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Showing posts with label First 10 Years CD singles. Show all posts
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Ulasan: IRON MAIDEN Purgatory/Maiden Japan CD single

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Ini adalah lanjutan review bersiri IRON MAIDEN The First Ten Years CD singles.

CD kedua dalam siri ini bertajuk Purgatory/Maiden Japan yang menggabungkan dua buah singles dalam satu CD. Purgatory asalnya muncul pada 15/6/81 sementara Maiden Japan pada 8/81.

Purgatory ini adalah satu-satunya single dari album Killers. Dan single yang paling tak laku IRON MAIDEN. Dalam buku autobiography IRON MAIDEN sendiri mengatakan bahawa album Killers ni bermasalah. Vibe dari album pertama hilang. Dan expectation orang ramai pun tinggi selepas album pertama. Ditambah lagi dengan masalah Paul Dianno yang makin rockstar + dadah.

Cover single asal Purgatory adalah cover album The Number of the Beast! Baru aku tau rupanya. Dan Purgatory ni ada kesinambungannya bermula dengan potret setan dan Eddie pada Purgatory yang kemudiannya setan bersilat dengan Eddie dalam cover single Run To The Hills dan akhirnya Eddie membunuh setan tu pada album TNOTB.

Dua lagu je dari single ni, Purgatory dan Genghiz Khan. Genghiz Khan adalah salah satu dari beberapa lagu instrumental IRON MAIDEN (selain Losfer Words (Big Orra) dari Powerslave dan Transilvania dari album pertama). Lagu Purgatory asalnya bertajuk Floating dan telah dimainkan sejak tahun 1976 jadi ia merupakan antara lagu terawal IRON MAIDEN.



Bahagian kedua CD ini ialah Maiden Japan yang pada asalnya diberi nama Heavy Metal Army. Tajuk Maiden Japan ini sendiri adalah sindiran kepada album DEEP PURPLE, Made In Japan. Ini adalah single accident IRON MAIDEN. Band sendiri tak mau nak rilis tapi orang Jepun nak jugak, maka rilis le jugak. Oleh sebab tak berapa hendak, maka rilisan single ni tak berapa widely available. Untuk kolektor IRON MAIDEN, single ni antara yang rare untuk didapati dalam bentuk asalnya, vinyl record.

Cover album ni pun menarik juga. Eddie dengan pedang samurainya. First time aku ternampak cover ni masa kecik-kecik dulu terus jadi minat. Nampak macho dan ganas dan Metal sungguh! Tulisan Jepun di sisi Eddie tu pun nampak menarik.

Lagu-lagu dalam Maiden Japan dirakamkan di Nagoya Jepun. Vokal Dianno masih power dalam rakaman ni. Tak seperti yang dilaporkan dalam sejarah IRON MAIDEN yang mana keadaan mabuk/dadah beliau yang peak menyebabkan suara beliau tak keluar. Mungkin ini antara sesi Dianno yang strong. Lagu-lagunya pun macam terlebih laju pulak. Mesti drummer yang terlebih excited ni.

Akhirnya speciality The First Ten Years CD ni ialah komentari Nicko McBrain yang gila-gila tu tentang kedua-dua single ni. Bermula dengan dengkuran Nicko dan terkejut dengan kata "Eh, dah start rakaman eh?"

TITLE : PURGATORY - MAIDEN JAPAN
FORMAT : CD E.P
COUNTRY : UK
RELEASE : 1990
LABEL : EMI
SERIAL # : CDIRN 3
TRACKS : 7
SPECIAL : THE FIRST TEN YEARS - 3

Purgatory - Genghis Khan - Running Free (live) - Remember Tomorrow (live) - Killers (live) - Innocent Exile (live) - Listen With Nicko! III

Standard stickered jewel case, picture CD,collecting all vouchers available in each UK edition you got a limited edition box to contain the complete set, this opportunity was available in UK only




Wednesday, July 30, 2008

IRON MAIDEN Women In Uniform/Twilight Zone CD single

Ini adalah lanjutan review bersiri IRON MAIDEN The First Ten Years CD singles.

CD kedua dalam siri ini bertajuk Women In Uniform/Twilight Zone yang menggabungkan dua buah singles dalam satu CD. Women In Uniform asalnya muncul pada 27/10/80 sementara Twilight Zone pada 2/3/81.

depan

Inner left

Inner right with CD

Back

Insert dengan flyer The First Ten Years

Seperti CD pertama dalam siri ini, ia menampilkan vokalis Paul Di'Anno. Laman The Iron Maiden Commentary memberikan detail tentang rilisan asal:

Women In Uniform was Iron Maiden's third single. It is also the only single in Maiden history that is actually a cover song, and the last with guitarist Dennis Stratton. The single also features another great Derek Riggs sleeve, where a resurrected Margaret Thatcher waits in ambush for Eddie and his girlfriends. The question is, what is Margaret's motive, revenge or jealousy? In any case, the single made it to 35 on the U.K. charts.

