Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet and Dance Of Death and its Programme Tour Book

Ilmu pengetahuan tu boleh dapat kat mana2.
Ahad lepas ada peluang mendangok kejap kat tempat kerja so aku belek2 sokabar omputeh bahagian ulasan buku.
Skali tu aku nampak ni. There Are More Things In Heaven And Earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Makdatok, ni iron maiden nye intro untuk lagu Dance Of Death bila main live.
OOOhh ni Shakespeare punye ayat rupanya dari Prince Hamlet.
Laaa baru aku tahu.

Dan..ilmu Pengetahuan tu boleh dapat kat mana2, termasuk dalam buku program ni dari tahun 2003 dulu.

And what an exciting find it is. So, as in maintaining with the Dance Of Death theme for this post, I dont know what to share, so I go thru some things and I think you guys who havent seen the Dance Of Death World Tour 2003-2004 Programme Book or Program Book or Tour Book or whatever you call it will find the following insightful.






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I think this Dance Of Death programme book is interesting because it has a lot of informative and educational text, at least for me. It has all the inside stories of making of the Dance Of Death album with all the band members and Kevin Shirley.
Each song has words from the songwriters for that song.


And as you all know Dance Of Death specially has a few songs with such fabulous and historical backgrounds like Montsegur, Paschendale , and even Dance Of Death.
So its really interesting programme book to read thru.







I say it again, Dance Of Death ( the song ) is one of the most fabulous live song ever.
I tell you again, when the show Singapore has the draped changed to the Grim Reaper Eddie and on Janick Gers side was set up an accoustic guitar, it was like the biggest dream come true.
I never expect to see the song played live on the last tour and to see it four times altogether is magic.











This is the backcover...

one nil to the arsenal..one nil to the arsenal..one nil..

Dua benda paling best pernah datang dari London England.
1. Iron Maiden
2. Arsenal

( and come to think of it, both are Red and White ).

- Aku tak dengar band lain takpe, tak tengok band lain takpe, tapi untuk Iron Maiden aku akan cuba yang terbaik aku termampu dan sanggup lakukan.

- Aku tak tengok team bola lain main takpe, takde news team lain takpe. Tapi berita Arsenal aku akan scrutinize, dan jugak dalam favourites list aku akan lawat kat internet ada nak kat 20 websites Arsenal Fans blogs dan discussion forums dan best baca tulisan peminat2 Arsenal terutama mereka yang memang pergi tengok games.


Aku kat rumah takde Astro, takde Starhub, takde MIO TV. Tapi....aku subscribe Arsenal Online.




So Arsenal is coming down to Bukit Jalil Stadium Kuala Lumpur Malaysia again.
I am not sure if we can make it,

but this is how the tickets and training passes looks like. Timing for the training is unsure yet it seems due to the Fasting Month. Arsenal will play Malaysia XI on 24 July 2012 and the training pass is for 23 July 2012.




And...this is the Manchester City Training Pass for the Malaysian 2012 Tour on 29 July 2012 ( waktu belum tahu pasal bulan Puasa ), and a look at how the tickets for the Manchester City vs Malaysia XI on 30 July 2012 looks like.
It would be ""nice"" to see all the Arsenal Ex Players whether they are still players or just team officials.

And to think NA$RI received the loudest applause from about 40,000 Arsenal fans last year. YES, the loudest cheers was all for him the whole night and yes unlike other teams like Man Utd or whatever, the stadium is not fill up to capacity.

antologi - arah perjalanan

Got to get my dose of the latest Malay (heavy) rock music.
Antologi is from Singapore and this is their recently released cd called Arah Perjalanan.
I enjoy this cd (ripped to 320 kbps mp3 to be heard when walking and on public transport ). Its heavy and with enough mixture to entertain me on every song. I am not bored at all when listening thru the eight songs everytime.


Cammana pusing2 pun, ngan aku bertenggek kat porum iron maiden tengok foto2 peminat2 kat amerika snap, baca2 macam2 cerita dorang yang best2 pasal Maiden England tour ni yang nampaknye cam paling best giler,
aku mesti nak kena dengar lagu heavy rock melayu yang terbaru. Dan memang tak menghampakan la album2 band2 rock tempatan masakini. Nanti la satu2 aku cerita eh.

Antologi Arah Perjalanan. Harga 14 ketul. Packaging tip top. Photos and liriks semua.
Kalo korang nak dengar rock melayu yang heavy, melodic, menghiburkan, gitars, Ah ni la dia.
Cam biasa aku jarang sangat dengar siaran radio, so aku tak tahu lagu2 gerek macam kat cd ni dimainkan ke tak.



Lapan lagu.
Antomystica - Intro instrumental.

Arah Perjalanan - Start ngan bunyik tapak kasut.
Aku terutama sangat suka dengar heavy rock kalo ada 'time changes' kat lagu tu yang terperanjatkan aku.
Lagu ni 'time changes' dia kat tengah tu best. Aku suka.

