Live After Death [2 CD]

If you like metal at all buy this album. It contains the cream of the band's first five albums. The line up for this tour I beleive to be the strongest for Iron Maiden. I could break each song down but they prefer you use less than a thousand words. The performances on this double cd are flawless. You get excerpts from two nights at Long Beach areana and a few songs from Donnington. This is pure greatness in my opinion. It could well be the best live album of all time in my book. Listen to the samples if you have any doubt. I have bought this album many times on all three major forms of media(I just worn them out). This reissue is better than the innitial release because you get all the songs that were on the record set instead of one condensed cd that was originally released in the 80's. Up the Irons!

Long considered one of the best live metal albums of all time “Live After Death” has held up quite well over the years. The band was touring in support of the “Powerslave” album and at the top of their game as a live act. All the classic Maiden songs from the early years are here. Instrumentally the band is on fire through the whole thing as everything is played with fierce determination. For me there are only two minor issues on this release. The sound mix is not all that great. Even with the remaster it is still not as crisp and clear as one might like. The drums sound particularly muddy through much of the disc. The other issue is some of Dickenson’s vocals. Bruce tends to write and sing a lot of stuff that is right at the top of his vocal range. He can pull it off in the studio, but live pushing his vocals to the limit like he does often causes him to get out of tune, especially on the really high stuff. Don’t get me wrong, Bruce is an incredible vocalist, but the way the material is written it makes it almost impossible to pull off live, and he struggles in place on this recording. Overall though this is a great live document from one of the few bright spots to be found in music in the 80’s, and really is a must own for fans of classic twin guitar metal. Up the Irons!

Came un damaged and earlier than expected.

I give this iron maiden album 5 stars with ease. Lot's of great songs, and fantastic vocals by the one and only Bruce Dickinson. I've had this album since the late 80's and just never seem to tire of it. In my utmost opinion, phantom of the opera and hallowed be thy name just sound better when performed live, and those two classic maiden songs are on here so no need to worry. Every song on here is good and will give you your fill of Iron Maiden. This album should be played very loudly to!

Okay, I bought this mainly for nostalgia's sake. I grew up in the 80's listening to Iron Maiden, Y&T, Armored Saint, The Rods and all that. The reason I picked this record to buy is because it's a good overview of 'Maiden from that period. It covers a couple of songs from the first two pre-Bruce Dickinson albums and steam rolls through Number Of The Beast, Piece Of Mind and Powerslave. There isn't a bad song on it (although after a couple of listens the long audience participation segment in the otherwise classic Running Free begins to grate and I find myself skipping to the next song after the first 2.5 minutes). The production values are very good, and the crowd noise isn't obnoxious like on some live records. Maybe they didn't include every one of my favorite songs, but this was a big deal when it hit in the mid-eighties. Iron Maiden's first live album! I kind of quit listening to them after that. I understand they've made a ton more albums including some live records and best of discs. That's cool but for me the initial burst of power summed up on this collection defines an era and still blows me away.

Best live album from Iron Maiden! and the art of this re-edition is incredible. Printed over each vinyl you have different draws of eddie and the information about the tour in the paperback. The equipment that was used for each musician, amplifiers, distortions, basses, guitars, all the countries and dates the tour took and the binnacle with hours of arrival to the countries, stage installed, open doors, show starts etc. As Iron Maiden has used it's fans with greate material, this one doesn't scape to that rule, is a greate vinyl that rules

It played well. There were no problems when I listened to it in it's entirety.

This amazing double-CD Live Album is a MUST for any TRUE Iron Maiden fan or any serious fan of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal music in general. This album has been in MY collection for as long as I can remember and will be for as long as I can remember! Lol!!If you do not own this record then you cannot call yourself a serious Headbanger or even a serious rocker or even a sane person! Ha-ha! What are you waiting for? Don't delay any longer. Pick it up today and be prepared to be amazed at the sounds and for the sights then pick up the companion to it on VHS or DVD if you can find it. I know it's on here because I have seen it, so rock-on Mother F-ers!!! Ha-ha! ))))