IRON MAIDEN - Soundhouse Tapes EP And More Rare Early Tracks December 1978 - April 1980 - FRA Verne Limited Press - LISTEN - VERY RARE

Limited to 500 copies, a 55-minute black vinyl released in a very attractive, laminated sleeve with nice early photos of the band. The album contains rare, hard-to-find, single, radio or compilation recordings by the band made between December 1978 and April 1980 - just before the release of the debut album! I am from the old school, which values the vocalist Paul Di'Anno more than (otherwise excellent) Bruce Dickinson, and the first two albums will never be beaten by the later titles... Of course the greatest value lies in the tracks from the title, legendary EP "Soundhouse Tapes" (along with the bonus track "Strange World" from the same session) - released privately in 1979 by the band on its own label Rock Hard in a run of 5000 copies and today in perfect condition worth about 2500 euros. In addition plenty of superb recordings have been included, for example the full studio session for BBC radio from November 1979, both tracks from the compilation "Metal For Muthas", the very rare demo version of "Running Free" - known from the German EMI single of 1980. An attractive bonus, not released (like the BBC session) on any official vinyl, is the live version of "Running Free" from the TV programme 'Top Of The Pops' (February 1980) - here in excellent quality. Overall the record sounds wonderful and is a fantastic complement to the band's first two titles! A must! NEW, but not shrink-wrapped.