For many years, the B' Sides were original songs or studio covers of songs they really liked with the occasional live blast. The quality of the B' Sides was always as important to us as it was important to the fans and Maiden have never taken the easy route. Many later classics were in the set like Phantom, Running Free, Wrathchild, Innocent Exile, Remember Tomorrow, but also Burning Ambition the first track here. This time Paul was arrested just before they went on stage so, as an early indication of Steve's 'no prisoner' attitude, they played without him. Then I went to see them at The Swan on Hammersmith roundabout in London. As you will probably know the first thing I heard from Maiden was the Soundhouse Tapes which impressed me enough to call Steve and arrange to see them at a gig, firstly the Windsor Castle around July 1979, a gig they never played due.to an altercation with the landlord who then banned them from playing in North London. Something you fans have been asking for for years but the timing never seemed appropriate.

This double-CD, along with Beast Over Hammersmith, will certainly delight all those who like Iron Maiden's live recordings, not only for their historical value, but also for their quality – although some bootlegs previously available had a good sound, nothing compares to a proper official recording.Īt last the B' Sides. The rest of the tracks are excellent live recordings of Maiden gigs back in 1980, 19, highlighting the raw power and energy the band had in those days.

The four tracks are obviously played quite differently to the later versions of the songs and offer an interesting comparison with the current Iron Maiden sound some 40 years later. The line-up has Tony Parsons on guitar prior to the arrival of Dennis Stratton, as well as Doug Sampson on drums before he left to be replaced by ace-drummer Clive Burr. The first four tracks (from the Radio 1 Friday Rock Show back in 1979) are for the first time made officially available, and their quality is far superior to that of the bootlegs that could be found up until now.

Along with the other two double-CD recordings contained in the Eddie's Archive set, the BBC Archives are also essential to the Iron Maiden die-hard fan and collector.

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