First Maiden song heard

My Maiden firsts:

First song heard and first single-song video seen:
Song: The Angel and the Gambler, 1998
Video: No idea

First full album heard:
Brave New World, 2000

First album bought:
A Matter of Life and Death, 2007
First album bought on release day:
The Final Frontier

First full-length video seen:
If we are saying seeing a video of a live concert from the beginning to the end - it would be Live After Death, 2009
First video purchased:
-

First vinyl: -
First cassette: -
First CD: Brave New World

First release bought multiple times:
-

First Maiden concert:
:blush:

First Maiden shirt:
A cheap version of Live After Death
First non-shirt memorabilia:
Not sure?
First non-clothing memorabilia:
A Powerslave flag

For the musicians...
First Maiden song learned:
I am not a musician
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My Maiden firsts:

First song heard and first single-song video seen:
Song: Alexander the Great, 2000, in the car with IronDuke
Video: Probably Aces High

First full album heard:
Powerslave, 2001

First album bought:
Powerslave, 2007
First album bought on release day:
Dance of Death

First full-length video seen:
Live After Death
First video purchased:
Rock in Rio

First vinyl: -
First cassette: -
First CD: Best of the Beast, 1CD edition

First release bought multiple times:
The Final Frontier

First Maiden concert:
-

First Maiden shirt:
Best of the Beast shirt
First non-shirt memorabilia:
Brave New World flag
First non-clothing memorabilia:
Above

For the musicians...
First Maiden song learned:
I am not a musician
 
My Maiden firsts:

First song heard and first single-song video seen:
Song: Phantom of the Opera
Video: Run to the Hills

First full album heard:
Iron Maiden

First album bought:
Iron Maiden
First album bought on release day:
Killers

First full-length video seen:
Live After Death
First video purchased:
Live After Death

First vinyl: -Iron Maiden
First cassette: -Iron Maiden
First CD: Number of the Beast (first ever CD period)

First release bought multiple times:
Iron Maiden (due to wearing out the grooves in the LP)

First Maiden concert:
6/29/82  Beast on the Road

First Maiden shirt:
Killers
First non-shirt memorabilia:
Beast on the Road Poster   
First non-clothing memorabilia:
Above

For the musicians...
First Maiden song learned:
Remember Tomorrow
 
I have listened to Maiden for only something like six years, and I really got into them only three years ago. Still it feels like I've listened to Maiden all my life.


First song heard:
2 Minutes To Midnight when playing GTA Vice City  :p

First full album heard:
Piece of Mind, probably

First album bought:
A Matter Of Life And Death

First album bought on release day:
The Final Frontier

First full-length video seen:
Death on the Road
First video purchased:
Death on the Road

First Maiden concert:
18/7/2008 Helsinki, Somewhere back in time world tour

First Maiden shirt:
Live After Death

First non-shirt memorabilia:
Killers poster

First Maiden song learned:
Dance of Death
 
My Maiden firsts:

First song heard:
Blood Brothers, 2005.

First full album heard:
Brave New World also 2005.

First studio album bought:
Brave New World, 2005.
First album (studio or live) bought:
Death on the Road, 2005.
First album bought on release day:
A Matter of Life and Death, 2006.

First full-length video seen:
The Early Days Part I
First video purchased:
The Early Days Part I

First vinyl: NA
First cassette: NA
First CD: Death on the Road.

First release bought multiple times: NA


First Maiden concert:
Somewhere Back in Time, Stockholm Stadion, July 16 2008.

First Maiden shirt:
Killers
First non-shirt memorabilia:
AMOLAD wristband.
First non-clothing memorabilia:
Death on the Road flag.

First Maiden song learned:
Well, I call myself a musician, but I don't play guitar. Have learned bits and pieces of Dance of Death on my trusty violin.
 
