Def LeppardRetro Active

Label:

Mercury – 314 518 305-2

Format:

CD , Album, Stereo

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Pop Rock

Tracklist

1 Desert Song
Engineer [Additional Overdubs]Pete Woodroffe
Engineer [Original Backing Track, Keyboards]Ronald Prent
5:19
2 Fractured Love
Engineer [Additional]Pete Woodroffe
Engineer [Original Backing Track, Backing Vocals, Keyboards]Nigel Green
5:08
3 Action
Written-ByS. Priest*
3:41
4 Two Steps Behind (Acoustic Version)
RemixMike Shipley
Written-ByJoe Elliott
4:16
5 She's Too Tough
Engineer [Original Backing Track]Freek Feenstra
Written-ByJoe Elliott
3:41
6 Miss You In A Heartbeat
Written-ByPhil Collen
4:04
7 Only After Dark
Engineer [Additional On The Road Engineering]Robert Scovill
Written-ByMick Ronson
3:52
8 Ride Into The Sun
Engineer [Original]Ronald Prent
3:12
9 From The Inside
MandolinPeter O'Toole
Piano [Grand Piano]Liam Ó Maonlaí
Whistle [Tin Whistle]Fiachna O'Braonain
Written-ByJoe Elliott
4:16
10 Ring Of Fire
Engineer [Original, Extra Overdubs]Ronald Prent
Engineer [Original, Original Backing Track]Nigel Green
4:42
11 I Wanna Be Your Hero
Engineer [Original]Ronald Prent
4:29
12 Miss You In A Heartbeat (Electric Version)
Written-ByPhil Collen
4:56
13.1 Two Steps Behind (Electric Version)
Written-ByJoe Elliott
4:31
13.2 Miss You In A Heartbeat (Acoustic Version)
Written-ByPhil Collen
4:08

Companies, etc.

  • Mastered AtGateway Mastering
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Phonogram Ltd. (London)
  • Copyright ©Bludgeon Riffola Ltd.
  • Manufactured ByPolyGram Records, Inc.
  • Marketed ByPolyGram Records, Inc.

Credits

  • Co-producerPete Woodroffe (tracks: 2 to 4, 6)
  • EngineerPete Woodroffe (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13)
  • Mastered ByBob Ludwig
  • Mixed ByPete Woodroffe (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 13)
  • ProducerDef Leppard
  • Written-ByClark* (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 10, 11)

Notes

On disc: Made in U.S.A.
On inlay: Printed in U.S.A.

(P)1992, 1993 Phonogram Ltd. (London). ©1993 Bludgeon Riffola Ltd.

Retro Active is a collection of songs which have appeared in various hard to find places or in certain cases never made it out of the studio.

Track 6 also known as the 'Band Acoustic Version' on the US promo CD single.

Track 13.1 contains hidden track 13.2 after twenty seconds of silence. Track 13 total duration is 8:59. Track 13.2 title originally comes from the US promo CD single for "Miss You In A Heartbeat."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Barcode: 7 314-518305-2 5
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 314 518 305-2 01%
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 314 518 305-2 01% AC
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): 314 518 305-2 01% Y
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): 314 518 305-2 01% G
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): 314 518 305-2 01% B
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): 314 518 305-2 01% D
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 7): 314 518 305-2 01% AH
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 8): 314 518 305-2 01% U

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Retro Active (CD, Album) Bludgeon Riffola 518 305-2 UK 1993
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Retro Active (CD, Album) Bludgeon Riffola PHCR-1221 Japan 1993
New Submission
Retro Active (CD, Album) Bludgeon Riffola 210300, 518 305-2 Venezuela 1993
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Retro Active (Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release) Elbo 1522 Poland 1993
Recently Edited
Retro Active (CD, Album) Mercury 314 518 305-2 US 1993

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