YOU ARE LOOKING AT A PAIR OF IRON MAIDEN BOOKS. THESE ARE BOTH 1ST EDITIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE BAND 'RUNNING FREE' 1984 BY GARRY BUSHELL & ROSS HALFIN. THE 128 PAGES COVER THE BAND FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF GYPSY'S KISS WITH STEVE HARRIS AND THEN SMILER 1974 LEADING UP TO THE FIRST LINE UP OF MAIDEN IN 1976. IT TAKES YOU ON A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF THE BAND FROM PLAYING THE EAST END PUBS IN LONDON TO THE STADIUMS OF THE WORLD. THIS IS A COMPELLING BOOK AND MOSTLY ILLUSTRATED BY ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER ROSS HALFIN WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. THE BOOK HAS BEEN REVISED OVER THE YEARS WITH EXTRA PAGES ADDED AND THIS EDITION GOES UPTO 1983. JUST BEFORE THEY HAD PUT OUT THE POWERSLAVE ALBUM.
THE NEXT BOOK IS A COMPELLING READ ASWELL FROM MEMBERS OF THE EARLY FORMATION OF THE BAND. IT IS A COLLECTIVE COMBINED SERIES OF INTERVIEWS FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE BAND. BE IT PAUL DIANNO TALKING ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BAND ..TO RAVEN'S JOHN GALLAGHER WHO SUPPORTED MAIDEN IN 1980 AT THE MARQUEE. TO THE REASONS BEHIND DENNIS STRATTON LEAVING THE BAND EXPLAINED BY HIMSELF. THEY ARE POSITIVE ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DEVELOPING BAND AND BEING FANS OF THE BAND. SOME FANS HAVE THE OPINION OF THE BAND BEING NO BETTER THEN THE FIRST 2 ALBUMS. THEY ALL CHIME IN ON THE PROGRESS AND CAREER AS THE BAND GREW AND CHANGED INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. COMPILED FROM 27 FAMOUS INTERVIEWS FROM JUDAS PRIEST'S GLENN TIPTON TO PRAYING MANTIS'S CHRIS TROY THEY TALK ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS OF NWOBHM. THE 208 PAGES ARE SPLIT INTO 22 CHAPTERS THAT COVER EVERTHING FROM THE RECORDING TO THE SOUND OF THE VOCALS, GUITARS, BASS AND DRUMS ON THE ALBUMS. IT HAS 12 PAGES OF BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS. AND IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
THE RUNNING FREE BOOK IS WORN ON THE FRONT COVER, SPINE AND EDGES AND HAS HANDLING WEAR. THE INSIDE PAGES ARE ALL TOGETHER AND ARE CLEAN AND UNMARKED. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED PHOTOS FOR CONDITION.
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