Back In The Village (2CD)
Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, Oct. 12, 1984, World Slavery Tour
Meltdown ML 91606
CD 1:	CD 2:
1. Aces High	1. Powerslave
2. 2 Minutes To Midnight	2. Guitarsolo
3. The Trooper	3. Numbert Of The Beats [sic]
4. Revelations	4. Hallowed Be Thy Name
5. Murders In The Rue Morgue	5. Acacia Avenue [sic]
6. Phantom Of The Opera	6. Iron Maiden
7. Flight Of Icarus	7. Run To The Hills
8. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner	8. Running Free
9. Losfer Words	9. Sanctuary

Great vintage Dickinson set, with a few sound oddities here and there. During the middle section of "The Trooper," the vocals drop to a lower volume--it sounds like the mic wasn't working properly. "Running Free" is a 6+ minute audience sing-along version. Dickinson comments about Boy George in the intro to "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner."

The Big Heat (Digipak)
Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 1981 "Killers" Tour
Celebration Records 023
	1. Wrathchild
	2. Purgatory
	3. Sanctuary
	4. Remember Tomorrow
	5. Another Life/Incl. Drum Solo
	6. Genghis Khan
	7. Killers
	8. Innocent Exile
	9. Twilight Zone
	10. Strange World
	11. Murders In The Rue Morgue
	12. Phantom Of The Opera
	13. Iron Maiden
	14. Running Free
	15. Transylvania/Incl. Guitar Solo
	16. Drifter

Excellent sound quality, and one of the best, if not the best of the Di'Anno era recordings. Comes in a rather simple digipak. There is also apparently an earlier jewel-case version on the same label with the same serial number (this may be a bootleg of a bootleg). Some, but not all tracks have some split-second indexing breaks. It also sounds like there was a lot of song order rearranging, but most of the breaking points are relatively subtle.

It's also possible "Charlotte the Harlot" and "I've Got the Fire" were played during this set but are not included here, although I've heard that "I've Got the Fire" is from another show, someone put it with the Japanese live tracks on a bootleg, and it was mistakenly thought in the trading circuit this was the "complete" show. This show, with the extra tracks added, exists as the "Killers" bootleg 2LP.

Concert Of The Beast
The Palladium, New York, June 29, 1982
Main Event ME - CD - 006
61:15
	1. Murders In The Rue Morgue
	2. Wrathchild
	3. Run To The Hills
	4. Children Of The Damned
	5. Number Of The Beast
	6. The Prisoner
	7. Hallowed Be Thy Name
	8. Phantom Of The Opera
	9. Iron Maiden
	10. Sanctuary
	11. Drifter

Also exists as an LP version.

This particular show at The Palladium was recorded for a live radio broadcast, and is infamous for being one of the most bootlegged shows in heavy metal history.

There are fade-ins/fade-outs between track 2/3, 3/4, 8/9, and possibly some subtle edits elsewhere. Most of the longer bits of stage banter from before "Run to the Hills" and "Children of the Damned" are lost in these edits. As track 8 fades out you can hear the very beginning of Bruce's stage banter for "Iron Maiden," and then when track 9 begins it starts over again.

There are so many bootlegs of this gig, I'm assuming there are some out there that don't have any noticeable editing. Still, even with some stage banter cuts, it's the full show with great audio quality.

Fear Of Argentina
Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 25, 1992
Eddie Records EDDIE-14825-2
65:15
	1. Intro
	2. Can I Play With Madness
	3. From Here To Eternity
	4. Wasting Love
	5. The Evil That Men Do
	6. Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter
	7. Heaven Can Wait
	8. Run To The Hills
	9. Two Minutes To Midnight
	10. Iron Maiden
	11. Hallowed Be Thr Name [sic]
	12. The Trooper
	13. Running Free

This concert was Iron Maiden's first appearance in Argentina. The songs here are only about half of the actual concert, although the songs do appear on the bootleg in the same order they were actually played (these particular tracks weren't played successively like this).

My particular version has a picture of the band onstage printed on the disc with "Ferro 92" printed in a distinctive white font. I've seen at least one variant that had a white disc and the "Ferro 92" printed in black. From what I recall the inserts were the same.

"Heaven Can Wait" is printed twice on the back cover. The songtitles are listed in two columns, and it appears at the bottom of the first column and again at the top of the second. While on the subject, Bruce's intro to the song is really, really bizarre (it's hard to make out, but it involves an armadillo...).

There seems to be "another" cover for this bootleg which I've only seen online. The title font is a bit different and larger, and the flag (modified from a Union Jack to the Argentinian flag) is also different. Since I've only seen this graphic used in audio trading galleries full of largely homemade bootlegs and for a homemade DVD-R of the same gig, I'm skeptical it was ever used for a factory-pressed CD. If you know of a factory-pressed variant of this bootleg with that cover, please let me know.

The intro is just the stage banter before "Can I Play With Madness?"

There are jumps between tracks 4/5, 5/6, 6/7, and 12/13 where songs that were not included on the bootleg were played. Some breakpoints are more subtle than others. There are possibly jumps between tracks 9/10 and 10/11 (it's hard to tell, but it sounds like there are changes in the crowd noise to me, indicating edits) even though these songs were played consecutively in the set.

