My first Maiden show was also on the No Prayer tour, Dec. 5th 1990. I´ve seen them around 25 times, four times on the Brave New World tour alone, hahaha.... I have a friend that has seen them way over 100 times, he´s travelling around the globe for them. He´s not even 40 years old, just sick, hahaha! 2005 was the best tour for me, they just played songs of the first four records and Bruce really killed everything I´ve seen from him before and after, almost as good as in 1982. There´s very good quality footage from Rock Am Ring 2005 here on YT. The 2014 tour with the 7th Son stage was very cool as well!
I only saw them twice. Most recently on the "Legacy of the Beast" tour in Buffalo. First time, 1981 with Di'anno (my favourite Maiden singer). Opened for Judas Priest in Toronto. Maiden blew them off the stage. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE JP! It's just they weren't up to par with the "Point of Entry" era.
Holy shit over 100 times, that’s insane & what’s more insane is there’s probably people that are in the 200’s + … man I need to win the lottery haha. I think I’ve watched that, but I’ll look it up again! Take care of those 9 wives hey, no wonder you look tired 🤣😂
I saw them 11 times. Once with Blaze. The first time, Salisbury, Maryland. They opened up for Priest on the Number of the Beast tour. I had back stage passes on the Powerslave tour. I still have the concert shirt with their autographs.
How was the blaze show? I know people slam him, I rather find that era quite interesting, just how he approached the songs and sang them. I always find his era of interest. I got a few official live bootlegs too, they are decent.
@@jameshowe8238 it was a good show. It was in a small venue in Chicago. The X Factor tour. Blaze has a really good voice. In 2021 I bought Blaze’s War Within Me cd. Check it out. It’s awesome. So I went back and listened to The X Factor for the first time and bought it. It’s pretty good. About 2 weeks ago I decided to check out Virtual X1 and after many spins I think that is a really good album. I should have bought them when they were released. Except for Brave New World the 2 Blaze albums are better then anything Maiden has put out in years.
I first saw Maiden on 7th Son tour and being in the UK we were lucky enough to get Killers dropped in the set. Possibly my favourite moment at a gig ever.
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 they were pretty good. The main thing I remember was the vocalist coming on stage on a tiny kids tricycle. Looked hilarious. They had a couple of decent lps as I remember. One was Dirty Weapons I think
I probably already posted when I saw Iron Maiden: 1983, 1988, 2022. The 1983 Piece of Mind concert ticket was only $15. General Admission. That’s my favorite IM concert. And Saxon and Fastway played too. 🤘🇬🇧
Alright Mate , I saw Maiden open for Priest with D'ianno way back in time or even somewhere in time. The Powerslave Tour was out of this World. Seen them many times and will again when they come to Birmingham in July. Totally off subject gave Savatage a listen and liked it , so your chanel is doing great work across the pond as well as the wild lands of Canada. Keep on Rockin in the free world.
I saw IM live for the first time in 1984! That legendary concert in Warsaw,in the Torwar Sports Hall,this was the venue where they started their world tour.I was there with my father,I will never forget that day.
I only own one live album from Maiden and that is Live After Death. I don't know why I haven't bought more but I want that Rock In Rio next. Thanks again Darcy.
I have seen Maiden live 7 times, The Beast on the Road in '82 was the first tour of Australia, first with Bruce & the last with Clive, World Slavery Tour in '84 came to my home town in a small venue definately my 2 fav tours.
Hey Darcy, The first time I saw Maiden live was also on No Prayer on the Road. From the album they played 7 songs, the 5 you mentioned and the assassin, and hooks in you. The song die with your boots on has been played live in 2003 during the Give me Edd till I am dead - tour, and in 2005 during the Early Days Tour. Live After Death is a great live album but Bruce is struggling from time to time. He is more shouting instead of singeng. His best live performances are on Beast over Hammersmith, and Rock in Rio, IMHO. The setlist of the last live album Nights of the Dead was great. But For the Greater Good of God doesn't work live. And I think the long songs from Senjutzu was suffer the same problem live on next tour, the future past tour, based on Senjutzu and Somewhere in Time. Greeting from Belgium PS: this summer I will visite Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Quebec and the waterfalls)
I think I may have only 3.33 live Maiden albums: 1. Live After Death (1985) 2. Rock In Rio (2002) 3. A Real Live One (1993) 3.33. Best of The B'Sides (2002; includes live versions of Blood On The World's Hands, The Aftermath, Futureal, and Wasted Years '99) * The History of Iron Maiden Part 1: The Early Days (2004)(DVD includes Live at The Rainbow 1981, Beast Over Hammersmith 1982, Live In Dortmund 1983, and Live at The Ruskin) Just remember: 666 and 333 when added and reduced equals 9, the true number of the beast.
I just watched the Beast Over Hammersmith show again tonight, love that one! Great choices for your Top 2, must haves for sure! Thanks as always 🤘 Cheers Kevin
Great ranking Darcy! I feel lucky enough to have seen Iron Maiden once, in 2018. Would love to see them one more time before they call it quits. I have The book of souls; Live chapter, haven't ever listened to it. However I have seen Flight 666 because my dad has the DVD! I read up about a lot of these for the Iron Maiden stream I did at the start of the month, the Rock in Rio and Maiden England are pretty legendary, but nothing compared to Live after death! Has to be considered THE greatest live album of all time, I'm not a huge live album guy but I must own that one right!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Live After Death will always be my number 1 for sentimental reasons. We wore the VHS tape out back in the day. Flight 666 is the one that I think sounds the best. 🤘
For me it will always be Live After Death! And the extended 2CD edition makes it even better!Not to mention the fact that this album has the best cover illustration in the entire IM catalog!
