Artist: Iron Maiden
Release: Spaceward Studio Demo, 1978
Photos: IM @ Victoria Street, Cambridge Dec 1978
Genre: NWOBHM
Country: UK (London, England)
Bitrate: 320kbps
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1. Prowler
2. Invasion
3. Strange World
4. Iron Maiden
Rip and share by mevistox5, thanks a ton!
Uploader Notes: Here's a link to a 1978 IRON MAIDEN demo tape. The Soundhouse tape can easily be found on the net. The four track demo - featuring "Strange World" not!. Recorded 30-31 December 1978 engineered by Mike Kemp and mixed by Gary Lucas.
Paul Di'Anno - Vocals
Dave Murray - Guitar
Steve Harris - Bass
Doug Sampson - Drums
Following written by Mike Kemp:
"There have been some cruel comments by IRON MAIDEN that "they went back to get the multi-tracks some weeks after the sessions (because they couldn't afford them at the time) but the nasty studio hadwiped them". My side of the story has never been heard - i.e. that we were as poor as they were and couldn't afford to keep £60 multitrack tapes for every band either! (A session cost about that I recall) We did our best - I think for £5 a week we would hold them until either they were paid for or the band decided not to keep them any longer, e.g. after a remix. Presumably they did not take that option."
Info about the demo recording & Soundhouse Tapes:
The Soundhouse Tapes is the debut EP by IRON MAIDEN, and features the very first recordings by the band. Released on 9 November 1979, it features three songs taken from the demo tape 'Spaceward'. The songs were recorded by the band on New Year's Eve 1978/79. The three tracks - "Prowler", "Invasion" and "Iron Maiden" - appear in rougher form than they would later be heard on the first IRON MAIDEN album and subsequent singles. The tracks are played a bit slower and therefore more groovy as they appeared later on their debut. "Invasion" was not used until 1980, when it was released as a b-side to the "Women In Uniform" single. The fourth song from the demo - "Strange World" - would also be rerecorded for 'Iron Maiden'. The song was not included in 'The Soundhouse Tapes' because the band was not happy with the recording quality.
Release: Spaceward Studio Demo, 1978
Photos: IM @ Victoria Street, Cambridge Dec 1978
Genre: NWOBHM
Country: UK (London, England)
Bitrate: 320kbps
►Get it at the Forum
1. Prowler
2. Invasion
3. Strange World
4. Iron Maiden
Rip and share by mevistox5, thanks a ton!
Uploader Notes: Here's a link to a 1978 IRON MAIDEN demo tape. The Soundhouse tape can easily be found on the net. The four track demo - featuring "Strange World" not!. Recorded 30-31 December 1978 engineered by Mike Kemp and mixed by Gary Lucas.
Paul Di'Anno - Vocals
Dave Murray - Guitar
Steve Harris - Bass
Doug Sampson - Drums
Following written by Mike Kemp:
"There have been some cruel comments by IRON MAIDEN that "they went back to get the multi-tracks some weeks after the sessions (because they couldn't afford them at the time) but the nasty studio hadwiped them". My side of the story has never been heard - i.e. that we were as poor as they were and couldn't afford to keep £60 multitrack tapes for every band either! (A session cost about that I recall) We did our best - I think for £5 a week we would hold them until either they were paid for or the band decided not to keep them any longer, e.g. after a remix. Presumably they did not take that option."
Info about the demo recording & Soundhouse Tapes:
The Soundhouse Tapes is the debut EP by IRON MAIDEN, and features the very first recordings by the band. Released on 9 November 1979, it features three songs taken from the demo tape 'Spaceward'. The songs were recorded by the band on New Year's Eve 1978/79. The three tracks - "Prowler", "Invasion" and "Iron Maiden" - appear in rougher form than they would later be heard on the first IRON MAIDEN album and subsequent singles. The tracks are played a bit slower and therefore more groovy as they appeared later on their debut. "Invasion" was not used until 1980, when it was released as a b-side to the "Women In Uniform" single. The fourth song from the demo - "Strange World" - would also be rerecorded for 'Iron Maiden'. The song was not included in 'The Soundhouse Tapes' because the band was not happy with the recording quality.
Excellent post! Up the Irons!! :-)
:P amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!