Audio CD review:
Iron Maiden - Eddie's Archive

Iron Maiden - Eddie's Archive

Band: Iron Maiden Title: Eddie's Archive Rating: Release Date: 26 November, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Iron Maiden (BBC's Friday Rock Show '79) 2: Running Free (BBC's Friday Rock Show '79) 3: Transylvania (BBC's Friday Rock Show '79) 4: Sanctuary (BBC's Friday Rock Show '79) 5: Wrathchild (The Reading Festival '82) 6: Run To The Hills (The Reading Festival '82) 7: Children Of The Damned (The Reading Festival '82) 8: Number Of The Beast (The Reading Festival '82) 9: 22 Acacia Ave (The Reading Festival '82) 10: Iron Maiden (The Reading Festival '82) 11: Transylvania (The Reading Festival '82) 12: The Prisoner (The Reading Festival '82) 13: Hallowed Be Thy Name (The Reading Festival '82) 14: Phantom Of The Opera (The Reading Festival '82) 15: Prowler (The Reading Festival '80) 16: Remember Tomorrow (The Reading Festival '80) 17: Killers (The Reading Festival '80) 18: Running Free (The Reading Festival '80) 19: Transylvania (The Reading Festival '80) 20: Iron Maiden (The Reading Festival '80) 21: Moonchild (Monsters Of Rock Festival, Donington '88) 22: Wrathchild (Monsters Of Rock Festival, Donington '88) 23: Infinite Dreams (Monsters Of Rock Festival, Donington '88) 24: The Trooper (Monsters Of Rock Festival, Donington '88) 25: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (Monsters Of Rock Festival, Donington '88) 26: The Number Of The Beast (Monsters Of Rock Festival, Donington '88) 27: Hallowed Be Thy Name (Monsters Of Rock Festival, Donington '88) 28: Iron Maiden (Monsters Of Rock Festival, Donington '88) 29: Murders In The Rue Morgue (Previously Unreleased) 30: Wrathchild (Previously Unreleased) 31: Run To The Hills (Previously Unreleased) 32: Children Of The Damned (Previously Unreleased) 33: The Number Of The Beast (Previously Unreleased) 34: Another Life (Previously Unreleased) 35: Killers (Previously Unreleased) 36: 22 Acacia Ave 37: Total Eclipse (Previously Unreleased) 38: Transylvania (Previously Unreleased) 39: The Prisoner (Previously Unreleased) 40: Hallowed Be Thy Name (Previously Unreleased) 41: Phantom Of The Opera (Previously Unreleased) 42: Iron Maiden (Previously Unreleased) 43: Sanctuary (Previously Unreleased) 44: Drifter (Previously Unreleased) 45: Running Free (Previously Unreleased) 46: Prowler (Previously Unreleased) 47: Burning Ambition 48: Drifter (The Marquee Club, London 4/80) 49: Invasion 50: Remember Tomorrow (Italy, 10/81) 51: I've Got The Fire 52: Cross-Eyed Mary 53: Rainbow's Gold 54: King Of Twilight 55: Reach Out 56: That Girl 57: Juanita 58: Sheriff Of Huddersfield 59: Black Bart Blues 60: Prowler '88 61: Charlotte The Harlot '88 62: All In Your Mind 63: Kill Me Ce Soir 64: I'm A Mover 65: Communication Breakdown 66: Nodding Donkey Blues 67: Space Station No. 5 68: I Can't See My Feelings 69: Roll Over Vic Vella 70: Justice Of The Peace 71: Judgement Day 72: My Generation 73: Doctor, Doctor 74: Blood On The World's Hands (Gothenberg, 11/95) 75: The Aftermath (Gothenberg, 11/95) 76: Futureal (Ed Hunter Tour '99) 77: Wasted Years - '99 (Ed Hunter Tour '99)

Editoral Review And Iron Maiden's "metal," (tin) box, with a bas-relief, red-eyed Eddie mascot on its lid and a gothic, pewter-based shot glass with a glowering Eddie on the bottom, is indeed a nice bit of heavy metal. Metal fans appreciate merchandise that's as extravagant as the music is heavy. Nestled inside are three two-CD sets, comprising 77 live songs, as well as a "family tree" scroll secured with a metal Eddie ring. As usual with Maiden's prolific live output, Eddie's Archive contains uniformly excellent recordings. The first set, "The BBC Archives," chronicles four concerts conducted between 1979 and 1988; it serves up the expected hits, including "Run to the Hills," with the first four songs of disc one featuring original singer Paul Di'Anno. The gem of Eddie's Archive is "Best of the B-Sides," which features 31 tunes (mostly studio recordings), including awesome covers of Jethro Tull's "Cross-Eyed Mary," Golden Earring's "Kill Me ce Soir," two Montrose songs, and cuts originally done by Chuck Berry and Led Zeppelin--as well as covers of such obscure bands as Nektar and Beckett. "B-Sides" is almost worth the price of admission, though the package's "stash" box and shot glass are musts for militant Maiden devotees. --Katherine Turman .. You can see a complete list of all Iron Maiden discography, or go back to the Iron Maiden tabs