Twilight Zone / Wrathchild was released as a double A-side, and was the first single from the new Killers album. The single made to number 31 in the U.K. charts, which was their second best showing to date (next to Sanctuary). Once again, the Derek Riggs artwork for the single is supposed to have ignited controversy and charges of sexism from members of the media who had not bothered to understand the meaning of 'Twilight Zone'. And as usual, the controversy merely drew more attention to the band. In the music business there's no such thing as bad press. Twilight Zone was also Adrian Smith's first single with Iron Maiden.
Interpretasi artwork untuk Twilight Zone ada diberi oleh saudara deaf-angel DI SINI. Menarik!

1. Women In Uniform (Macainsh) - This cover song was originally recorded by an Australian band called Skyhooks in 1979. Lagu yang begitu rock n roll. Part break yang mana gitar Murray dan Stratton bermelodi tu memang best. Manakala part korus Women In Uniform Di'anno dibacking oleh Harris dan Stratton tu begitu cheesy. Di'Anno suaranya mengada-ngada dalam lagu ni, rasa aku. 4/5
It is a rather shallow little womanising song that does not match Maiden's style and, against their better judgement, the band was convinced by their publishers (Zomba) to release it as a single in the hopes of generating a hit – a decision that the band has regretted ever since. 'Women In Uniform' also became the band's first video, a live production on stage at the Rainbow.
2. Invasion (Harris) - lagu yang feelnya agak sama dengan Women In Uniform. Mungkin ada feel punk juga, sesuai dengan situasi vokalis Di'Anno yang begitu punk dalam appearance. Lagu ni mungkin tak sesuai untuk venue sebesar stadium tapi aku rasa dalam situasi kelab malam, memang sesuai sangat. Lagu penghangat kata orang. Very agresif! 4/5
'Invasion' is another of Harris's early compositions and was first recorded on the legendary Soundhouse Tapes. It is a great song about a Viking invasion, which later evolved into 'Invaders' on the Number Of The Beast album. In contrast to the relatively lame 'Women In Uniform', 'Invasion' is an excellent song with a great guitar solo and a catchy tune that can stick in your head for days. It definitely should have been the A-side of the single. This is a faster re-recording of the original Soundhouse version, but it's difficult to tell which version is better.
3. Phantom Of The Opera (live) (Harris) - klasik! Apa nak kata lagi. Mengandungi melodi yang paling kompleks dalam sejarah Iron Maiden. Gitarnya banyak diguna single string, yakni agak luarbiasa ketika itu (biasanya rock chord atau minor). Drum juga agak pantas jika ikut standard masa tu. Break yang menyerlahkan lagi influense prog rock Steve Harris yang disuntik dalam kebanyakan karya beliau. 6/5
This live version of the classic 'Phantom Of The Opera' was recorded at the Marquee Club in London on 4th July 1980. It is predictably excellent – there probably isn't any version of 'Phantom' that isn't excellent. What can we say, this is one of Maiden's all-time greatest songs.
4. Twilight Zone (Murray, Harris) - rockish seperti dua lagu pertama. Tapi kurang agresif. Dan kurang menyengat. 3/5
'Twilight Zone' was originally intended to be a B-side, but it turned out to be so good that the band released it as an A-side instead. According to Nicko, the band's producer, Martin Birch, was absent from this particular recording session and the band produced Twilight Zone themselves. This is the same version as the one that appears on the 1998 re-edition of the Killers album.
5. Wrathchild (Harris) - Lagi satu lagu klasik! Aku ingat, intro bass line Steve Harris ni antara intro bass line paling melekat kat kepala. Selain dari ini... emmm... err takde kot! Hahaha...berbelit jari kalau nak main bass ni. Aku rasa bass line Harris paling menyerlah dalam lagu ni. Macam dikuatkan pula. Ke aku yang perasan? 5/5
This is THE classic track from Killers, and a concert favourite. It's catchy and accessible, and was originally recorded on the Metal For Muthas compilation, which might be why it wasn't included on the previous album. It is about an angry young man searching for his unknown father, presumably with violent intentions. Nice bass intro too.
6. Listen With Nicko! Part 2 - Pak lawak ni lagi! Pada yang tak tau Nicko ni drummer yang join Iron Maiden masa album Piece Of Mind. Beliau menceritakan sejarah Iron Maiden ketika ini dan yang berkaitan.

Semua rujukan dari IRON MAIDEN COMMENTARY

Thursday, June 05, 2008

IRON MAIDEN Running Free/Sanctuary CD single

Rasanya sudah sampai masa untuk merebiu koleksi IRON MAIDEN The First 10 Years (TFTY) CD. Sebab? Sebab dah cukup koleksi hehehe...

Asalnya koleksi TFTY ni rilis untuk menyambut ulangtahun ke-10 IRON MAIDEN merilis album dari tahun 1980. Tahun 1990, koleksi ini rilis dalam bentuk CD dan vinyl. Ada 10 keping kesemuanya. Setiap CD ada dikepilkan sekali kupon flyer yang mana bila dah cukup 10, hantar balik kepada wakil IRON MAIDEN dan depa akan bagi kotak untuk simpan koleksi ni.

