Featuring tracks from their first five albums both the album and video topped the international charts around the world. [6] The theatricality of the stage show meant that it would become one of the band's most acclaimed tours, making it the perfect backdrop to their first live double album and concert video. Buy Live After Death - Iron Maiden Tribute tickets and find Live After Death - Iron Maiden Tribute schedule, concert dates, tour dates, seating charts and information on GameStub.com. Live After Death was filmed and recorded towards the tail end of `The World Slavery Tour' over a record breaking four sold out nights at Los Angeles' 13,200 capacity Long Beach Arena. With, exciting renditions of classic songs, and brilliant performances, Live After Death is quite a fun listen. 0:00:00 -... (Intro) Churchill's Speech 0:00:48 - Aces High 0:05:27 - 2 Minutes To Midnight 0:11:32 - The Trooper 0:16:03 - Revelations 0:22:49 - Flight Of Icarus 0:26:38 - Rime Of The Ancient Mariner 0:42:00 - Powerslave 0:49:15 - The Number Of The Beast 0:54:12 - Hallowed By Thy Name 1:01:35 - Iron Maiden 1:06:46 - (Band … and Sputnikmusic both agree that it is "possibly the greatest live album of all time",[12][26] while AllMusic describes it as "easily one of heavy metal's best live albums". The video version of the concert only contains footage from the Long Beach shows and was reissued on DVD on 4 February 2008, which coincided with the start of the band's Somewhere Back in Time World Tour. 02. The audio has been converted to 5:1 and sounds terrific. [11], Sputnikmusic argues that it is the band's best live album, concluding that "Iron Maiden's 1985 release has everything you could ask for. ): "... We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender ...", It was later used for their Ed Hunter Tour,[18] Somewhere Back in Time World Tour,[19] Maiden England World Tour,[20] and the Legacy of the Beast World Tour. Live After Death is a live album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, originally released in October 1985 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the US in 2002 on CD and by Universal Music Group/Sony BMG Music Entertainment on DVD). [31] The 1998 and 2020 remastered CD reissues include the full concert in its original length, plus the additional tracks from side four on a second CD. 02. On the video version, after "2 Minutes to Midnight", Dickinson refers to it being "night number two" (Friday, 15 March), while on the documentary 12 Wasted Years, "The Trooper" and "The Number of the Beast" are said to have been recorded on Saturday, 16 March. Production and performance credits are adapted from the album,[34][32] VHS and DVD liner notes. [22][26][27], The album has also been described by Classic Rock as "the last great live album of the vinyl era."[30]. [17] (Churchill re-recorded the speech – the original speech in the House of Commons was not recorded. An Amazing Iron Maiden Tribute Band from New York. The cleaned-up, full screen picture is better than the VHS, but it still makes you appreciate how much better the technology is today. Recorded Long Beach Arena, California, Hammersmith Odeon, London If Live After Death show is canceled, you will have 30 days from the date the cancellation is announced to contact our office for reimbursement. [9] Bassist Steve Harris has stated that, even if they had had the time, they would not have added any studio overdubbing to the soundtrack, stating that "we were really anti all that, anyway. The intro before "Aces High" is a part of the We shall fight on the beaches speech made by Winston Churchill in the House of Commons on 4 June 1940. Live After Death was originally released back in 1985, when I was a 15 year old rocker and Iron Maiden fan since 1980, when I saw the sleeve artwork on the single "Purgatory". According to Harris, while the video used footage from two nights at Long Beach, the audio version is only made up of one performance, although no exact dates are specified. Iron Maiden - Live After Death (1985) World Slavery Tour. [13] Riggs also included gravestones that state "Live With Pride", added at the band's request to show opposition to lip-synched performances, "Here Lies Faust In Body Only", the German legend who sold his soul to the Devil (hence "in body only"), and a stone that simply reads "Thank You", representing the Grateful Dead. This video shows Maiden in concert at their ferocious best, performing with the most elaborate stage and lighting production yet. The Live After Death set list goes: "Intro: Churchill's Speech" "Aces High" "2 Minutes to Midnight" It was recorded at Long Beach Arena, California and Hammersmith Odeon, London during the … Live After Death, an Album by Iron Maiden. LIVE AFTER DEATH. The DVD version features a bonus disc that includes, Mick McKenna – assistant engineer (Hammersmith), Charlie McPherson – assistant engineer (Hammersmith), Nick Basich – second engineer (Long Beach), second mixing engineer, Simon Heyworth – remastering (1998 edition), Matthew Amos – director ("The History of Iron Maiden" documentary), This page was last edited on 26 January 2021, at 01:06. 04. 