Coming Soon to 2 Loud 2 Old Music – The Def Leppard Collection Series

We are to the final of the Big Collection Series I will be doing. It is DEF LEPPARD!!! This is the last large collection I have…well…in my collection. Will it be the final series? Probably not, but don’t expect any more to go to this size again. There is nothing else left that would even hold a candle to it. The only one’s bigger are Kiss and Jeff Scott Soto and we’ve finished those series. Bon Jovi is close, but we are currently doing that one as well. So, this is it for the Big Guns.

Coming September 7th, 2023, DEF LEPPARD!! We are going to go through the series in chronological order of the material, not necessarily the album release dates. My Buddy Mike Ladano did his Leppard Series that way, and honestly, I liked it. So the years of some of these releases might be more current, but all the songs on it aren’t. There might be some minor exceptions to that rule over time, but my series, my rules. I hope you are ready for it!

What will we be reviewing? I have that mapped out so let’s talk through it.

THE STUDIO ALBUMS:

And I didn’t realize I didn’t have the 2015 self-titled album on vinyl. I think I was waiting for The Collections, Volume 4 to come out, but maybe I need to go ahead and get it.

THE LIVE ALBUMS

You will notice some missing as I’ve already reviewed those. You will see those down below.

THE COMPILATIONS

Again, I’ve reviewed a couple of these so far and I am still missing The Best of which I will have by the time I get to that review.

THE SINGLES:

These are all I currently have…maybe it will grow during the series…who knows.

THE VIDEOS:

Yes, there are more, but this is what I have.

THE BOOTLEGS:

Still two I’m eyeing and will have before that time period of the band gets reviewed…

THE PICTURE DISCS

I don’t have many of those…not big on the different variants, but I like these.

THE BOOKS

DEF LEPPARD ADJACENT

I figured why not review some of the side projects or other bands members have been in. Again, I know there are more, but this is what I have so far.

PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED

This is everything I’ve already reviewed on the site, so I won’t do it again. The full list is below and you can click on those links to see the reviews.

EVERYTHING

And there is most everything. I don’t have the cassettes or CDs pictured where I have the vinyls, but this is mostly everything. Can’t wait to get started. Below is the entire list and order of the Def Leppard Collection Series…check it out!!

THE DEF LEPPARD COLLECTION SERIES

  1. Def Leppard E.P. – 7″ Single (1979)
  2. First Strike 1978-1979 (Bootleg CD)
  3. Girl – Sheer Greed (1980)
  4. On Through the Night (1980)
  5. When the Walls Came Tumbling Down (April 26 1980) (2020)
  6. High & Dry (1981)
  7. Too Many Jitterbugs – B-Sides And Rarities (2020)
  8. Raw – Early BBC Recordings (2020)
  9. Girl – Wasted Youth (1982)
  10. Pyromania (1983)
  11. “Photograph” 7″ Single (1983)
  12. “Too Late For Love” 12″ Single (1983)
  13. Live at the L.A. Forum 1983 (2018)
  14. Seattle, August 3, 1983 (Bootleg CD)
  15. Pyromania TV Collection (Bootleg DVD)
  16. Hysteria (1987)
  17. “Animal” 7″ Single (1987)
  18. “Women” 7″ Single (1987)
  19. “Pour Some Sugar on Me” 7″ Single (1987)
  20. “Hysteria” 7″ Single (1987)
  21. “Armageddon It” 7″ Single (1988)
  22. “Love Bites” 7″ Single (1988)
  23. “Rocket” 7″ Single (1989)
  24. Animal Instinct – The Def Leppard Story – Book Review (1987)
  25. Rarities – Volume One (2018)
  26. Live in Mountain View – August 17, 1988 (Bootleg DVD)
  27. Historia – DVD (1988)
  28. Live: In the Round, In Your Face (CD Video / DVD) (1989)
  29. Adrenalize (1992)
  30. “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad” – Cassette Single (1992)
  31. “Tonight” CD Single (1993)
  32. Live Shefield 1992 (Bootleg DVD)
  33. Retro Active (1993)
  34. Visualize DVD (1993)
  35. Hard Rock Café – Singapore, Malaysia October 26, 1995 (Bootleg DVD)
  36. Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980-1995) (1995)
  37. “When Love & Hate Collide” – CD Promo Single (1995)
  38. Video Archive (1995)
  39. Slang (1996)
  40. Montreal: The Classic 1996 Broadcast (Bootleg CD)
  41. Live Bites: FM Broadcast (Bootleg CD)
  42. Live in Argentina 1997 (Bootleg DVD)
  43. Euphoria (1999)
  44. Rarities – Volume Two (2019)
  45. Rarities – Volume Three (2019)
  46. Tokyo 1999 (Bootleg CD)
  47. Cybernauts – Live (2000)
  48. X (2002)
  49. Hysteria: Classic Albums DVD (2002)
  50. Best of Def Leppard (2004)
  51. Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection (2005)
  52. Yeah! (2006)
  53. Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (2008)
  54. Man Raze – Surreal (2008)
  55. B-Sides (2021)
  56. Yeah! II (2021)
  57. Yeah! Live (2021)
  58. CMT Crossraods – Taylor Swift & Def Leppard (2009)
  59. Down ‘N’ Outz -My ReGeneration (2010)
  60. Man Raze – PunkFunkRootsRock (2011)
  61. Down ‘N’ Outz -The Further Adventures of… (2014)
  62. Def Leppard (2015)
  63. The Lost Session (2018)
  64. Personal Jesus 7″ Single (2018)
  65. Down ‘N’ Outz -This is How We Roll (2019)
  66. Hits Vegas: Live at Planet Hollywood – Vinyl (2020)
  67. Hysteria: Live – Vinyl (2020)
  68. Def Leppard Acoustic Vegas – 10″ Vinyl (2020)
  69. Down ‘N’ Outz – The Music Box E.P. (2020)
  70. Diamond Star Halos (2022)
  71. High & Dry – Picture Disc (RSD) (2022)
  72. Drastic Symphonies (2023)
  73. Drastic Symphonies – Picture Disc (2023)
  74. Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard (2023)

