Everyone seems to think there's a second guitar player on that recording, and no one is making any argument of it being anyone other than Paul Cairns that I can see.
Who could be the other guitarist in your opinion?
Baztac:
May I ask some questions about:
http://maidenrelations.webs.com/timeline.htm
Are you planning to go pre-1978 as well?
Would you give sources for the events that happened on this timeline? At least for the events which deviate from official channels. I think that would enrich the site a lot.
Anyhow, I find this a very interesting project.
For what it's worth, Paul Di'anno confirms that Paul Cairns played on the Soundhouse Tapes:
http://legacyproject.co.uk/paul di'anno interview iron maiden ex-vocalist talks about all his bands plus the soundhouse tapes missing member credit.html
Some of his statements in the past have had to be taken with a grain of salt, and maybe not too much weight should be put on this. I would have liked to see a follow-up question by the interviewer about why Cairns would not have been credited, but whatever.
That makes a lot of sense, but it's still odd that the guy didn't even think of asking him.
Indeed. On the other hand, what could have Paul possibly replied apart from "You should ask Steve and Rod about that"?That makes a lot of sense, but it's still odd that the guy didn't even think of asking him.
Martin Birch was Marvin the Starfish when he was drunk, buddy, not Melvin.