Theoretically, it was a good position for the band to show off the stage chops they'd picked up in the States. Iron Maiden, the Ian Gillan Band, Whitesnake, UFO and Budgie were among the metallic monsters booked for Reading that year and Peter Mensch, in what he thought was quite a brainwave, booked Leppard into the second-bill spot on the big Sunday night finale between Ozzy Osbourne and headliners Whitesnake. Originally founded in the Sixties as a showcase for top English blues, jazz and rock bands, the Reading Festival was almost entirely a heavy metal event by 1980. We're living proof that bad reviews make no difference."Īny remaining jubilation over their American success was killed stone dead at the Reading Festival in late August. That 'backlash' was all blown out of proportion. We probably had six or seven bottles of piss thrown up - and maybe a tomato - but it didn't put us off. "The legend about us getting bottled off at Reading 1980 is a myth really - we got an encore at Reading.
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Recordings - Reading Full Audience 1CD | Reading Radio 1CD This is split on the radio recording so WTWCTD has the end of Satellite (.really that makes sense when you hear it) So if you get the audience recording it will show 13 tracks and not 14. Note: the full show bootleg is an audience recording (a good one though).ĭuring "Satellite" the band went into "When The Walls." after 1:45 from the heavy section 'all the women were captured and chained.' before going back into Satellite after 4mins. Satellite/WTWCTD/MM/Overture/Lady Strange & Rocks Off were recorded by the BBC In Concert Show broadcast a week later. Not forgetting a rare outing for the original version of Ride Into The Sun. Me and My Wine also features as an (at the time) unreleased song - later released as a b-side to BOTH and remixed for the 1984 HND re-release. There's also Medicine Man which became Rock Rock and the pre High 'N' Dry version of Lady Strange.
The show should be more noteable for the fact that they play a very rare song called 'Long Way From Home' never recorded on record or released officially. See Joe's comment below and listen to the recording for some accuracy. Sadly the band's online biography contains a completely inept (unsurprisingly) mention of this show which is both false and totally inaccurate and insulting to UK Lep fans. Also forgotten is that this was a festival crowd & the majority of fans were non-Lep and there to see Whitesnake/Slade. The stories of being bottled off are exaggerated. Show Notes - Full Line up: Whitesnake (headliner), Def Leppard, Slade, Budgie, Magnum, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Angel Witch, Girl - (with Phil Collen).Īnyone who's listened to the bootleg will know they got a decent response and even got the crowd singing along. Magnum - Reborn, Changes, Sacred Hour, All of My Life, Invasion, Kingdom of Madness. Slade - Dizzy Mama, My Baby Left Me, Take Me Back Home, When I'm Dancin' I Ain't Fightin', Wheels Ain't Coming Down, Everyday, Something Else Medley, Goodbye T'Jane, Get Down With It, Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Born To Be Wild.īudgie - Breaking All The House Rules, Crime Against The World, Napoleon Bona - Part 1 & 2, Forearm Smash, Panzer Division Destroyed, Wildfire. Whitesnake - (headline set/songs broadcast on Radio 1) Sweet Talker, Walking In The Shadow of the Blues, Ain't Gonna Cry No More, Love Hunter, Mistreated/Soldier of Fortune, Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City, Fool For Your Loving. Satellite/When The Walls Came Tumblin' Down/Satellite, Pic Gallery - 1 by Robert Ellis/Show Poster/Joe scans by Def Leppard UK. SUN 24th Aug 1980 - Reading Rock Festival, Richfield Avenue, Reading, ENGLAND England.
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