{"id":28893,"date":"2024-02-28T21:02:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/def-leppard-releasing-40th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-of-pyromania\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T21:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:02:29","slug":"def-leppard-releasing-40th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-of-pyromania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/def-leppard-releasing-40th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-of-pyromania\/","title":{"rendered":"Def Leppard releasing 40th anniversary deluxe edition of &#8216;Pyromania&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-02-28\/M_DefLeppardPyromania_012023.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Virgin EMI\/Mercury Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Def Leppard<\/strong> has announced a deluxe edition of their classic album <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Pyromania<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Frontman <strong>Joe Elliott<\/strong> executive produced the new reissue, which drops April 26, and went deep into\u00a0the band&#8217;s\u00a0archives to uncover\u00a0unheard demos that are featured on the release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cA labor of love and I loved every minute of it !!\u201d Elliott shares, noting combing through the vaults to find old demos was a \u201cjourney only few of us are lucky enough to take.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 40th anniversary edition of <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Pyromania<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> will be released\u00a0as a four-CD + Blu-Ray box set featuring\u00a0the original album and a\u00a0full disc of those unheard demos, including\u00a0\u201cPhotograph \u2013 Rough Mix Version (Unfinished Vocal),\u201d which will be released March 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Additionally, the box set includes two live shows, one\u00a0recorded in Los Angeles and another\u00a0in Dortmund, Germany, as well as a Blu-Ray featuring\u00a0an Atmos mix of the album,\u00a05.1\/Stereo and instrumental mixes and five promo videos. There\u2019s also a book\u00a0delving into\u00a0the history of the album and a collection of photos taken by famed photographer <strong>Ross Halfin<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to the box set, the\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Pyromania<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0reissue will be released digitally, as a one-LP half-speed master and on\u00a0two-LP black vinyl and two-LP colored vinyl.\u00a0All formats are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/store.defleppard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>available for preorder<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Released January 1983, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Pyromania\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">featured such hit songs as \u201cPhotograph,\u201d \u201cRock of Ages\u201d and \u201cFoolin,\u201d and reached number #2 on the U.S. Album charts. It sold 6 million copies in 1983 and went on to be certified Diamond by the RIAA for selling over 10 million copies.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgin EMI\/Mercury Records Def Leppard has announced a deluxe edition of their classic album Pyromania, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year. Frontman Joe Elliott executive produced the new reissue, which drops April 26, and went deep into\u00a0the band&#8217;s\u00a0archives to uncover\u00a0unheard demos that are featured on the release. \u201cA labor<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/def-leppard-releasing-40th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-of-pyromania\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}