First song heard: Run to the Hills
First album heard: Killers
First Album bought: Killers
First Live album: Live After Death
First album bought on release day: Piece of Mind
First video seen: Flight of Icarus
First full-length video seen: a couple buddies had the Live After Death VHS
First video bought: VIsions of the Beast
First vinyl: Killers
First cassette: never bought one, but I taped Cross-Eyed Mary and Flight of Icarus off the radio
First CD: Somewhere in Time — the first CD I bought, period
First multiple: SIT
First concert: World Slavery Tour, December 1984, Vancouver B.C.
First shirt: black T from that tour
First memorabilia: either The Trooper picture disc or a Beast on the Road poster
Song learned: Where Eagles Dare
 
SinisterMinisterX said:
We see threads like this start all the time, so I just got an idea: let's put all the "firsts" in one place, here!

Could be interesting, because it will help us get to know each other better ... there are a few new members here who I don't know much about yet. :bigsmile:
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My Maiden firsts:

First song heard and first single-song video seen:
Run To The Hills, early 1990s at a friend's house (video: Women in Uniform, 2006 off of 'Visions of the Beast' DVD)

First full album heard:
Brave New World (2003)

First album bought:
Hard to say I bought at least three on the same day.  Fear of the Dark was definitely one of them.  Virtual XI was hard to get as no store carried it, so I hard to order it on-line.

First album bought on release day:
Dance of Death, 2003

First full-length video seen:
Visions of the Beast (2006)

First video purchased:
Visions of the Beast (2006)

First release bought multiple times:
Just like SMX, I bought POM twice.  However, I bought the CD first and then I bought the cassette, as my car stereo still had a tape deck.  

First Maiden shirt:
The Trooper

EDIT: First concert: Aug. 2003 in Toronto
 
I didn't know it was Maiden, but when I was around 11 or 12, Flight Of Icarus came on the radio. I loved it! Then, a couple years later, my uncle gave me a copy of Somewhere In Time. 1 listen and the rest is history!
 
GREAT thread - I like this one a lot. Especially for nostalgia. I'm not as old as some of the forum members, but I've definitely got a few years on some of you   :D

My Maiden firsts:

First song heard: Run to the Hills, sometime around 1985 on MTV. Thought that was the balls. Then saw Aces High and thought, this is the best band EVER.

First full album heard: Powerslave, also 1985ish

First studio album bought: Powerslave

First album (studio or live) bought: Powerslave, on cassette - I never got Maiden on vinyl although I was still buying it at that time. Much easier to hide from the parents on cassette  :shred:

First album bought on release day: No Prayer for the Dying

First full-length video seen: Maiden England
First video purchased: Maiden England (on VHS)

First vinyl: NA
First cassette: Powerslave
First CD: Somewhere in Time
First release bought multiple times: [EDIT] originally had NA but bought everything again for the most part on iTunes, including Powerslave, NOTB, NPFTD... everything I had on cassette


First Maiden concert:
Soundwave, BRisbane, Feb 26, 2011, Final Frontier (yes, it's taken me a while to see them!!!!!).

First Maiden shirt:
The Trooper
First non-shirt memorabilia:
7th son patch
First non-clothing memorabilia:
NA (yet)
First Maiden song learned:
Can't play a lick but sing and probably would have to say Hallowed be Thy Name
 
First song heard : Aces High, 1996 or 1997
First full album heard : Live After Death, around 1997.
First studio album bought : Somewhere In Time, remastered CD, sometime in 1999. I "bought" copied tapes of other albums before, like VXI in 1998, but that doesn't count as "purchase"
First album bought on release day : The Final Frontier
First full-length video seen : Live After Death on copied VHS, around 1997
First video purchased : The First Ten Years on VHS, around 1997
First vinyl : Live After Death, around 2001
First cassette : I never bought an original IM cassette. I do believe that i had original NPFTD tape in my possession at a certain time
First release bought multiple times : Live After Death, i have vinyl and DVD. DVD bought few weeks after release
First concert : SBIT tour, 10.08.2008, Poljud Stadium, Split
First maiden shirt : I had several non-official ones. The first and only official was FOTD hoodie, with FOTD cover on the back and just the Iron Maiden logo at front side, bought it around 1999, lost it around 2002.
First non-shirt memorabilia : Killers badge, also around 1999
First non-clothing memorabilia : I have a wooden stratocaster (15 cm in height), with Iron Maiden logo on it. Gift from my brother, few years ago.
First Maiden song learned : I don't remember, because i've already played guitar for several years before i started listening to Maiden, so i immediately caught few riffs and chords. I'd say that first song i was able to play from start to finish without solos was Futureal.
 
