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They were on the CMC International label I believe at the time. I do not recall having to import Virtual XI, I bought it on the day it came out in March and it was readily available in stores.

I finally got to see the Bruce solo tour show last night and had a great time. Ticked this one off the bucket list for sure. Bruce was in excellent form and he was vocally stellar all night and hit some absolute incredible notes at times. The extras - the theremin and the drums were really...

Aside from 17, I like all of these albums and listen to them quite often. 17. Virtual XI - 2 ok songs (Futureal and The Clansman) and that's it. I listen to this maybe once a year to see if I like any more than the last time and I never do. Just not at all for me. 16. The Final Frontier -...

My list looks something like this. Aside from the Number 1, the order of the others can change. 1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son -- my favorite album of all time by any artist. 2. Piece of Mind 3. Somewhere in Time 4. A Matter of Life and Death 5. Senjutsu

I think it holds up much better for me than Book of Souls. I still spin it a few times a week, that freshness hasn't worn off. The only parts I'd cut are the seagulls on Darkest Hour and maybe one of the 17 intros on Death of the Celts. The subsequent tours featuring these songs were also...

All Ripper really has are the screams. I've always found his "regular" singing voice extremely off-putting. Not every song needs a high pitched wail.

Regarding event shirts - I think they peaked with the Book of Souls 2016/2017 tours and have never quite been the same quality art since then. This is likely more to do with the base Eddies per tour but a good deal of those BOS tour event shirts are some of my very favorites. I'm just glad...

An official reissue of the Soundhouse Tapes. I don't have the means to afford a real copy or likely end up with a bootleg, and the reissue like 20 years ago came and went incredibly fast. I wish they would do a larger reissue of this and am actually surprised they haven't done so yet.

Nights of the Dead was so awful I'm guessing they have just decided to not bother with live albums any more. ;) Which is odd considering they were such a guarantee for so many tours. I also assume Nicko not being 100% is a likely explanation. I'd love to have some kind of documentation of this...

I still really enjoy Senjutsu. I also completely understand folks who say it's overlong and could use trimming because it definitely can. I still enjoy it even despite those issues. The title track itself is indeed plodding and repeats sections a bit too much, but Maiden has never really...

At this point I kind of wish they would retire Painkiller from their setlists. It's a song Rob has barely ever been able to perform adequately. Doing an instrumental version or something would be cool. I wish they were doing more newer songs but I don't really care as I'm not seeing them on...

This More Balls to Picasso release will likely be something I stream only. I've never had issues with the original in any way, it's a time capsule of where he was back in 1994. I've always thought it was a very interesting and creative record and am not sure it really need to be metallified in...

Spambot - that was an incredibly well written review. Thank you so much for your insight!

Now we are rehashing the same setlist complaints that have been around since at least 1999 (first tour I remember being online for). The rotational thing is never happening. I don't know why folks think it will. For better or worse, Maiden as a whole (likely just Steve) doesn't want to rotate...

Man, thanks for posting that Aces High video, it never ceases to crack me up. Somehow worse than Anton Maiden haha.