[Illustration courtesy of IronMaiden.com]
Finally available on DVD for the first time, New Door Records/UMe have announced the eagerly awaited release of the double disc DVD of Live After Death, the legendary recording of Iron Maiden’s four night stand at Long Beach Arena, California, in 1984. In stores February 5th, 2008, the release will coincide with the start of the band’s Somewhere Back In Time World Tour on which they will recreate many of the aspects of this original and spectacular show.
Disc one contains the recording of this full 90 minute concert. Originally filmed on 35mm, the footage comes alive on DVD resulting in a visually stunning film that far outstrips the usual live video of the ‘80’s. The disc carries two sound options --the original concert audio specially mixed into 5.1 Surround Sound by Kevin Shirley, Maiden’s producer since 1999, plus the original stereo sound track by Martin Birch, the band’s producer from 1981 to 1993. Originally released on video in 1985, this has been largely unavailable for the past 20 years.
Disc two has Part 2 of the History of Iron Maiden, continuing on the Maiden story from The Early Days DVD, along with rare and unseen bonus footage in the form of Behind the Iron Curtain, Rock in Rio '85, and 'Ello Texas, all in all giving a total running time of well over three hours. Plus, of course, the photo galleries, relevant promo videos, artwork galleries, tour dates, tour programme and other features which all combine to make Maiden DVDs a very special and utterly comprehensive treat for their fans.
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. lt was one of the first full concerts to be filmed after the advent of video and of course the live album, recorded on a different night to the video, has long been considered to be one of the seminal Metal live albums and has sold millions since. Fans have been begging us to do this DVD for some time now but we wanted to wait until we were able to recreate that whole tour to go with it and also to make it part of a series of DVDs that we are putting together around the band’s history. And of course we are making sure that now we have got to it we will be giving the fans everything we can find from that period!!”
CONTENTS:
Disc 1 – Live After Death
Live After Death concert with Stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio (90 minutes)
Set list:
Churchill Speech/Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Revelations
Flight of Icarus
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Powerslave
Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Run to The Hills
Running Free
Sanctuary
Disc 2
Documentary / Bonus Concert Footage
1. The History of Iron Maiden – Part 2 (60 mins) – Documentary.
Band members, crew, friends and associates talk about the period in the band’s career which saw the writing, recording and release of the Powerslave album, and later Live After Death, and the subsequent massive touring. And not just the serious side!!
2. Behind the Iron Curtain ( 57 mins approx) Documentary and Live.
Shot during Maiden’s historic tour of Poland and other parts to the Eastern Bloc in 1984 featuring interviews, live and offstage footage capturing the atmosphere of this remarkable journey behind the Wall at the height of the Cold War.
3. Live Footage - Rock in Rio ’85 (50 mins approx)
The full Maiden set supporting Queen on the first day of the first Rock in Rio in front of 300,000 manic metal fans. A bloody and stirring performance!!Songs performed include:
"Aces High", "2 Minutes to Midnight", "The Trooper", "Revelations", "Powerslave", "Iron Maiden"
"Run To The Hills", "Running Free".
4. 'Ello Texas – 15 minutes – Interview and live.
Caught by a film crew in 1983 at the Alamo and sound checking their show in San Antonio .5. Artwork Gallery, Tour Programme, Tour dates and photo gallery
6. Promotional clips for "Aces High" and "2 Minutes to Midnight"
In essence, the Live After Death double disc DVD includes over five hours of content, the most complete and in depth exploration of Iron Maiden during what was considered their most pivotal album and tour of their long and distinguished history. The February 5th DVD release coincides with the start of the recently announced Somewhere Back in Time World Tour 2008 which opens in India at the beginning of February.
Full schedule for the first leg of Somewhere Back In Time World Tour '08:
February
Fri 1st Mumbai, India
Mon 4th Perth, Australia
Wed 6th Melbourne, Australia
Thu 7th Melbourne, Australia
Sat 9th Sydney, Australia
Sun 10th Sydney, Australia
Tue 12th Brisbane, Australia
Fri 15th Yokohama, Japan
Sat 16th Tokyo, Japan
Tue 19th Los Angeles, USA
Thu 21st Guadalajara, Mexico
Fri 22nd Monterrey, Mexico
Sun 24th Mexico City, Mexico
Tue 26th San Jose, Costa Rica
Thu 28th Bogota, Colombia
March
Sun 2nd Sao Paulo, Brazil
Wed 5th Porto Allegre, Brazil
Fri 7th Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sun 9th Santiago, Chile
Wed 12th San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fri 14th East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Sun 16th Toronto, Canada
Just announced, part of 2nd Leg of tour:
July 2008
Wed 16th Stockholm, Sweden
Fri 18th Helsinki, Finland
Tue 22nd Trondheim, Norway
Thu 24th Oslo, Norway
Sat 26th Gothenburg, Sweden
Sun 27th Horsens, Denmark
