"Iron Maiden’s first live record has gone down in history as one of the greatest live albums of all time, and for good reasons. 'Live After Death' documents a metal legend at the height of its power...
Recorded at California’s Long Beach Arena (with the Record Plant Mobile) and London’s Hammersmith Odeon (with the Rolling Stones Mobile) during the World Slavery Tour in ’84 and ’85, the 'Live After Death' show centers on the best material from the then current 'Powerslave' album, interspersed with other selected catalog highlights.
It is all culled from the band’s incredible opening salvo of 5 albums in 4 years. There’s not a single song here that could easily have been dropped, and there is still a pile of masterworks that didn’t make the set...
When it comes to sonics producer Martin Birch conjures all his live album expertise, earned on works like Deep Purple’s 'Made In Japan', and deftly captures the spirit of mid-80s Iron Maiden. It’s big, it’s bold, and it’s nothing short of magical in both vibe and its historical importance. The classic era line-up, Harris-Murray-Smith-Dickinson-McBrain, has by now settled in and honed its attack to perfection.
'Live After Death' is as essential to the legacy of Iron Maiden as 'Made In Japan' is to Deep Purple or 'KISS Alive!' to KISS. It’s the sound by which either band would forever be defined and all their work measured. In other words, a masterpiece." - Maiden Revelations
Double Compact Disc
Tracklisting
CD1:
1. Intro: Churchill's Speech
2. Aces High
3. 2 Minutes To Midnight
4. The Trooper
5. Revelations
6. Flight Of Icarus
7. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
8. Powerslave
9. The Number Of The Beast
10. Hallowed Be Thy Name
11. Iron Maiden
12. Run To The Hills
13. Running Free
CD2:
1. Wrathchild
2. 22 Acacia Avenue
3. Children Of The Damned
4. Die With Your Boots On
5. Phantom Of The Opera
