Def Leppard unveil bumper ‘Hysteria’ 30th anniversary reissue

Released on Friday 4th August via Universal Music, the Sheffield rockers’ 25 million selling tour-de-force has been remastered and is available in a series of bumper expanded formats.

The packages range from a single disc of the remastered album through to a Super Deluxe Edition costing £105 featuring 5 CDs, 2 DVDs, a tour poster and four booklets; Story Of, a Ross Halfin photo book, Discography and Hysteria Tour Program.

In addition, there’s a 3-CD deluxe version, a limited edition coloured double vinyl and a standard edition double black vinyl. You can pre-order all packages here.

Planet Rock’s very own Joe Elliott says: "It's hard to believe that it’s been thirty years since the release of 'Hysteria'. In some respects, it really does seem like only yesterday.

“So, to mark this milestone, we wanted to do something very special for our fans and give them the definitive version of the album, one that incorporates all of the memories and milestones that we caught on tape and some of the madness that we got up to on the road. We hope it means as much to you as it does to us."

Guitarist Phil Collen adds: "I look back at the whole 'Hysteria' experience with excitement along with fond and tragic memories. It was our commercial zenith, thanks to Mutt Lange's insistence that we create an artistic hybrid between hard rock and pop Top 40 music using every genre available as an inspiration. It was a rock album that would garner seven hit singles. Mission accomplished."

The Super Deluxe Edition track-listing is as follows:

CD One (Remastered "Hysteria")
1. Women
2. Rocket
3. Animal
4. Love Bites
5. Pour Some Sugar On Me
6. Armageddon It
7. Gods Of War
8. Don't Shoot Shotgun
9. Run Riot
10. Hysteria
11. Excitable
12. Love And Affection

CD Two
1. Tear It Down (B-side)
2. I Wanna Be Your Hero (Retro Active)
3. Ride Into The Sun (Retro Active)
4. Ring Of Fire (B-Side)
5. Women (Radio Edit)
6. Rocket (Lunar Mix) (Radio Edit)
7. Love Bites (Radio Edit)
8. Hysteria (Radio Edit)
9. Pour Some Sugar on Me (Radio Edit)
10. Armageddon It (Radio Edit)
11. Release Me (Stumpus Maximus)
12. Classic Album – Hysteria (BBC Radio Documentary)

CD Three
1. Rocket (The Lunar Mix - Extended Version) (B-Side)
2. Armageddon It (The Nuclear Mix) (12" Single)
3. Animal (Extended Version)
4. Pour Some Sugar On Me (Extended Version)
5. Excitable (The Orgasmic Mix) (B-Side)
6. Rocket (Lunar Mix) (B-Side)
7. Rock Of Ages (Live) (B-Side)
8. Love And Affection (Live) (B-Side)
9. Billy's Got A Gun (Live) (B-Side)

CD Four: "In The Round, In Your Face" (Live)
1. Stagefright
2. Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
3. Women
4. Too Late For Love
5. Hysteria
6. Gods Of War
7. Die Hard The Hunter

CD Five: "In The Round, In Your Face" (Live)
1. Bringin' On The Heartbreak
2. Foolin'
3. Armageddon It
4. Animal
5. Pour Some Sugar On Me
6. Phil Solo
7. Rock Of Ages
8. Photograph

DVD One
1. Rocket (Top Of The Pops)
2. Pour Some Sugar On Me (Top Of The Pops)
3. Animal (Top Of The Pops)
4. Pour Some Sugar On Me (Brit Awards)
5. Women (Promo Video)
6. Animal (Promo Video)
7. Pour Some Sugar On Me (Promo Video)
8. Pour Some Sugar On Me (U.S. Version Live)
9. Hysteria (Promo Video)
10. Love Bites (Promo Video)
11. Rocket (Promo Video)
12. Armageddon It (Live) (Promo Video)

DVD Two ("Classic Albums")
1. Introduction
2. Animal
3. Hysteria
4. Rocket
5. Love Bites
6. Pour Some Sugar On Me

Bonus Material
7. Initial Recordings Of Animal
8. Rick Gets Hysterical
9. Hysteria (Acoustic Performance)
10. Drumming - Return To The Status Quo
11. The Album According To Joe
12. Sugar Stripped Down
13. Pour Some Sugar On Me (Acoustic Performance)
14. Guitars, Guitars, Guitars
15. Windmill II And The Gods Of War
16. Mutt's Vocals In The Mix
17. The Album Is Finally Released

In the first issue of Planet Rock magazine, which is out now, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of ‘Hysteria’ with an exclusive interview with Def Leppard as they revisit an astonishing tale of tragedy and triumph. 

Featuring a mirrored and embossed collectors’ cover, Issue 1 also celebrates the remarkable rise of Motörhead via a gargantuan 17-page cover story, plus there’s an all-revealing interview with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and features with Guns N’ Roses, The Magpie Salute (aka the ‘new’ Black Crowes), Black Star Riders, UFO, Pink Floyd, Kiss, Blues Pills, Van Halen and Joanne Shaw Taylor, to name but a few.