Track 5 has a small audio glitches at 0:25 and possibly 0:40 where it sounds like the audio jumps forward for a second. There's also some type of pop or noise at 3:29 but it doesn't sound like a typical glitch since it happens under the music, more like a stage mic being bumped or something.

It's pretty subtle and you have to be listening closely to really notice it, but a couple times throughout the bootleg, there seem to be a few weird sound/volume fluctuations. For example, there's a part in "Bring Your Daughter..." where the bass suddenly becomes more prominent and has a different tone for about 2 seconds. There are also spots where Bruce's vocals will suddenly increase in volume for a moment, or sound like they're from a different audio source for a second. These are so minor and brief I'm not sure if they're nuances from the recording source or just sound oddities.

Iron Maiden Live - Vol. 1
The Palladium, New York, June 29, 1982 "The Beast on the Road Tour"
SW 45
Given tracklisting:	Correct tracklisting:
1. Murders In The Rue Morgue	1. Murders In The Rue Morgue
2. Wrath Child [sic]	Wrath Child [sic] (4:12)
3. Run To The Hills	Run To The Hills (7:16)
4. Children Of The Damned	Children Of The Damned (11:19)
5. The Number Of The Beast	The Number Of The Beast (15:56)
6. Prisoner	Prisoner (20:44)
7. Hallowed By The Name [sic]	Hallowed By The Name [sic] (26:27)
8. Iron Maiden	Phantom of the Opera (33:35)
-- --	Iron Maiden (40:06)

Note that this bootleg actually proclaims all over the packaging that it is an unlicensed recording. From what I understand, it was made in Australia during a time when legal loopholes allowed unlicensed recordings to be pressed. Note there is a seperate companion volume, discussed directly below.

This boot is a bit inferior to some of the others available of this show. Everything is indexed as a single track (so I've included approximate track start times above). In addition, there are cuts and fade-outs between some tracks, and much of Bruce's stage banter has been cut out. For example, the lengthy intro to "Run to the Hills" where Bruce mentions it being broadcast on the radio is cut out.

Iron Maiden Live - Vol. 2
Tracks 1-2 - The Palladium, New York, June 29, 1982 "The Beast on the Road Tour" Tracks 3-7 - Monsters Of Rock Festival, Donington, UK, Aug. 20, 1988
SW 62
	1. Sanctuary
	Drifter (4:17)
	Moon Child [sic] (14:48)
	Infinite Dreams (20:40)
	Trooper [sic] (26:26)
	The Number Of The Beast (30:26)
	Iron Maiden (35:00)

Note that this bootleg actually proclaims all over the packaging that it is an unlicensed recording. From what I understand, it was made in Australia during a time when legal loopholes allowed unlicensed recordings to be pressed. Note there is a seperate companion volume, discussed directly above.

Tracks 1-2 complete the Palladium show.

Tracks 3-7 are taken from a 1988 set that was later officially released in the "Eddie's Archives" box set.

As above, this bootleg is indexed as a single track with cuts and fade-outs between tracks.

Live USA
The Palladium, New York, June 29, 1982
Imtrat Live & Alive Series imt 900.023
59:27
	1. Murders In The Rue Morgue
	2. Wrathchild
	3. Run To The Hills
	4. Children Of The Damned
	5. Number Of The Beast
	6. The Prisoner
	7. Hallowed Be Thy Name
	8. Phantom Of The Opera
	9. Iron Maiden
	10. Sanctuary
	11. Drifter

Back insert claims the bootleg is from April 24, 1982, but it's yet another bootleg of the infamous June 29 radio broadcast.

There seem to be a few subtle edits between tracks, but the stage banter doesn't appear to have been affected too much (a notable exception is Bruce's intro to "Phantom of the Opera," which is cut). This CD does apparently run slightly shorter (1-2 minutes) than other bootlegs of this gig, I assume due to minor editing differences.

Seventh Tour
Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, Dec. 7, 1988
Metal Mess MM 9204-1 CD
	1. Moonchild
	2. The Evil That Men Do
	3. Prisoner
	4. Still Life
	5. Die With Your Boots On
	6. Can I Play With Madness [sic]
	7. Heaven Can Wait
	8. Infinite Dreams
	9. Killers
	10. Wasted Years

The bootleg itself states that this was recorded in Tampa, FL, which is incorrect (Bruce even refers to the crowd as Hammersmith in the stage banter several times).

The same tracks from the same gig are also on the "Moonchild" bootleg-CD. The full show is available on the "Dec. 7th, 2008: It Was 20 Years Ago" 2CD bootleg, which I'm looking for myself.

