continue - ON BOARD FLIGHT 666 book ( the second half about the final frontier tour )

continue from here , as the book is really a monster I have to post twice.
thanks to caspera for informing the book for Kinokuniya KLCC Malaysia is RM129.90 and online checking for Kinokuniya Singapore the book cost S$75.
Mental Conversion rates and clearly Kinokuniya Malaysia is giving a super price compared to the Singapore one, so maybe you guys check it out and also check online prices from Europe/US too before ordering.

the summary pages on the final frontier 2010 and 2011 tours. Actually you can gauge the beauty of this book from this two pages already, so its really a good buy even if you dont like Iron Maiden and think they are crap but just want to see great music & entertainment theme photos of travels and fans worldwide having fun and the band itself off stage and in full action live. Its mostly happiness but also sadness and also the way of living in other places which is so different than us, whether better or worst.



the photo spread showing Maiden rehearsing for this tour is nice


lawa lak selipar Dave Murray haha. Survey beb doran pakai apa... dulu aku tak pakai seluar jeans lois, sekali tengok gambo Dave Murray pakai , ada satu from the backstage photo boleh nampak brand jeans dia pakai (rasa rasa nye la), terus aku pun start pakai seluar jeans lois haha. Tapi dia pakai smart la, aku pakai cam sarung nangka. muahaha.
You know? like the jackfruit cover.
Anyway then I know Lois jeans is originally Spain Espana Sepanyol brand. I think.

l love those " off stage and on stage on the same day " photos in this book. There are a few of them. This is another one of Bruce wearing his shoes and moments later he is flying on stage.



the moscow photos is very nice..
as I like to take photos for fun, this book actually also teach me a lot of things.
So its ok to have slanted " senget " photos haha


Adrian Smith could be even bigger than Brad Pitt, handsome, great guitarist, songwriter and fantastic singer, fashionable trendy and all the making of a hollywood star, but he already has in Maiden fans mind.


final frontier tour section of 2011 using Ed Force One is extra nice because of Iron Maiden playing in South East Asia and makes us no need to travel much which cost alot of money of one two three years hard to earned savings , and needs lots of sacrifices.

and also playing in Singapore and Indonesia finally allow tens of thousands of fans to finally see them live and many of these have been fans for a long time since the early days,
and allow a lot of people to at last bring along their family members, love ones, friends, neighbours, mere aquaintance ( ok I am now exagerating ) to savour Maiden live and see whats the excitment is all about and share the happiness that Maiden brings to people's life, well, at least for myself thats how I feel.



Untung ah kerja kat airport changi dapat sambut2 cam gini cam braders kat atas ni, mau aku golek2 kat tarmac tu siak haha, tak pun mesti hapi siak kalo dapat jadi cleaner vacuum lantai ed force one atau lap2 kerusi buang habuk.
Kejap2 , aku tengah fikir
- selimut, sudu garfu ed force one semua simpan buat souvenir haha. Boleh? nanti tak dapat gi tengok Maiden, duk lock-up siak haha.

Singapore segment, you guys go and check out yourselves if your photos are inside haha. Like I say there are very nice photos of fans for the Singapore show , also the Jakarta show has a few Islamic / Muslim related photos which I will keep my comments to myself, and also Bali also has a lot of nice photos of the fans and the spectacular surrounding of the concert place.

So Marina Bay Sands, ok now I know how it looks like to be inside the rooms looking out at the Singapore skyline, I can only afford to look from far at this expensive place haha. Maybe one day I want to go to the roof-top la jalan-jalan.

Satu malam berapa siak bilik Adrian Smith ni...

