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Rick Savage, Joe Elliott, Rick Allen, Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell have hand signed in blue ink the front cover of the Def Leppard LP “Pyromania.” Pyromania is the third studio album by British rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983. It featured new guitarist Phil Collen and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. The album charted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and #18 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was a huge success, selling over ten million copies in the US, and thus being certified diamond by the RIAA. The album was partially recorded with original guitarist Pete Willis, whose rhythm guitar tracks appear on all songs. Midway through the recording sessions, Willis was fired for excessive alcohol abuse and replaced by Collen, who contributed guitar solos and other parts that had not yet been recorded by Willis. On the original LP release, Willis is visible in the background of the photograph of singer Joe Elliott, while Collen is given his own personal photo as the new full-time member of the group.
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