I should maybe mention, although Aces High was the first Maiden song I heard, The Wicker Man (particularly the chorus) was the first thing that clicked for me with Iron Maiden. I listened to it a lot for the next few days before getting into their other songs.
 
First song heard: Running Free
First single-song video seen: Run to the Hills, I think. This was before MTV so I rarely had chance to see videos (unless ToTP played it).
First full album heard: Iron Maiden
First album bought: Iron Maiden - second hand from a school mate.
First album bought on release day: I think this was either Piece of Mind or Number of the Beast.
First full-length video seen: Live at Rainbow
First video purchased: Live at Rainbow
First vinyl: Iron Maiden
First cassette: Powerslave (it was all vinyl before that album)
First CD: Seventh Son (after that it was all CD)
First release bought multiple times: Seventh Son CD and Cassette
First Maiden concert: Rainbow Theatre 1980
First Maiden shirt: Can't remember.
First non-shirt memorabilia: I had a Killers back patch (I think I still have it somewhere) that was never used.
First non-clothing memorabilia: Funnily enough, I don't recall ever purchasing non-clothing memorabilia.
Oh, I did rip a poster advertising the Rainbow gig from the outside of the Rainbow theatre just before the gig. Folded it up (it was a massive poster) and put it in my inside pocket and kept it for years - again, I think I still have it somewhere. I must dig that out.
 
Albie said:
Oh, I did rip a poster advertising the Rainbow gig from the outside of the Rainbow theatre just before the gig. Folded it up (it was a massive poster) and put it in my inside pocket and kept it for years - again, I think I still have it somewhere. I must dig that out.
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That's not a poster, that's a historical document!
 
First song heard (and video seen): Run to the Hills
First album: Piece of Mind (recorded off a friends copy-tape to tape with lots of background noise)
First album bought: Powerslave (on cassette)
First show: Seventh Son Tour, Troy, NY 1988
First video owned: Video Pieces (my girlfriend's sisters bought it for me as a joke xmas present)
First shirt: Somewhere on Tour shirt (album cover--bought by a friend who parent's allowed him to go)
First import bought: The First 10 Years Vol VIII (Wasted Years/Stranger in a Strange Land)
First non-shirt memorabilia: Purgatory pin, for my jean jacket
First poster: The Trooper
First song my first daughter rocked out to: Phantom of the Opera (she was about a year old and we were waiting in the car and she just started headbanging!)
 
Habberdasher said:
First song my first daughter rocked out to: Phantom of the Opera (she was about a year old and we were waiting in the car and she just started headbanging!)
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Of course!  :rocker:

Have a praise.
 
rionmaiden said:
Can you remember the first time you heard Maiden and what song/album it was... rock on...

My first was Purgatory and I was hooked from that moment 25 odd years ago, and as I liked the Eddie
on the front of the album so much, I had no choice but to steal it from my older sister's boyfriend, and I
still have that same album in my vast collection today. Thanks for the good memories Iron Maiden...
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My first Iron Maiden song was Run to the Hills
 
First song heard: Where Eagles Dare
First single-song video seen: Probably The Trooper
First full album heard: Piece of Mind
First album bought: Piece of Mind and Powerslave (bought them on the same day)
First album bought on release day: Powerslave
First full-length video seen: Live After Death
First video purchased: Live After Death
First vinyl: Piece of Mind and Powerslave (bought them on the same day)
First cassette: Never bought on cassette, always taped the record.
First CD: No Prayer
First release bought multiple times: No Prayer
First Maiden concert: World Slavery Tour -- Houston, TX
First Maiden shirt:  Powerslave shirt
First non-shirt memorabilia: Maiden Headband
First non-clothing memorabilia: If the Eddie's Head set counts, I guess that.  Beyond T-shirts and music, have not bought anything else.
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