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Ooo and I was also here for this show. Tight security with some even have to surrender their belts and buckles. But funny I managed to catch lots of great Maiden action with my digital camera for this show. Ah, the luck of entering the arena using " First To The Barrier " contest haha.




and this also, I was here another intimate show before Maiden play Soundwave Festivals to 40-50 thousands, avoiding all the " raining beer" by the happy happy people around me haha. Lots of things happening I am not aware of the Janick with the bra situation on his guitar until I see the youtube.

and this one also, first time seeing Maiden in a headlining festival set-up, and.... I was also at the Koala Sanctuary. In fact, when I blog about visiting this place, someone replied on the blog post that Steve Harris was also there and I just miss him.
But really its a nice place, it even got a photo in this book. See..



like I say, even if you dont like Maiden, this book got lots to offer in term of what we are as humans. happiness and also sadness.
this is the description of the Japan Earthquake Tsunami and what was happening on Maiden's side before, during and after tragedy as they were about to land in Tokyo.

Without the descriptions and storyline and even timeline, we will not get the full picture of what is happening so its what makes this book so much superior.

the US Jet fighters and NASA Space Shuttle visits is also interesting.






few more









the book's ending has Bruce writting the lyrics of coming home , and he sign off as 'the singer bloke.'




at last finish,


this is the back cover and so I finish viewing the book, and it off it goes joining some of the rest of Iron Maiden proper photo books in my collection.






next, waiting for the book about Deep Purple and Rainbow written by their tour manager for what 30 years? oooooo cant wait. Especially with Whitesnake just playing here.

book review - ON BOARD FLIGHT 666 ( the first half about SBIT Tour ).

Sepeminat-sepeminat Iron Maiden sekian, ( Fellow Maiden fans )

this photo book called On Board Flight 666 with photos and stories by official Maiden photographer John McMurtrie was out in UK on 20 Oct.
I pre-ordered in advance using Amazon UK and I got an attractive discount rate of 14.47pounds, and add shipping of 8.78pounds and I choose the basic Royal Mail. ( yang lain harga terkopak siak ).
I received the book on 27 Oct. I got a feeling Amazon UK posted my book before the official release which is great but to reach me this fast using basic postage is happiness to me.
So unless you Maiden freaks got money to spend, there is no need to choose the so much more expensive 'faster' shipping choice.
On the box, is indicated the weight as 1.75 kilogram. Berat siol.
Hardcover and Huge and about more than 250 pages of about 600 superfantasticmegaawesome photos printed on really quality paper.

So if you guys are waiting for this book to arrive at your local Kinokuniyas or kedai mamak, I dont know whats the cost. If you order online, do take note of the price I paid for the book itself and see if you can get an even better deal because on the book inside flap it list the book price as 25 pounds.

( AS USUAL CLICK ALL PHOTOS TO ENLARGE )
and I like this photo of Japan 2008 of Adrian Smith saluting the crowd and the other photos of this page very much.





I know one way or another you Maiden freaks will try to get this book, so if you want to remain feeling surprised, dont read this post.


Basically the book, is divided into two super segments.


Highlights from
Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008-2009
and
Final Frontier World Tour 2010-2011


with foreward by Iron Maiden singer and the plane pilot itself Bruce Dickinson ( and its a bloody long few pages and fully informative and sometimes technical aspects about everything regarding the Ed Force One which is very deep but interesting )


and also an introduction from the official photographer and author of the book John McMurtrie.


These are some of the pages... So you guys got many different places of both on stage and off- stage photos.
i was here



and many other places are documented worldwide... the twickenham stadium is nice from the stage view.. and lots more, here are some of them..








also the "same day, but different timing" shots means we get to see Maiden members off stage and on stage. We see contrast photos of them jalan-jalan, reading or tying their shoes and the next photo is of the on stage at that same day.
I hope you get what I mean la.



a very tiny portion of the photos we have seen before, in fan club magazines etc, but very little only. Most of those in the book is never seen before.
this photo is very nice...




And on some cases, there are notes or stories that give a clear detail of whats the photos about or the situation behind it.
The serious problems in preparing the shows are very intriguing.







or even airport permit problems that wont allow Ed Force One to take off.


the 'national geographic' stuffs are very nice too...




especially the amazon river segment... I never seen photos or read info about the particular section of amazon river mentioned in this book before.

