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.

Megadeth returns etc etc etc etc

Few things..firstly,

Megadeth is back again in South East Asia.. at last.
I am not up to date on their latest music. So it would mean some exploration on the internet haha. But the song 13 is slow and nice. I just dont have the motivation to really listen to the rest, just some browsing thru when their new cd comes out last year.

Megadeth Singapore 2007 United Abominations Tour 26th October 2007 was very interesting cause its the first time I saw them live so I dont know what to expect.
Its just that they were very good but Black Sabbath Heaven And Hell the following night were just so superior to me that the memory of that few days belong to Ronnie Dio, Toni Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice.

I got to search back the bootleg I taped for that show. I dont where I put all the old tapes. Maybe I throw away everything...

The Megadeth Singapore Setlist for 2007 was this plus She Wolf which was a surprise and of course Mechanix was inside Holy Wars ...


oo some memories from that night from my old blogs. I think I got a bad memory, so its good I have a blog haha.

"Good Evening, alrite it is such a priviledge to finally be here playing for you tonite.
When we're flying in this morning I was looking out the window of the airplane, and I was looking at the ground and I was looking at the buildings, I was looking at everything here and I thought fuck this is a beautiful country.
You know Megadeth is one of those bands that will play anywhere so if the promoters will bring us there and we've played some places that are pretty much disaster areas.
Coming in to town today, I want to tell you something, I feel like I am right at home.
I do want to say one thing before we go any further, for those of you that have heard we're going to cancel because of the fires thats in California, in San Diego. The fire's thats in San Diego, my home, James's father home, is in San Diego. The fires are ok and as you can tell with me standing here in front of you, we did not cancel.
And one thing you got to know about me, and about Megadeth, is its going to take more than my house burning to the ground, to ever cancel for you..."


" Man, I wish for one second that you can standhere with me and see how beautiful you look.
And I want to tell you something, so far since we left United States and came over here, we played Thailand and Indonesia, and we did not play She Wolf for them so you got an extra song. And I was talking to the boys backstage and I said - you know what, I got a feeling this could be one of those nights and we probably will play some extra songs tonight, ( cue - mega cheers from the audience ) ......... and of course they say no. ( cue - mega depression from the same audience LOL! )

I'm just kidding, so I dont want to fuck around anymore, I dont talk a lot in concert because I dont think you pay to comr here for this concert and listen to me talk. I think musicians who stand up here and waste your time by talking are fucking losers. So we're going to play as much as we can right now. We got about six more songs and then its off to the hospital "


DM - "I have a really really silly question to ask you - did any of you ever seen Megadeth before?

DM - Where?

Audience - You Tube!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "





So Megadeth Singapore 2012 would be a nice welcome return. And this time Dave Ellefson is back so its nice to see him in action in the songs that originally feature him and especially peace sells.., and the new guitarist Chris Broderick, so it would be a thriller to see Hangar 18 solos if I go. If I dont go...then too bad not thrill at all haha.


oo and check this out.. Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherihan and Billy Sheehan and Toni MacAlpine in Singapore.
So whats its going to be like...? I am sure some Dream Theater / Mr Big songs and MacAlpine instrumentals will be played.




OK the second part of the M.

I was searching some bootlegs for the Metallica current tour where they play the whole Black Album.
I am so liking it. The Rock Am Ring bootleg was absolute beautiful.
So I was wondering...why I really like the whole Black Album live. I guess because its been very long since I hear the Black Album..since the cassette tape first come out I guess in 1991? or something like that.
Or maybe when live the songs are so much better. Or maybe the whole setlist for Rock Am Ring was the first five albums? hohohoho.
Anyway, for the first time in a very long time I am so excited for Metallica.
The Orion Festival will be so anticipated for the first bootlegs to come out.
The Whole Ride The Lightning album. wooohooo.

Sigh. I hope to get the complete Metallica XXX all four nights soon.

seventh tour of seventh tour black cover program and Machester City visit

amacam? tempat keja aku budak2 kecoh pasal euro2012. ( boleh? budak2 padahal muaahhahaa ).
Aku mana la ada cable tv, baik astro , mio, starhub. gigit jari je la.
aku lagi tanya cenel 5 ke, rtm ke tv3 ke ada live tak.
Anyway, as long its not about Arsenal I dont really give a fuck and Up The Irons.
Anyway, aku rasa aku belum share pasal ni buku program dari tahun 1988 kot. kalo dah sorry la, aku koleksi huru hara tak teratur pun, mana terjumpa tu la aku borak.

