![]() To the cat's left is a tombstone engraved with "Here lies Derek Riggs". This, said Riggs, was "not about anything really" and was added "to get people's attention". Near Eddie's grave is a black cat with a halo, which also features in the Somewhere in Time and "Twilight Zone" artworks. Death appears in the clouds above the destroyed city the character is a regular feature of Riggs' covers (such as " Twilight Zone", " The Trooper", Powerslave and Somewhere in Time). The back cover depicts the rest of the graveyard and a city being destroyed by lightning, which Riggs states was inspired by John Martin's painting, The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. He is also bound by metal cuffs connected by an electrical surge, as seen in Powerslave tour promotional artwork. ![]() His long hair is restored and he sports the metal screw cartouche from his Piece of Mind lobotomy, which is being struck by lightning. The depiction of Eddie follows continuity from previous artworks. Yet with strange aeons even death may die."Īnd with strange aeons even death may die."Īlso engraved on the headstone is what appears to be Eddie's full name, "Edward T H-", the remainder of which (his supposed surname, "Head") is obscured by a clump of sod. Engraved on his tombstone is a misquote from fantasy and horror fiction author H. The cover art, by Derek Riggs, pictures the band's mascot, Eddie, rising from a grave. On the video version, after " 2 Minutes to Midnight", Dickinson refers to it being "night number two" (Friday, 15 March), while on the documentary 12 Wasted Years, " The Trooper" and " The Number of the Beast" are said to have been recorded on Saturday, 16 March. However, during " Running Free" on the audio version, vocalist Bruce Dickinson refers to it being the fourth concert at the venue, which should mean that the audio version was recorded on Sunday, 17 March. ![]() Recorded dates Īccording to Harris, while the video used footage from two nights at Long Beach, the audio version is only made up of one performance, although no exact dates are specified. This time off following the World Slavery Tour was extremely beneficial for the band, who desperately needed to recuperate following the tour's heavy schedule. For the band, the record's release was extremely advantageous as it meant they could delay the recording of their follow up studio album, 1986's Somewhere in Time. Since its release, the album has received consistent critical praise, with reviewers remarking that it is one of the genre's best live albums. We were very much, like, 'This has got to be totally live,' you know?" Bassist Steve Harris has stated that, even if they had had the time, they would not have added any studio overdubbing to the soundtrack, stating that "we were really anti all that, anyway. The double LP release was also recorded at Long Beach, although side four contains additional tracks, recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London on 8, 9, 10 and 12 October 1984. įor the Live After Death video, the band hired director Jim Yukich to film two shows of their four night run at Long Beach Arena, California from 14 to 17 March 1985. The theatricality of the stage show meant that it would become one of the band's most acclaimed tours, making it the perfect backdrop to their first live double album and concert video. Iron Maiden's World Slavery Tour began in Warsaw, Poland on 9 August 1984 and lasted 331 days, during which 187 concerts were performed To tie in with their 1984 album, Powerslave, the tour's stage show adhered to an ancient Egyptian theme, which was decorated with sarcophagi and Egyptian hieroglyphs, and mummified representations of the band's mascot, Eddie, in addition to numerous pyrotechnic effects. In addition to the complete concert, the DVD features Part 2 of The History of Iron Maiden documentary series, which began with 2004's The Early Days and continued with 2013's Maiden England '88, documenting the recording of the Powerslave album and the following World Slavery Tour. It was initially released though Sony as a "Video LP" on VHS hi-fi stereo and Beta hi-fi stereo with 14 songs and no special features and was reissued on DVD on 4 February 2008, which coincided with the start of the band's Somewhere Back in Time World Tour. The video version of the concert only contains footage from the Long Beach shows. It was recorded at Long Beach Arena, California and Hammersmith Odeon, London during the band's World Slavery Tour. Live After Death is a live album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, originally released in October 1985 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-released by Sanctuary/ Columbia Records in the US in 2002 on CD and by Universal Music Group/ Sony BMG Music Entertainment on DVD).
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