Def Leppard - When The Rain Falls

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How cool is that? This song was only a rumor back in the day.

Their first two albums are classic's    

Pretty nifty. Sounds odd to these ears as I am so used to Let It Go, but I could really see how this could have easily been on the first record in this version.

I like all their albums with Steve Clark.

Leps were a force to reckon with, and as much as the purists hate to admit, definitely one of the best NWOBHM bands for sure!

Great riff...... I like the vocal melody on "Let It Go" better. Still kewl to hear this, thanks Ken !

nice... Im actually looking forward to the new live album especially for the more rare songs. looks good.

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

nice... Im actually looking forward to the new live album especially for the more rare songs. looks good.

That thing's gonna so much studio wizardry on it, it'll be a stretch calling it live. Haha.

Anyway, here's another rare song:



This comes from their 1980 appearance at the Reading Festival. I've had the BBC bootleg of this one for decades now and this song is not part of it. Until recently, I never knew it existed. It was never listed as one of the rumored unreleased songs.

Standard kind of tune, but I'd love to hear a proper recording.

Also from that BBC recording of the Reading Festival show is this one:



A much better-sounding recording. Too bad the BBC has never aired the full set, if they even recorded the whole thing, that is. You'll recognize this early version of a classic song, I'm sure.

And from the same show, if you're interested, early, less refined versions of "Me & My Wine" and "Lady Strange":

bass63 wrote:

Their first two albums are classic's    

First three are.