Maiden England history tour is starting very soon..
I was impress by the amounts of Van Halen bootlegs going around for their current DLR fronted US tour and hope Maiden will have even more superior numbers and quality.

27 & 28 of November 1988 on the above dates is the actual Maiden England that we have and very soon North America will get their taste of the action and hopefully we all here in South East Asia will have it next year.


Anyway this is the cover, Seventh Tour Of A Seventh Tour program or programme book got two seperate covers , a blue and a black and the black is for the end of the year UK tour.




In all of Maiden history, I am very most interested in 1988 and especially the events of Donington Monsters Of Rock, its a place I have read as a school boy first fascinated by Rainbow and Scorpions and RIOT and to some extend Saxon on a bootleg cassette tape of the very first Donington Monsters of Rock.

With 1988, with all the 103,000 people and listening to Nicko McBrain describe it on the last cd of First Ten Years, collecting old 1988 magazines about that event,

the two deaths and also injuries that happen during Guns N Roses earlier in the day..

I was searching for all the bootlegs of that 1988 Monsters of Rock Castle Donington event, I really like Helloween who then previewed some songs from Keepers Part II, and Megadeth of that period and especially the GNR set.
Maybe next time I put it all on this blog, but I think some magazines of that period and that event I had already shared here.

It was all hidden away from Maiden, and only informed to them after their headlining show. And it would be nice to know about the behind the scenes of Maiden visiting their fans in hospital and all that.

My wildest dream is to backpack see Maiden headlining Donington Park, and I think 2013 they will play there, but....its just a wildest dream cause its bloody fucking expensive and I dont think its possible.








Imagine...this white frozen ice stage set is used for Iron Maiden England Live in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and Singapore next year 2013, with all the pyrotechnics explosions.. which Maiden decide not to use for last years Final Frontier Tour, not only in Singapore but elsewhere.
It will be a mega jumbo king of awesomeness enjoyment.














I really like this photo of Adrian turning around during Heaven Can Wait.




Steve Harris Blue bass. Ohhhh , I think I am going to see Manchester Shitty game at Bukit Jalil. On the house request, to see how Kompany movements are in real life hoho. Ok la I have nothing again Kompany haha.
Never will I support Malaysia team more louder than for this match.
But I will JEALOUSLY and quietly marvel at this dream machine of Manchester City team, but I will I will definitely reserve some good boos and jeers for Na$ri haha. $*%& Nasri indeed. Of course I have to censor the worst parts la.



I think Nicko McBrain will use an all white drum set up to match with the frozen snow and ice and it will be so fancy and beautiful.




All time favourite hehe
Mr Dave Fuckin Murray. I got to get that tshirt or maybe print it myself.



backcover..

Bruce Dickinson - " I'm not a numberrr... "
Adrian Smith - " I'M A FREE MAN!! "..

super live rendition of Prisoner , ever!! from the bside of Clairvoyant single.

Cozy Powell Forever ( produced by Munetaka Higuchi )

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Mati. Bila Munetaka Higuchi (Loudness) yang buat tribute album ni untuk Cozy Powell yang meninggal pun SAMA jugak dah takde lagik, aku sebagai peminat muzik dorang seluruh hidup aku lagi sekali diingatkan yang sooner or later....tapi later tu pun, kejap je pun datang.
Dan dorang dua pun bukan tua sangat la jugak ye tak?, kira masih elegantly rocking lagik, tapi dah ajal , satu eksiden terbabas, satu cancer liver. But thats life.


Can anyone do a translation of what this handsome Munetaka Higuchi is saying? hoho.

OK, another superb Japanese tribute to Cozy Powell this time by the late Munetaka Higuchi and join by a super line up of Akira Takasaki, Minoru Nihara,
and members from other bands such as the Earthshaker guitarist etc etc plus one or two non-Japanese like Carmine Appice the brother of Vinnie Appiece drummer of Black Sabbath/Dio etc etc.
Reminds me of another tribute to Rainbow by Niji Densetsu ( and I still fail to know what NIJI DENSETSU really means ) which features some non-Japanese i.e Joe Lynn Turner.

