The Early Years 79–81

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1: On Through the Night
• 1
  Rock Brigade
  3:08
  2.8 ★
• 2
  Hello America
  3:27
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Sorrow Is a Woman
  3:54
  2.0 ★
• 4
  It Could Be You
  2:33
  2.5 ★
• 5
  Satellite
  4:28
  2.0 ★
• 6
  When the Walls Came Tumbling Down
  4:44
  2.5 ★
• 7
  Wasted
  3:45
  2.5 ★
• 8
  Rocks Off
  3:42
  1.5 ★
• 9
  It Don’t Matter
  3:21
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Answer to the Master
  3:13
  2.5 ★
• 11
  Overture
  7:44
  2.6 ★
• Digital Media 2: High ’n’ Dry
• 1
  Let It Go
  4:43
  2.9 ★
• 2
  Another Hit and Run
  4:58
  2.6 ★
• 3
  High ’n’ Dry (Saturday Night)
  3:26
  3.1 ★
• 4
  Bringin’ On the Heartbreak
  4:33
  3.1 ★
• 5
  Switch 625
  3:03
  3.8 ★
• 6
  You Got Me Runnin’
  4:23
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Lady Strange
  4:38
  2.8 ★
• 8
  On Through the Night
  5:06
  2.4 ★
• 9
  Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)
  4:07
  3.0 ★
• 10
  No No No
  3:13
  2.5 ★
• 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
  2.0 ★
• 2
  It Could Be You (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  2:38
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Rock Brigade (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  2:58
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Satellite (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  4:00
  2.0 ★
• 5
  Medicine Man (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  4:08
  2.0 ★
• 6
  Answer to the Master (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  3:25
  2.0 ★
• 7
  When the Rain Falls (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  5:38
  2.0 ★
• 8
  Sorrow Is a Woman (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  3:43
  2.0 ★
• 9
  Good Morning Freedom (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  3:48
  2.0 ★
• 10
  It Don’t Matter (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  4:48
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Overture (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  7:15
  2.0 ★
• 12
  Lady Strange (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  4:54
  2.0 ★
• 13
  Getcha Rocks Off (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  4:37
  2.0 ★
• 14
  Hello America (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  3:14
  2.0 ★
• 15
  Wasted (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  4:53
  2.0 ★
• 16
  Ride Into the Sun (live at the New Theatre Oxford, UK / 1979)
  3:23
  2.0 ★
• Digital Media 4: Too Many Jitterbugs: B‐Sides and Rarities
• 1
  Ride Into the Sun (The “Def Leppard E.P.” version)
  2:52
  1.0 ★
• 2
  Getcha Rocks Off (The “Def Leppard E.P.” version)
  3:39
  1.0 ★
• 3
  The Overture (The “Def Leppard E.P.” version)
  7:45
  1.0 ★
• 4
  Wasted (early version)
  3:03
  2.0 ★
• 5
  Hello America (early version)
  3:07
  1.0 ★
• 6
  Rock Brigade (early version)
  2:48
  2.0 ★
• 7
  Glad I’m Alive (early version)
  4:12
• 8
  Good Morning Freedom
  2:59
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Let It Go (single edit)
  4:13
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Switch 625 (single edit)
  3:03
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Bringin’ On the Heartbreak (single edit)
  3:57
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Me and My Wine
  3:35
  1.0 ★
• 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
  2.0 ★
• 2
  Sorrow Is a Woman (BBC Andy Peebles session)
  3:48
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Wasted (BBC Andy Peebles session)
  3:46
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Answer to the Master (BBC Andy Peebles session)
  3:31
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Satellite (live on the BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show)
  4:18
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Rock Brigade (live on the BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show)
  2:42
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Wasted (live on the BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show)
  2:59
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Good Morning Freedom (live on the BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show)
  3:21
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Satellite / When the Walls Came Tumbling Down (live at the Reading Festival, UK / 1980)
  6:11
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Medicine Man (live at the Reading Festival, UK / 1980)
  4:11
  3.6 ★
• 11
  Overture (live at the Reading Festival, UK / 1980)
  7:28
  2.0 ★
• 12
  Lady Strange (live at the Reading Festival, UK / 1980)
  4:59
  2.0 ★
• 13
  Getcha Rocks Off (live at the Reading Festival, UK / 1980)
  5:16
  2.0 ★

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Release credits

• Chris Hughes
  synthesizer [2]
• Dave Cousins
  spoken vocals [6]
• Def Leppard
  performer [1, 7], producer [1-5]
• Dick Plant
  engineer [1.1-11, 4.5, 4.8]
• Frank Noon
  drums (drum set) [1-3]
• Jeff Griffin
  producer [1-5]
• Joe Elliott
  lead vocals [5.1-13, 3.1-16, 4.1-9, 4.13-14, 2.1-4, 2.6-10], vocal [1.1-11, 4.11-12]
• Keith Herd
  engineer [1-3]
• Louis Austin
  engineer [1.1-11, 4.5, 4.7-8]
• Mike Shipley
  engineer [2.1-10, 4.9, 4.11-14], mix [2.4-5, 4.9, 4.11]
• Nick Cartwright
  mix [1-3]
• Nick Tauber
  producer [4-7]
• Nigel Green
  assistant [2.1-10, 4.9, 4.11-14]
• Pete Willis
  background vocals [3.1-16, 4.1-3, 4.9, 4.13-14, 5.9-13, 2.1-4, 2.6-10], electric guitar [4.1-5, 4.5-9, 4.13-14, 5.1-13, 2.1-10, 3.1-16], guitar [4.11-12, 1.1-11]
• Rick Allen
  background vocals [2.1-4, 2.6-10, 4.13-14], drums (drum set) [2.1-10, 4.4-9, 4.11-14, 5.1-13, 1.1-11, 3.1-16], percussion [9-13]
• Rick Savage
  background vocals [3.1-16, 2.1-4, 2.6-10, 4.1-3, 4.9, 4.13-14, 5.9-13], bass guitar [3.1-16, 1.1-11, 5.1-13, 2.1-10, 4.1-9, 4.11-14], instrument [9]
• Robert John “Mutt” Lange
  producer [2.1-10, 4.9, 4.11-14], remixer [13-14]
• Ronan McHugh
  mastering, mix [1-16]
• Roy Neave
  engineer [1-3]
• Steve Clark
  background vocals [4.1-3, 4.9, 4.13-14, 2.1-4, 2.6-10, 5.9-13, 3.1-16], electric guitar [4.1-5, 4.5-9, 4.13-14, 5.1-13, 2.1-10, 3.1-16], guitar [4.11-12, 1.1-11]
• Tom Allom
  producer [1.1-11, 4.5, 4.8]
• Tony Wilson
  producer [6-8]
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Issues

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  The Early Years 79–81

  5x Digital Media
  20 March 2020
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  The Early Years 79–81

  5x CD
  20 March 2020
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  The Early Years 79–81

  5x SHM-CD
  20 March 2020