Category: JOE ELLIOTT’S DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ

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…

‘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…

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...