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CD vyšlo v rámci edice The First Ten Years 26. 2. 1990
Obsahuje dva původní singly (nikdy předtím nevyšly na CD) + bonus
Purgatory
Původní datum vydání: 15. 6. 1981
Singl při příležitosti vydání alba: Killers
Produced by Martin Birch
Illustrations: Derek Riggs
Maiden Japan
Původní datum vydání: 14. 9. 1981
Singl při příležitosti vydání alba: Killers
Track 3 - 6 produced by Iron Maiden & Doug Hall
Track 7
produced by Nicko McBrain
Group photograph taken in Tokyo by Hiro Ohno. All live shots taken by Rod Smallwood in Nagoya.
All track recorded live at the Nenkin Hall, Nagoya, on May 23 1981
Mixed at Nimbus 9, Toronto
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Sestava
Steve Harris - baskytara, vokály
Dave Murray - kytara
Paul Di'Anno - zpěv
Clive Burr - bicí
Adrian Smith - kytara
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Seznam skladeb
1. Purgatory (Harris)
2. Genghis Khan (Harris)
3. Running Free - live (Harris, Di'Anno)
4. Remember Tomorrow - live (Harris, Di'Anno)
5. Killers - live (Harris, Di'Anno)
6. Innocent Exile - live (Harris)
7. Listen With Nicko! Part III
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Texty
Purgatory (Harris)
Thinking of an age old dream
Places I have never seen
Fantasies lived times before
I split my brain melt through the floor
Over clouds my mind will fly
Forever now I can't think why
My body tries to leave my soul
Or is it me I just don't know
Memories rising from the past
The future's shadow overcast
Something's clutching at my head
Through the darkness I'll be led
Oh another time another place
Oh another smile on another face
When you see me floating up beside you
You get the feeling that all my love's inside of you
Please take me away, take me away, so far away
Please take me away, take me away, so far away
Please take me away, take me away, so far away
Thinking of an age old dream
Places I have never seen
Fantasies lived times before
I split my brain melt through the floor
Over clouds my mind will fly
Forever now I can't think why
My body tries to leave my soul
Or is it me I just don't know
Memories rising from the past
The future's shadow overcast
Something's clutching at my head
Through the darkness I'll be led
Oh another time another place
Oh another smile on another face
When you see me floating up beside you
You get the feeling that all my love's inside of you
Please take me away, take me away, so far away
Please take me away, take me away, so far away
Please take me away, take me away, so far away
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Genghis Khan (Harris)
Instrumental
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Running Free (Harris, Di'Anno)
Paul: I want you to sing for me!
Just sixteen a pickup truck, out of money out of luck
I've got nowhere to call my own, hit the gas and here I go
I'm running free yeah! I'm running free
I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free
Spent the night in an L.A. jail and listened to the sirens wail
They ain't got a thing on me, I'm running wild I'm running free
I'm running free yeah! I'm running free
I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free
Pulled her at the Bottle Top, whisky dancing disco hop
Now all the boys are after me and that's the way it's gonna be
I'm running free yeah! I'm running free
I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free
Paul: Thank you once again, good night!
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Remember Tomorrow (Harris, Di'Anno)
Paul: Alright, we're gonna slow down a little bit now. This is a song from the first Iron Maiden album. This one, I wanna hear you clapping all along to. It's a song called 'Remember Tomorrow'.
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday's sorrows tomorrow's white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire
Tears for remembrance and tears for joy
Tears for somebody and this lonely boy
Out in the madness the all seeing eye
Flickers above us to light up the sky
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday's sorrows tomorrow's white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire
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Killers (Harris, Di'Anno)
You walk through the subway his eyes burn a hole in your back
A footstep behind you he lunges prepared for attack
Scream for mercy he laughs as he's watching you bleed
Killer behind you his blood lust defies all his needs
My innocent victims are slaughtered with wrath and despise
The mocking religion of hatred that burns in the night
I have no one I'm bound to destroy all this greed
A voice inside me compelling to satisfy me
I can see what a knife's meant to be
And you'll never know how I came to foresee, see, see
My faith in believing is stronger than lifelines and ties
With the glimmer of metal my moment is ready to strike
Death call arises a scream breaks the still of the night
Another tomorrow remember to walk in the light
I have found you and now there is no place to run
Excitement shakes me oh God help me what have I done?
Ooh yeah I've done it again!
You walk through the subway my eyes burn a hole in your back
A footstep behind you he lunges prepared for attack
Scream for mercy he laughs as he's watching you bleed
Killer behind you my blood lust defies all my needs
Oooh look out I'm coming for you
Hahahahahah!
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Innocent Exile (Harris)
Paul: Alright, this is a song also from the Killers album. This is one all about somebody who's been wrongly accused of doing something. This is a song called 'Innocent Exile'!
My life is so empty nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion 'cause I defied the law
When you weren't there to help me I lost my mind and ran
I never had no trouble before this all began
My life is so empty nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion 'cause I defied the law
When you weren't there to help me I lost my mind and ran
I never had no trouble before this all began
I'm running away, no where to go
I'm lost and tired and I just don't know. Yeah...
They say I killed a woman they know it isn't true
They're just trying to frame me and all because of you. Yeah...
Oh I'm running...
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Listen With Nicko! Part III
<snore>....<snore>....
<Someone else>: Hey Nicko, wake up the tape's rolling...