PREVIOUSLY POSTED:

  1. The Def Leppard E.P. (1979/2017)
  2. Def Leppard: Interview Picture Disc (1982?)
  3. “Bringin’ On the Heartbreak” – 12″ Promo Single (1984)
  4. Live at the Top (Bootleg) (1987)
  5. “Pour Some Sugar on Me” –  5″ Shaped Picture Disc (1987)
  6. Hysteria U.S. Tour 1988 – Tour Book (1988)
  7. “Make Love Like a Man” – 12″ Single (1992)
  8. “Let’s Get Rocked” – 12″ Single (1992)
  9. Adrenalize: The 7 Day Weekend Tour (1992/1993)
  10. X: World Tour (2003)
  11. Mirrorball – Live & More (2011)
  12. Def Leppard: The Definitive Visual History – Book Review (2011)
  13. Viva! Hysteria (2013)
  14. And There Will Be A Next Time…Live from Detroit (2017)
  15. Hysteria: 30th Anniversary Box Set (2017)
  16. The Story So Far – The Best of (2018)
  17. The Collection, Volume 1 (2018)
  18. Hysteria: The Singles Box Set (2018)
  19. Live at Abbey Road Studios (2018)
  20. Def Leppard: Concert Review – Charlotte, NC June 9th 2018 (2018)
  21. The Story So Far – The Best of Volume 2 (2019)
  22. The Collection, Volume 2 (2019)
  23. London to Vegas (2020)
  24. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 29 March 2019 (2020)
  25. The Early Years ’79-’81 (2020)
  26. The Collection, Volume 3 (2021)
  27. Def Leppard Funko Pop!

Now, I have one question…Do you want to get Rocked???!!!

24 thoughts on “Coming Soon to 2 Loud 2 Old Music – The Def Leppard Collection Series

          1. I am still trying to post every day. So let’s say you have a 6 disc box set. It might actually take 6 days of me sitting down to write it up. So I need to figure out how to balance this, so I can still post every day, or almost every day, and still have time to tackle the big sets.

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            1. Most big box sets, I do a general overview. With Bon Jovi, I am going to do a post for every disc in the 100,000,000 fan set, but spread over 1 a week. But generally, I keep it high level. Doing a big review like that every day is tough.

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  1. This is a huge undertaking. Best of luck!

    I’m looking forward to reading it all.

    I thought about buying the box sets. I decided not to, seeing as how I have the deluxe editions of Pyromania, Hysteria and Adrenalize. I’d love to hear a remastered Retro Active, but my copy sounds great.

    I have one question though. What will happen when Soto puts out three albums during the time you review the Def Leppard stuff? /s

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    1. You get the deluxe editions on CD and then you buy the big box sets on vinyl!! That is the way to go!! LOL!!

      And Soto is supposed to put something out in September and it will be reviewed and the album rankings updated.

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  2. I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!! Also, I want those Def Leppard bootlegs so badly, especially the Mountain View California one. That one was a killer show and Steve Clark’s guitar solo gives me goosebumps.

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