After a ten year wait Iron Maiden's classic home video release Live
After Death has finally been released on DVD.

This isn't just a straight, barebones issuing of the concert on DVD,
however. This is a SPECIAL edition 2 disc DVD set, which will also
include bonus live footage and the History of Iron Maiden Part 2
documentary, picking up where The Early Years left off.

The official details:

Disc one contains the recording of this full 90 minute concert.
Originally filmed on 35mm, the footage comes alive on DVD resulting in
a visually stunning film. The disc also carries two sound options -
the original concert audio specially mixed into 5.1 Surround Sound by
Kevin Shirley, Maiden's producer since 1999, plus the original stereo
sound track by Martin Birch, the band's producer from 1981 to 1993.

Disc two has Part 2 of the 'History of Iron Maiden', continuing on the
Maiden story from "The Early Days" DVD, along with rare and unseen
bonus footage in the form of BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN, ROCK IN RIO '85,
and 'ELLO TEXAS, all in all giving a total running time of well over
three hours.

The multiple audio mixes and new video transfer from the original 35mm
elements should make this a fantastic DVD. While this has been a long,
long wait for the official DVD release, it looks like it will be well
worth it.

Ths Live After Death show itself was fantastic. The band plays with an
amazing amount of energy, but also with great musical ability as well.
The songs are all classics, and the stage set is one of the best from
that era.

(Update: The video quality of the Live After Death concert looks
better than either the VHS or LaserDisc versions that I have, and the
sound quality is really, really good. The remastered stereo mix is
incredibly, "In your face," and is just a wall of sound. The 5.1
remix? Meh. Kevin Shirley has the guitars too low in the mix. It's
punchy and INCREDIBLY clean, but it lacks the power of the original
stereo mix. The extras are really nice. The History Part II
documentary has a lot of great info, and is a great continuation of
the first part from The Early Days. The 1985 Rock in Rio, however, is
a disappointment. Not because of the performance, but because the
audio/video quality is so poor. The audio is a bit muddy - originally
mastered on video tape it has aged poorly - but the video is the real
shame. Herky jerky, jittery and jumpy, the original master tape was
not stored properly and now has serious tracking issues. It's almost
like watching Cloverfield. That's too bad, because the band gives
another great performance. The other extras like 'Ello Texas and the
extended version of Behind the Iron Curtain are a nice bonus, and make
the set an even greater value than it already is. Overall, I'm very
pleased with the set, but it is not without a couple flaws. It's
clearly still a, "Must Have," DVD.)

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