Ah! ok now, well! What you doing letting me go to sleep now? Yeah, ah! Did you say the tape's rolling? Well look here, I mustn't... I can't go to sleep in the studio... time costs money don't it, you know what I mean. It's what she said last night... Hahahaha! Yes, she cleaned me out, she did, I tell ya. Don't tell the wife though... be in you know proverbial shit creek without a paddle, or should I say without the old pussy. Ooh ooh! You know, no nookie for a year, watch out. Might not even have any nookie ever, 'cause she'll probably chop my head off. Hmmm, yeah, that's a bit... that's a thought... gotta watch out.
Anyway! Lucky you, welcome to "not a lot of people knew that, or know that, or even still don't know it – notes number three". Ding! Love it! 'Purgatory' and 'Genghis Khan' are in your proud possession. And you have probably just had an assortment of audible boosting out of those speakers right into your lug holes. And you've also got 'Killers', 'Innocent Exile', 'Remember Tomorrow' and 'Running Free'... Maiden Japan. Released 14th of September 1981, that little lot was... We'll get to that in a minute.
Anyway, 'Purgatory', eh, 'Genghis Khan'... well the boys, didn't they...they had the only non-top-50 single ever? Where was I? Hmm. Anyway! Well that's enough of that. Uuuh, released the 15th of June, 'Purgatory' and 'Genghis Khan' were, or was, hmm. And it's just been released again, hasn't it? 'Cause you are the proud owner of it, and you're listening to me again... oh no, they say... oh no... ten sick toads to bail me out... oh no, it's Nicko... Ohhh! Well look here, it's a little bit of trivia for you on this one. I know that not alot of people know this, 'cause I even didn't know this, and I'll admit this... I did not know this, alright. I'll say it again, I did not know this. 'Purgatory' was originally called 'Floating', hmm, and it was part of Iron Maiden's live show between '76 and '77, would you believe! It was originally played at a very much slower tempo than what is being played at on you know past excursions, so to speak. Well, Steve... he likes to play a little bit faster, he does, see... likes it oooh, and I like that too. And he decided... he said to the band, "look, I like uh... you know... I like this song, you like it too don't ya?" They said "sure"... well they had to, didn't they? And uh, Hahaha! So, anyway they rearranged it and beefed it up for the Killers album, and c'est la vie, or as it is, c'est quoi, or say what, there it is. 'Purgatory'. As it happens, at the right tempo... boom! Love it! 'Cause Steve... you know, there's certain songs that are written... we'll get onto that later on, there's a little story I'll tell you about that too.
But uh, here you go, 'Genghis Khan'... that was sort of a filling song, if you like. It was written on short notice... that's why it's a short song! Hahahah! Stupid idiot. Maiden discovered they were short of a song on the Killers album. So, they sat down and sort of went, "here, let's think of something." And it was given a working title of 'Jenkin's Barn'... God knows why, 'Genghis Khan'... 'Jenkin's Barn'... I suppose it rhymes, doesn't it? Anyway, I dunno, soppy sod... works in mysterious ways, this music business, don't it? Anyway, the sleeve for the Purgatory single was originally the Number Of The Beast album art work. And the band decided it was too good to keep for the... you know... too good to keep! It was best..it was too good so they wanted to keep it... <slaps himself> ...ooh, wake up! They wanted to keep it for the next album... Cor, that hurt. Dave, what'd you do that for, man? Anyway... they wanted to keep it for the next album, 'cause it fitted perfectly with the old NOB. Well, now look, let's rephrase that... NOB being an abbreviation for Number Of The Beast. Now we'll get into that later on right so. Number Of The Beast, yes. And, it felt... you know... Steve had this song with him and... "yeah... that's what we'll do, we'll keep this art work for the album." So Derek did a new Eddie and he did the Eddie-devil sleeve for the single which you all know, which you're standing looking at, or sitting looking at, or lying on the floor or on top of your missus or she's on top of you, looking at it... I don't know what you're doing but but you're having it in your hand, ain't ya? No, the sleeve, silly! The sleeve! Right! Now as I said, it didn't make the top... it didn't get over 50... it got chart position 52. As I said, where was I? It'd been up number one and all... ahhm, nevermind. Ah, hahaha, Jesus.
Anyway! Maiden Japan! What can you say about this? This actually was recorded on the band's very first Japanese tour. And uh, the actual Japanese version of this record was titled Heavy Metal Army and there was no equivalent words in the Japanese language for "Maiden Japan". I would have thought they just should have said it <Japanese accent> "Maiden Japan" and called it that! Well nevertheless. This was the last Maiden release to feature Paul Di'Anno, as we know. What a great singer, he was with the band for quite a few years, many, you know, quite a number of years, a few years there. But Paul went on to different pastures, green and blue and white and yellow, whatever they were. Um, but any... oh, by the way on the Japanese sleeve it says "pray roud". Hahaha, Jeez! Pray roud! It don't take a degree in English science to work that one out, does it? Eh? Does it? What do you mean what does it mean? PRAY ROUD! Right, that's enough of that. Anyway, by the way, Rod took all the photographs for this band... uh, for this single, the single you know, all the live shots uuh...for the Maiden Japan. And he went down, he went down the old duh duty free racket market, you know like <Japanese accent> "ooh aah, you give me money, ooh, think of me Rod-san, you can have this!" So anyway, he bought a Cannon camera on the cheap, as usual. And actually this is definitely where Ross got his inspiration from... I mean what can I say, Rod actually astounded the photo world with his prowess behind the lens. What a great... what a c... what a cracker! What a cracker. Anyway, by the way, one little point... this got to number 43 on the charts, this Maiden Japan, released 14th of September 1981, and again if I said it already, to f'king bad.
Now. Oh yes, this is a joke for ya: if the answer to the question is "my cock robin", what's the question? "What's that... in my arse Batman?" Hahahahah!
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