I've only seen them twice. 1st. Time was in 1984 for the POWERSLAVE tour. And then in 1988 SEVENTH SON tour. And LIVE AFTER DEATH is my personal favorite live album of all times. Verygood video rankings Darcy.🙂🤘🍺
I saw Maiden about 13 times. My first concert was Iron Maiden World Slavery Tour in Toronto. Best moment was in 1996, when me & a friend of mine got backstage passes, met the band and got up on stage when they did Heaven Can Wait. Years that I saw Maiden 84, 86, 90, 96, 00, 03, 06, 08, 10, 12, 14, 18, & 22.
Live after Death is always gonna be top for me .First saw Maiden on the Somewhere in Time tour in 86 and then again in 1990 .. Would be great if there was some Dianno and Blaze live stuff in the archives...And would of been great if there was some Somewhere in Time tour material in the archives as well... Hopefully will get the chance to see them one more time...
Nice ranking Darcy! Maiden live is an awesome experience. I’ve seen them 5 times here in Sweden, and every show was amazing. Here is my ranking of official Maiden live albums. I’m gonna include the EP ”Maiden Japan” with Paul on vocal. ”The BBC Archives” is great but includes both livetracks and studiotracks from different tours and bandmembers and therefore I’m not gonna include that one in my ranking. 1. Beast over Hammersmith 2. Live after death 3. Maiden Japan 4. Maiden England 5. Rock in Rio 6. En Vivo! 7. Death on the road 8. The book of souls; live chapter 9. Nights of the dead 10. Flight 666 11. A real live one 12. A real dead one 13. Live at Donington Hard to do this ranking, but the first five have always been at the top, and the last three have always been at the bottom. Take care!🤘
Hi Darcy!!! just for the record, Maiden is an institution down here.... i have seen them 5 or 6 times and every time they get bigger and bigger, the first one was with Blaze in 96 after they "couldn't perform" here a couple of years earlier still with Bruce..... fast forward to the reunion tour, btw some snipets are taken from the show in Santiago prior to Rock in Rio. In my list will have a special place the one they recorded here "En Vivo". cheers and Up the Irons
Live after Death is not only my favourite Maiden live album, but my fav live album of all time... and my favourite Eddie. Maiden England is my second fav as it is the tour for my fav Maiden album. Rock In Rio is so good as well... the amount of people there is crazy, it definitely captured the excitement of having Bruce and Adrian back. Great ranking Darcy!
Can’t argue with that list! I love their performance of “the Talisman” in the En Vivo DVD! My first Maiden show was in 98 on the Virtual X1 tour in Hamilton, ON. Dio opened. It was lean times for metal back then. Only half of the arena was used. I’ve seen Maiden 15 times since and they never disappoint. I’m like you , I’ll buy whatever they put out. Love em! 🍻 Cheers. I always enjoy you thoughts/opinions.
Such a great live band. Will probably never get to see them. Anyways, i have those live albums to enjoy. A live Maiden release is usually a must buy in my books. Great video as always Darcy 👍 🤘 🍻.
Some many great live albums to choose from. I really enjoy Death on the Road, Maiden England and Beast Over Hammersmith. I also really like their BBC sessions which came in that silver box years ago. It'd awesome if they reissued A real live dead one or Live at Donington on vinyl. I have a feeling we may have another live album coming out once this Future Past tour is done.
Can’t argue with any of those picks, Somewhere Back in time was the first time I ever saw them as they didn’t tour Newfoundland lol, and Live After Death is a absolute masterpiece indeed
Cool idea I don't have some of those DVDS I have the Rock in Rio cd and Beast over Hammersmith on Eddie's Archives. I do like Live at Donnington from 1993! Saw Maiden in 2003 with Dio and Motorhead! Great video!
My ultimate favorite live album is Rock in Rio. The band are sounding fantastic and the roar of the crowd is just nuts! The band, play a pretty tight set here and just kills it! Lots of power! Live After Death is a fun listen as well. Again, I still feel Bruce jabbers too much during live shows. Then again, I've seen them live 4 times. Once in Winnipeg at the MTS Centre for their Maiden England Tour in 2013. I like the official bootleg of Killers tour with Dianno. That album is killer raw and a good listen!
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 absolutely! Definitely shoulder to shoulder crowd. Would have been a killer show!! Have you heard the recent iron maiden digipak remasters? If so, what are your thoughts?
Sorry for the late reply James, yes I have the whole set of the newest remasters. I had to have them for the Maiden collection & I thought they looked cool lol. Sound wise I find them a little muddy compared to my original CDs , but I will say they sound much better than the 1998 versions.
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 hey Darcy! I had high hopes for these, I thought the booklets were plain and simple, straight to the point. They weren't the mash up mess that the 98 reissues had of 10,000 photos in each booklet, lol. Anyway, packaging was OK at best, of course, had to buy them all. I listened close and could here pops here and there and some flaws. They do sound muddy and not breathable. Piece of Mind really had some flaws, like someone kept bumping the table while spinning their vinyl. The 95 issues sound pretty good! The 98 issues sound too loud. The newest reissues sound turned down or not bright. Now....the digital apple music edition of the new remasters sound pretty damn good!! I've heard them All and I don't hear any flaws. Very clear! Check em out if you want
My first Maiden show was in 87 for somewhere in Time in Atlanta. I was 13 and my dad took me. I didn't see them again until the reunion tour for brave new world. That was the only 2 times I've seen them but my God those two were great.
I think it’s awesome you got to go with your dad, I had to beg my parents to take me to my first big show, Judas Priest Defenders Tour ‘84. Thanks for watching 🤘 Up The Irons
My list would be very similar to this. Death on the road is essential but overlooked. I still need beast over hammersmith. I would probably have nights of the dead instead of flight 666. That album grew on me. Love the set list so much, love sign of the cross and the clansman.LAD absolutely number 1. Great list and now I’ll be spinning some live maiden and trying to find beast over hammer smith for a decent price 😂. Up the irons brother. 👊🏻
Live after death is Maiden on fire......I've seen them about 12 times ,once with Blaze and going to see them again in June in Glasgow.........love Running Free from Maiden England 🤟
Saw them headlining the Monsters Of Rock festival at Castle Donington during their Seventh Son Tour (Maiden England)... best day of my life 20th of August 1988.
