DEF LEPPARD Live In Oxford (2LP) RSD 2021 Vinyl

April 1980, a Tuesday night at the New Theatre Oxford, and Def Leppard were still hungry enough to be dangerous. Before Pyromania made them arenas, before the production got so big it needed its own zip code, there was this.

Captured raw on what would become one of the most important nights in the early British heavy metal timeline, this Record Store Day 2021 release documents the band mid-ascent, coiled tight and loud. Through the Night, When the Walls Came Tumbling Down, the whole thing carries the particular energy of a band that knows something is happening but hasn't yet learned to be careful about it. Two sides of vinyl, the stage noise still in the room. If your record collection has a section for the NWOBHM moment where glam metal hadn't quite invented itself yet, this belongs there.

2LP. Record Store Day 2021 release. UK pressing. Recorded live at the New Theatre, Oxford, 26 April 1980. Genre: heavy metal / glam metal.

Fans of: Poison, Quiet Riot, Cinderella, Warrant, Slaughter, Skid Row, Ratt

Format: Vinyl LP.