The Story So Far: The Best of Def Leppard

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Annotation

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mercury Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Bludgeon Riffola Ltd.
Published By – Bludgeon Riffola Ltd.
Art Direction, Design – Tom Jermann
Mastered By Mastering – Andy Pearce, Matt Wortham
Written-By – Collen* (tracks: A1, A4-B2, C1-D1,), Savage* (tracks: A1-B2, C1-C3, D3), Lange* (tracks: A1-B3, C1-D1, D4), Clark* (tracks: Side A, B2, B3, C1-C3, D1, D4)
Written-By, Executive-Producer – Elliott* (tracks: A1-D1, D2, D3)
European version without the bonus 7" Def Leppard EP replica.

Annotation last modified on 2022-02-18 04:21 UTC.

Tracklist

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C1Heaven Is
programming:
Pete “Proto-Type Genius, Technical Wizard, Boffin From Hell, All-Round Grafter and Nice Chap (Give Him a Job, Trev!)” Woodroffe
additional engineer:
Pete “Proto-Type Genius, Technical Wizard, Boffin From Hell, All-Round Grafter and Nice Chap (Give Him a Job, Trev!)” Woodroffe
engineer and mixer:
Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
producer:
Def Leppard and Mike “Bat Ears” Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
drums (drum set):
Rick Allen (UK drummer for Def Leppard)
electric bass guitar:
Rick Savage
guitar:
Phil Collen (of Def Leppard)
lead vocals:
Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1992), Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1992) and Bludgeon Riffola Ltd. (in 2004)
recorded at:
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Heaven Is
writer:
Steve Clark (Def Leppard guitarist), Phil Collen (of Def Leppard), Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard), Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange) and Rick Savage
publisher:
Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (ended), Bludgeon Riffola Ltd., Out-of-Pocket Productions Ltd., Primary Wave Elliott, Primary Wave Savage, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
2.25?:??
C2Rocket
recording engineer:
Mark Flannery
synthesizer [Fairlight] programming:
Phil Nicholas (producer & musician)
additional engineer:
Erwin Musper, Ronald Prent (Dutch Sound engineer and producer) and Peter Woolliscroft
engineer:
Nigel Green (engineer)
assistant producer:
Nigel Green (engineer)
producer:
Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange)
mixer:
Nigel Green (engineer) and Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
bass guitar:
Rick Savage
drums (drum set):
Rick Allen (UK drummer for Def Leppard)
guitar:
Steve Clark (Def Leppard guitarist) and Phil Collen (of Def Leppard)
background vocals:
The Bankrupt Brothers
lead vocals:
Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1987)
recorded at:
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
mixed at:
Battery Studios (London, owned by Zomba group) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Rocket
writer:
Steve Clark (Def Leppard guitarist), Phil Collen (of Def Leppard), Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard), Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange) and Rick Savage
publisher:
Bludgeon Riffola Ltd., BMG Rights Management UK (Primary Wave), Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Out of Pocket Publishing Co., Out-of-Pocket Productions Ltd., Primary Wave Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Why Bother Ltd. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3.75?:??
C3Hysteria
recording engineer:
Mark Flannery
synthesizer [Fairlight] programming:
Phil Nicholas (producer & musician)
additional engineer:
Erwin Musper, Ronald Prent (Dutch Sound engineer and producer) and Peter Woolliscroft
engineer:
Nigel Green (engineer)
assistant producer:
Nigel Green (engineer)
producer:
Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange)
mixer:
Nigel Green (engineer) and Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
bass guitar:
Rick Savage
drums (drum set):
Rick Allen (UK drummer for Def Leppard)
guitar:
Steve Clark (Def Leppard guitarist) and Phil Collen (of Def Leppard)
background vocals:
The Bankrupt Brothers
lead vocals:
Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!), Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1987) and Bludgeon Riffola Ltd. (in 2004)
recorded at:
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
mixed at:
Battery Studios (London, owned by Zomba group) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Hysteria
writer:
Steve Clark (Def Leppard guitarist), Phil Collen (of Def Leppard), Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard), Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange) and Rick Savage
publisher:
Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (ended), Bludgeon Riffola Ltd., BMG Rights Management UK (Primary Wave), Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Out of Pocket Publishing Co., Out-of-Pocket Productions Ltd., Primary Wave Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Why Bother Ltd., Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing) and Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3.65?:??