I've only seen maiden once - 6th August 2018 at Manchester arena on the legacy of the beast tour. I'd just seen Alice cooper at Leeds arena in November 2017 which was and my dad picked me up from school a few days later and told me that iron maiden had announced a UK tour for the following summer and that he'd book tickets on Friday. I only knew phantom of the opera and the trooper and wasn't super into them but I went along because I thought it'd be fun to go see another concert. My dad got tickets and lent me his cd of live after death so I could become more familiar with them. I didn't get far into the cd because I had a short attention span but the first three tracks I heard (aces High, 2 minutes to midnight and the trooper) were enough to get me hooked. He then bought the dvd for live after death and I was absolutely hooked. August came around and maiden didn't disappoint and is still one of the best shows I've been to. Was gutted to miss out on them last year as somewhere in time is my favourite album of all time but unfortunately tickets sold out too quick but we managed to book tickets for the show in Ireland next year as we're doing it as a special occasion for my 18th.
That’s great to hear that you got tickets, I’m very happy for you! Live After Death is one of my favourite live albums of all time, every song they play is awesome! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment 🤘 Cheers from Canada
Hi Darcy great video I've seen them 3 times to and seeing them again in July it's latest album and somewhere in time stuff there doing I saw no prey for the diying to but a few months before you did lol
I hope the Future Past Tour makes it out my way, I’ll have to travel to either Edmonton, Calgary or Winnipeg I’m sure. It will be cool to hear some deep tracks played live from Somewhere In Time. Thanks as always Martin 🤘 Have a great week
I wish maiden would release the full live show from what the maiden Japan ep is took from that would be a super cool document for the dianno era and there's gotta be some blaze live shows lurking in the vault?!
I saw Maiden the first time as Headliner of the Monsters of Rock at the end of the Powerslave World Tour together with 55.000 and being lucky of standing close to the stage (thank God I was young, could'n do it these days). It made me a Maiden Fan, before their Studio Albums were to softly and thin sounding for me as I was more into the growing Extreme Metal sound but that show blow my mind with their musicianship and virtuosity and how they filled the stadium with their songs....... Saw them since 6-7 times and most enjoyed them the last few times in Berlin on the Waldbühne, a stage which is build like an old Greek Theater where the rows grow high and they curve around the sound stage. It is always sold out with about 12.000 and everybody has a great view and sound and the atmosphere of this close bucket of energy is amazing. Maybe 1-2 more times until they retire or get too old to be as good as they still are today. I don't care if AC/DC tours or not or has a new album or if the Stones have their 45th good bye tour anniversary, when Maiden ends, something of me will end as well and the World of Rock will have lost something that cannot be compensated.
Thanks for the awesome comment! Your right, I’ll feel the same way when bands like Iron Maiden & Judas Priest call it a day. Thanks for watching 🤘 Greetings from Canada
Lovin you're beer there man! Niiiice!. Got the 'Book of Souls' live about a year ago (on vinyl) a quality live album. Was impressed. Always quality from ya six strings! Ha. Cheers bud 👍🤘
Back in the day… live albums were something I really didn’t care for… & then I heard ‘Live After Death’ & something changed! To this day… it is still probably the most played live album in my collection!🤘🏻
Live After Death is my favorite Live album, period! That album cover is one of the best also! Flight 666 is one of their best, the documentary is what got me back into Maiden after the Blaze years. That’s a great video & album. I finally got see them this past October in Washington DC on the Legacy of the Beast Tour. I took my wife and daughter with me, they had a blast. Those guys still put on one hell of a show🤘
Great ranking Darcy and all top quality releases you picked regarding set lists and sound quality. Glad they gave the Hammersmith show a proper release as it's such a great set. Death on the road is a bit of a dark horse album, in their live catalogue. Shame the Legacy live album was poor quality sound as that had the potential to be right up there with the best of them.
I saw maiden on the Piece of Mind tour, I think Grand Prix were the support, I have all the official live cds and dvds, plus a boot of A matter of life and death tour from sweden.
I heard that bootleg from the A Matter Of Life & Death Tour is pretty good! I’m not against bootlegs I’m just scared to go down that road 😂 Cheers Stephen
Wow how many live Maiden albums are there 😝 13 you said 🤯 I think I have heard 4 and own 3. Live After Death is the goat 🐐 for the album and the artwork 🤘🤘
Live After Death definitely checks all the boxes. I remember blasting the shit out of that cassette cruising around in my mom’s ‘77 Monte Carlo thinking I was cool 🤣 Cheers brother
1. Beast Over Hammersmith 2. Flight 666 3. Rock in Rio 4. Live After Death 5. A Real Dead One 6. BBC Archives .66 Live After Death [VHS] I've probably watched the VHS of LAD more than I listened to the album even though I got both when they came out. My first show was Iron Maiden/W.A.S.P. in 1985 on the World Slavery Tour. So, I don't dislike LAD, it's just that the video was always closer to what the show actually was for me. I've seen Maiden a total of eight times. I've seen them every time they've come to my area except twice. One of those was with Blaze in '98 and the other was in '03. I had a lot of shit going on then so I probably didn't even know about the show. It was Iron Maiden/Dio/Motorhead so I definitely would've gone if I knew about it. I'm actually pissed I looked that up. I did see them in Las Vegas once which was cool. Keep up the good work!
