IRON MAIDEN – Live After Death [Japan ‘The Live Collection Series’ Remastered] (2020) *EXCLUSIVE*

Released two days ago, here’s the Japanese edition of IRON MAIDEN‘s “Live After Death” as part of the ‘The Live Collection Series’ newly remastered. Regarded as the last great live album of the vinyl era, this four-sided LP beautifully packaged gatefold sleeve comprised 18 songs – many of them typically epic in nature and spanning the length and breadth of Iron Maiden’s still young – is a classic.
If you think a live album hardly can be improved with a remastering, you better hear this Japanese release.

Originally appeared on Oct. 14, 1985, ‘Live After Death’ documented Iron Maiden’s historic World Slavery tour. They covered two dozen countries with an amazing 187 concerts spread over 11 months, then offered this four-sided souvenir LP’s.

The blistering “Aces High” (introduced by Winston Churchill’s famous “We shall never surrender” speech), “2 Minutes to Midnight,” “Powerslave” and the gigantic “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” were chosen to represent the band’s most recent, fifth studio album Powerslave, while “Running Free,” “Wrathchild” “Phantom of the Opera,” “and “Iron Maiden” covered the band’s first two releases with singer Paul Di’Anno – only now delivered by his replacement Bruce Dickinson, of course.

And the remaining nine songs were culled from the twin triumphs of 1982’s The Number of the Beast and 1983’s Piece of Mind, including must-have fan favorites like “Run to the Hills,” “The Number of the Beast,” “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” “Flight of Icarus” and “The Trooper,” as well as more surprising choices like “Children of the Damned,” “22 Acacia Avenue,” “Revelations” and “Die With Your Boots” — most of which exploded with new-found power in a live setting such as this.

Finally, though these top performances were handpicked and collated from separate concerts in Southern California’s Long Beach Arena and London’s Hammersmith Odeon, they were mixed as such to mimic the experience of a single Iron Maiden gig, further enhancing the listener’s feeling of actually being there, in the moment.

All these qualities contributed to ‘Live After Death’ instant success and enduring popularity over the years. Iron Maiden have, of course, continued to prosper ever since, releasing numerous amazing live albums along the way, but ‘Live After Death’ remains their undisputed, definitive concert recording.
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Disc I
01 – Intro (Churchill’s Speech)
02 – Aces High (Live)
03 – 2 Minutes To Midnight (Live)
04 – The Trooper (Live)
05 – Revelations (Live)
06 – Flight Of Icarus (Live)
07 – Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Live)
08 – Powerslave (Live)
09 – The Number Of The Beast (Live)
10 – Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live)
11 – Iron Maiden (Live)
12 – Run To The Hills (Live)
13 – Running Free (Live)

Disc II
01 – Wrathchild (Live)
02 – 22 Acacia Avenue (Live)
03 – Children Of The Damned (Live)
04 – Die With Your Boots On (Live)
05 – Phantom Of The Opera (Live)

Bruce Dickinson – vocals, guitar on “Revelations”
Dave Murray – guitar
Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals
Steve Harris – bass guitar, backing vocals
Nicko McBrain – drums

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