by gofromjrocknyc
March 28, 2013 03:49 pm ·
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iron maiden | maiden england ‘88 (2013)

I’VE LOVED THIS CONCERT FOR YEEEEEARS.

But alas, visually, the DVD transfer is barely an improvement over the VHS i’ve worn out: Steve Harris’ decision to record this show to tape instead of film twenty-five years ago was a bad one.

It means colors will continue to feel washy and bleedy, while the details will never attain crispness. And forget an HD version someday.

No, if you’re buying this, it should mainly be for the 5.1 mix, not for the picture quality.

There’s also three extra songs — “Run to the Hills,” “Running Free,” and “Sanctuary” — but we’ve already got at least half a dozen different live versions of those tracks, and these renditions are entirely unspecial.

Bummer.

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by gofromjrocknyc
March 3, 2013 01:55 pm ·
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ironmaiden.com:

I’EMI are proud to announce the highly anticipated release of the Double Disc DVD MAIDEN ENGLAND ‘88 on 25 March. Now available for the very first time on DVD, this live show was filmed across two sold-out nights at Birmingham N.E.C Arena, UK in November 1988 during the band’s “Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son World Tour”. 

The Maiden England ‘88 concert soundtrack will also be made available on 2CD album

Bought this at a Sam Goody in a suburban mall on VHS for $26.95 or some INSANE KID PRICE in 1989, before I owned any Maiden albums (or even a CD player).

But I liked Def Leppard and Metallica (“Sugar” and “One” were all over the MTV) and all the kids with older brothers or sisters seemed to think Maiden should be my next stop.

I watched this tape every day after school for a year. Or more.

I wish Maiden England was coming out on bluray, but I’ve already pre-ordered the dvd on Amazon. 

Up. The. Irons. : )

Edith, Hellrider, and Dadmonster pose for a photograph. In Botswana, heavy metal music has landed. Metal groups are now performing in nightclubs, concerts, festivals. The ranks of their fans have expanded dramatically. These fans wear black leather pants and jackets, studded belts, boots and cowboy hats. On their t-shirts stand out skulls, obscenities, historical covers of hard-rock groups popular in the seventies and eighties, such as Iron Maiden, Metallica, and AC/DC. They have created their own style, inspired by classic metal symbolism, but also borrowing heavily from the iconography of western films and the traditional rural world of Botswana. Their nicknames, Gunsmoke, Rockfather, Carrott Warmachine, Hellrider, Hardcore, Dignified Queen, may appear subversive and disturbing as their clothing, but they are peaceful and gentle. “We like to get dressed drink, meet friends and feel free, this music is so powerful. We are lucky to live in a country tolerant and open,” argues one of the leaders. A precious rarity for Africa. © Daniele Tamagni, Italy, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards http://m.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/02/the-2013-sony-world-photography-awards/100454/ Always proud to hear about metal spreading to new places. :)
by gofromjrocknyc
February 14, 2013 04:58 pm · 26
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Edith, Hellrider, and Dadmonster pose for a photograph.

In Botswana, heavy metal music has landed. Metal groups are now performing in nightclubs, concerts, festivals. The ranks of their fans have expanded dramatically.

These fans wear black leather pants and jackets, studded belts, boots and cowboy hats. On their t-shirts stand out skulls, obscenities, historical covers of hard-rock groups popular in the seventies and eighties, such as Iron Maiden, Metallica, and AC/DC.

They have created their own style, inspired by classic metal symbolism, but also borrowing heavily from the iconography of western films and the traditional rural world of Botswana. Their nicknames, Gunsmoke, Rockfather, Carrott Warmachine, Hellrider, Hardcore, Dignified Queen, may appear subversive and disturbing as their clothing, but they are peaceful and gentle.

“We like to get dressed drink, meet friends and feel free, this music is so powerful. We are lucky to live in a country tolerant and open,” argues one of the leaders. A precious rarity for Africa.

© Daniele Tamagni, Italy, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards

http://m.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/02/the-2013-sony-world-photography-awards/100454/

Always proud to hear about metal spreading to new places. :)