Are there any bootlegs, pictures, videos, setlists, early song titles or anything from this era?
Pre-The Soundhouse Tapes era Iron Maiden
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Forostar
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A few bootlegs which are from the time before The Soundhouse Tapes were released.
However, they were not from before the time The Soundhouse Tapes were recorded (31-12-1978).
http://www.ironmaidencommentary.com/?ur ... link=tours
So you could say, the answer is no.
Though, I know that the song Purgatory was an old song, and it was called "Floating".
And I am sure some old photos must exist.
However, they were not from before the time The Soundhouse Tapes were recorded (31-12-1978).
http://www.ironmaidencommentary.com/?ur ... link=tours
So you could say, the answer is no.
Though, I know that the song Purgatory was an old song, and it was called "Floating".
And I am sure some old photos must exist.
Thanks 
That would be interesting to hear...
From here 
This paragraph, to be exact:
MAIDEN MUSIC MACHINE 79
Forostar said:
This paragraph, to be exact:
MAIDEN MUSIC MACHINE 79
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Ancient Mariner
Another one: Innocent Exile came from an old song called 'Endless Pit', which Steve wrote for the band Influence.Forostar said:
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Stallion Duck said:
Forostar said:
From the Run to the Hills book; it also says that another early version of Innocent Exile was played in Smiler.
I saw that Run To The Hills book in a bookshop some time ago, but I didn't have the money. When I came back, it was already sold 
Is it good?
Is it good?
NightProwler666 said:
It is essential reading for any Maiden fan, because it contains all the necessary facts you need to know if you want to be taken seriously. As for the book itself, I personally wouldn't say it is very good or well-written (though not terrible), and I tend to think of it more as an hagiography than a biography. But when it comes down to it, it is a book about a heavy metal band, and going by those standards it's fine.
Perun said:
How many people here other than you and me know what this word is?
In the strict sense of the word, an hagiography is a biography of a saint. It tells the idealised version of a holy person's life and usually says more about the perceptions of virtue of the time it was written than about the person it claims to portray. In the metaphoric sense, it is a mostly uncritical, idealised biography of anybody (including a metal band) that is cleansed from anything that would make the subject look bad, and also avoids going in-depth on some of the more controversial or unsafe topics.
In that sense, Run to the Hills isn't terrible, it does a good job of tracing the path the band took. But if you expect to read details about Paul or Bruce or Blaze leaving or the Miss Metal incident or why Blaze flipped out in Chile, you will be disappointed. As for myself, I would have preferred to read more about the band as artists, about what influenced them in the songwriting and what had them make certain creative decisions. It has bits of that here and there, but overall I don't feel satisfied. Instead, where there is a drought in things to tell (band records an album. Band goes on tour. Band takes a break. Band records an album... you can't write very much about that), Mick Wall chooses to write about his own opinions on the material. That's fine, I guess, it is his book after all, but I am a critical thinker, I can listen to the music and come up with my own opinions of it. I'd rather know what made them do what they did, and what they have to say about it. You can read about that in a number of interviews, but this book is supposed to gather the information taken from there and save you the tedious work of finding all those interviews and piecing the information together yourself. I don't mind doing that, I am a historian after all, but considering that, the book is an introduction to the band at best.
In that sense, Run to the Hills isn't terrible, it does a good job of tracing the path the band took. But if you expect to read details about Paul or Bruce or Blaze leaving or the Miss Metal incident or why Blaze flipped out in Chile, you will be disappointed. As for myself, I would have preferred to read more about the band as artists, about what influenced them in the songwriting and what had them make certain creative decisions. It has bits of that here and there, but overall I don't feel satisfied. Instead, where there is a drought in things to tell (band records an album. Band goes on tour. Band takes a break. Band records an album... you can't write very much about that), Mick Wall chooses to write about his own opinions on the material. That's fine, I guess, it is his book after all, but I am a critical thinker, I can listen to the music and come up with my own opinions of it. I'd rather know what made them do what they did, and what they have to say about it. You can read about that in a number of interviews, but this book is supposed to gather the information taken from there and save you the tedious work of finding all those interviews and piecing the information together yourself. I don't mind doing that, I am a historian after all, but considering that, the book is an introduction to the band at best.