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''Live After Death'' is a Live Album by the British Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden , released on October 14 , 1985 . It was recorded during their World Slavery Tour . The album is often regarded as one of the greatest live metal albums ever recorded. The first 13 tracks (12 songs and the intro) were recorded at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California on March 14-17 1985. The last 5 songs were recorded earlier on the same tour, at the Hammersmith Odeon (now known as the Hammersmith Apollo ) in London on October 8, 9, 10 and 12 1984. On the original double LP version, the songs from Long Beach are on the first three sides, whereas the songs recorded in London ("Wrathchild", "Children of the Damned", "22 Acacia Avenue ", "Die With Your Boots On" and "Phantom of the Opera") were on side four. The initial re-release has the unedited version, and includes a second CD with the tracks that were previously missing. It should be noted that the 1995 re-release also has an extra CD, but that had the b-sides from the singles on it. Also, this re-release was not remastered. The '' Live After Death Video '' is also recorded at the Long Beach Arena, but on a different night. It contains a full Gig , complete with intro and encore, and closes with "Sanctuary", which was not on the LP or original CD release of the album. Two singles were released from ''Live After Death'': " Running Free " and " Run To The Hills " COVER ART The cover art was - as usual at this time - done by Derek Riggs , and pictures the band's Mascot , Eddie rising from a grave. On that grave is a Tombstone with a quote from the Fantasy and Horror Fiction Author H. P. Lovecraft 's '' The Nameless City '':
The proper quote is actually ''"And with strange..."'' instead of ''"Yet with strange..."''. ''See also:'' the Necronomicon . The cover depicts Eddie as he is seen on covers before '' Piece Of Mind '' (with long hair) though he is also bound by metal cuffs connected by an electrical surge, as seen in '' Powerslave '' merchandise. The back cover also shows Death in the clouds above the destroyed city. This is the third cover where its figure can be seen (the first being Twilight Zone and the second being The Trooper , though it is also played by Eddie on '' Dance Of Death '' and '' Death On The Road '') In 2007 The National Entertainment Collectibles Association released an action figure diorama of the album cover. It is the third in the series. Other available figures are based on 'Somewhere in Time', 'The Phantom Of The Opera' and 'Piece Of Mind'. INTRO The intro before "Aces High" is a part of the We Shall Fight On The Beaches speech made by Winston Churchill in the House Of Commons on June 4 , 1940 . (Churchill re-recorded the speech - the original speech in the House of Commons was not recorded.):
TRACK LISTING CD 1 # "Intro: Churchill's Speech" – 1:32 # " Aces High " – 4:14 # " 2 Minutes To Midnight " – 5:16 # " The Trooper " – 4:07 # " Revelations " – 5:59 # " Flight Of Icarus " – 3:30 # " Rime Of The Ancient Mariner " – 14:06 # " Powerslave " – 6:54 # " The Number Of The Beast " – 4:49 # " Hallowed Be Thy Name " – 7:14 # " Iron Maiden " – 4:02 # " Run To The Hills " – 3:50 # " Running Free " – 8:43 CD 2 (1998 release only) # "Wrathchild" – 2:58 # " 22 Acacia Avenue " – 4:58 # "Children of the Damned" – 4:21 # " Die With Your Boots On " – 5:39 # " Phantom Of The Opera " – 7:01 Bonus CD (1995 release only) # "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" - 4:14 # " Sanctuary " - 4:40 # "Murders In The Rue Morgue" - 4:32 CREDITS
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