1C 2LP 162 24 0426 3; Vinyl LP). Our orders for Live After Death concert tickets are expedited effeciently and many times, you order will be shipped the same day your transaction is completed. It was recorded at Long Beach Arena, California and Hammersmith Odeon, London during the band's World Slavery Tour. A 1995 re-release features this same truncated version of the concert, but comes with an additional CD containing the B-sides from the Live After Death single releases. Live After Death by Iron Maiden. [23] The bonus features included in the 2008 DVD reissue were also praised by PopMatters, Kerrang! The albums included in this release are the seminal live recordings "Live After Death" and "Rock In Rio". Bringing you the early tracks of their career and with the themes and backdrops to their "Powerslave" album (1984), this, the definitive Iron Maiden concert will have … [7], For the Live After Death video, the band hired director Jim Yukich to film two shows of their four night run at Long Beach Arena, California from 14 to 17 March 1985. Live After Death is the 1st official live album and video by Iron Maiden. Iron Maiden's World Slavery Tour began in Warsaw, Poland on 9 August 1984[2] and lasted 331 days,[3] during which 187 concerts were performed[4] To tie in with their 1984 album, Powerslave,[5] the tour's stage show adhered to an ancient Egyptian theme, which was decorated with sarcophagi and Egyptian hieroglyphs, and mummified representations of the band's mascot, Eddie, in addition to numerous pyrotechnic effects. With Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Nicko McBrain. Engraved on his tombstone is a misquote from fantasy and horror fiction author H. P. Lovecraft's The Nameless City:[13], "That is not dead which can eternal lie This just has got to go into any Maiden fan's collection. Death On The Road (2005) 2003’s Dance Of Death was a great record, but it doesn’t quite match up to the four other studio albums Maiden have made since Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith returned to the fold. 90 Mins - Duration Disc 2: Approx. [Cat#s:] Rear sleeve: 1C 2LP 162 24 0426 3 Spine: 162 24 0426 3 Center label side A and B: 1C 162-24 0426 1 Center label side C and D: 1C 162-24 0427 1 [7][8] The double LP release was also recorded at Long Beach, although side four contains additional tracks, recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London on 8, 9, 10 and 12 October 1984. Part of their World Slavery Tour, this, their Long Beach Arena shows, have finally come to the format of DVD. 2,133 likes. Genres: Heavy Metal, NWOBHM. Directed by James Yukich. The depiction of Eddie follows continuity from previous artworks. - 2008. [13] To the cat's left is a tombstone engraved with "Here lies Derek Riggs". 90 Mins -Duration Disc 2: Approx. A 1995 re-release features this same truncated version of the concert, but comes with an additional CD containing the, The video releases contain the 13 tracks included with the audio releases and closes with "Sanctuary". and About.com. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of Live After Death on Discogs. "Some of the songs on my album are like gothic horror shows," said singer Florence Welch. [21], Live After Death has been highly rated by critics since its release; Kerrang! [15], Near Eddie's grave is a black cat with a halo, which also features in the Somewhere in Time and "Twilight Zone" artworks. Also engraved on the headstone is what appears to be Eddie's full name, "Edward T H--", the remainder of which (his supposed surname, "Head") is obscured by a clump of sod. "[12] PopMatters describes it as "a searing, 102-minute collection of Maiden at [their] peak ... an absolute treasure for fans [which] went on to be universally regarded as an instant classic in the genre". Manager Rod Smallwood explained: “The original video of Live After Death has not been readily available for a long time so its good that we finally got around to this. [13] He is also bound by metal cuffs connected by an electrical surge, as seen in Powerslave tour promotional artwork. Yet with strange aeons even death may die. Live After Death was originally released back in 1985, when I was a 15 year old rocker and Iron Maiden fan since 1980, when I saw the sleeve artwork on the single "Purgatory". Not only was the first record I owned a concert LP, but so are many of the most recent albums I purchased on vinyl. "Iron Maiden: Life After Death" (2008) with all is glory of the 1985 Long Beach show plus its added extras is a must for lovers of the heavy metal genre and its spearheading band Iron Maiden, a great show and a very well thought-out package that fails to disappoint, this too, is also the Iron Maiden trademark. His long hair is restored and he sports the metal screw cartouche from his Piece of Mind lobotomy, which is being struck by lightning. And now, I have been buying copies of the LPs and 7" singles that I had in my youth (1979 - 1988). [13] Death appears in the clouds above the destroyed city; the character is a regular feature of Riggs' covers (such as "Twilight Zone", "The Trooper", Powerslave and Somewhere in Time). A few tracks are also shortened, most notably "Running Free", which is missing the entire audience participation middle section, thus reducing its length to only 3:24 from its full 8-minute runtime. We were very much, like, 'This has got to be totally live,' you know? 10. All tracks are written by Steve Harris, except where noted. Label: EMI - 7243 4 96921 0 7,EMI - 496 9210 • Format: CD Stereo CD Enhanced, Stereo All Media Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress • Country: UK & Europe • Genre: Rock • Style: Heavy Metal Live albums offer concert experience during pandemic. ‎Watch trailers, read customer and critic reviews and buy Iron Maiden: Live After Death for $11.99. `` That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even Death may die ``! 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