Def Leppard live in 1980

not_the_dj

One for the "everything from Pyromania onwards has been shit" brigade...

Anniversary release of "On Through the Night" with a live gig recording from 1980.

https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/def-leppard-to-release-1980-concert-as-a-live-album/

EricTheWeary

I saw the Pete Willis line up ( I seem to remember trying to work out if it was a woman or a man). Looks like 6th April 1980 from a quick Google, so three weeks earlier than that. 

Philly_Q

I've pretty much stopped buying re-releases and deluxe editions, but I might get this.

And yes, I'm definitely one of the "everything from Pyromania onwards has been shit" (rock) brigade.

(Although more realistically - and I think factually - everything from Adrenalize onwards has been shit.)

Grumpyrocker

I rather like Slang as an album. Then realised how old that album actually is, despite me thinking it's a recent DL record. Bloody hell I'm old.

jellyroll

My first concert - in about 1980 - was Def Leppard supported by Tygers of Pan Tang and Magnum at Manchester Apollo.

My ears are still recovering.

Blackdream

I saw them twice at Manchester Free Trade Hall, once supporting the Scorpions and once supporting Sammy Hagar!

Modulus_Amps

So does this mean the current guitarists in the band will receive no royalties from this release?

I have been listening to the best of album recently, when the last song comes , bringing on the heartbreak, the tone and feel of the production is so much more classic rock, love it

not_the_dj

Modulus_Amps said:

So does this mean the current guitarists in the band will receive no royalties from this release?

Pete Willis is still alive so I would hope he gets royalty payments for the early stuff, likewise the estate of the late great Steve Clark. Depends on a lot of things though, and I'm sure they had a really bad contract to start with (they were kids when that debut came out).

Still, it does looks like Phil Collen could do with a few quid, poor guy can't even afford to keep the shirt on his back ;-)

FelineGuitars

Ooh - it has early versions of Let It Go and Lady Strange too

I loved Def Lepp up till Hysteria - first gig I saw them at was Pyromania tour though

Philly_Q

I feel like a Johnny-come-lately, I never saw them live until the first leg of the Hysteria tour.

not_the_dj

Full track list and pics here:

 https://www.defleppard.com/early-years-79-81-boxset-available-20-march-2020/

quarky

I love all their stuff really, they have been a huge part of my life. The problem is, I think I have heard all of this before, and I am not sure if I want to be forking out for physical media any more? 

Eric_C

I was given a free ticket into the Ulster Hall Belfast around this time to see Def Leppard..support band was Rose Tattoo. Also watched Gary Moore in the same venue a few weeks later followed by Rory Gallagher a few days later...oh the times we had 

p90fool

I saw them a couple of weeks before that, I sincerely hope the recording isn't "warts and all", they were bloody awful. 

not_the_dj

Well it arrived yesterday. Nice packaging, bigger than I expected. 

Only managed to listen to the live disc so far and it’s great, so much energy, and the playing is spot on. No idea how much post production has been done but if they have they’ve done a cracking job.