DEF LEPPARD – Hysteria 30th Anniversary Edition

Hysteria: Super Deluxe

Original album remastered + b-sides, mixes, ‘In The Round’ live concert, documentaries & videos.

Def Leppard’s fourth album Hysteria, released in August 1987, topped the UK and U.S. album charts. It has been certified 12 x Platinum in the U.S. and has gone on to sell over 25 million copies worldwide.

The album spawned seven hit singles, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one «Love Bites», alongside «Pour Some Sugar on Me», «Hysteria», «Armageddon It», «Animal», «Rocket», and «Women».

The album’s goal, set out by producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange, was to be a hard rock version of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, in that every track was a potential hit single. Songs were therefore written with this concept in mind.

This 30th anniversary Super Deluxe Edition has been prepared in conjunction with singer Joe Elliott who has acted as executive producer on the set, the mastering has been done by the band’s long-serving sound engineer Ronan McHugh.

The Super Deluxe Edition comes with 5CDs consisting of the original album, various b-sides, remix versions and the first ever appearance of the ‘In the Round’ concert film audio, plus the BBC radio documentary on the album also appears for the first time.

2 DVDs are also included, containing the Classic Albums documentary, the BBC Rock of Ages documentary as well as the BBC Top Of The Pops appearances and the promo videos from the time.

Inside the box are 4 books, a history of the album written by Mojo and classic Rock writer Paul Elliott (no relation), a complete discography of all the releases from around the world, a photo book of rare and unseen photos by noted photographer Ross Halfin and a facsimile of the concert programme from the time.

As one of the world’s best-selling music artists, Def Leppard have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and have two albums with RIAA Diamond Certification, Pyromania and Hysteria.
Tracks
Disc 1: Original album remastered
1 Women
2 Rocket
3 Animal
4 Love Bites
5 Pour Some Sugar on Me
6 Armageddon It
7 Gods of War
8 Don’t Shoot Shotgun
9 Run Riot
10 Hysteria
11 Excitable
12 Love and Affection

Disc 2: B-Sides and Hysteria Radio Documentary
1 Tear It Down – B-Side
2 I Wanna Be Your Hero – Retro-Active
3 Ride into The Sun – Retro-Active
4 Ring of Fire – B-Side
5 Women – Edit Version
6 Rocket (Lunar Mix) – 7″ Single
7 Love Bites – Radio Edit
8 Hysteria – Edit Version
9 Pour Some Sugar on Me – Edit Version
10 Armageddon It – Edit Version
11 Release Me – Stumpus Maximus
12 Classic Album – Hysteria: BBC Radio Documentary

Disc 3: Mixes / B-Sides
1 Rocket (The Lunar Mix – Extended Version) – B-Side
2 Armageddon It (The Nuclear Mix) – 12″ Single
3 Animal – Extended Version
4 Pour Some Sugar on Me – Extended Version
5 Excitable (The Orgasmic Mix) – B-Side
6 Rocket (Lunar Mix) – B-Side
7 Armageddon It (The Atomic Mix) – 7″ Single
8 Rock of Ages (Live) – B-Side
9 Love and Affection (Live) – B-Side
10 Billy’s Got a Gun (Live) – B-Side

Disc 4: In The Round In Your Face (Live)
1 Stagefright
2 Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
3 Women
4 Too Late for Love
5 Hysteria
6 Gods of War
7 Die Hard the Hunter

Disc 5: In the Round in Your Face (Live)
1 Bringin’ On the Heartbreak
2 Foolin’
3 Armageddon It
4 Animal
5 Pour Some Sugar on Me
6 Rock of Ages
7 Photograph

DVD 1: Documentary / Live Performances / Promo Videos
1 Rock of Ages: Def Leppard Documentary
2 Rocket – TOTP
3 Pour Some Sugar on Me – TOTP
4 Animal – TOTP
5 Pour Some Sugar on Me – Brit Awards
6 Women – Promo Video
7 Animal – Promo Video
8 Pour Some Sugar on Me – Promo Video
9 Pour Some Sugar on Me – US Version Live
10 Hysteria – Promo Video
11 Love Bites – Promo Video
12 Rocket – Promo Video
13 Armageddon It (Live) – Promo Video

DVD 2: Classic Album Documentary
1 Introduction
2 Animal
3 Hysteria
4 Rocket
5 Love Bites
6 Pour Some Sugar on Me
7 Initial Recordings of Animal
8 Rick Gets Hysterical
9 Hysteria (Acoustic Performance)
10 Drumming – Return to The Status Quo
11 The Album According to Joe
12 Sugar Stripped Down
13 Pour Some Sugar on Me (Acoustic Performance)
14 Guitars, Guitars, Guitars
15 Windmill II and The Gods of War
16 Mutt’s Vocals in The Mix
17 The Album Is Finally Released