IRON MAIDEN - Maiden Tokyo 1981 - Top Quality Soundboard Recording - SPA Top Gear Remastered Edition - LISTEN - VERY RARE

In my opinion this is the best concert of Iron Maiden's career! I am from the old school, which values Paul Di'Anno more than Bruce Dickinson, and the first two albums will never be beaten by later titles... The CD, limited to 500 copies, contains a recording of the full performance that took place in Tokyo in May 1981 during the tour promoting the band's second LP, "Killers". During this short, Japanese tour Japanese EMI recorded several concerts (the band played 2 shows a day), of which only this Tokyo (evening) one fortunately reached fans a few years ago (what is more in EXCELLENT QUALITY), professionally mixed and... as if ready for release! Only in 2-3 announcements can you hear slight hiss, mild interference. And since only 5 tracks from the concert in Nagoya (recorded the day before) appeared in summer 1981 on the official maxi single 'Maiden Japan' (EMI) - it is certainly a great treat for fans of old Maiden and the NWOBHM!. So this 80-minute, slightly improved (compared with the earlier version) CD contains very dynamic, yet spacious performances of almost all the tracks from the first two Iron Maiden albums and as a bonus - an excellent Prowler (from the afternoon performance) - unfortunately here in average quality - recorded by someone from the audience. The CD has been adorned with a very rare cover (rejected by EMI as too drastic) showing Eddie holding a severed head... of Paul Di' Anno (who had just left the band) - known only from the Venezuelan edition of 'Maiden Japan' from 1987, worth 600-700 dollars...! Besides that, the booklet contains several nice photos from the Japanese tour. It is an excellent complement to the CD 'Live In New York 1982' released earlier by the Spaniards! An absolute must! (JL)