I wish there were more Dave Murray, in my opinion, Dave has seems like the least photos of him, but when he did appear, his photos in action are very nice..




The Japan Tsunami report of the situation inside Ed Force One and after landing and cancellation of the shows is sad but at same time it allows us fans to get a feel of whats its really like due to the photographer is with them to document it.

This will be on my next review..

So go out and buy it and make Iron Maiden members even the more richer, but fans will be satisfied to flip the book and ogle them haha.




Cannot resist to take photo like this.


to be continued becos the book is damn a lot to talk about la.

spinal tap moment - tv aku meletup masa nengok flight666

smalam, aku ingat aku baru ada time nak menghayati Flight 666 (with fokus) sebelum gi keja kat rumah Spore,
tiba2 baru 10 minit nengok bahagian movie dia, BOOM!! tv punye dalam meletup. Nasib baik screen semua ok ler.
Keluar asap hitam dan pungent smell semua dari belakang tv.
Spinal Tap moment sey. Flight 666 is too HOT!
ok la, tv 200+ ketul je, aku beli kedai bawah blok setahun lebih dah, kot apek kasi dah lama punye kot? tapi heran eh, tv zaman skarang pun boleh meletup keluar asap hitam cam zaman dulu2.


(click all photos to enlarge)

Lawak pun ada...memang nak jadi cerita..
With the accumulation of Flight 666 special edition dvd, 2cd and 2lp, seems like the closing of a full circle for me sejak tahun 2007 bila aku betul2 berazam nak nengok Maiden live pasal aku takut, aku takkan dapat tengok dorang dan aku akan teringat2 je 'bila nak nengok?, bila nak nengok?'.

Actually, aku was planning Bangalore, India for AMOLAD nye tour, ( and I think I express my sorrow of not able to make it at a posting on this same blog about two years back ) tapi aku tak sempat nak save up tu jam huhu.. and aku was like, there goes my only chance in life.




Aku pact ngan better half aku, aku cuba dapat tiket, kalau tiket dah dapat kat tangan, aku akan save up untuk pegi Australia, tiket kapalterbang dan lodging dan buat belanja jalan2 sikit.
She knows how much this means to me, so she goes along with my crazy idea.

Aku jugak ikrar huhu, kalau aku tak dapat kumpul sampai cukup masa, tiket2 konsert ni aku akan frame je sebagai kenangan tak menjadi. sigh.
Tapi tu ah, rezeki, we managed it for a trip of a lifetime especially untuk aku.
A simple trip, complete with instant noodles tapi hey...hidup mesti ukur baju badan sendiri and mesti damn proud of it walau kita tak macam orang lain.



Memang tak sangka, aku dapat pijak kat negeri omputeh, tapi tu la..
So untuk korang yang ada dreams macam aku, nothing is impossible. Nengok korang nye favourite bands ke, nengok favourite football teams korang kat homeground team tu ke, dan apa pun,
Dreams - Van Halen, a very motivating and inspirational song huhu.


Sampai sana, aku siap carik internet, kot2 menang Heaven Can Wait nye contest, boleh kita ho-ho-ho atas stage, tapi tak menang lak haha.
So tu ler, one of the most incredible nights of my life. Tak tahu apa perasan tu jam, nak nangis pun ada huhu.
Paling aku happy, aku tak tahu setlist pasal tu cuma 2nd date tour, dan sangkaan aku betul untuk encore, moonchild, clairvoyant dan hbtn.
I was so happy I guess most of the setlist and the encores right.

Review nanti ah...Aku try to photograph every single item and pages jadi sapa belum tengok atau nak consider dulu sebelum beli boleh cek it out kat multiply pages aku...



Dulu, aku tengok complete tourdates 1980 to 1995 gitu kat buku Best Of The Beast, aku was like, sigh, beratus or ribu dates dan aku satu pun takde haha..
tapi not anymore.