Iron Maiden

 Today in 2002 Iron Maiden released the album Eddie's Archive

London, England Heavy Metal/NWOBHM

Status:Active

Years active: 1975-present

Iron Maiden is clearly one of the most recognizable and successful groups to emerge from the NWOBHM scene that came into being in the late seventies, as well as one of the most influential metal bands of all time, with an infinite number of 80's and later bands owing to their style. Like many long-standing group, their early albums really define the band with most feeling that either Killers, Number Of The Beast, or Piece Of Mind are the band's best (BNR favorite: Killers), and there even those who would claim that the early Di'Anno years were the band's best. One could argue that they haven't really changed or broadened their style over their long career, but they have perfected it, churning out album after album with nary a dip in popularity (save perhaps for the Blaze Bayley period, though the stagnation was hardly his fault). With Bruce Dickinson returning in 2000 on Brave New World (along with a three-guitar attack), Iron Maiden proved they still have plenty of life left in them. And they certainly remain a fan favorite, with a stunning 14 albums placing in the Internet Top Ten lists.

EMI Records

Compilation

- Paul Di'Anno / vocals

- Bruce Dickinson / vocals

- Blaze Bayley / vocals

- Steve Harris / bass

- Dave Murray / guitars

- Tony Parsons / guitars (The BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock show is his only recorded appearance with Iron Maiden)

- Dennis Stratton / guitars

- Adrian Smith / guitars

- Janick Gers / guitars

- Doug Sampson / drums

- Clive Burr (R.I.P. 2013)/ drums

- Nicko McBrain / drums

- Michael Kenney / keyboards

Disc 1: BBC Archives, Disc 1

BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show, 14th November 1979:

1. Iron Maiden (3:45)

2. Running Free (3:10)

3. Transylvania (4:02)

4. Sanctuary (3:44)

Reading Festival, UK 28th August 1982:

5. Wrathchild (3:31)

6. Run to the Hills (5:35)

7. Children of the Damned (4:48)

8. The Number of the Beast (5:28)

9. 22 Acacia Avenue (6:36)

10. Transylvania (6:19)

11. The Prisoner (5:49)

12. Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:36)

13. Phantom of the Opera (7:01)

14. Iron Maiden (4:57)

Total Time: 72:29

Disc 2: BBC Archives, Disc 2

Reading Festival, UK 23rd August 1980:

1. Prowler (4:26)

2. Remember Tomorrow (5:59)

3. Killers (4:43)

4. Running Free (3:52)

5. Transylvania (4:48)

6. Iron Maiden (4:56)

Doningon Monsters of Rock, UK 20th August 1988:

7. Moonchild (5:43)

8. Wrathchild (3:00)

9. Infinite Dreams (5:51)

10. The Trooper (4:04)

11. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (10:26)

12. The Number of the Beast (4:42)

13. Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:09)

14. Iron Maiden (6:01)

Total Time: 75:46

Disc 3: Beast Over Hammersmith (Hammersmith Odeon, 20 March 1982), Disc 1

1. Murders in the Rue Morgue (4:32)

2. Wrathchild (3:30)

3. Run to the Hills (4:19)

4. Children of the Damned (4:38)

5. The Number of the Beast (5:07)

6. Another Life (3:44)

7. Killers (5:46)

8. 22 Acacia Avenue (6:55)

9. Total Eclipse (4:14)

Total Time: 42:49

Disc 4: Beast Over Hammersmith (Hammersmith Odeon, 20 March 1982), Disc 2

1. Transylvania (5:50)

2. The Prisoner (5:48)

3. Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:30)

4. Phantom of the Opera (6:53)

5. Iron Maiden (4:20)

6. Sanctuary (4:12)

7. Drifter (9:18)

8. Running Free (3:44)

9. Prowler (5:00)

Total Time: 52:39

Disc 5: Best Of The B-Sides Disc 1 (1980-1988)

1. Burning Ambition (2:42)

2. Drifter (live) (6:03)

3. Invasion (2:39)

4. Remember Tomorrow (live) (5:28)

5. I've Got The Fire (Montrose cover) (2:39)

6. Cross-Eyed Mary (Jethro Tull cover) (3:56)

7. Rainbow's Gold (Beckett cover) (4:59)

8. King Of Twilight (Nektar cover) (4:53)

9. Reach Out (The Entire Population Of Hackney cover) (3:33)

10. That Girl (FM cover) (5:05)

11. Juanita (Marshall Fury cover) (3:47)

12. The Sheriff Of Huddersfield (3:35)

13. Black Bart Blues (6:41)

14. Prowler '88 (4:09)

15. Charlotte The Harlot '88 (4:13)

Total Time: 64:22

Disc 6: Best Of The B-Sides Disc 2 (1990-2000)

1. All In Your Mind (Stray cover) (4:31)

2. Kill Me Ce Soir (Golden Earring cover) (6:17)

3. I'm A Mover (Free cover) (3:29)

4. Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin cover) (2:42)

5. Nodding Donkey Blues (3:17)

6. Space Station No. 5 (Montrose cover) (3:47)

7. I Can't See My Feelings (Budgie cover) (3:50)

8. Roll Over Vic Vella (Chuck Berry cover) (4:48)

9. Justice Of The Peace (3:33)

10. Judgement Day (4:04)

11. My Generation (The Who cover) (3:37)

12. Doctor Doctor (UFO cover) (4:50)

13. Blood On The Worlds Hands (live) (6:07)

14. The Aftermath (live) (6:45)

15. Futureal (live) (3:01)

16. Wasted Years '99 (live) (5:07)

Total Time: 69:45

Box Set Total Time 378:01

Strictly Limited Edition embossed metal casket celebrating over 20 years of Iron Maiden containing a unique Eddie Crystal Shot Glass by Alchemy and an individually numbered Iron Maiden Family Tree parchment scroll as a certificate for the box rolled in a unique Eddie Pewter Ring.

Recording information:

Disc 1 tracks 1-4 recorded live on November 14th, 1979 in London, United Kingdom.

Disc 1 tracks 5-14 recorded live on August 28th, 1982 in Reading, United Kingdom.

Disc 2 tracks 1-6 recorded live on August 23rd, 1980 in Reading, United Kingdom.

Disc 2 tracks 7-14 recorded live on August 20th, 1988 at Monsters of Rock Festival in Castle Donington, United Kingdom.

Discs 3 & 4 recorded live on March 20th, 1982 in London, United Kingdom.

Disc 5 track 2 recorded live on April 3rd, 1980 in London, United Kingdom.

Disc 5 track 4 recorded live on October 29th, 1981 in Padua, Italy.

Disc 6 tracks 13-15 recorded live on November 1st, 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Disc 6 track 16 recorded live on September 29th, 1999 in Milan, Italy