4 Years Ago DEF LEPPARD Announce CD/Vinyl Volume Three BOX SET Release

Wednesday, 23rd April 2025

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Def Leppard announced their the CD/Vinyl Volume Three box set on this day in 2021 featuring many rare tracks.

The third box set in the band's ongoing reissue series were announced for release on 11th June 2021.

Volume One was released in June 2018 and covered the first four studio albums with Volume 2 following in June 2019 and covering the four 1990s releases.

This latest box set of the four volume series covers the albums 'X', 'YEAH!' and 'Songs From The Sparkle Lounge'.

It also includes three discs of B Sides and rarities on two further discs titled 'YEAH! 2' and YEAH! Live.

These discs include a few previously unreleased tracks from the unofficial X demos CD (including 'Perfect Girl' and demo versions). 'Perfect Girl' was previously issued as a free download.

Also included for the first time since its first release on iTunes is the Slade cover of 'How Does It Feel'.

The live disc includes three songs performed with Brian May which also with a vinyl release of YEAH! were mentioned in various interviews by Joe since 2016 and will now finally be released as part of his box set.

Phil's cover of The Police song 'Roxanne' is included leaving just one unreleased track left from the YEAH! sessions (MC5 - 'Kick Out The Jams').

This cover was previously posted on YouTube only.

The 'YEAH! Live' also includes the Slang tour live track recorded with Ian Hunter on lead vocals which was included on his 2000 hits release 'Once Bitten Twice Shy'.

In a change from the Volume's One and Two box sets this one will have the three bonus discs released in digital form as 'X, YEAH! & Songs From The Sparkle Lounge: Rarities From The Vault'.

All three studio albums were also released separately from the box sets for the first time on vinyl.

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X, YEAH! & Songs From The Sparkle Lounge: Rarities From The Vault - Amazon - (Digital/39 Tracks)
Vinyl Collection: Volume Three (9 LP) - Amazon
CD Collection: Volume Three (6 CD) - Amazon
Vinyl - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge - Amazon
Vinyl - YEAH! (2 LP) - Amazon
Vinyl - X - Amazon
Catalogue Number - 818018 - (CD)
Catalogue Number - 818002 - (Vinyl)
Record Company - UMC/Mercury
Release Date - 11th June

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Disc One - X (2002)

01 - Now
02 - Unbelievable
03 - You’re So Beautiful
04 - Everyday
05 - Long, Long Way To Go
06 - Four Letter Word
07 - Torn To Shreds
08 - Love Don’t Lie
09 - Gravity
10 - Cry
11 - Girl Like You
12 - Let Me Be The One
13 - Scar

'X/Ten' reissued on vinyl and CD.

Disc Two - YEAH! (2006)

01 - 20th Century Boy
02 - Rock On
03 - Hanging On The Telephone
04 - Waterloo Sunset
05 - Hell Raiser
06 - 10538 Overture
07 - Street Life
08 - Drive-In Saturday
09 - Little Bit Of Love
10 - The Golden Age Of Rock ‘n’ Roll
11 - No Matter What
12 - He’s Gonna Step On You Again
13 - Don’t Believe A Word
14 - Stay With Me

'YEAH!' reissued on vinyl and CD.

Disc Three - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (2008)

01 - Go
02 - Nine Lives
03 - C’mon C’mon
04 - Love
05 - Tomorrow
06 - Cruise Control
07 - Hallucinate
08 - Only The Good Die Young
09 - Bad Actress
10 - Come Undone
11 - Gotta Let It Go

'Songs From The Sparkle Lounge' reissued on vinyl and CD.

Disc Four - B Sides

01 - Now – (Radio Edit)" (B-Side – "Now")
02 - Long Long Way To Go (Radio Edit)" (B-Side – "Long Way To Go")
03 - Kiss The Day" (X – Japanese/UK Bonus Track)
04 - 10 X Bigger Than Love" (B-Side - "Long Way To Go")
05 - Love Don’t Lie (Demo) – (B-Side – "Now")
06 - Let Me Be The One (Demo) – (B-Side – "Now")
07 - Gimmie A Job" – (B-Side – "Long Long Way To Go")
08 - Now (Live Acoustic Version) – (B-Side – "Long Long Way To Go")
09 - Long Long Way To Go (Stripped Version) – (Limited Edition Bonus Track)
10 - Nine Lives – Joe Only Vocal Version
11 - Perfect Girl" – (Website Exclusive (Phil Collen Demo)
12 - Love – (Piano Version)

Various B Sides plus songs previously unreleased (on CD/Vinyl on Digital) from the 2002/2003 X era singles and X/Sparkle Lounge album editions. LLWTG stripped version previously titled as Acoustic Version in 2002 and part of the UK/Japanese album editions.

