The Early Years 79–81

Compilation by Def Leppard

Released 20 March 2020
Spotify

Tracklist

  • Digital Media 1: On Through the Night
  • 1
    Rock Brigade
    3:08
    3.0 ★
  • 2
    Hello America
    3:27
    3.0 ★
  • 3
    Sorrow Is a Woman
    3:54
    2.5 ★
  • 4
    It Could Be You
    2:33
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    Satellite
    4:28
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    When the Walls Came Tumbling Down
    4:44
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    Wasted
    3:45
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    Rocks Off
    3:42
    2.0 ★
  • 9
    It Don’t Matter
    3:21
    3.0 ★
  • 10
    Answer to the Master
    3:13
    4.0 ★
  • 11
    Overture
    7:44
    3.5 ★
  • Digital Media 2: High ’n’ Dry
  • 1
    Let It Go
    4:43
    3.0 ★
  • 2
    Another Hit and Run
    4:58
    3.0 ★
  • 3
    High ’n’ Dry (Saturday Night)
    3:26
    3.4 ★
  • 4
    Bringin’ On the Heartbreak
    4:33
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    Switch 625
    3:03
    4.4 ★
  • 6
    You Got Me Runnin’
    4:23
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    Lady Strange
    4:38
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    On Through the Night
    5:06
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)
    4:07
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    No No No
    3:13
    4.0 ★
  • Digital Media 3: When the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Live in Oxford 26/04/1980
  • 1
    When the Walls Came Tumbling Down (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    4:45
  • 2
    It Could Be You (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    2:38
  • 3
    Rock Brigade (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    2:58
  • 4
    Satellite (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    4:00
  • 5
    Medicine Man (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    4:08
  • 6
    Answer to the Master (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    3:25
  • 7
    When the Rain Falls (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    5:38
  • 8
    Sorrow Is a Woman (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    3:43
  • 9
    Good Morning Freedom (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    3:48
  • 10
    It Don’t Matter (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    4:48
  • 11
    Overture (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    7:15
  • 12
    Lady Strange (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    4:54
  • 13
    Getcha Rocks Off (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    4:37
  • 14
    Hello America (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    3:14
  • 15
    Wasted (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    4:53
  • 16
    Ride Into the Sun (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
    3:23
  • Digital Media 4: Too Many Jitterbugs: B‐Sides and Rarities
  • 1
    Ride Into the Sun (The “Def Leppard E.P.” version)
    2:52
  • 2
    Getcha Rocks Off (The “Def Leppard E.P.” version)
    3:39
  • 3
    The Overture (The “Def Leppard E.P.” version)
    7:45
  • 4
    Wasted (early version)
    3:03
  • 5
    Hello America (early version)
    3:07
  • 6
    Rock Brigade (early version)
    2:48
  • 7
    Glad I’m Alive (early version)
    4:12
  • 8
    Good Morning Freedom
    2:59
  • 9
    Let It Go (single edit)
    4:13
  • 10
    Switch 625 (single edit)
    3:03
  • 11
    Bringin’ On the Heartbreak (single edit)
    3:57
  • 12
    Me and My Wine
    3:35
  • 13
    Bringin’ On the Heartbreak (1984 remix)
    4:33
    4.0 ★
  • 14
    Me and My Wine (1984 remix)
    3:40
    4.0 ★
  • Digital Media 5: Raw: Early BBC Recordings
  • 1
    Glad I’m Alive (BBC Andy Peebles session)
    4:29
  • 2
    Sorrow Is a Woman (BBC Andy Peebles session)
    3:48
  • 3
    Wasted (BBC Andy Peebles session)
    3:46
  • 4
    Answer to the Master (BBC Andy Peebles session)
    3:31
  • 5
    Satellite (live on the BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show)
    4:18
  • 6
    Rock Brigade (live on the BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show)
    2:42
  • 7
    Wasted (live on the BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show)
    2:59
  • 8
    Good Morning Freedom (live on the BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show)
    3:21
  • 9
    Satellite / When the Walls Came Tumbling Down (live at the Reading Festival, UK / 1980)
    6:11
  • 10
    Medicine Man (live at the Reading Festival, UK / 1980)
    4:11
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Overture (live at the Reading Festival, UK / 1980)
    7:28
  • 12
    Lady Strange (live at the Reading Festival, UK / 1980)
    4:59
  • 13
    Getcha Rocks Off (live at the Reading Festival, UK / 1980)
    5:16

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Release credits

  • synthesizer [2]
  • spoken vocals [6]
  • performer [1, 7], producer [1-5]
  • engineer [1.1-11, 4.5, 4.8]
  • drums (drum set) [1-3]
  • producer [1-5]
  • lead vocals [4.1-9, 4.13-14, 3.1-16, 2.1-4, 2.6-10, 5.1-13], vocal [1.1-11, 4.11-12]
  • engineer [1-3]
  • engineer [1.1-11, 4.5, 4.7-8]
  • engineer [4.9, 4.11-14, 2.1-10], mix [2.4-5, 4.9, 4.11]
  • mix [1-3]
  • producer [4-7]
  • assistant [4.9, 4.11-14, 2.1-10]
  • background vocals [3.1-16, 5.9-13, 4.1-3, 4.9, 4.13-14, 2.1-4, 2.6-10], electric guitar [5.1-13, 3.1-16, 2.1-10, 4.1-5, 4.5-9, 4.13-14], guitar [4.11-12, 1.1-11]
  • background vocals [2.1-4, 2.6-10, 4.13-14], drums (drum set) [2.1-10, 3.1-16, 4.4-9, 4.11-14, 1.1-11, 5.1-13], percussion [9-13]
  • background vocals [3.1-16, 2.1-4, 2.6-10, 4.1-3, 4.9, 4.13-14, 5.9-13], bass guitar [2.1-10, 3.1-16, 5.1-13, 1.1-11, 4.1-9, 4.11-14], instrument [9]
  • producer [4.9, 4.11-14, 2.1-10], remixer [13-14]
  • mastering, mix [1-16]
  • engineer [1-3]
  • background vocals [4.1-3, 4.9, 4.13-14, 3.1-16, 2.1-4, 2.6-10, 5.9-13], electric guitar [5.1-13, 3.1-16, 2.1-10, 4.1-5, 4.5-9, 4.13-14], guitar [4.11-12, 1.1-11]
  • producer [4.5, 4.8, 1.1-11]
  • producer [6-8]

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