Haha I have Live After Death on VHS too, I’m just too lazy to dig it out of storage! I’m sure it’s mixed in with a shit ton of hockey cards lol. Love your #1, I watched that show again last night! Thanks as always my friend 🤘 Have a great week
I know the music is what we should focus on, but we all have certain expectations with Iron Maiden. Look at this The Future Past Tour, just incredible!! Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
My ranking for the live albums is 12 - a real live one 11 - a real dead one 10 - en Vivo 9 - book of souls live chapter 8 - nights of the dead 7 - live at Donnington 6 - death on the road 5 - maiden England 4 - live after death 3 - rock in Rio 2 - beast Over Hammersmith 1 - flight 666
When will you do the Black Sabbath ranking? I'm so looking forward to that. Live Maiden? Early stuff mostly. Gets too redundant after 2000. "Maiden Japan" needs an official re-release.
You can't beat a Maiden ranking video, whatever the topic! That Cloudy Milder does a lot of Maiden videos but he talks a lot of crap so I wouldn't listen to him. I much prefer one show (or single venue if recorded over multiple nights) live albums rather than the best of tour albums they do (I got negative feedback for ranking Flight 666 low, so guess I'm in the minority, DVD is brilliant though!). Maiden and Anthrax at the same show, I would have been in my element! I've only seen them once(!) but will be again this June, can't wait! you got me pulling Death On the Road to listen to next. Great ranking, #1 was inevitable!!
I wish Maiden would bring out a more compatible opening act these days, but I get they can do whatever the f#%k they want lol. Who’s opening in June when you see them ? My evening is set too, I have En Vivo dvd cued up ready to go 🤘 Cheers Andy
I certainly don’t mind a good live album, but I get more enjoyment out of actually watching the concert. I am hoping they reissue all the live dvd/blu-ray’s in a box set at some point. Thanks as always my friend 🤘 Have a great week :))
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 I agree, I enjoy watching them more as well. I just get some whiskey and watch them with my cousin when ever he's over for a visit.
It’s fantastic! I use to have it on cassette years ago, I think it was lost in a move! I’m hoping it gets reissued soon, I’d love to get it on vinyl! Love that album cover! Cheers Eddie 🤘
Saw maiden twice. Somewhere back in time tour and then the tour after that one where Dream Theater opened up for them (don’t remember the name of the tour). Maiden is a band you need to see live to truly appreciate them because I feel the studio albums don’t do them justice in my opinion.
I think it’s a good live album, also like the fact that they played 6 new songs. I really like the version of Wasted Years, i never get tired of that song. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
maiden should have 2 different setlists for each tour. swap out 1/3rd of each set for plan B every other night. my fav setlist i saw live was the first leg of final frontier, where they only played el dorado, mostly stuff from bnw, dod and amolad. the best performance, and show overall i saw was the 2015 book of sould show. easily the best show i've seen them put on. as for live releases, bruce was in terrible form on live after death (the video....the casette/LP/cd versions are heavily repaired/overdubbed in the vocals-you can clearly hear the edit points). hammersmith 82 and rock on rio 2001 are the only live maiden records you need. here's a fun drinking game.....take a shot every time you wince at bruce's performance on maiden england....if you're not HAMMERED by the middle of hallowed alone, you're tone deaf. i can't believe they greenlit that release, let alone the full show reissue.
Thanks very much! I have nice long sleeve Tapping The Vein shirt on the way & the vinyl reissue, I’m very excited for that. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
I've seen Maiden in Japan 3 times. Saw them for No Prayer at Long Beach also and other gigs. Total of 13. Couldn't catch them this last September in Japan because I'm a full time farmer and the gig was a bit far from my town. Will catch them on the next tour. Will have workers on the farm then. Up the Irons mate.
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 I've been here for 23 years. If he is ever out here again, I and my family can host him on the homestead. Nice meeting you also.
My first Maiden show was also on the No Prayer tour, Dec. 5th 1990. I´ve seen them around 25 times, four times on the Brave New World tour alone, hahaha.... I have a friend that has seen them way over 100 times, he´s travelling around the globe for them. He´s not even 40 years old, just sick, hahaha! 2005 was the best tour for me, they just played songs of the first four records and Bruce really killed everything I´ve seen from him before and after, almost as good as in 1982. There´s very good quality footage from Rock Am Ring 2005 here on YT. The 2014 tour with the 7th Son stage was very cool as well!
I only saw them twice. Most recently on the "Legacy of the Beast" tour in Buffalo. First time, 1981 with Di'anno (my favourite Maiden singer). Opened for Judas Priest in Toronto. Maiden blew them off the stage. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE JP! It's just they weren't up to par with the "Point of Entry" era.
Holy shit over 100 times, that’s insane & what’s more insane is there’s probably people that are in the 200’s + … man I need to win the lottery haha. I think I’ve watched that, but I’ll look it up again! Take care of those 9 wives hey, no wonder you look tired 🤣😂
I saw them 11 times. Once with Blaze. The first time, Salisbury, Maryland. They opened up for Priest on the Number of the Beast tour. I had back stage passes on the Powerslave tour. I still have the concert shirt with their autographs.
Amazing😃👍
11 times wow that’s awesome & so cool that you still have the autographed shirt 🤘 Cheers Charles
How was the blaze show? I know people slam him, I rather find that era quite interesting, just how he approached the songs and sang them. I always find his era of interest. I got a few official live bootlegs too, they are decent.
@@jameshowe8238 it was a good show. It was in a small venue in Chicago. The X Factor tour. Blaze has a really good voice. In 2021 I bought Blaze’s War Within Me cd. Check it out. It’s awesome. So I went back and listened to The X Factor for the first time and bought it. It’s pretty good. About 2 weeks ago I decided to check out Virtual X1 and after many spins I think that is a really good album. I should have bought them when they were released. Except for Brave New World the 2 Blaze albums are better then anything Maiden has put out in years.
@@jameshowe8238 Saw Iron Maiden with Blaze twice.Good show twice.😄👍
I first saw Maiden on 7th Son tour and being in the UK we were lucky enough to get Killers dropped in the set. Possibly my favourite moment at a gig ever.