Snakedrive Battlers
Pinewood Studios, Buck, UK, Aug. 28, 1993
Planet-X PLAN 013
	1. Be Quick Or Be Dead
	2. The Trooper
	3. The Evil That Men Do
	4. Hallowed [sic]
	5. Wrath Child [sic]
	6. From Here To Eternity
	7. Fear Of The Dark
	8. The Number Of The Beast
	9. Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
	10. 2 Minutes To Midnight
	11. Run To The Hills
	12. Iron Maiden

This was Bruce Dickinson's last show during his original tenure with the band. This same concert was broadcast on Pay-Per-View and became the Raising Hell video/DVD. The voice introducing the band is British illusionist Simon Drake, who did tricks on the video version inbetween songs. There are some edits/breaks between tracks on this bootleg, but there were on the video as well, when the horror tricks were done. Some were obviously staged afterwards, but Drake did do some tricks while the band played, so there were real breaks during the show. Note that this is not the entire set and thus was probably sourced from the Pay-Per-View broadcast (which was also incomplete compared to the home video version). The bootleg itself gives no specific recording information besides "Live in Europe 1993."

"Bye-Bye Bruce," "Goodbye Bruce," "Raising Hell," and any other "Bruce's final show" bootleg is taken from the same gig. Note that those first two mentioned have an instrumental called "Eddie's Tales." I'm not sure what that is, but it's probably some of the background music played during the Simon Drake tricks.

Wasted Tapes
Tracks 1-6 - Reading Festival, UK, Aug. 23, 1980 Tracks 7-12 - Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, Dec. 18, 1983 Track 13 - Roskilde Festival, Denmark, June 29, 1991
Deep Records MIK 20
Given tracklisting:	Correct tracklisting:
1. Prowler	1. Prowler
2. Remember Tomorrow	2. Remember Tomorrow
3. Killers	3. Killers
4. Running Free	4. Running Free
5. Transylvania	5. Transylvania
6. Sanctuary	6. Iron Maiden
7. The Trooper	7. Sanctuary
8. Revelations	8. The Trooper
9. 22 Acacia Avenue	9. Revelations
10. The Number Of The Beast	10. 22 Acacia Avenue
11. Run To The Hills	11. The Number Of The Beast
12. Sanctuary	12. Run To The Hills
-- --	13. Sanctuary

Warning: An Eager Beaver pressing of this disc (likely a CD-R) with poor quality copied inserts is known to exist!

Has obvious edits between tracks. Tracks 1-6 have since been released officially in the "Eddie's Archives" boxset. Also keep in mind that I'm making an educated guess on the Roskilde date, as the specific date isn't given on the bootleg, only the year.

Wildest Dreams am Ring (2CD)
CD1: Live Rock am Ring Festival, Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany, June 6, 2003 CD2: Tracks 1-5 - Live Rock am Ring Festival, Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany, June 6, 2003 Tracks 6-9 - Live Fila Forum, Milan, Italy, Sept. 23, 1999 Tracks 10-12 - Live Gothenburg, Sweden, Nov. 1, 1995 Tracks 13-14 - From "Metal For Muthas" compilation
Label unknown (UPC is 4 33367 37348 4)
CD 1:	CD 2:
1. The Number of the Beast	1. Fear of the Dark
2. The Trooper	2. Iron Maiden
3. Die With Your Boots On	3. Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter [sic]
4. Revelations	4. 2 Minutes To Midnight
5. Hallowed Be Thy Name	5. Run To The Hills
6. 22 Acacia Avenue	6. Wasted Years
7. Wildest Dreams	7. Aces High
8. The Wicker Man	8. Futureal
9. Brave New World	9. Man On The Edge
10. The Clansman	10. Blood On The World's Hands
11. The Clairvoyant	11. The Aftermath
12. Heaven Can Wait	12. The Evil That Men Do
13. -- --	13. Sanctuary
14. -- --	14. Wrathchild

The cover of the bootleg mentions Eifel, Germany, but as far as I know that's just a general mountain range in the area and should not be mistaken for an actual city/state.

Disc one fades out when it ends. There seem to be no other edits at all.

The extra '99/'95/Metal For Muthas material on disc 2 is almost certainly sourced from the live tracks/b-sides of various "X Factor"/"Virtual XI"/"Brave New World" singles. I've seen small amounts of tracks from the Italian/Swedish shows tacked on to other bootlegs as well, although full sets of both shows exist and possibly have their own bootlegs. The '95 material is with Blaze.

The "Metal for Muthas" tracks are listed as being recorded in November 1979. Although they were done in late 1979, I've seen conflicting dates which also claim they were from December. Also note the compilation wasn't released until 1980.

As far as later Maiden bootlegs go, the only thing I can complain about the Rock am Ring gig other than the total lack of "Killers" tracks is that the intro to "The Trooper" seems a bit off, even when compared to other three-guitar versions.

Since this has no edits or sound problems, it's probably one of the better Rock am Ring bootlegs, although the extra tracks are all technically available officially. There are other CD bootlegs of this show with no extra material, and I've seen at least one with extra live material from the Dec. 18, 1983 Dortmund show.

Miscellaneous

"Gold 2000" is only a 16-track compilation of regular album tracks from all eras of the band--be warned, as there is no identifying information on the CD and it does look like a typical bootleg. But the fact that it's made up of widely-available studio material makes it more of a pirate/unauthorized compilation than a true bootleg.