Normally we would wait for a Blu-ray release but since this is an upgrade from VHS, we won't expect much in the video department. But the new 5.1 mix...
From the band:
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”. Disc one contains the concert which has been specially upgraded
and extended from the existing 1989 longform VHS release and now
includes three previously unreleased encores: Running Free, Run To The
Hills and Sanctuary thereby completing the full concert with a total
running time of 110 minutes .
Maiden’s own Film Producer and Director
Andy Matthews went back to the 1988 edit and painstakingly remastered
each shot digitally; colour correcting and grading to give the image the
best possible look from that time. As well as the VHS stereo sound
track by Martin Birch, the band’s producer between 1981 and 1993, the
DVD also includes a brand new 5.1 audio surround mix by Maiden’s current
producer Kevin Shirley. The concert was meticulously directed and
edited by bass player and founder member Steve Harris, so as to capture
the performance from a fans-eye view of the stage, focusing fully on the
music, the elaborate stage production and the lighting. Add into the
mix an electrifying set list and of course Eddie, and Maiden England now
offers a snapshot of a bygone era in which the band, as they continue
to do today, devote their all in delivering the ultimate live experience
for their fans.
Disc two is an extensive bonus disc featuring an exclusive documentary
charting Part 3 in the History of Iron Maiden. This 40-minute film
comprises recent interviews with the five band members and manager, Rod
Smallwood. Picking up the story in the aftermath of the ‘84/85 World
Slavery tour, this interesting and insightful documentary sees the band
speak candidly about their memories of an exciting and occasionally
turbulent period from which would emerge the albums Somewhere In Time
and Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son. As the Eighties began to draw to a
close, so did another chapter in Maiden’s compelling history.
Other special extras on the bonus disc include Twelve Wasted Years.
First released as a longform VHS in 1987 and available for the first
time on DVD, this documentary runs for 90 minutes and includes archive
interviews and dynamic live footage from the band’s beginnings in the
now legendary Ruskin Arms pub, via London’s Marquee club and three World
Tours. Five promo videos for the singles from the aforementioned albums
are also featured and have been carefully restored and improved upon
from the original films using the very latest software with the audio
remastered in digital stereo.
Manager Rod Smallwood comments “We’ve been busy upgrading this concert
footage for a long time, with our in-house Film Producer and Director
Andy Matthews working tirelessly to weave his magic yet again!. The 1989
VHS video has been largely unavailable for many years and we know how
eagerly our fans have been awaiting the new version so we wanted to give
it the best possible treatment. The current Maiden England World Tour
which continues later this year revisits much of the set list and
production from the initial 1989 VHS release so it will be interesting
to compare just how much has changed in terms of our 2013 live show
production, especially with all the advances in modern technology and
the improvements we’ve been able to make to the set”.
The Maiden England ‘88 concert soundtrack will also be made available
on 2CD album, Limited Edition double vinyl picture disc and Digital
Download formats. The audio had previously only ever been available
before on CD as part of EMI’s 1994 Sound And Vision Series packaged
alongside the VHS, but with two tracks fewer than the video contained.
Can I Play With Madness and Hallowed Be Thy Name were not featured as
there was no space on the 1CD disc. Now with the three encores also
included the double disc offers a total of 5 tracks previously
unavailable on CD making this the first full and complete audio
recording release of this historic tour.
DISC ONE – MAIDEN ENGLAND ’88
setlist:
Moonchild
The Evil That Men Do
The Prisoner
Still Life
Die With Your Boots On
Infinite Dreams
Killers
Can I Play With Madness
Heaven Can Wait
Wasted Years
The Clairvoyant
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
The Number Of The Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Run To The Hills*
Running Free*
Sanctuary*
Moonchild
The Evil That Men Do
The Prisoner
Still Life
Die With Your Boots On
Infinite Dreams
Killers
Can I Play With Madness
Heaven Can Wait
Wasted Years
The Clairvoyant
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
The Number Of The Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Run To The Hills*
Running Free*
Sanctuary*
*previously unreleased.
DISC TWO – THE HISTORY OF IRON MAIDEN PART 3
The History Of Iron Maiden - Part 3
12 Wasted Years
Wasted Years promo video
Stranger In A Strange Land promo video
Can I Play With Madness promo video
The Evil That Men Do promo video
The Clairvoyant promo video
Can I Play With Madness promo video
The Evil That Men Do promo video
The Clairvoyant promo video
source: Iron Maiden
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