Amuk Si Jebat - mula slow, lepas tu..... I like the lyrics. eg " nama mu jebat, akan tersemat ".
Tak Bisa Ku Terima - slow song, nice. Aku tak skip.

Mat Motor - bukan glorify mat rempit ok, ni ceritakan the good side of Mat Motor. Start ngan bunyik motor , chorus teringatkan aku kat chorus Manowar Hail And Kill tu, pakai sama choir kot. Ada part lagu ni a bit entersandman.
Antologi Trajedi Dunia - Makin dengar, makin aku rasa ni lagu best giler.

Terasing Sepi - slow song, ada part awek yang nyanyi, surprise..., terus buat lagu ni jadi lagi sedap.
Dimensi Dementia - Instrumental yang ubah2. Progresif. Abiskan cd ni on a high note.


Nak dengar lagu melayu yang best2, tak semestinya kat radio dan kat majalah. Kena gi carik sendiri dan try sendiri. Selalunya yang buat sendiri, pandai pandai sendiri tu la yang paling gerekk.

there's just got to be more to it than this.. tell me why do we exist..

yesterday early morning (Singapore time, Malaysia time, even Indonesia time ), on the internet was already posted a photo of a piece of paper with the possible setlist of Maiden England first night in Charlotte USA.

It looks kind of real deal, photo taken by a Security staff or whom, I cant recall, and all that, but then no Infinite Dreams and no Hallowed and with a few unexpected songs. So off I go to do what I got to do, thinking it just cant be true - just because there is no Hallowed. Although I was more wishing for Infinite Dreams to be in there.

By the time I got an internet access again, it was late afternoon here, and the show in Charlotte USA had finish, and so its true, that photo is true.

So my own thoughts,
- So first the sad part, no Killers , and cruelly no Infinite Dreams.
I really hope if I can see Iron Maiden in Malaysia or Singapore or anywhere next year 2013, these two songs are in haha.
These few days beside Antologi Arah Perjalanan, which I will mention next time, I was listening back to this bootleg from 2nd night Hammersmith Odeon 7th December 1988 ( which was about a week after Maiden England was recorded in Birmingham ) called DECEMBER 7th 2008, IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
nice audience recording complete with Sooty chants and of course the complete encores which Maiden England lacks.
On this shows, Infinite Dreams and Killers were back to back....and its a delight to my ears even in noisy crowded places and also on board the trains and buses.





- Secondly, Afraid To Shoot Strangers is inside, so does that mean no next history part?
- Weird, no HBTN. Most unexpected.
- the stage designs are so beautiful.
- Lots of Pyros it seems. Oooo!!!
The first two photos is by this Maiden fan who was at the show is so absolutely awesome. I was just looking at the photos he took and I was like thinking he got the essences right. His photos tell everything.
The two lower ones are the official ones of course.







I wish they would announce the 2013 World Tour dates as soon as possible.
So I can look at the possibilities, the chances and probability and most importantly the cost constraints more clearly. Sleeping at airports again is not a problem at all.


So I really like this very much... Infinite Dreams on the piano.
Most beautiful version of Infinite Dreams. Enjoy, even if you dont like Iron Maiden or not interested in them. This pianist is super supreme.

The Kings Of The Twilight Zone - The book and the triple cd

The early to late nineties was a great period for fans who wanted more and resort to collecting unofficial releases due to the number of properly packaged factory pressed live bootlegs and special releases with fancy packagings.
Nowadays once in a while these items will pop up on the internet, but
a)its either too expensive.
b)or its a pirated copy of an already unofficial release.
So its no more fun.




This is a very nice triple cd unofficial release that comes with a 24 full color pages of info and photos.
Its seldom Maiden bootlegs come with books.
Its called IRON MAIDEN THE KINGS OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.




I will show each page and why I like this release so especially then, when internet was still the dial-up crawling speed and its hard to get anything especially being a Maiden fan in some flung ass of the world.
- The Cambridge Spaceward Studios Demos of 1978.
- the spectacular Bruce Audition Tapes 1981 to get the Maiden job.
- Rehearsals and Demos including Stairway To Heaven
- Bootlegs of interesting live performances up to 1993 including Tush, "Freunde Schones Gotterfunken" and Bruce giving a rousing speech about Frank Herbert writer of science fiction book Dune which ends with Frank Herbert is an arsehole. Also Bruce talks about East and West Germany and Berlin and the border.
- the delightful " I dont know who did this but its a nice mix " Demo Extended Version of Caught Somewhere In Time of 12min 42sec which I tell you I think fool at least a few people back in those days, and I thought this extended version really exist with new undiscovered things, until I got this boxset and I realise but those were the days where things in life is so different ha. It was very fun indeed then exploring Maiden more in depth.

