Artist: IRON MAIDEN
Album: THE HISTORY PART 1: THE EARLY DAYS (2DVD IMPORT)

Release date: 2004
EAN/UPS: 724354431791
Media type: DVD

Perhaps one of the reasons that Iron Maiden have had such a long and successful career (25 years and counting) is because they know how to take care of their fans. The Early Days--the first in a series of planned DVD archives of the band's history--is ample proof of this. This two-disc set is packed with Maiden goodies, charting their early rise at the forefront of the movement that became known as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Disc One has not one but three live concerts: "Live at the Rainbow", originally released on VHS back in 1980 and featuring their original vocalist Paul Di'Anno; 1982's "Beast Over Hammersmith", with Bruce Dickinson fronting the band; and 1983's "Live at Dortmund", which features the band at the top of the bill and the top of their form, headlining a massive metal festival in Germany. All feature such classic Iron Maiden tracks as "Killers", "Number of the Beast" and "Run to the Hills".

Disc Two complements these live sets with a mix of archival material (including home video footage of one of their first gigs, back in 1979 at East London's Ruskin Arms) and exclusive new material. The centrepiece is a 90-minute documentary where band members past and present give candid and entertaining interviews, charting the birth and subsequent rise of these metal titans. Non-fans will probably find much of the material here a bit silly (the spandex and leather look hasn't aged well), but this DVD isn't for them anyway. But people who love Iron Maiden will find evidence here that the band loves them, too.

TRACKLIST:

- Live At The Rainbow 1981 (35 Minutes) -
Ides Of March
Wrathchild
Killers
Remember Tomorrow
Transylvania
Phantom Of The Opera
Iron Maiden

- Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1982 - Beast On The Road (45 Minutes) -
Murders In The Rue Morgue
Run To The Hills
Children Of The Damned
The Number Of The Beast
22 Acacia Avenue
Total Eclipse
The Prisoner
Hallowed Be Thy Name

- Live At Rock & Pop Festival 1983 Dortmund - World Piece Tour (35 Minutes) -
Sanctuary
The Trooper
Revelations
Flight Of Icarus
22 Acacia Avenue
The Number Of The Beast
Run To The Hills

- Live At Ruskin Arms The Ruskin Arms – 1980 (40 Minutes) -
Sanctuary
Wrathchild
Prowler
Remember Tomorrow
Running Free
Transylvania
Another Life
Phantom Of The Opera
Charlotte The Harlot

- Special Features -

Iron Maiden - The Early Years Feature Length Documentary (90 Minutes)
20th Century Box – Heavy Metal (1980) (25 Minutes)
Live on Top Of the Pops – Running Free and Women In Uniform
Live on Rock And Pop – Germany TV – Running Free
Promo videos – Women In Uniform / Run To The Hills / Number Of The Beast/ Flight Of Icarus / The Trooper
Rare and unseen Photo gallery featuring over 150 pictures and images
Full tour listings/ Discography/Tour programmes and artwork galleries