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Live at Music Mountain, South Fallsburg, NY, USA 8th August 1981
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1981 DEF LEPPARD who challenged the world with Pete Willis. That precious masterpiece recording is a new excavation … I started writing as usual, but this work is not the only one. This is a complete version of Ozzy Osbourne’s shocking new masterpiece “SOUTH FALLSBURG 1981 (Zodiac 363)”, which will be released at the same time this week!
I’m sorry for suddenly writing something that I don’t understand. For the time being, let’s put “Ozzy Unun” aside and explain from the beginning. What is recorded in this work is “August 8, 1981 South Fallsburg performance”. This is a new excavation audience recording that vacuum-packed the first act of “HIGH’N’ DRY WORLD TOUR”. First of all, let’s confirm the position of the show from the schedule at that time.
・ June 3-July 5: Europe # 1 (21 performances)
<< July 6th “HIGH’N’DRY” released >>
・ July 13-25: UK (12 performances)
・ August 2-November 22: North America (82 performances) ← ★ Coco ★
・ November 27-December 13: Europe # 2 (16 performances)
This is 1981 DEF LEPPARD. The following year, in 1982, he did not perform live and spent on producing “PYROMANIA”, but Pete was dismissed on the way. As a result, 1981 was the last tour of Pete’s time. The South Fallsburg performance of this work was the sixth concert of the “North America” leg even on such a tour. On this tour, I went around with various bands such as RAINBOW, UFO, and JUDAS PRIEST, but the first 33 performances of the “North America” leg were the undercard of Ozzy Osbourne. Yes, the Ozzy board released at the same time this week and this work are recorded at the same time by the same person. It is a sister work that allows you to fully experience “August 8, 1981” by combining the two works.
Of course, this work is not an adjunct to the Ozzy board. A new masterpiece that even fans of DEF LEPPARD cannot ignore. In the first place, it is valuable just because it is a live album of the Pete era, but the quality blows away even its preciousness. As you can imagine from the permanent preservation of the Ozzy board, the most wonderful thing is the on-core and clearness. Anyway, the thick and powerful core jumps straight into your hand, and the details are also vivid. As a matter of fact, I am breathing in the noisy atmosphere of the site, but the sound of the hall is strangely thin and does not give a sense of distance. The noisy surrounding sounds are overwhelmed by the thick playing sounds (the more the show progresses, the less chats there are, and it’s real and refreshing to switch to cheering).
What is drawn with such a sound is a show unique to 1981 where youth and rare songs explode. Here, let’s organize the set as well.
● ON THROUGH THE NIGHT (4 songs)
・ It Could Be You ／ It Don’t Matter ／ Rock Brigade ／ Wasted
● HIGH’N’DRY (5 songs)
・ On Through the Night / Another Hit and Run / Lady Strange / High’N Dry (Saturday Night) / Let It Go
… And it looks like this. It seems obvious, but the blockbuster songs that will rewrite history have not yet been born, and the initial two “ON THROUGH THE NIGHT” and “HIGH’N’DRY” are concentrated and reduced. A lot of numbers such as “Rock Brigade”, “On Through the Night” and “Lady Strange” are played because of the early 80’s, but the best ones are “It Could Be You” and “It Don’t Matter”. Neither was selected as a surprise for later years, and the repertoire up to this tour. Perhaps it’s an early number that Phil Collen would never have played.
That said, there are many numbers that will be revived in later years, but it is the ensemble with Pete that will never return. Phil may be better at personal skill, but the twin with Steve Clark is rough but full of momentum, and it is clear that he is in the middle of improving. A twin of those who wrote songs together, cultivated the musicality of the band, and raised their skills. Of course, Rick Allen’s beat, which was only 17 years old at the time, was full of youthfulness, and Joe Elliott’s roar, which was just 22 years old, was the power of a young lion whose green odor began to disappear. The body odor of the time when I was a member of NWOBHM is strongly emitted.
NWOBHM band: DEF LEPPARD show that does not fit in the dimension of simply listening to Pete Willis’ live performance. It is a live album that you can experience it on-site with a superb sound with plenty of direct feeling. This work alone is a masterpiece, but if you listen to it together with Ozzy’s press board SOUTH FALLSBURG 1981, you can fully experience the night of 1981 when metal was about to burn. A sister work of new excavation that is inevitable for both DEF LEPPARD fans and Ozzy fans. Please enjoy it together!
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