Live After Death
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| Live album & video by Iron Maiden | |||||
| Released | 14 October 1985 (audio) 23 October 1985 (VHS/Betamax) 16 December 1985 (VHD) 21 July 1986 (Laserdisc) 4 February 2008 (DVD) |
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| Recorded | 8, 9, 10 and 12 October 1984, and 14–17 March 1985 | ||||
| Venue |
Long Beach Arena, California Hammersmith Odeon, London (audio only) |
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| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 98:09 (audio) 90:00 (video, approx.) |
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| Label | EMI | ||||
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| Alternative cover | |||||
2008 DVD reissue cover
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com (DVD) |   |
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| AllMusic (VHS) | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10 |
| Kerrang! | 5/5 |
| Kerrang! (DVD) | 5/5 |
| PopMatters | favourable |
| PopMatters (DVD) | 9/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | 5.0/5 |
Live After Death is a live album and video by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, originally released in October 1985 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the US in 2002 on CD and by Universal Music Group/Sony BMG Music Entertainment on DVD). It was recorded at Long Beach Arena, California and Hammersmith Odeon, London during the band's World Slavery Tour.
The video version of the concert only contains footage from the Long Beach shows and was reissued on DVD on 4 February 2008, which coincided with the start of the band's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour. In addition to the complete concert, the DVD features Part 2 of "The History of Iron Maiden" DVD series, which began with 2004's The Early Days and continued with 2013's Maiden England '88, documenting the recording of the Powerslave album and the following World Slavery Tour.
Iron Maiden's World Slavery Tour began in Warsaw, Poland on 9 August 1984 and lasted 331 days, during which 187 concerts were performed To tie in with their 1984 album, Powerslave, the tour's stage show adhered to an ancient Egyptian theme, which was decorated with sarcophagi and Egyptian hieroglyphs, and mummified representations of the band's mascot, Eddie, in addition to numerous pyrotechnic effects. The theatricality of the stage show meant that it would become one of the band's most acclaimed tours, making it the perfect backdrop to their first live double album and concert video.
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