The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days
| The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days | ||||
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| Video by Iron Maiden | ||||
| Released | 8 November 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1980–83 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 4:30:00 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Director | Matthew Amos | |||
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| Kerrang! | 5/5 |
The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days is a DVD video by Iron Maiden, released in 2004. It features the first part of The History of Iron Maiden series, a 90-minute documentary which describes their beginnings in London's East End in 1975 through to the Piece of Mind album and tour in 1983. The second part of the series was included on disc 2 of the Live After Death DVD release in 2008. The set also features a large collection of rare videos and concert footage, as well as interviews with former members such as Paul Di'Anno, Clive Burr, Dennis Stratton, Dave Sullivan, Terry Rance, Doug Sampson, Ron Matthews, Terry Wapram and Bob Sawyer.
The DVD won a 2004 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for Home Video/DVD of the Year.
The Early Days was met with critical acclaim, with AllMusic describing it as "A masterpiece."Classic Rock gave the DVD 5 out of 5, calling the live footage "fascinating," while stating that "the tales of Maiden's early birth pains are utterly compelling."Kerrang! also gave it full marks, describing the feature documentary as "a brilliantly realised and completely absorbing ride from the downtrodden boozers of East London to the heady heights of a Number One album and massive world tours" and the concerts as "magnificently rendered to DVD," overall deeming the release "Awesome and unmissable."
(90 minutes)
Feature-length documentary.
(20 minutes)
Rare TV documentary from 1981
(45 minutes)
(40 minutes)
In addition, the DVD set includes a photo gallery featuring more than 150 pictures, images and artwork, full tour listings, discography and tour programmes.
Production and performance credits are adapted from the DVD liner notes.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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