The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
Thanks for the info. Your Gps that he carries with him works really nice
18th Studio Album discussion
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chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
Have their been any new reports on Nicko's health and how he's doing?
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
If I had to guess I'd say an official release of The Future Past is next in line. Probably at some point next year.
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
I hope you're right. I also hope you're not wrong. Those are two hopes that inhabit me now.
Well most tours since 2008 have gotten live album releases. Video is more up in the air, although I wouldn’t bet on it. It’ll be funny if after all the years of expressing regret about not filming Somewhere in Time, they skip releasing a video for Future Past. Even funnier if they don’t even do a live album. Not that Future Past is that much of a faithful recreation of the SIT tour anyway I guess.
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
Well, i'm specifically hoping for a video. I expect a live album. I'd also like an official bluray release of Book of Souls Live Chapter instead of having to queue it up on Youtube. If Bruce releases a live album for his own shit, and his own shit is run by the same management, there's no reason Iron Maiden can't also release live videos again.
CA Bryers
Ancient Mariner
Considering they filmed a few nights of the Brazil shows, I expect some sort of release. If he does do DVD while Maiden's ignored the format for well over a decade now...that's just baffling.
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
Yea, but it wouldn't be the first time Iron Maiden gave everyone blue balls by building anticipation of something that never comes. Like the once-upon-a-time release of the History of Iron Maiden pt4 video release.
I don't think this is true and would caution against taking some PR speak in the press release as confirmation of anything.
In fact I just went back and read the press release, and all it really says is that they never did a SIT retrospective tour previously because there wasn't a video release to go with it:
"and we’ve decided to revisit Somewhere In Time as that tour didn’t feature in the various retrospective history tours we’ve played over the years. They were based on our 80’s concert videos and sadly we did not film that tour (blame the manager!!)."
I don't think releasing a live video is high priority, considering the last DVD release was over a decade ago.
Agreed, and I assume it's probably what we'll get.
CA Bryers
Ancient Mariner
I'm still irked they just stopped doing those History Ofs to go with DVD releases, just because (most likely) someone in management said the format's dying, so why bother. AND that they cut it off at probably the most interesting and tumultuous point in Maiden history, which was the '90s.
After Nights of the Dead, cherry-picking the best performances should be the way to go going forward.
This is why they stopped it imo (in addition to the dead format thing, which is also probably true). They're not going to open those wounds publicly while people who left because of the grievances are currently in the band (along with one of the replacements). They're not Metallica.
I think Donington DVD* will be released someday. This came up again in another thread, but I actually think it's a good sign that they held off on reissuing the 90s live albums on vinyl during the most recent campaign. To me it says that they are holding off for a bigger release somewhere down the line. I've said it many times here, but I think they're holding off for retirement since they're going to struggle to have enough posthumous releases to keep the fanbase satisfied while Maiden isn't touring or making new albums.
*Or whatever video format works for them.
CA Bryers
Ancient Mariner
It seems like they fully intended to continue, what with leaving Part 3 off on a cliffhanger (Adrian saying, "a year later, I was out of the band."), but yeah, it could've been a number of things converging all at once. I think Maiden could've easily tackled the '90s in that format, since it's generally a pretty reserved band, apart from Dickinson and Nicko. They likely would've given us a pretty tame and diplomatic rundown of the lead-up to Bruce leaving, and probably omitted Blaze's firing altogether. Even if they invited Blaze to speak on it, he's always ready to tell anyone he was treated well and fairly by the band, and that's probably what his response would've been. So I don't think there would be any Some Kind of Monster-ish hysterics there.
I do agree with this. Donington 2007, Early Days Tour, and whatever other backlog they're cultivating will probably see the light of day someday. I've always wondered the wisdom of it, though, since the physical market is shrinking by the day, it seems, so holding onto something like those releases for a time when the physical market is down to a tiny little niche (which it kind of is already) seems a little poorly thought-out. The writing was already on the wall in regards to that even in the latter half of the '00s.
I don't expect hysterics, I just don't think the band is that interested in displaying anything other than a unified group in official materials. Bruce is probably the most open to talking about discontent from his time in Maiden, but that's all in context of solo work (autobiographies, interviews related to solo albums etc). I'm sure they could have filmed History Part 4 and then upon reviewing it decided they didn't want to open up that can of worms again, at least not right now. The other problem is that they need to portray the Blaze era in a way that doesn't make it seem like a mistake, because Steve Harris isn't going to approve a product that throws the era under the bus IMO.
As for the Blaze of it all, I've been curious about how they will handle this. Will they actually release video from Blaze's time in the band? I have a hard time believing it. Will they end the documentary on Bruce leaving and Blaze joining? Again, doesn't seem right. But then you have a documentary that will cover 1990 to 1999 to go with a video from 1992, i.e. most of the decade goes unrepresented. The only way to do it right is to include some live videos from the Blaze era and a live video from Ed Hunter. It's a lot of previously unreleased footage which doesn't really fit the band's approach to these things so far (mostly repackaging previously released material).
On this, I wouldn't bet against Maiden. They have usually been ahead of the curve when it comes to new formats (long form video, DVD, websites, VOD, etc). It hasn't become clear what the next standard is and maybe that's why Maiden is holding off. Right now it seems like streaming is the way to go, but there isn't a clear answer to how to release a product like an Iron Maiden video without giving a streaming service control over the license. They want to host it on their own platform, but it's not clear how to do that without building a streaming service infrastructure from the ground up. Somebody will figure it out and then Maiden will get on board with that imo.
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
I don’t rule out future DVDs/Blu Rays. The band still does plenty of physical releases. Like 7 or so versions of Senjutsu. At least four versions of Nights of the Dead. The new Beast over Hammersmith release. The brand new yellow vinyl edition of Somewhere in Time. The list goes on.
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Poto
Ancient Mariner
Instagram.Thanks for the info. Your Gps that he carries with him works really nice
Looks like Adrian is in Rome now.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
I think this is the best way to do things now.
There will be a live album and a live streamed concert from the current tour for sure - since they haven't filmed the 1986 tour. And since they didn't release a live concert video from the Legacy tour, which was expected because of the stage. In the vaults they have: 2018/2019, 2013, 2010, 2006/2007, 2005, 1999... /it won't be like History Pt.4. I mean, Bruce released a physical single nowadays.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Back on topic,
I think the next album will again have a few solely written (and long) songs by Steve. Dave will write one too. Bruce could use some of his solo songs that were leftover or write one song all by himself. Adrian and Janick will write as usual with Bruce and Steve. Nicko might present the song he wrote during the SJ sessions (that would be curious, but a racing car theme?). The cover might not have a background again; really unfortunately.
I think the next album will again have a few solely written (and long) songs by Steve. Dave will write one too. Bruce could use some of his solo songs that were leftover or write one song all by himself. Adrian and Janick will write as usual with Bruce and Steve. Nicko might present the song he wrote during the SJ sessions (that would be curious, but a racing car theme?). The cover might not have a background again; really unfortunately.
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