Scream for me Long Beach!!!!!!

[Twinfan]

I've just dug out Live After Death and had it playing constantly last night while I was cleaning the house.  It took me back 20 years to when I discovered it the first time   :D

What a band, what a live video, what a stage!

"I want to be able to go to my hearing Doctor back home in London, and say - Doctor, Long Beach f*cked up my hearing for good, alright?!!!!"

[shobet]

I listened to this a few weeks back after watching Flight666.

[TheIronBeast]

It is their best live album by a long shot. I love Live After Death! It's the tour of my favourite Maiden album too (Powerslave). They are such a great live band too, they always give a solid performance. I've seen them twice but wish I could have seen them back in 1984.

[Antag]

I was lucky enough to actually see them on this tour (Manchester Apollo IIRC).  It was my first ever gig.  My father dropped me at the front door (I was only a nipper) & picked me up afterwards.  Great show.

[Afghan Dave]

That album was where it ALL started for me... I know & love every second intimately.  :D

[Twinfan]

Me too Dave, me too!

[Antag]

I used to spend hours staring at all the tiny photos on the inner sleeves of the record & leafing throught the booklet that came with it (I had the gatefold double-vinyl album - fantastic package) :)

[AndyR]

You're making me feel old guys!! :lol:

Me and my muso chaps saw them on that tour, and, er, we thought it was... umm... a bit boring! :lol:

The crowd were into it and all, but we just felt a bit left behind.

We'd seen them at Reading, the year before I think, when Lemmy and stuff jammed with them, and they were BRILLIANT. (I also saw them with Paul Di Anno, supporting the mighty Priest on the British Steel tour, but that was a little support set, and, to be honest, we didn't didn't think much...)

Anyway, Live after Death came out, I had to get it of course. It was fabulous value, and I thought it was ok... but for me it just didn't match up against the other two big rock live doubles at the time - Talk of the Devil and World Wide Live from Ozzy and the Scorpions, which seemed to have more tunes and songs to my ears.

It's Live after Death that made me realise I'm not really into dugga-dugga-dugga heavy rock/metal... There were some good bits (including "scream for me Long Beach!" :lol:) but they seemed few and far between amongst the riffing ...

So, I'd just about got over the fact that Guns and Roses, who I missed completely, and I regard as "youngsters", seem to have started off many younger people on here... And now I find that the album that turned me off metal is what got some of you, er, "more mature" chaps into music... hence it's making me feel old(er) :lol:

I'm having a few days off at the mo, I promise I shall get that gatefold sleeve double album out and give it a listen and a bit of a fondle tomorrow morning while waiting for the delivery man... who knows, I might see/hear hidden depths...

[TheIronBeast]

As a big Maiden fan, I'm very jealous you saw them with Di'Anno (and Mr. Clive Burr!), Andy!  :lol:

[Philly Q]

Anyway, Live after Death came out, I had to get it of course. It was fabulous value, and I thought it was ok... but for me it just didn't match up against the other two big rock live doubles at the time - Talk of the Devil and World Wide Live from Ozzy and the Scorpions, which seemed to have more tunes and songs to my ears.

All three of those are great live albums!  I'd have to agree about World Wide Live and Talk of the Devil (by far my favourite Ozzy album, generally I much prefer Maiden to the double-O).

[gingataff]

What a coincidence. Me and a work mate were talking about Live after Death on the way home form the pub last night.
It's my favourite Maiden album by a long shot.

[AndyR]

As a big Maiden fan, I'm very jealous you saw them with Di'Anno (and Mr. Clive Burr!), Andy!  :lol:

I even got a drumstick from Mr Burr... and covered in sweat by Mr Harris...

More importantly, I was right at Mr Tipton's feet for possibly one of the best gigs I ever saw, certainly the best metal gig anyway. And it formed my life-long attachment to Judas Priest, through thick and thin, whether I likes me metal or not... :lol:

Iron Maiden were pretty good though. The amount (and type) of kit they had, and the time slot they had, really was "struggling support band"... but watching them, they did feel like an important act somehow. I didn't think much of Steve Harris at the time, he seemed incredibly arrogant and far too up front for a bassist... but on the other hand, he was about all the stage show they had!!

[HTH AMPS]

Live After Death is one of my fave albums - the first section recorded at Long Beach Arena shows the band at the top of their game.  The guitar tones are awesome, really really awesome.

The second part recorded at Hammersmith otoh is really not that great by comparison - shame.

[38thBeatle]

I just watched the Flight 666 doc tonight-great fun to watch. I've never really been a fan but I do respect them and I can see that they love what they do. Long may they continue doing it.

[Frank]

I was lucky enough to actually see them on this tour (Manchester Apollo IIRC).  It was my first ever gig.  My father dropped me at the front door (I was only a nipper) & picked me up afterwards.  Great show.

I was at that gig!

You probably saw me, I was the one with long hair and a denim jacket.