I would of loved to see them on that tour, do you remember who opened ? Thanks for stopping by 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 in the UK we got some of your fellow Canadians, Killer Dwarves
Killer Dwarfs not a household name but I love them haha.
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 they were pretty good. The main thing I remember was the vocalist coming on stage on a tiny kids tricycle. Looked hilarious. They had a couple of decent lps as I remember. One was Dirty Weapons I think
Yes that’s my favourite album from them, also check out Stand Tall
I probably already posted when I saw Iron Maiden: 1983, 1988, 2022. The 1983 Piece of Mind concert ticket was only $15. General Admission. That’s my favorite IM concert. And Saxon and Fastway played too. 🤘🇬🇧
Still waiting for the Iced Earth ranking.
Alright Mate , I saw Maiden open for Priest with D'ianno way back in time or even somewhere in time. The Powerslave Tour was out of this World. Seen them many times and will again when they come to Birmingham in July. Totally off subject gave Savatage a listen and liked it , so your chanel is doing great work across the pond as well as the wild lands of Canada. Keep on Rockin in the free world.
I saw IM live for the first time in 1984! That legendary concert in Warsaw,in the Torwar Sports Hall,this was the venue where they started their world tour.I was there with my father,I will never forget that day.
What a awesome memory to have with your father :))
I only own one live album from Maiden and that is Live After Death. I don't know why I haven't bought more but I want that Rock In Rio next. Thanks again Darcy.
I have seen Maiden live 7 times, The Beast on the Road in '82 was the first tour of Australia, first with Bruce & the last with Clive, World Slavery Tour in '84 came to my home town in a small venue definately my 2 fav tours.
I’m jealous of that ‘82 show, I love that lineup! Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
Hey Darcy, The first time I saw Maiden live was also on No Prayer on the Road. From the album they played 7 songs, the 5 you mentioned and the assassin, and hooks in you. The song die with your boots on has been played live in 2003 during the Give me Edd till I am dead - tour, and in 2005 during the Early Days Tour.
Live After Death is a great live album but Bruce is struggling from time to time. He is more shouting instead of singeng. His best live performances are on Beast over Hammersmith, and Rock in Rio, IMHO.
The setlist of the last live album Nights of the Dead was great. But For the Greater Good of God doesn't work live. And I think the long songs from Senjutzu was suffer the same problem live on next tour, the future past tour, based on Senjutzu and Somewhere in Time.
Greeting from Belgium
PS: this summer I will visite Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Quebec and the waterfalls)
I think I may have only 3.33 live Maiden albums:
1. Live After Death (1985)
2. Rock In Rio (2002)
3. A Real Live One (1993)
3.33. Best of The B'Sides (2002; includes live versions of Blood On The World's Hands, The Aftermath, Futureal, and Wasted Years '99)
* The History of Iron Maiden Part 1: The Early Days (2004)(DVD includes Live at The Rainbow 1981, Beast Over Hammersmith 1982, Live In Dortmund 1983, and Live at The Ruskin)
Just remember: 666 and 333 when added and reduced equals 9, the true number of the beast.
I just watched the Beast Over Hammersmith show again tonight, love that one! Great choices for your Top 2, must haves for sure! Thanks as always 🤘 Cheers Kevin
It took me ages to see Maiden live, saw them twice since then. I still got my copy of Live after Death on Vinyl, loving it🤘
Great ranking Darcy! I feel lucky enough to have seen Iron Maiden once, in 2018. Would love to see them one more time before they call it quits. I have The book of souls; Live chapter, haven't ever listened to it. However I have seen Flight 666 because my dad has the DVD!
I read up about a lot of these for the Iron Maiden stream I did at the start of the month, the Rock in Rio and Maiden England are pretty legendary, but nothing compared to Live after death! Has to be considered THE greatest live album of all time, I'm not a huge live album guy but I must own that one right!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Live After Death will always be my number 1 for sentimental reasons. We wore the VHS tape out back in the day. Flight 666 is the one that I think sounds the best. 🤘
For me it will always be Live After Death! And the extended 2CD edition makes it even better!Not to mention the fact that this album has the best cover illustration in the entire IM catalog!
I love that album cover, damn I miss Derek Riggs!
I've only seen them twice. 1st. Time was in 1984 for the POWERSLAVE tour. And then in 1988 SEVENTH SON tour. And LIVE AFTER DEATH is my personal favorite live album of all times. Verygood video rankings Darcy.🙂🤘🍺
I saw Maiden about 13 times. My first concert was Iron Maiden World Slavery Tour in Toronto. Best moment was in 1996, when me & a friend of mine got backstage passes, met the band and got up on stage when they did Heaven Can Wait. Years that I saw Maiden 84, 86, 90, 96, 00, 03, 06, 08, 10, 12, 14, 18, & 22.
Live after Death is always gonna be top for me .First saw Maiden on the Somewhere in Time tour in 86 and then again in 1990 .. Would be great if there was some Dianno and Blaze live stuff in the archives...And would of been great if there was some Somewhere in Time tour material in the archives as well... Hopefully will get the chance to see them one more time...
Nice ranking Darcy! Maiden live is an awesome experience. I’ve seen them 5 times here in Sweden, and every show was amazing. Here is my ranking of official Maiden live albums. I’m gonna include the EP ”Maiden Japan” with Paul on vocal. ”The BBC Archives” is great but includes both livetracks and studiotracks from different tours and bandmembers and therefore I’m not gonna include that one in my ranking.
