Recording Engineer Nigel Green discusses the groundbreaking, innovative wizardry devised in the studio long before the existence of Pro Tools, and gives Def Leppard fans an inside look with never-before-seen photos from the Hysteria recordings. Additional Advice given by: Martin Goldberg and Ann Waddingham, Prager and Fenton, London, England. Bruce Slayton and Victor Wlodinguer, Robbins, Spielman, Slayton and Halfon, New York, N.Y. James H.K. Harman, Theodore Goddard, London, England. Andrew Snelling and the staff at Barclays Bank, Earls Court Road, London, England. Of course this meant that instead of an album production taking a month or so, it could take anything up to a year. Of course with Hysteria we completely annihilated that barrier… it took three years!

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Finally, we would like to thank everybody at Hoshino Industries (Tama Drums and Ibanez Guitars) for their help and support over the past couple of years. Def Leppard Salutes "Captain Love" for his contributions to the creation of this record. If you delve into this list, you, too, will understand and appreciate this man's importance (not to mention, the entire history of the world since 1984!). On Pyromania the guitar sounds were recorded using a Marshall 100 watt amp. But they went through a ton of guitar amps (and a whole lot of time) before they found the right one. Eventually I think the amp blew up. Guitar, Written-By – Air Commander Phil "Felix, P.C. The Guru, Wambo Tap" Collen, B.T.H.*, Wing Commander Steve "Steamin', Dreamy, Snikker, Mayhem, P.T.W." Clark, A.H.D*Def Leppard Shirt, Music TV Crossover, Vintage TV Show Shirt, Band Inspired Tee, Unique Fan Gift, Pop Culture Tshirt

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The Hysteria album was a testing time for the band and all of us who worked on it. It’s hard to imagine what it feels like to work on an album for three years. Over such a long period even trends in music change. At one point we were trying to soften things up a little, guitar wise. Then suddenly Bon Jovi broke with You Give Love A Bad Name. We thought — shit, now we have to heavy things up again! Guitar [Guitars] – Air Commodore Phil "Felix, P.C., The Guru, Wambo, Tap" Collen, B.T.H.*, Wing Commander Steve "Steamin', Dreamy, Snikker, Mayhem, P.T.W." Clark, A.H.D.* The feeling that chaos was about to erupt was palpable": Thurston Moore's memoir Sonic Life is a fascinating insider account of life-changing outsider art, and one music geek's insatiable lust for the loudI still think this remaster on vinyl sounds excellent! Lovely pressing too. Made three rips from this record. You can find them on the right side in the videos section: In the UK, during the 80’s, record production was getting more and more sophisticated. Most of the time we recorded each instrument separately, a big departure from what was going on in the late 70’s where bands tended to record live together. I think the reason was that in the 80’s it was all about making music production larger than life. Like Spielberg with the movies, everything was edited to the nth degree. You had to blow people’s minds. The intro to Pour Some Sugar On Me was changed even after the album was finished (and pressed!). It was just Phil Nicholas and me messing around with samples on the Fairlight, for an extended version of the song. Mutt came in and heard it and said, “Great, do it.” Without recording the album the way we had, we wouldn’t have been able to make changes like that.