Forty years to the day since it was first released, Parlophone Records has announced a brand new, beautifully packaged, limited double vinyl edition of the classic Iron Maiden live album Live After Death. Featuring the original revered gatefold sleeve artwork, the album comes with two 140g vinyls, one in blue, the other in yellow, featuring the 2015 audio remastering.
Live After Death was recorded mostly during the four nights that Maiden played at Long Beach Arena, Los Angeles, in March 1985. The final side of the double album was recorded during the four nights the band played at Hammersmith Odeon in October 1984.
“We were touring our arses off,” Steve Harris told us. “It was literally just record, tour, record, tour. We didn’t stop. Rod was cracking the old whip, and that was the right thing to do.
“I mean, we were totally up for it. It’s not like we were doing stuff that we didn’t want to do. You think you’re invincible. ‘Yeah, we’ll take that on, no problem.’ That’s the way to crack it.
“It’s the only way for a band like us because we had no radio play whatsoever back then.”
Both sets of concerts were part of the ground-breaking World Slavery Tour, in support of the band’s 1984 album Powerslave, which started in Poland and featured 187 concerts across 331 days.
Additionally, the vinyl features a replica tour pass and a glossy 12-page booklet, which contains the original eight-page booklet alongside an exclusive and brand new essay entitled Rime And Punishment: Celebrating 40 Years Of Live After Death. Here, Iron Maiden fan club editor Alexander Milas interviews Steve Harris, Nicko McBrain, Rod Smallwood and acclaimed illustrator Derek Riggs about the legendary album.
The Iron Maiden limited edition Live After Death vinyl is available from ironmaiden.lnk.to/LiveAfterDeath40.
