Def Leppard - The Vinyl Boxset: Volume 3

The Vinyl Boxset: Volume 3 (Limited Edition 180-gram 9LP Box Set + Book)

Third of four catalog sets available in June 2021!

Legendary British rock ‘n' roll icons and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members Def Leppard will release Def Leppard - Volume Three, a new limited edition 9LP box set featuring all the recordings from the band in the 2000's with their original packaging. To date, X, Yeah! and Songs from the Sparkle Lounge have never been available on vinyl before. All three will be released separately on vinyl for the first-time ever the same day.

The albums were mastered by Ronan McHugh and Joe Elliott at Joe's Garage with assistance from Andy Pearce and cut by Greg Moore. Housed in rigid boxes, the sets also contain a hard-backed book with rare photos by Ross Halfin and notes by Classic Rock Magazine's Paul Elliott. Band members Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Rick Allen and Phil Collen have also contributed to the set. Def Leppard — Volume Three features 2002's X, which was the group's sixth consecutive Top 20 record on the Billboard 200 chart and features songs such as "Now," "Four Letter Word" and "Long Long Way to Go," 2006's Yeah!, the band's first covers album featuring a collection of the groups favorite tracks re-recorded with the iconic Def Leppard sound, this is the first time this album will be available on vinyl. Also Def Leppard's tenth studio album Songs from the Sparkle Lounge, released in 2008, marked the band's return to their signature sound, hitting the Top 10 both sides of the Atlantic. The album included the hit single "Nine Lives" which featured Grammy Award-winning country legend Tim McGraw.

Also included are B-Sides, Yeah! Studio Covers and Yeah! Live. These albums have specially been compiled by Joe Elliott for this limited edition release. B-Sides contains a rare compilation of B-sides that have never appeared on vinyl before. Yeah! Studio Covers includes some never before released on vinyl covers, Yeah! bonus disc exclusive release tracks and a compilation of the various covers recorded by the band over their career. Yeah! Live is a compilation of live recordings of covers by the band which include both tracks from 2006's Yeah!, as well as previously unreleased live tracks from the past 30 years.

The set follows 2018's Def Leppard - Volume One featuring the band's 1980's catalog and 2019's Def Leppard - Volume Two featuring the band's complete 1990's output.

 

 

 

 

LP1 (X)

Side A

1. Now

2. Unbelievable

3. You're So Beautiful

4. Everyday

5. Long Long Way to Go

6. Four Letter Word

7. Torn to Shreds

Side B

1. Love Don't Lie

2. Gravity

3. Cry

4. Girl Like You

5. Let Me Be the One

6. Scar

LP2 (Yeah!)

Side A

1. 20th Century Boy

2. Rock On

3. Hanging on The Telephone

4. Waterloo Sunset

Side B

1. Hell Raiser

2. 10538 Overture

3. Street Life

4. Drive-In Saturday

LP3 (Yeah!)

Side C

1. Little Bit of Love

2. The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll

3. No Matter What

Side D

1. He's Gonna Step on You Again

2. Don't Believe A Word

3. Stay with Me

LP4 (Songs From The Sparkle Lounge)

Side A

1. Go

2. Nine Lives

3. C'mon C'mon

4. Love

5. Tomorrow

Side B

1. Cruise Control

2. Hallucinate

3. Only the Good Die Young

4. Bad Actress

5. Come Undone

6. Gotta Let It Go

LP5 (B-Sides)

Side A

1. Now (Radio Edit) (B-Side - Now)

2. Long Long Way to Go (Radio Edit) (B-Side - Long Way to Go)

3. Kiss the Day (X – Japanese Bonus Track)

Side B

1. 10 X Bigger Than Love (B-Side - Long Way to Go)

2. Love Don't Lie (Demo) (B-Side – Now)

3. Let Me Be the One (Demo) (B-Side - Now)

LP6 (B-Sides)

Side C

1. Gimme A Job (B-Side - Long Way to Go)

2. Now (Acoustic Version) (B-Side - Long Way to Go)

3. Long Long Way to Go (Stripped Version) (X Bonus Track)

Side D

1. Nine Lives (Joe Only Version) (Sparkle Lounge Japan Bonus)

2. Perfect Girl (Demo)

3. Love (Piano Version) (Sparkle Lounge Japan Bonus)

LP7 (Yeah! Studio Covers)

Side A

1. Only After Dark (B-Side - Let’s Get Rocked)

2. You Can’t Always Get What You Want (B-Side Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad)

3. Little Wing (B-Side Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad)

4. Ziggy Stardust (B-Side Slang)

Side B

1. Under My Wheels (B-Side Goodbye)

2. Who Do You Love? (B-Side Goodbye)

3. Rebel Rebel (B-Side Now)

4. Led Boots (B-Side All I Want)

5. Cause We Ended as Lovers (B-Side All I Want)

LP8 (Yeah! Studio Covers)

Side C

1. Search and Destroy (YEAH! 2)

2. How Does It Feel (Yeah! (iTunes exclusive)

3. Roxanne (Phil's Demo)

4. Dear Friends (YEAH! 2)

5. Winter Song (YEAH! 2)

Side D

1. American Girl (YEAH! 2)

2. Heartbeat (YEAH! 2)

3. Space Oddity (YEAH! 2)

4. When I'm Dead and Gone (YEAH! 2)

5. Stay with Me (B-Side Now)

LP9 (Yeah! Live)

Side A

1. Elected (B-Side Heaven Is)

2. Action (Yeah!)

3. No Matter What (YEAH! 2)

4. Rock On (Yeah!)

Side B

1. Travellin' Band (Radio Edit) (Pyromania Bonus Disc)

2. Now I'm Here (A Tribute to Freddie Mercury)

3. 20th Century Boy (VH1 Rock Honours)

4. All the Young Dudes (Once Bitten Twice Shy)

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