Ab morgen wird The Early Years 79-81 zu bekommen sein: Ein neues Box-Set von Def Leppard, das neben ihren ersten beiden Studio-Alben On Through The Night und High'n'Dry auch Raritäten wie BBC-Sessions und einen restaurierten Konzertmitschnitt von 1980 enthalten wird.

›Glad I'm Alive‹ schicken die Hardrocker voran: Ein unveröffentlichtes Studio-Stück, das im Zuge der Aufnahmesessions zu ›Wasted‹ entstand — die 1979 erschienene Single enthielt eine andere Fassung der Nummer als später die LP On Through The Night (1980).

Die Songs von The Early Years 79-81 auf 5 CDs:

CD 1 – ON THROUGH THE NIGHT – RE-MASTERED
Rock Brigade
Hello America
Sorrow Is A Woman
It Could Be You
Satellite
When the Walls Came Tumbling Down
Wasted
Rocks Off
It Don’t Matter
Answer to The Master
Overture

CD 2 – HIGH'N'DRY – RE-MASTERED
Let It Go
Another Hit and Run
High N Dry (Saturday Night)
Bringin’ On the Heartache
Switch 625
You Got Me Runnin’
Lady Strange
On Through the Night
Mirror Mirror (Look into My Eyes)
No No No

CD 3 –  WHEN THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN – LIVE IN OXFORD 26/04/1980
When the Walls Came Tumbling Down
It Could Be You
Rock Brigade
Satellite
Medicine Man
Answer to the Master
When the Rain Falls
Sorrow Is a Woman
Good Morning Freedom
Don’t Matter to Me
Overture
Lady Strange
GetchaRocks Off
Hello America
Wasted
Ride into The Sun

CD 4 – TOO MANY JITTERBUGS – B-SIDES AND RARITIES
Ride into The Sun – The Def Leppard EP
Getcha Rocks Off – The Def Leppard EP
The Overture – The Def Leppard EP
Wasted -Single
Hello America – Single
Rock Brigade – Unreleased Nick Tauber produced version
Glad I’m Alive – Unreleased Nick Tauber produced version
Good Morning Freedom – Single
Let It Go – Single Edit
Switch 625 – Single Edit
Bringin’ On the Heartbreak – Single Edit
Me and My Wine – Original Version
Bringin’ On the Heartbreak – Remix
Me and My Wine – Remix

CD 5 – RAW: EARLY BBC RECORDINGS

Andy Peebles Session – 07/06/1979
Glad I’m Alive
Sorrow Is A Woman
Wasted
Answer to The Master

Friday Rock Show Session – 03/10/1979
Satellite
Rock Brigade
Wasted
Good Morning Freedom

Live at the Reading Festival – 24/08/1980
Satellite / When the Walls Came Tumbling Down
Medicine Man
The Overture
Lady Strange
Getcha Rocks Off