Iron Maiden – Live After Death – Vinyl LP

Gatefold Sleeve, Coloured Vinyl, Anniversary Edition, Limited Edition

Iron Maiden are a band who need no introductions, having released 17 studio albums and sold well over 100 million records worldwide, played almost 2,500 live shows across 64 countries, been the recipients of a Grammy Award and a Brit Award among many other accolades.

Iron Maiden will be announcing ‘ Life After Death – 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Collectors 2LP)’ which will be released exactly 40 years to the day since it was first released. Featuring the original revered gatefold sleeve artwork, the album comes with two 140g vinyls (one in blue, the other in yellow) featuring the 2015 audio remastering. The package includes a replica 24 page World Slavery Tour programme, bringing back to life the original tour programme for new generations. Additionally, it will feature a replica tour pass and a glossy 12 page booklet, which contains the original eight page booklet alongside an exclusive and brand new essay entitled Rime And Punishment: Celebrating 40 Years Of Live After Death, where Iron Maiden fan club editor Alexander Milas interviews Steve Harris, Nicko McBrain, Rod Smallwood and acclaimed illustrator Derek Riggs about the legendary album.

As Steve Harris explains of the time, “We were touring our arses off. It was literally just, ‘record, tour, record, tour’ – we didn’t stop. Rod was cracking the old whip, and that was the right thing to do. I mean, we were totally up for it, it’s not like we were doing stuff that we didn’t want to do. You think you’re invincible – ‘Yeah, we’ll take that on, no problem.’ That’s the way to crack it. It’s the only way for a band like us because we had no radio play whatsoever back then.”

Widely acclaimed as not just the greatest heavy metal live album of all time, but one of the most iconic live releases in any musical genre, LIVE AFTER DEATH was recorded mostly during the four nights that Maiden played at Los Angeles’ Long Beach Arena in March 1985. The final side of the double album was recorded during the four nights the band played at Hammersmith Odeon in October 1984.

Side A
1 Intro (Churchill’s Speech) [Live at Long Beach Arena] [2015 Remaster]
2 Aces High (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]
3 2 Minutes to Midnight (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]
4 The Trooper (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]
5 Revelations (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]
6 Flight of Icarus (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]

Side B
1 Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]
2 Powerslave (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]
3 The Number of the Beast (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]

Side C
1 Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]
2 Iron Maiden (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]
3 Run to the Hills (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]
4 Running Free (Live at Long Beach Arena) [2015 Remaster]

Side D
1 Wrathchild (Live at Hammersmith Odeon) [2015 Remaster]
2 22 Acacia Avenue (Live at Hammersmith Odeon) [2015 Remaster]
3 Children of the Damned (Live at Hammersmith Odeon) [2015 Remaster]
4 Die with Your Boots On (Live at Hammersmith Odeon) [2015 Remaster]
5 Phantom of the Opera (Live at Hammersmith Odeon) [2015 Remaster]