C4Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad
programming:
Pete “Proto-Type Genius, Technical Wizard, Boffin From Hell, All-Round Grafter and Nice Chap (Give Him a Job, Trev!)” Woodroffe
additional engineer:
Pete “Proto-Type Genius, Technical Wizard, Boffin From Hell, All-Round Grafter and Nice Chap (Give Him a Job, Trev!)” Woodroffe
engineer and mixer:
Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
executive producer:
Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange)
producer:
Def Leppard and Mike “Bat Ears” Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
drums (drum set):
Rick Allen (UK drummer for Def Leppard)
electric bass guitar:
Rick Savage
guitar:
Phil Collen (of Def Leppard)
lead vocals:
Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1992), Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1992) and Bludgeon Riffola Ltd. (in 2004)
recorded at:
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad
writer:
Phil Collen (of Def Leppard), Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard) and Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange)
publisher:
Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (ended), Bludgeon Riffola Ltd., Out-of-Pocket Productions Ltd. and Primary Wave Elliott
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
2.75?:??
D1Make Love Like a Man
programming:
Pete “Proto-Type Genius, Technical Wizard, Boffin From Hell, All-Round Grafter and Nice Chap (Give Him a Job, Trev!)” Woodroffe
additional engineer:
Pete “Proto-Type Genius, Technical Wizard, Boffin From Hell, All-Round Grafter and Nice Chap (Give Him a Job, Trev!)” Woodroffe
engineer and mixer:
Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
producer:
Def Leppard and Mike “Bat Ears” Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
drums (drum set):
Rick Allen (UK drummer for Def Leppard)
electric bass guitar:
Rick Savage
guitar and other vocals [Cockney rhyming rap]:
Phil Collen (of Def Leppard)
lead vocals:
Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1992), Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1992) and Bludgeon Riffola Ltd. (in 2004)
recorded at:
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Make Love Like a Man
writer:
Steve Clark (Def Leppard guitarist), Phil Collen (of Def Leppard), Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard) and Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange)
publisher:
Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (ended), Bludgeon Riffola Ltd., Out-of-Pocket Productions Ltd., Primary Wave Elliott, Primary Wave Music Publishing, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3.2?:??
D2Action
cover recording of:
Action
writer:
Brian Connolly (Scottish, member of Sweet), Steve Priest, Andy Scott (Member of Sweet) and Mick Tucker (drummer for The Sweet)
publisher:
Maxwood Music Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
2?:??
D3When Love & Hate Collide
engineer and mixer:
Pete Woodroffe
producer:
Def Leppard and Pete Woodroffe
additional background vocals:
Stevie Vann (backing vocalist/studio singer, aka Stevie Lange)
performer:
Def Leppard
piano arranger:
Randy Kerber
strings arranger:
Michael Kamen (American score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bludgeon Riffola Ltd. (in 2004)
recording of:
When Love and Hate Collide
writer:
Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard) and Rick Savage
publisher:
Bludgeon Riffola Ltd. (ended), Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing) (ended), Primary Wave Elliott and Primary Wave Savage
3.5?:??
D4Rock of Ages
assistant engineer:
Bryan “Chuck” New and Craig “Too Loud for Boys” Thomson
engineer:
Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
producer and mixer:
Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange)
additional keyboard:
Booker T. Boffin
drums (drum set):
Rick Allen (UK drummer for Def Leppard)
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Rick Savage
guitar:
Phil Collen (of Def Leppard), Steve “Steamin” Clark (Def Leppard guitarist) and Pete Willis
background vocals:
The Leppardettes
lead vocals:
Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1983), Bludgeon Riffola Ltd. (in 2004) and Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Battery Studios (London, owned by Zomba group) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom, Parkgate Studios in Battle, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom and Tapestry Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (keyboard)
recording of:
Rock of Ages
writer:
Steve Clark (Def Leppard guitarist), Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard) and Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange)
publisher:
Def-Lepp-Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Out of Pocket Publishing Co., Out-of-Pocket Productions Ltd., Primary Wave Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3.3?:??