Retro Active

Retro Active

RETRO ACTIVE released October 5, 1993 is an album that features touched-up versions of B-sides and previously unreleased recordings from the band's recording sessions between 1984 and 1993. The album debut at #6 on the UK Album Chart and #9 on Billboard Top 200 Album chart.  This is the first album to feature songs recorded with newly added guitarist Vivian Campbell

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Additional Information

Additional Musicians: Ian Hunter (honky tonk messiah on "Ride into the Sun" / Michael Kamen (string arrangement on "Two Steps Behind" (Acoustic Version)) / Robert John "Mutt" Lange (backing vocals) / Fiachna Ó Braonáin (tin whistle on "From the Inside") / Liam Ó Maonlaí (grand piano on "From the Inside") / (Peter O'Toole – mandolin on "From the Inside") / P.J. Smith – backing vocals on "Action") / Pete Woodroffe (piano on "Miss You in a Heartbeat")
Producer: Def Leppard
Recording Location: Wisseloord Studios (Hilversum, Netherlands) / Rainbow Studios and Olympiahalle (Munich, Germany) / Bow Lane Studios and Joe's Garage (Dublin, Ireland)

Comments

spva77 08/17/11 2011 11:33:53 PM

Aaagghh....When are DL songs going to be avialable to download from itunes or as mp3s from Amazon?!?!?!?

ilovejoeelliotmaggie 10/04/11 2011 09:38:06 PM

excuse my french but def leppard kicks ass! :) every time i listen to them i just wanna get up and rock rock rock in tell i drop! :)

DefLeppard 11/25/11 2011 11:28:49 AM

Thi is my favorite music

DaLep Fan 03/10/12 2012 06:31:49 PM

A gem worth listen!

The tracks from the Hysteria sessions deserved an album itself!!!!

ScBlais 07/16/12 2012 01:06:54 AM

Found an old Metal Edge interview that Joe did in 1994 talking about the release of Retro Active.
I thought this was interesting when he was discussing the song selection process, "Good Morning Freedom was a b-side from the first album, but that was the Willis-Clark period and anything before '83 we left alone."
I wonder if that would ever be revisited for a Retro Active II?
Erika Nagel 08/08/12 2012 12:18:40 PM

Miss you in a heartbeat...I was in 4th grade when I heard that for the first time and FELL IN LOVE