Oleh kerana aku lambat mengumpul (selepas 18 tahun baru sibuk mencari di eBay), maka dapatlah seketul-seketul tanpa kotak boxset tu. Koleksi yang lengkap dengan kotak boxset tu paling murah pun dalam US$300. So, lupakan je la.

Oh ye asalnya, ia dirilis dalam bentuk EP masa mula-mula rilis. Yang TFTY ni, combined 2 EPs dalam satu CD/vinyl.

CD pertama dalam TRTY ialah Running Free/Sanctuary. Ya, zaman Paul Di'anno.

Running Free was Iron Maiden's first single, which sold over 10,000 copies in its first week and entered the UK charts at number 44. This is a particularly significant accomplishment for a relatively unknown band with no radio airplay whatsoever. This was Maiden's first recorded release after their legendary Soundhouse Tapes, and was very closely followed by Metal For Muthas. The cover of the single has particular significance as the first artwork for the band by Derek Riggs. This is the very first drawing of Eddie!
Hahaha... lukisan pertama karektor Eddie! Cumanya, muka digelapkan. So nampak badan je. Maybe Derek Riggs tak comfirm lagi muka Eddie nak macamana kot? Tengok kat dinding tu tertulis pelbagai nama band Hard Rock/Metal yang grand masa tu antaranya Scorpions, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin. Emmm... tangan yang menggapai tu tak tau la tangan sapa pulak.

1. Running Free
(Harris, Di'Anno) - lagu ni sama dengan yang appear dalam album pertama IRON MAIDEN. Juga merupakan single pertama dan lagu paling familiar dalam sejarah IRON MAIDEN. Ditanya mengenai maksud lagu ini, Paul Di'Anno menyatakan;

"'Running Free' is about me as a kid. My mum ruled my life, but she said to me, ‘You live in a shit area, but do what you can do and see what happens... As long as you don’t hurt anybody, just get on with it’. But I did get into trouble with the law a few times and that’s the only thing I wish I could change... The grief I gave my poor mama. I never really knew my real dad, but my step dad was really cool. Sometimes, he’d surprise us and walk in when we were doing some speed, but he’d just brush it off as long as it wasn’t heroin or the hard shit. I don’t have the same attitude with my kids, though – if I catch 'em with anything I’ll kick the crap outta them."
2. Burning Ambition (Harris) - lagu yang dikatakan berasal dari band Gypsy 's Kiss, band lama Steve Harris sebelum IRON MAIDEN. Lagu ni terlampau melodik untuk dikatakan sebagai lagu IRON MAIDEN (rasa aku). Tetapi elemen progresif tu dah ada. Maksudnya riffs yang pelik pada ketika itu yang sesuai dengan IRON MAIDEN, dah ada.

Lagu 1 & 2 asalnya dari sebuah EP Running Free/Burning Ambition. Lagu berikutnya pula dari EP asal Sanctuary

3. Sanctuary (Harris, Di'Anno, Murray) - Lagu ni hanya disertakan dalam album pertama tatkala tahun 1998. So kalau korang ada album first, check ada tak lagu ni. Kalau takde, kena adakan (beli baru ah hehehe). Lagu ni pasal apa eh? Ikut cover sleeve, kelihatan Eddie baru lepas menikam Margaret Tatcher. Mungkinkah?

In any case, this song can certainly be linked to the story of 'Murders In The Rue Morgue', where two women were killed and the accused murderer ended up on the run. Whether this is due to the killing or just to the witnessing of the slaughtered bodies, it is clear that the character of the song has lost his mind – he is after all "laughing at the wind and howling at the rain"...
4. Drifter (live) (Harris, Di'Anno) - Lagu live ini dirakamkan ketika persembahan di Marquee Club in London on 3rd April 1980. Walaupun single ini dirilis berkait dengan album pertama tetapi lagu ini sebenarnya dirilis dalam album Killers. Sebelum datangnya lagu-lagu yang lebih hebar, Drifter adalah antara playlist wajib IRON MAIDEN atas stage. Nak tengok peristiwa ini silalah ke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVojMbQ-Ze0

5. I've Got The Fire (live) (Montrose) - Aku sebenarnya tak berapa into cover songs dari Iron Maiden. Mungkin lagu-lagu yang depa cover tak sesuai dengan 'zaman' aku. Majoriti lagu of course dari tahun 1970an dan dari kumpulan progresif rock.Ni lagu dari band Montrose yang aku sendiri tak pernah dengar dan ambil peduli. Lagu ni IRON MAIDEN main live sebab ye la zaman ni mana cukup lagu lagi nak belasah full set. Terpaksa la selit lagu cover.

6. Listen With Nicko! Part 1 - Haa ni spesel sikit sebab Nicko McBrain (drum) kasi komentari sikit pasal CD ni. Cumanya, kena biasa dengan tone British la kalau nak faham. Beliau ulas mengenai rilisan asal dan peristiwa-peristiwa yang berkaitan dengan rilisan ini. Nanti ah, senang-senang aku concentrate aku rebiu balik apa yang Nicko bebelkan ni.

Semua rujukan dari IRON MAIDEN COMMENTARY.