1. Beast over Hammersmith
2. Live after death
3. Maiden Japan
4. Maiden England
5. Rock in Rio
6. En Vivo!
7. Death on the road
8. The book of souls; live chapter
9. Nights of the dead
10. Flight 666
11. A real live one
12. A real dead one
13. Live at Donington
Hard to do this ranking, but the first five have always been at the top, and the last three have always been at the bottom. Take care!🤘
Hi Darcy!!! just for the record, Maiden is an institution down here.... i have seen them 5 or 6 times and every time they get bigger and bigger, the first one was with Blaze in 96 after they "couldn't perform" here a couple of years earlier still with Bruce..... fast forward to the reunion tour, btw some snipets are taken from the show in Santiago prior to Rock in Rio. In my list will have a special place the one they recorded here "En Vivo". cheers and Up the Irons
Live after Death is not only my favourite Maiden live album, but my fav live album of all time... and my favourite Eddie. Maiden England is my second fav as it is the tour for my fav Maiden album. Rock In Rio is so good as well... the amount of people there is crazy, it definitely captured the excitement of having Bruce and Adrian back. Great ranking Darcy!
Can’t argue with that list! I love their performance of “the Talisman” in the En Vivo DVD! My first Maiden show was in 98 on the Virtual X1 tour in Hamilton, ON. Dio opened. It was lean times for metal back then. Only half of the arena was used. I’ve seen Maiden 15 times since and they never disappoint. I’m like you , I’ll buy whatever they put out. Love em! 🍻 Cheers. I always enjoy you thoughts/opinions.
Such a great live band. Will probably never get to see them. Anyways, i have those live albums to enjoy. A live Maiden release is usually a must buy in my books. Great video as always Darcy 👍 🤘 🍻.
Oh yeah anything Maiden is on auto buy here 🤑 Just the way it is haha
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493Weird because both of us are cautious spenders when it comes to music 😂😂😂.
Some many great live albums to choose from. I really enjoy Death on the Road, Maiden England and Beast Over Hammersmith. I also really like their BBC sessions which came in that silver box years ago. It'd awesome if they reissued A real live dead one or Live at Donington on vinyl. I have a feeling we may have another live album coming out once this Future Past tour is done.
Oh yeah a Future Past Tour live album will be coming & hopefully a concert dvd too! Hope everything is going good your way Steve 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
Can’t argue with any of those picks, Somewhere Back in time was the first time I ever saw them as they didn’t tour Newfoundland lol, and Live After Death is a absolute masterpiece indeed
What do you mean they didn’t tour Newfoundland 🤣 WTF were they thinking!
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 they couldn't find it!
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 lol cheers buddy
Cool idea I don't have some of those DVDS I have the Rock in Rio cd and Beast over Hammersmith on Eddie's Archives. I do like Live at Donnington from 1993! Saw Maiden in 2003 with Dio and Motorhead! Great video!
My ultimate favorite live album is Rock in Rio. The band are sounding fantastic and the roar of the crowd is just nuts! The band, play a pretty tight set here and just kills it! Lots of power! Live After Death is a fun listen as well. Again, I still feel Bruce jabbers too much during live shows. Then again, I've seen them live 4 times. Once in Winnipeg at the MTS Centre for their Maiden England Tour in 2013. I like the official bootleg of Killers tour with Dianno. That album is killer raw and a good listen!
I just can’t imagine being in the middle of that crowd, I like people but not that many lol. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers James
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 absolutely! Definitely shoulder to shoulder crowd. Would have been a killer show!! Have you heard the recent iron maiden digipak remasters? If so, what are your thoughts?
Sorry for the late reply James, yes I have the whole set of the newest remasters. I had to have them for the Maiden collection & I thought they looked cool lol. Sound wise I find them a little muddy compared to my original CDs , but I will say they sound much better than the 1998 versions.
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 hey Darcy! I had high hopes for these, I thought the booklets were plain and simple, straight to the point. They weren't the mash up mess that the 98 reissues had of 10,000 photos in each booklet, lol. Anyway, packaging was OK at best, of course, had to buy them all. I listened close and could here pops here and there and some flaws. They do sound muddy and not breathable. Piece of Mind really had some flaws, like someone kept bumping the table while spinning their vinyl. The 95 issues sound pretty good! The 98 issues sound too loud. The newest reissues sound turned down or not bright. Now....the digital apple music edition of the new remasters sound pretty damn good!! I've heard them All and I don't hear any flaws. Very clear! Check em out if you want
My first Maiden show was in 87 for somewhere in Time in Atlanta. I was 13 and my dad took me. I didn't see them again until the reunion tour for brave new world. That was the only 2 times I've seen them but my God those two were great.
I think it’s awesome you got to go with your dad, I had to beg my parents to take me to my first big show, Judas Priest Defenders Tour ‘84. Thanks for watching 🤘 Up The Irons
My favourite is the flight 66 concert I love the raw heavy sound and the great set list.
Great choice, I love that one too! Thanks as always for watching & commenting 🤘 Cheers Marty
My list would be very similar to this. Death on the road is essential but overlooked. I still need beast over hammersmith. I would probably have nights of the dead instead of flight 666. That album grew on me. Love the set list so much, love sign of the cross and the clansman.LAD absolutely number 1. Great list and now I’ll be spinning some live maiden and trying to find beast over hammer smith for a decent price 😂. Up the irons brother. 👊🏻
Live after death is Maiden on fire......I've seen them about 12 times ,once with Blaze and going to see them again in June in Glasgow.........love Running Free from Maiden England 🤟
The Future Past Tour 😂 shit now I remember! That’s awesome your going, I hope they get to Canada in ‘23. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers Aaron
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 I'm sure Maiden will rock into Canada in the near future bud.....up the irons 🏴
I’ll be there 🤘
Maiden coming to Canada my friend
@@aarondeighton7938 Any dates announced yet ?
I would agree with you as the ranking goes as there all good
Saw them headlining the Monsters Of Rock festival at Castle Donington during their Seventh Son Tour (Maiden England)... best day of my life 20th of August 1988.
