I also saw that, very obviously Bruce's and they failed to edit it lol.True, although someone should have noticed that the handwritten lyrics for Moonchild and The Evil that Men Do are not Steve’s!
Apologies, I am a stickler for attention to detail.
Is this the 2.22-2.42 instrumental part, or is it the 2.51-3.00 bit?
Thanks for the breakdown. It sounds like a great book.@Ascendingthethrone I finally unwrapped the book last Saturday. The first impression was "Smells good!" (I love the smell of new books). It is a very heavy coffee table book, although you do not necessarily need a coffee table to enjoy it.
The presentation is great, with a wealth of memorabilia that would satisfy Maiden fans with a deep interest in the band, from technical details about their gig to handwritten lyrics (by Steve and Bruce) or even Bruce's structure for 'Die With Your Boots On'. I was familiar with a number of the photos included, having purchased some of the photo books released by the band over the years, but there are many that are completely new to me. It was also nice to see the band finally acknowledge that Paul Cairns did indeed play on "The Soundhouse Tapes". I have not checked the text to see if other little white lies from the band's past have been addressed though.
I paid £50 for the book at a local independent bookshop and think it is definitely worth that price, so if you have a voucher and can get it cheaper, I'd say "Go for it!".
I would like to add a few comments regarding some of Adrian's guitars. I'll do this chronologically:
Lados weren't used on Powerslave. Powerslave is 100% the Roadstar. Adrian also states in the Ola video that the Lados didn't appear on a record yet.
I'll concede with the fact that there is absolutely no confirmation that a Lado appears on SSOASS (I remember that 1988 Guitar World article - mentions studio-quality effects live) which is why I never mentioned that LP, but he clearly states that Lado appears on Powerslave and Somewhere in Time. Maybe his on and off memory is playing tricks here and there.
I think his memory of those things is quite bad. But knowing how H functioned in the studio between Piece of Mind and SSOASS, he used one guitar on the whole album. Piece Of Mind was Melody Maker and Powerslave was the Roadstar. Or at least a vast majority of it. Shame there are no photos from the sessions.
We all know that Lado was credited/thanked on the linear notes from 1984 to 1988, and Adrian had the new Lados for the 1986 and 1988 tours. Maybe he just giving a shout-out to Lado at the time (June 1987 interview - only one year after the creation on SIT) to maintain some level of relationship with "Joe Lado". From what I understand, there was some fallout business-wise between Joe and the band (and/or band's management), but I didn't hear when that occurred, if it occurred at all. Whatever relationship remained between, was probably completely gone by 1990 (no album credits or live usage after that).
I saw this book on sale in Indigo in the Eaton's Centre in Toronto, for about $80cad. I was close to buying it, but knowing how patchy they are about remembering their own gear, I decided against it. It's laughable that they didn't include Dave's CAR Jackson, he used it for 10 years after all.
Well, the thing is that the HSH Jackson retired all other guitars due to tuning stability. One thing is for sure. Adrian hated the stock Lado tremolos and Rockingers that replaced them and that's why both Lados got Floyded. Black one during the tour and the silver one afterwards.
I wouldn't say it's half-assed. It's good, well-made and compiled, but not brilliant. I say that because it wasn't made for those like me who have all the old out-of-print books like What Are We Doing This For?, but for your average Maiden fan...with $60 to burn. Because of that, yeah, we've seen anywhere from 60-75% of the pictures in it. Also, it's a coffee table book focusing on pictures, so those looking for an in-depth read are going to be disappointed by the quick skim of Maiden's history. I would've liked to see rarer pictures and pre-final Eddie sketches of album/single art, though I did appreciate the handful of pictures of props and sketches we did get.
Tell us more about the Shooman book. I have his Bruce bio which was quite good (I read it in 2009 so can’t recall it very well)
I haven't quite started it yet--had to wrap up the Infinite Dreams book, get other random stuff done this week/weekend, and should be starting Shooman's next week. Of the several new books that have come out to coincide with the 50th, Joe's is the one I was most interested in because like you, I really liked his Dickinson book. And fun fact, he's updated the one you read in 2017, taking it from about 224 pages (according to Amazon's info) up to 400 pages in the new version (called Bruce Dickinson: Maiden Voyage). He had some stories in it that I'd never heard before (like Chris Dale needing a quick flight and Bruce figuring out how to get him where he needed to go), and fresh stories in your typical Maiden bios aren't all that common.