Maiden-World has the details of each track typed, so I just copy from there this following info as I am lazy to type again.
CD 1 Cambridge Spaceward Studios Demo (30-Dec-78)
1. Iron Maiden (3:37) 2. Invasion (2:52) 3. Prowler (3:59) 4. Strange World (4:58) 5. Running Free (2:57) 6. Transylvania (3:51)
Metal For Muthas (24-Oct-79)
7. Wrathchild (3:01)
Top Of The Pops (1980)
8. I've Got The Fire (2:45) 9. Women In Uniform (3:06)
Studio Demo (1980)
10. Sanctuary (4:07)
Bremen Beat Club, Germany (29-Apr-81)
11. Innocent Exile (3:52)
Bruce Audition Tape (Oct-81)
12. Twilight Zone (2:30) 13. Wrathchild (2:53) 14. Killers (5:01)
Rehearsal (Oct-81)
15. Stairway To Heaven (1:49)
Hammersmith, London (20-Mar-82)
16. Murders In The Rue Morgue (3:18) 17. Children Of The Damned (4:31) 18. Total Eclipse (3:54) 19. The Prisoner (4:56)
UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois (30-Sept-83)
20. To Tame A Land (9:05)
Total Time: 77:11
CD 2 Espace Ballard, Paris, France (17-Nov-83)
1. Tush (ZZ Top) (4:18)
Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, Germany (17-Dec-83)
2. The Trooper (4:12) 3. Revelations (6:19) 4. Run To The Hills (4:31)
Studio Demo (1984)
5. Flash Of The Blade (4:02)
Ex-Caserma Ravelli, Arma Di Taggia, Italy (20-Aug-84)
6. Aces High (5:00) 7. 2 Minutes To Midnight (5:54) 8. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (13:43) 9. Powerslave (6:57)
Maroszowy Sp., Katowice, Poland (14-Aug-84)
10. Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:25)
Demo (Extended version, 1986)
11. Caught Somewhere In Time (12:42)
Total Time: 75:08
CD 3 Monsters of Rock, Donington, U.K. (20-Aug-88)
1. Moonchild (5:39)
Stuttgart Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart, Germany (4-Dec-90)
2. The Assassin (4:08) 3. No Prayer For The Dying (5:30) 4. Sanctuary (incl. "Freunde Schones Gotterfunken") (5:22)
Brabanth., Den Bosch, Holland (2-Sep-92)
5. Can I Play With Madness (3:37) 6. Fear Of The Dark (6:57) 7. The Clairvoyant (4:22) 8. Heaven Can Wait (7:01)
Stadth., Bremen, Germany (16-Apr-93)
9. Be Quick Or Be Dead (4:21) 10. The Number Of The Beast (4:49) 11. Remember Tomorrow (6:30) 12. Where Eagles Dare (4:34) 13. From Here To Eternity (3:50) 14. Wasting Love (5:50)
Palasport, Padova, Italy (29-Oct-81)
15. Purgatory (3:29)
Total Time: 76:06

Love the back photo of Blaze Bailey then with Wolfsbane with Iron Maiden in 1990 when Wolfsbane was opening for Maiden. Who would have known three years later...

blaze book and a bootleg from 1998 with seven songs from VXI

Been reading a few books slowly as and when I feel like reading a book, now reading this one..
The part of Maiden times in his life in recruitment and all thru those years is fabulously fantastic and interesting in mixed emotion ways.
One day will come when Maiden will be over, and one of the more long time band member will come out will a tell-all book, but I can wait for that haha.



At The End Of The Day - The Story of the Blaze Bailey Band by Lawrence Paterson. His old drummer.
A unique book as they are together in the band. So I guess all the details in this book have been scrutinized daily then.
Love the dog shit on Blaze shoes on his first visit to Steve Harris house. Laugh out loud funny.

I cannot locate any first edition of this book anywhere, when it first come out few years back I was like prioritizing other things, then its just completely sold out just like a few other rare Blaze limited edition thingys. So here it is the updated version with more up to date stories.

If I got the time, I will tell more about this book, I have not even shared the fabulous Colin Hart book about his experience with Deep Purple and Rainbow even.


So...whats best when reading a book about Blaze Bailey life story then at same time listening to the boots of his time in Maiden.
This is from 1998. Its called
Virtual Light Strikes Over France.
27 April 1998 Zenith Nancy France.



ISNT THIS SETLIST A BEAUTY????
I hope one day we will have another Eddie Archive with this show on it.

SEVEN, yes SEVEN wonderful songs from Virtual XI including Educated Fool, Dont Look To The Eyes Of Stranger which I really love when VXI first came out, When Two Worlds Collide, Lightning Strikes Twice...

Come to think of it, for me the foundation of reunited Brave New World is all here in Virtual XI. So its no surprised of the rumours 4 songs leftoever from VXI period popping up on ....

So this shows the confidence Maiden has on VXI album in playing live. And the songs sounds fabulous live and the audience was great.
It must have an been experience to be at this show with this setlist. I was comparing it with the Japanese show later in the year, and by then the setlist has change quite a bit. Hmmmnn.

One thing I like this bootleg more is also the presence of Murders In The Rue Morgue, which starts immediately without the slow intro.
Another thing is, listening to Bruce times with Maiden playing in France and he will go on and on talking in French, but for Blaze, its more to a few Merci Beaucoup and I think he wish good luck to the then France team for the World Cup.