I've only seen maiden once - 6th August 2018 at Manchester arena on the legacy of the beast tour. I'd just seen Alice cooper at Leeds arena in November 2017 which was and my dad picked me up from school a few days later and told me that iron maiden had announced a UK tour for the following summer and that he'd book tickets on Friday. I only knew phantom of the opera and the trooper and wasn't super into them but I went along because I thought it'd be fun to go see another concert. My dad got tickets and lent me his cd of live after death so I could become more familiar with them. I didn't get far into the cd because I had a short attention span but the first three tracks I heard (aces High, 2 minutes to midnight and the trooper) were enough to get me hooked. He then bought the dvd for live after death and I was absolutely hooked. August came around and maiden didn't disappoint and is still one of the best shows I've been to. Was gutted to miss out on them last year as somewhere in time is my favourite album of all time but unfortunately tickets sold out too quick but we managed to book tickets for the show in Ireland next year as we're doing it as a special occasion for my 18th.
That’s great to hear that you got tickets, I’m very happy for you! Live After Death is one of my favourite live albums of all time, every song they play is awesome! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment 🤘 Cheers from Canada
Hi Darcy great video I've seen them 3 times to and seeing them again in July it's latest album and somewhere in time stuff there doing I saw no prey for the diying to but a few months before you did lol
I hope the Future Past Tour makes it out my way, I’ll have to travel to either Edmonton, Calgary or Winnipeg I’m sure. It will be cool to hear some deep tracks played live from Somewhere In Time. Thanks as always Martin 🤘 Have a great week
I wish maiden would release the full live show from what the maiden Japan ep is took from that would be a super cool document for the dianno era and there's gotta be some blaze live shows lurking in the vault?!
Great video Darcy, my first and only time seeing them was 20 years ago at Download in the UK
I’m glad you got to see them, I’m hoping you get to see them at least one more time! Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers my friend
I saw Maiden the first time as Headliner of the Monsters of Rock at the end of the Powerslave World Tour together with 55.000 and being lucky of standing close to the stage (thank God I was young, could'n do it these days). It made me a Maiden Fan, before their Studio Albums were to softly and thin sounding for me as I was more into the growing Extreme Metal sound but that show blow my mind with their musicianship and virtuosity and how they filled the stadium with their songs....... Saw them since 6-7 times and most enjoyed them the last few times in Berlin on the Waldbühne, a stage which is build like an old Greek Theater where the rows grow high and they curve around the sound stage. It is always sold out with about 12.000 and everybody has a great view and sound and the atmosphere of this close bucket of energy is amazing. Maybe 1-2 more times until they retire or get too old to be as good as they still are today. I don't care if AC/DC tours or not or has a new album or if the Stones have their 45th good bye tour anniversary, when Maiden ends, something of me will end as well and the World of Rock will have lost something that cannot be compensated.
Thanks for the awesome comment! Your right, I’ll feel the same way when bands like Iron Maiden & Judas Priest call it a day. Thanks for watching 🤘 Greetings from Canada
Lovin you're beer there man! Niiiice!. Got the 'Book of Souls' live about a year ago (on vinyl) a quality live album. Was impressed. Always quality from ya six strings! Ha. Cheers bud 👍🤘
Mmmmmmm beer 🍻 Cheers my friend
Back in the day… live albums were something I really didn’t care for… & then I heard ‘Live After Death’ & something changed! To this day… it is still probably the most played live album in my collection!🤘🏻
Live After Death is my favorite Live album, period! That album cover is one of the best also! Flight 666 is one of their best, the documentary is what got me back into Maiden after the Blaze years. That’s a great video & album. I finally got see them this past October in Washington DC on the Legacy of the Beast Tour. I took my wife and daughter with me, they had a blast. Those guys still put on one hell of a show🤘
They got the songs. Never bought anything.
I did buy a tribute cd. Fun listen.
1st time I saw Maiden was at Radio City in Manhattan in Jan 85. Queensryche opened. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Great ranking Darcy and all top quality releases you picked regarding set lists and sound quality. Glad they gave the Hammersmith show a proper release as it's such a great set. Death on the road is a bit of a dark horse album, in their live catalogue. Shame the Legacy live album was poor quality sound as that had the potential to be right up there with the best of them.
I saw maiden on the Piece of Mind tour, I think Grand Prix were the support, I have all the official live cds and dvds, plus a boot of A matter of life and death tour from sweden.
I heard that bootleg from the A Matter Of Life & Death Tour is pretty good! I’m not against bootlegs I’m just scared to go down that road 😂 Cheers Stephen
@Darcy Six Strings Nine Lives Yes its good sounding from a radio broadcast, they played amolad in its entirety.
Wow how many live Maiden albums are there 😝 13 you said 🤯 I think I have heard 4 and own 3. Live After Death is the goat 🐐 for the album and the artwork 🤘🤘
Live After Death definitely checks all the boxes. I remember blasting the shit out of that cassette cruising around in my mom’s ‘77 Monte Carlo thinking I was cool 🤣 Cheers brother
1. Beast Over Hammersmith
2. Flight 666
3. Rock in Rio
4. Live After Death
5. A Real Dead One
6. BBC Archives
.66 Live After Death [VHS]
I've probably watched the VHS of LAD more than I listened to the album even though I got both when they came out. My first show was Iron Maiden/W.A.S.P. in 1985 on the World Slavery Tour. So, I don't dislike LAD, it's just that the video was always closer to what the show actually was for me.
I've seen Maiden a total of eight times. I've seen them every time they've come to my area except twice. One of those was with Blaze in '98 and the other was in '03. I had a lot of shit going on then so I probably didn't even know about the show. It was Iron Maiden/Dio/Motorhead so I definitely would've gone if I knew about it. I'm actually pissed I looked that up. I did see them in Las Vegas once which was cool.
Keep up the good work!
