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Def Leppard – ‘Yeah! Live’ (2021) – Album Review (The Def Leppard Collection Series)

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On June 11, 2021, Def Leppard finally released The Collection, Vol. 3. It had been 2 years since the released of Vol. 2 in part probably due to Covid-19. By 2021, things were slowly starting to get back to normal. This was a crucial collection because these albums were not available on vinyl prior to this. So, it is is a must have set for you vinyl collectors. Ok, not really because they are available now individually…well…except for the bonus material. We’ve talked through the B-Sides, Yeah! II and now it is time for the final bonus album in The Collection, Vol. 3…Yeah! Live.

‘Yeah! Live’ is a compilation of 8 live cover songs the band have done over the years. They are B-Sides or recorded from tribute shows they have done and now they are all in one spot. I feel like they have to have more then this, but maybe not. What is cool is Side B as it has Brian May on most of the tracks. I guess he is the 6th member of the band now.. It is not a vast chunk of songs, but it is all quality here not quantity. What is cool is there is a couple recordings on here from the 80’s so we get Steve Clark on a couple tracks. But the rest of the guys are here too with Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Rick Allen, Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell.

SIDE A:

The B-Side to the song “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad” is a live version of the Alice Cooper classic, “Elected”. It was recorded in July 1987 at Tilburg, Netherlands on the ‘Hysteria’ Tour. The crowd was really in to this show as they are screaming loud. Joe attacks the vocals with that Alice Cooper style, with grit and attitude. I wonder if the crowd noise is pumped in as they repeat some of their chants throughout. Anyway, the band rocks it out and does a fair job at this one. All I know is when it came out and I picked it up with this song as the B-Side I was happy to have something I didn’t have in my collection at the time. I’ll take new stuff any day.

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Cybernauts – ‘The Further Adventures of The Cybernauts’ (2001) – Album Review (The Def Leppard Collection Series)

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Welcome back. Last week, we talked about the Cybernauts ‘Live’ album that was released in 2000 in Japan only. In 2001, they released a Deluxe Version of the album in the UK and the 2nd CD was studio recordings the band had done. If you remember, the Cybernauts are Joe Elliott and Phil Collen from Def Leppard; Trevor Bolder & Woody Woodmansey from David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars and then on keyboard is Dick Decent. They came together as a Mick Ronson & David Bowie tribute band for the Mick Ronson Memorial show back in 1997.

This week, we are talking about the 2nd CD in the Deluxe Edition called ‘The Further Adventures of the Cybernauts’. The Japanese only release was in June 2001 and consists of all studio recordings the band did of these David Bowie songs. We get 7 tracks and one hidden track which is an alternate version of one of the other seven.

The first four tracks were recorded on August 8, 1997 at Bow Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland the day after they recorded the live show we saw on last week’s post. They didn’t waste any time getting these recorded…why not, they were on fire the night before so capture some of that magic. The first track is “Manic Depression” and it is not a David Bowie track as you already guessed. Nope, this is a Jimi Hendrix one and the band gives it a little psychedelic vibe and Phil does a bang up job doing his best Hendrix. Joe’s vocals are put through something to give it that spacey feel to it. A really cool opening track. “All the Young Dudes” is up next and the Mott the Hoople track is done as it should. Some great keyboards, great vocals and those gang vocals on the chorus see a band that loves and appreciates this music.

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Cybernauts – ‘Live’ (2000) – Album Review (The Def Leppard Collection Series)

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I am sure you have a few questions… Like, who are the Cybernauts? The Cybernauts are a Mick Ronson/David Bowie tribute band and they play all the hits they had together. David might have wrote the songs, but Mick was the guitarist and what a player he was and what life he gave those songs. And, why is this part of the Def Leppard series? Well, that is because two members of this cover band are none other then singer Joe Elliott and guitarists Phil Collen from Def Leppard. The rest of the Cybernauts are Trevor Bolder (bass) and Woody Woodmansey (drums) both from David Bowie’s band Spiders from Mars. Also, to round it out on keyboard is Dick Decent.

Trevor and Joe meet way back in 1983 and had been friends ever since. When Trevor was asked to put together a band for a Mick Ronson memorial service, he found out Joe and Phil were asked to play as well so they teamed up for the event and performed. A few years later they were asked to do it again, but this time they decided to actually do a small tour with the band and finish it at the Mick Ronson memorial show. Joe had the idea of recording the Dublin show and they did. That was August 7, 1997 in Dublin, Ireland at the Olympia Theatre. And three years later in 2000, the CD was released and only released in Japan.

My copy though was released in 2001 and was a 2 CD set with the original show, plus a 2nd CD of studio recordings. The E.P. was called The Further Adventures of the Cybernauts…which we will discuss later. For now, we will focus on disc 1, the live show they recorded which consisted of 18 tracks that will take you back to those critical years of David Bowie and Mick Ronson and you are reminded of what an amazing catalog the two had together.

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Def Leppard – ‘Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 29 March 2019’ – #RSD – Album Review

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On Record Store Day, August 29, 2020, I was able to pick up a few albums and one of the ones on my list this time around was a Def Leppard release of the live performance of their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony on March 29, 2019. For a band that once said, live albums were for bands that couldn’t come up with anything else, they have now put out a bunch of live material since those words years ago. I’m not complaining, just saying.

As you know if you follow this site, I buy anything and everything Def Leppard and I figured this is a nice piece for the collection as it is a special moment in the band’s history. This band that I like so much was voted in to the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!! That means…well…it really means nothing, but still a cool honor for the guys. A little more validation that they are a great band so screw you haters out there that think differently!!! I will unfriend you and delete you because that is how Facecrack works right!!

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