Eddie's Head

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Eddie's Head
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Released1 December 1998
Label Raw Power Records
Iron Maiden box sets chronology
The First Ten Years
(1990)
Eddie's Head
(1998)
Eddie's Archive
(2002)
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Eddie's Head is a box set by Iron Maiden, in the shape of the head of their mascot, Eddie and containing their first 12 albums remastered, from Iron Maiden to Live at Donington , each with bonus multimedia material, plus a limited In Profile CD. The spine of each CD has a part of the original cover art for Iron Maiden.

Contents

This set has been out of print for years, prompting the price to skyrocket. However, all of the individual CDs that make up the box set have all been reissued on their own, making them easily attainable.

Track listing

Disc: 1 ( Iron Maiden )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Prowler" Steve Harris 3:56
2."Sanctuary" (not on original release) Paul Di'Anno, Steve Harris, Dave Murray 3:16
3."Remember Tomorrow"Di'Anno, Harris5:28
4."Running Free"Di'Anno, Harris3:17
5."Phantom of the Opera"Harris7:07
6."Transylvania"Harris4:19
7."Strange World"Harris5:32
8."Charlotte the Harlot"Murray4:12
9."Iron Maiden"Harris3:38

Disc: 2 ( Killers )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Ides of March"Harris1:45
2."Wrathchild"Harris2:54
3."Murders in the Rue Morgue"Harris4:19
4."Another Life"Harris3:22
5."Genghis Khan"Harris3:06
6."Innocent Exile"Harris3:53
7."Killers"Di'Anno, Harris5:01
8."Prodigal Son"Harris6:11
9."Purgatory"Harris3:21
10."Twilight Zone" (not on original release)Harris, Murray2:34
11."Drifter"Harris4:48

Disc: 3 ( The Number of the Beast )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Invaders"Harris3:24
2."Children of the Damned"Harris4:35
3."The Prisoner"Harris, Adrian Smith 6:04
4."22 Acacia Avenue"Smith6:37
5."The Number of the Beast"Harris4:48
6."Run to the Hills"Harris3:54
7."Gangland" Clive Burr, Smith3:48
8."Total Eclipse" (not on original release)Burr, Harris, Murray4:25
9."Hallowed Be Thy Name"Harris7:14

Disc: 4 ( Piece of Mind )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Where Eagles Dare"Harris6:10
2."Revelations" Bruce Dickinson 6:48
3."Flight of Icarus"Dickinson, Smith3:51
4."Die With Your Boots On"Dickinson, Harris, Smith5:28
5."The Trooper"Harris4:10
6."Still Life"Harris, Murray4:53
7."Quest for Fire"Harris3:41
8."Sun and Steel"Dickinson, Smith3:26
9."To Tame a Land"Harris7:27

Disc: 5 ( Powerslave )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Aces High"Harris4:29
2."2 Minutes to Midnight"Dickinson, Smith5:59
3."Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)"Harris4:12
4."Flash of the Blade"Dickinson4:02
5."The Duellists"Harris6:06
6."Back in the Village"Dickinson, Smith5:20
7."Powerslave"Dickinson6:47
8."Rime of the Ancient Mariner"Harris13:34

Disc: 6 ( Live After Death )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Churchill's Speech" Winston Churchill 1:32
2."Aces High"Harris4:14
3."2 Minutes to Midnight"Dickinson, Smith5:16
4."The Trooper"Harris4:07
5."Revelations"Dickinson5:59
6."Flight of Icarus"Dickinson, Smith3:30
7."Rime of the Ancient Mariner"Harris14:06
8."Powerslave"Dickinson6:54
9."The Number of the Beast"Harris4:49
10."Hallowed Be Thy Name"Harris7:14
11."Iron Maiden"Harris4:02
12."Run to the Hills"Harris3:50
13."Running Free"Di'Anno, Harris4:08

Disc: 7 (Live After Death)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wrathchild"Harris2:58
2."22 Acacia Avenue"Harris, Smith4:58
3."Children of the Damned"Harris4:21
4."Die With Your Boots On"Dickinson, Harris, Smith5:39
5."Phantom of the Opera"Harris7:01