Haha I have Live After Death on VHS too, I’m just too lazy to dig it out of storage! I’m sure it’s mixed in with a shit ton of hockey cards lol. Love your #1, I watched that show again last night! Thanks as always my friend 🤘 Have a great week
I agree when I saw the magnificent seventh tour the you get no prayer on the road was a really drawn back at the time was hard to understand.
I know the music is what we should focus on, but we all have certain expectations with Iron Maiden. Look at this The Future Past Tour, just incredible!! Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
cheers from Portugal
My ranking for the live albums is
12 - a real live one
11 - a real dead one
10 - en Vivo
9 - book of souls live chapter
8 - nights of the dead
7 - live at Donnington
6 - death on the road
5 - maiden England
4 - live after death
3 - rock in Rio
2 - beast Over Hammersmith
1 - flight 666
When will you do the Black Sabbath ranking? I'm so looking forward to that. Live Maiden? Early stuff mostly. Gets too redundant after 2000. "Maiden Japan" needs an official re-release.
Great live album 1985 i have it on CD now. But live in Japan 1981 EP 4 songs thats a killer
You can't beat a Maiden ranking video, whatever the topic! That Cloudy Milder does a lot of Maiden videos but he talks a lot of crap so I wouldn't listen to him. I much prefer one show (or single venue if recorded over multiple nights) live albums rather than the best of tour albums they do (I got negative feedback for ranking Flight 666 low, so guess I'm in the minority, DVD is brilliant though!). Maiden and Anthrax at the same show, I would have been in my element! I've only seen them once(!) but will be again this June, can't wait! you got me pulling Death On the Road to listen to next. Great ranking, #1 was inevitable!!
I wish Maiden would bring out a more compatible opening act these days, but I get they can do whatever the f#%k they want lol. Who’s opening in June when you see them ? My evening is set too, I have En Vivo dvd cued up ready to go 🤘 Cheers Andy
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 i looked them up and can't remember, they were that memorable lol
Metallica ? 😂🤣
With the exception of Beast Over Hammersmith, I have all of these concerts on DVD as well. I would say Maiden England is my favorite Iron Maiden DVD.
I certainly don’t mind a good live album, but I get more enjoyment out of actually watching the concert. I am hoping they reissue all the live dvd/blu-ray’s in a box set at some point. Thanks as always my friend 🤘 Have a great week :))
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 I agree, I enjoy watching them more as well. I just get some whiskey and watch them with my cousin when ever he's over for a visit.
You had me at whisky haha
My favs are Beast over Hammersmith, Maiden Japan, Rock in Rio & Death on The Road 🤘
All excellent choices! Thanks as always Thomas 🤘 Hope your having great weekend :))
HELL YEAAA!!!!!! More MAIDEN!!!!!
Great comment!! You can never have too much Maiden right lol. Up The Irons 🤘
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 Up the Irons indeed!!! 🤘
Darcy , what about Maiden Japan ?
It’s fantastic! I use to have it on cassette years ago, I think it was lost in a move! I’m hoping it gets reissued soon, I’d love to get it on vinyl! Love that album cover! Cheers Eddie 🤘
It's called the future past tour. Can't wait for them to announce North American tour.
Of course 2 seconds after I finished recording it comes to me haha, never fails! I’m definitely going if they come anywhere near me 🤘 Cheers Dustin
Saw maiden twice. Somewhere back in time tour and then the tour after that one where Dream Theater opened up for them (don’t remember the name of the tour).
Maiden is a band you need to see live to truly appreciate them because I feel the studio albums don’t do them justice in my opinion.
The DT tour was The Final Frontier World Tour. They opened for Maiden in Dallas as well.
Beast over Hammersmith is my favourite as it has clive who is my favourite drumming
He was an awesome drummer! R.I.P. Clive 🤘
Off the Seventh Tour they left out The Prophecy and Only the Good Die Young.
"If I had a ni'el for every time I've seen I'on Mai'en I'd be a rich man..."
Yeah but you’re much happier now 😂 Cheers Kevin
What about the "The Book of Souls: Live Chapter" album?
I think it’s a good live album, also like the fact that they played 6 new songs. I really like the version of Wasted Years, i never get tired of that song. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 are you planning to get it on vinyl soon. I'm missing it as well. Cheers from India ☺️🤘🏽
I have it on vinyl 👍
maiden should have 2 different setlists for each tour. swap out 1/3rd of each set for plan B every other night. my fav setlist i saw live was the first leg of final frontier, where they only played el dorado, mostly stuff from bnw, dod and amolad. the best performance, and show overall i saw was the 2015 book of sould show. easily the best show i've seen them put on. as for live releases, bruce was in terrible form on live after death (the video....the casette/LP/cd versions are heavily repaired/overdubbed in the vocals-you can clearly hear the edit points). hammersmith 82 and rock on rio 2001 are the only live maiden records you need. here's a fun drinking game.....take a shot every time you wince at bruce's performance on maiden england....if you're not HAMMERED by the middle of hallowed alone, you're tone deaf. i can't believe they greenlit that release, let alone the full show reissue.
Love that Sodom shirt.
Thanks very much! I have nice long sleeve Tapping The Vein shirt on the way & the vinyl reissue, I’m very excited for that. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 Cheers from Japan.
I've seen Maiden in Japan 3 times. Saw them for No Prayer at Long Beach also and other gigs. Total of 13. Couldn't catch them this last September in Japan because I'm a full time farmer and the gig was a bit far from my town. Will catch them on the next tour. Will have workers on the farm then. Up the Irons mate.
Very nice to meet you 🤘 My son just spent a bunch of time in Japan, he did 500km on e-bike. Tokyo, Gunma & Tochigi, he loves it there!
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 I've been here for 23 years. If he is ever out here again, I and my family can host him on the homestead. Nice meeting you also.
New Overkill album-awesome!!!! New Metallica album- ....Meh.
I think meh is bring generous lol. Cheers Piotr 🤘