Barry Clayton - first performing artist for original input (intro to the "The Number of the Beast" on the eponymous album).
Patrick McGoohan - first performing artist, but sampled from a pre-existing piece of work ("The Prisoner").
Michael Kenney - first musician (No Prayer For The Dying).
For...
The heartbreak was that he miscalculated the time he had on stage, so he couldn't play "Tears of the Dragon" (as well as "Road To Hell" and "The Tower") in front of that crowd. :(
Unfortunately, I think this has got to do with the labels' legendary lack of flair: even before ignoring the changes the Internet would bring, they thought that because CDs were longer than vinyls (roughly 75' vs 45' respectively), the bands should fill them to the brim ...while keeping the same...
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