This tribute cd possibly could be the trigger for the original Loudness that we all love to get back together for Spritual Canoe album back in 2000.




Similarity to Rest In Peace tribute which is more to Anthem guys, this cd has songs from various Cozy Powell drumming contributions like Rainbow ( of course ),
Michael Schenker Group with Armed And Ready, some Jeff Beck and Gary Moore, Whitesnake and his own drum instrumentals, an example is sure to have Tchaikovsky Overture 1812 but this one has complete bells all over. Plus Emerson Lake and Powell.








What I really like about this cd.
- Tchaikovsky Overture 1812 complete with all the bells being rung. Majestic and magical.
- Munetaka Higuchi+Minoru Nihara+Akira Takasaki plays Stargazer and Jeff Beck Ice Cream Cakes together. Stargazer is complete version with all the " my eyes are bleeding my heart is leaving here i wish ... " infinity never ends ending. Dio! Dio! Dio! Dio!...
Stargazer Studio version by these Loudness guys is very nice and Ice Cream Cakes is highlight of this cd, very groovy.
- Lost In Hollywood, All Night Long and Since You Been Gone , super songs from Graham Bonnet Down To Earth Rainbow era is represented here...

- Theme One is an old BBC Radio programme show theme. Makes this cd becomes a nice pleasant mixture of style. When you add Emerson Lake and Powell the Score, this album actually has a few interesting instrumentals plus the most beautiful and sad The Loner.
- Kill The King guitar on this tribute is refreshing after listening to this song by the original group and tribute groups studios and live versions till cannot be calculated times for all my life.
- I like the Armed And Ready here. These Japanese rockers sure know how to make songs we listen too becomes something unique.
- This cd is sort of a incomplete very basic historical trip along Cozy Powell career. Should have at least one Cinderella Long Cold Winter on it.

Rest In Peace - Thanks To Cozy ( a Japanese tribute to Cozy Powell )

Ramai dari korang pun macam aku kot, membesar ngan Rainbow.
dan kalo Rainbow tu tentu korang tahu dan minat ramai anggota dorang yang tukar ganti tu, termasuk Cozy Powell dan ikut perkembangan dorang sampai skarang.(untuk yang masih hidup la )

Cozy Powell, aku tak pernah tengok dia main live, pasal masa Black Sabbath Forbidden datang tu dia dah keluar band Black Sabbath zaman Tony Martin tapi Bobby Rodinelli yang ganti, pun Rainbow punya drummer jugak si Bobby Rodinelli ni untuk zaman Joe Lynn Turner.




Bila Cozy Powell meninggal eksiden dan dia tengah pakai handphone/carphone ok masa driving tu, dengan itu jugak Rainbow Rising Reunion terkubur, walau tu jam, ada cerita duit yang banyak giler ditawar oleh pasaran Jepun untuk Rainbow Rising nye line up bersatu. Dan Ronnie James Dio pun dah mati...so forget it la, layan je la Ritchie Blackmore ngan bini nye band.
Dan ramai dari korang pun membesar ngan rok jepun.

Jadi ni tribute anggota2 Anthem ( dan yang penyanyi Powernude tu lepas tu pun dia pun join Anthem ), Earthshaker dan band2 Jepun lain untuk Cozy Powell. Tribute ni ialah dorang main macam2 lagu dari lain2 band yang Cozy Powell join dan rakam. Lagu2 dari Jeff Beck Group, Gary Moore, Rainbow ( of course ), Michael Schenker Group dan Black Sabbath.






Thanks to Cozy and Thanks to Japanese Translation webpage that Google provides, I am happy to exactly know who is who and who is playing which and whatever. The cd packaging is in Japanese for the details.
so here it is the full details of each Japanese rock musicians that plays on this enjoyable Cozy Powell tribute cd.

