Seksdobbelt box-sæt og opsamlingsalbum med Iron Maiden

De britiske heavyrockere i Iron Maiden fejrer deres 20 år sammen med udgivelsen af det seksdobbelte box-sæt ”Eddie’s Archive” den 4. november. ”Eddie’s Archive” er opkaldt efter bandets tegnede maskot Eddie og indeholder sjældne studieoptagelser, live-materiale samt B-sider. Samtidig med box-sæt-udgivelsen udsendes også opsamlingsalbummet "Edward The Great", som indeholder gruppens 16 største hits.

Box-sættet findes i en limited edition sølvfarvet kisteformet kasse, indeholder ud over de seks cd’er også en nummereret stamtræ-skriftrulle på pergamentpapir samt et krystal-shot-glas med Eddies hoved. Med alle cd’erne medfølger et 24-siders cover med hidtil ikke offentliggjorte billeder.

Blandt B-siderne er der blandt andet coverversioner af Jethro Tulls ”Cross-Eyed Mary”, The Whos ”My Generation” og UFO’s ”Doctor Doctor”. Bandets manager Rod Smallwood udtaler om udgivelsen: ”Jeg synes, at den fanger essensen af, hvad bandet handlede om og stadig kun handler om: ren, rå energi, godt musikerhåndværk og in-your-face attitude.”

Herunder er den fulde trackliste over ”Eddie’s Archive”-box-sættet og ”Edward The Great”-opsamlingsalbummet:

"BBC Archives" cd 1:
(1979 - "Friday Rock Show" session)
"Iron Maiden"
"Running Free"
"Transylvania"
"Sanctuary"

(1989 - Reading Festival 1982)
"Wrathchild"
"Run To The Hills"
"Children Of The Damned"
"The Number Of The Beast"
"22 Acacia Avenue"
"Transylvania"
"The Prisoner"
"Hallowed Be Thy Name"
"Phantom Of The Opera"
"Iron Maiden"

"BBC Archives" cd 2:
(1980 - Reading Festival)
"Prowler"
"Remember Tomorrow"
"Killers"
"Running Free"
"Transylvania"
"Iron Maiden"

(1988 - Monsters Of Rock Festival, Donington)
"Moonchild"
"Wrathchild"
"Infinite Dreams"
"The Trooper"
"Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son"
"The Number Of The Beast"
"Hallowed Be Thy Name"
"Iron Maiden"

"Beast Over Hammersmith" cd 3:
"Murders In The Rue Morgue"
"Wrathchild"
"Run To The Hills"
"Children Of The Damned"
"The Number Of The Beast"
"Another Life"
"Killers"
"22 Acacia Avenue"
"Total Eclipse"

"Beast Over Hammersmith" cd 4:
"Transylvania"
"The Prisoner"
"Hallowed Be Thy Name"
"Phantom Of The Opera"
"Iron Maiden"
"Sanctuary"
"Drifter"
"Running Free"
"Prowler"

"Best of the B'Sides" cd 5:
"Burning Ambition"
"Drifter" (live)
"Invasion"
"Remember Tomorrow" (live)
"I've Got The Fire"
"Cross-Eyed Mary"
"Rainbow's Gold"
"King Of Twilight"
"Reach Out"
"That Girl"
"Juanita"
"The Sheriff Of Huddersfield"
"Black Bart Blues"
"Prowler '88"
"Charlotte The Harlot '88"

"Best of the B'Sides" cd 6:
"All In Your Mind"
"Kill Me Ce Soir"
"I'm A Mover"
"Communication Breakdown"
"Nodding Donkey Blues"
"Space Station No. 5"
"I Can't See My Feelings"
"Roll Over Vic Vella"
"Justice Of The Peace"
"Judgment Day"
"My Generation"
"Doctor Doctor"
"Blood On The Worlds Hands" (live)
"The Aftermath" (live)
"Futureal" (live)
"Wasted Years '99" (live)

"Edward the Great":
"Run To The Hills"
"The Number Of The Beast"
"Flight Of Icarus"
"The Trooper"
"2 Minutes To Midnight"
"Wasted Years"
"Can I Play With Madness"
"The Evil That Men Do"
"The Clairvoyant"
"Infinite Dreams"
"Holy Smoke"
"Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter"
"Man On The Edge"
"Futureal"
"The Wicker Man"
"Fear Of The Dark" (live)