Disc Five - YEAH! II (Covers)

01 - Only After Dark – (B-Side – "Let’s Get Rocked")
02 - You Can’t Always Get What You Want – (B-Side - "Have You Needed Someone So Bad")
03 - Little Wing – (B-Side - "Have You Needed Someone So Bad")
04 - Ziggy Stardust (Live) – B-Side - "Slang")
05 - Under My Wheels – (B-Side - "Goodbye")
06 - Who Do You Love? – (B-Side - "Goodbye")
07 - Rebel Rebel – (B-Side - "Now")
08 - Led Boots – (B-Side – "All I Want Is Everything")
09 - 'Cause We Ended As Lovers – (B-Side – "All I Want Is Everything")
10 - Search And Destroy – (YEAH! Bonus Disc Exclusive)
11 - How Does It Feel -(YEAH! Bonus Disc Exclusive (iTunes Exclusive)
12 - Roxanne (Phil’s Demo) - (Previously Unreleased)
13 - Dear Friends – (YEAH! Bonus Disc Exclusive)
14 - Winter Song – (YEAH! Bonus Disc Exclusive)
15 - American Girl – (YEAH! Bonus Disc Exclusive)
16 - Heartbeat – (YEAH! Bonus Disc Exclusive)
17 - Space Oddity – (YEAH! Bonus Disc Exclusive)
18 - When I’m Dead And Gone – (YEAH! Bonus Disc Exclusive)
19 - Stay With Me – (B-Side "Now")

B Sides from various albums and including the first version of 'Stay With Me' from 2002 (recorded in 1999) plus some songs only previously available on bonus discs and as short lived iTunes exclusives.

Disc Six - YEAH! Live

01 - Elected (Live 1987) - B-Side "Heaven Is"
02 - Action (Live 2005) – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
03 - No Matter What (Live 2005) – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
04 - Rock On (Live 2006) - (Previously Unreleased)
05 - Travellin’ Band (Live 1983 w/ Brian May) – Radio Edit (Previously Unreleased/From Pyromania Deluxe)
06 - Now I’m Here (Live London 1992 w/ Brian May) – B-Side "Tonight"
07 - 20th Century Boy (Live 2006 w/ Brian May) – 2006 VH1 Rock Awards (Previously Unreleased)
08 - All The Young Dudes (Live 1996 w/ Ian Hunter) – Once Bitten Twice Shy Exclusive Track

Includes the Walmart and Best Buy live songs from 2005 and previously unreleased material. Also includes a previously unreleased live version of 'Rock On' recorded at the same time and an edited version of Travellin’ Band from the LA Forum 1983.

Def Leppard CD/Vinyl Collections - News Quotes 1

"On the 11th June 2021, legendary British rock ‘n’ roll icons and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Def Leppard will release Def Leppard – Volume Three, a new limited edition box set UMC/Virgin."

"This set marks the third of four volumes of the band’s complete recorded output in a limited-edition CD box set. They contain all the recordings from the band in the 2000’s and features the original packaging on both formats. The albums were re-mastered by Ronan McHugh and Joe Elliott at Joe’s Garage 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 introductions to the set."

Def Leppard CD/Vinyl Collections - News Quotes 2

"This the third in four volumes of the bands complete recorded output comes in both 180gm Vinyl and limited-edition CD box sets."

"They contain all the recordings from the band in the 2000’s and feature the original packaging on both formats."

"X, Yeah! and Songs from the Sparkle Lounge have never been available on Vinyl before."

Def Leppard CD/Vinyl Collections - News Quotes 3

"This set marks the third of four volumes of the band’s complete recorded output in both 180gm Vinyl and limited-edition CD box sets. They contain all the recordings from the band in the 2000’s and features the original packaging on both formats. To date, X, Yeah! and Songs from the Sparkle Lounge have never been available on Vinyl before."

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