Anyway my short review opinion.
-Love that this cd has the Anthem members on it including two vocalists who sings in Anthem.
-Love the Blindman singer on David's Coverdale Whitesnake Slide It In. Best ever.
-Kill The King is always best started with " Somewhere Over The Rainbow / wizard of oz " thingy.
-Love the instrumentals especially Killers.. that can go on and on and on, and I still enjoy it.
-Love Headless Cross... Really love the Headless Cross of Black Sabbath on this cd.
-Love all the three Rainbow songs... Stargazer, they really did the full ending of Ronnie James Dio's " My Eyes Are Bleeding " and all that to infinity.
-Love Overture 1812. This is the famous Cozy Powell trademark and signature drum solo played to the classical piece. Up to now, Rainbow bootlegs are actively being shared by fans worldwide...and its always nice to hear Cozy Powell's drum solo with this "Tchaikovsky" Overture 1812 in it. Rock fans are lucky because they are exposed to all these classical stuffs.


1. KILL THE KING (by RAINBOW)
Ds:. Hirotsugu Homma large (ANTHEM)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(Solo) Atsushi Yokoseki: G.
(B'z Support) Takanori Masuda: Or.
(ANTHEM) Eizo Sakamoto: Vo.

2. SLID IT IN (by WHITESNAKE: Slide It In)
Ds:. KATSUJI (GARGOYLE)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
G.: (GRAND SLAM yuan) Kazuhide Shirota, (JxJ) net Segami
(PRECIOUS yuan) Yusuke Takahama: Key.
Vo:. Science "Annie" Takaya (BLINDMAN)

3 KILLER (by COZY POWELL: Over the Top)
Ds:. Ya Takashi "MAD" Ouchi (OVER / UNDER)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(Solo) Atsushi Yokoseki: G.
(PRECIOUS yuan) Yusuke Takahama: Key.


4 HEADLESS CROSS (by BLACK SABBATH: Headless Cross)
Ds:. KATSUJI (GARGOYLE)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
G.: Shinji Wajima (chair person)
(PRECIOUS yuan) Yusuke Takahama: Key.
(Solo) Masatoshi Ono: Vo.

5. GATES OF BABYLON (by RAINBOW: Long Live Rock & Roll)
Ds:. Ya Takashi "MAD" Ouchi (OVER / UNDER)
(Anthem) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(Non-professional) Masato Konishi; G.
(B'z Support) Takanori Masuda:. Key Or.
(Support Mari Hamada) Masafumi Nakao: Syn.
(Anthem) Eizo Sakamoto: Vo.
. Vio: obstinate chord (solo)

6 DEFINITELY MAYBE (by JEFF BECK GROUP: Jeff Beck Group)
Ds:. Hirotsugu Homma large (ANTHEM)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
G.: Kenji Kitajima (Fence Of Defense)
(Muscle girl band yuan) Re Shiba three:. Pi


. 7 STARGAZER (by RAINBOW: RISING)
(Earthshaker) Yoshihiro Kudo: Ds.
(Anthem) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(Non-professional) Masato Konishi; G.
(B'z Support) Takanori Masuda: Key.
(Support Mari Hamada) Masafumi Nakao: Syn.
(Anthem) Eizo Sakamoto: Vo.
. Vio: obstinate chord (solo)

8 ON AND ON (by MSG: M.S.G.)
Ds:. Ya Takashi "MAD" Ouchi (OVER / UNDER)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(DEAD END yuan), Yuji Adachi; G.
(PRECIOUS yuan) Yusuke Takahama: Key.
Vo:. Yukio Morikawa (POWERNUDE)



. 9 EL SID (by COZY POWELL: Over the Top)
Ds:. Hirotsugu Homma large (ANTHEM)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(Solo) Atsushi Yokoseki: G.
(Muscle girl band yuan) Re Shiba three:. Pi
(PRECIOUS yuan) Yusuke Takahama: Key.

10 OUVERTURE SOLENNELLE "1812" (by COZY POWELL: Over the Top)
Ds:. Hirotsugu Homma large (ANTHEM)
(Solo) Jun Abe: Key.

. 11 THE MESSIAH WILL COME AGAIN (by GARY MOORE: After The War)
(EARTHSHAKER) Yoshihiro Kudo: Ds.
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
G.: Mitsuru Sato (hayashi four people)
(B'z Support) Takanori Masuda: Or.