Welcome to the SAMPLES Section.
Until now I have created 4 files for your enjoyment, with bootlegs by Iron Maiden and Paradise Lost.
I'm also thinking about releasing a Real Audio of Bruce Dickinson having a serious arguments with the Turin audience during the 1993 Italian tour, when he was leaving Iron Maiden; the effect is dramatic, and it seems to be an interesting document of the tension around Iron Maiden at the time. If you like the idea, let me know and I will encode the file as fast as I can.
DISCLAIMER: I do not encourage recording piracy and the like. The files put here come from bootlegs or have very special reasons te be here (like confrontations between originals and overdubs). There is NO WAY I will put any material that can bring people to download full albums. If you like these bands, buy their albums, they deserve it.
| The Trooper | May 1st, 1993 | Rome, Italy | Real Audio (.RA) |  |
| Fear Of The Dark | May 1st, 1993 | Rome, Italy | Real Audio (.RA) | |
| The Evil That Men Do (Overdubbed) | August 22nd, 1993 | Donington, UK | Real Audio 3.0 (.RA) | |
| The Evil That Men Do (Original) | August 22nd, 1993 | Donington, UK | Real Audio 3.0 (.RA) | |
You could probably use some explanations. The third and fourth file on the list are, in truth, the same song recorded in the same place at the same time. So why did I put them on the site? Simple: they are different.
Let's be clear: the first file is what you can also find on Live At Donington, which is an official release and claims to be a full-live, without overdubs. Now, I happened to have bought the bootlegs 5-6 months before the issue of this record (the bootleg is Maiden England, by the famous KTS), so I got another recording of the same songs, and did find a strange difference, or at least the biggest one you could catch in a fast listening. On The Evil That Men Do, Bruce fumbles a bit with the lyrics and misses the start of the first chorus, singing it while the guitars are still on the "build-up"; fun enough, at start I thought it was a conscious thing, since the melody works even better than with the "right" singing. Anyway, if you listen to the official record, Bruce hits everything right, and I don't think he went to a bootleg recorder telling him "Let's redo something before you issue this one".
This leads to why I put the files here, that means two reasons. First: now every fan who has Live At Donington (which is, BTW, great and well produced) can listen to the true song, that is something we had bought the right to listen to purchasing the album. Second: I think it's a right of the fans to know that the album is not a true live, even if it is just a few seconds in a very long concert; I have bought the album (98 Edition) and like it very much, but can't understand the reason for such changes.
BTW, it happened also on Heaven Can Wait from A Real Live One, where the original choir was wiped out during post-production and re-sung. You can easily tell it because the live choir completely messed a note while singing in Steve's microphone (my proof lies in a video of the concert and in a bootleg. Mail me if you are interested and I will encode this also).
| Embers Fire | November 16th, 1993 | Milano, Italy | MPEG Layer 3 (.MP3) | |
| As I Die | November 16th, 1993 | Milano, Italy | MPEG Layer 3 (.MP3) | |