Hysteria Japan SHM-CD Deluxe Edition 2-mini-LP remastered Limited Edition” . “Hysteria Japan SHM-CD Deluxe Edition 2-mini-LP remastered Limited Edition” is a...

DEF LEPPARD – High ‘n’ Dry [Japan SHM-CD miniLP] Out Of Print

Warming up for the upcoming Hysteria huge reissue, here’s more DEF LEPPARD classics in a high quality Japanese SHM-CD pressing. Now we have the out of print “High ‘n’ Dry”, the band’s second studio record, and guitarist Pete Willis’ last full-time album with Def Leppard. Before Def Leppard sold 25 million copies of Hysteria, even before they sold 10 million...

DEF LEPPARD – Pyromania [Japan SHM-CD remastered]

Warming up for the upcoming Hysteria huge reissue, here’s more DEF LEPPARD classics in a high quality Japanese SHM-CD pressing. It’s time for a remaster of the great “Pyromania”, the album that changed it all for Def Leppard. It’s the first to feature guitarist Phil Collen who replaced founding member Pete Willis, and a shift away from the band’s hard...

DEF LEPPARD – On Through The Night [Japan SHM-CD miniLP] Out Of Print

Warming up for the upcoming Hysteria huge reissue, here’s more DEF LEPPARD classics in a high quality Japanese SHM-CD pressing. “On Through The Night” is the debut studio album by the English band, produced by Tom Allom (Judas Priest, Krokus). It all starts back in 1979, when an inexperienced but ambitious Def Leppard became one of the very first New...