Disc: 8 ( Somewhere in Time )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Caught Somewhere in Time"Harris7:25
2."Wasted Years"Smith5:07
3."Sea of Madness"Smith5:42
4."Heaven Can Wait"Harris7:21
5."The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"Harris6:31
6."Stranger in a Strange Land"Smith5:44
7."Déjà Vu"Harris, Murray4:56
8."Alexander the Great"Harris8:37

Disc: 9 ( Seventh Son of a Seventh Son )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Moonchild"Dickinson, Smith5:39
2."Infinite Dreams"Harris6:09
3."Can I Play with Madness"Dickinson, Harris, Smith3:31
4."The Evil That Men Do"Dickinson, Harris, Smith4:34
5."Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"Harris9:53
6."The Prophecy"Harris, Murray5:05
7."The Clairvoyant"Harris4:27
8."Only the Good Die Young"Dickinson, Harris4:41

Disc: 10 ( No Prayer for the Dying )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tailgunner"Dickinson, Harris4:15
2."Holy Smoke"Dickinson, Harris3:49
3."No Prayer for the Dying"Harris4:23
4."Public Enema Number One"Dickinson, Murray4:13
5."Fates Warning"Harris, Murray4:12
6."The Assassin"Harris4:35
7."Run Silent Run Deep"Dickinson, Harris4:35
8."Hooks in You"Dickinson, Smith4:08
9."Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"Dickinson4:45
10."Mother Russia"Harris5:32

Disc: 11 ( Fear of the Dark )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Be Quick or Be Dead"Dickinson, Janick Gers 3:24
2."From Here to Eternity"Harris3:38
3."Afraid to Shoot Strangers"Harris6:56
4."Fear is the Key"Dickinson, Gers5:35
5."Childhood's End"Harris4:40
6."Wasting Love"Dickinson, Gers5:50
7."The Fugitive"Harris4:54
8."Chains of Misery"Dickinson, Murray3:37
9."The Apparition"Gers, Harris3:54
10."Judas Be My Guide"Dickinson, Murray3:08
11."Weekend Warrior"Gers, Harris5:39
12."Fear of the Dark"Harris7:18

Disc: 12 ( A Real Dead One )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Number of the Beast"Harris4:55
2."The Trooper"Harris3:55
3."Prowler"Harris4:16
4."Transylvania"Harris4:26
5."Remember Tomorrow"Di'Anno, Harris5:53
6."Where Eagles Dare"Harris4:49
7."Sanctuary"Di'Anno, Harris, Dave Murray4:53
8."Running Free"Di'Anno, Harris3:49
9."Run to the Hills"Harris3:58
10."2 Minutes to Midnight"Dickinson, Smith5:37
11."Iron Maiden"Harris5:25
12."Hallowed Be Thy Name"Harris7:52

Disc: 13 ( A Real Live One )

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Be Quick or Be Dead"Dickinson, Gers3:17
2."From Here to Eternity"Harris4:20
3."Can I Play with Madness"Dickinson, Harris, Smith4:43
4."Wasting Love"Dickinson, Gers5:48
5."Tailgunner"Dickinson, Harris4:10
6."The Evil That Men Do"Dickinson, Harris, Smith5:26
7."Afraid to Shoot Strangers"Harris6:48
8."Bring Your Daughter...to the Slaughter"Dickinson5:18
9."Heaven Can Wait"Harris7:29
10."The Clairvoyant"Harris4:30
11."Fear of the Dark"Harris7:11

Disc: 14 ( Live at Donington )

Disc One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Be Quick or Be Dead"Bruce Dickinson, Janick Gers3:53
2."The Number of the Beast"Harris4:53
3."Wrathchild"Harris2:54
4."From Here to Eternity"Harris4:44
5."Can I Play with Madness"Dickinson, Harris, Smith3:33
6."Wasting Love"Dickinson, Gers5:36
7."Tailgunner"Dickinson, Harris4:07
8."The Evil That Men Do"Dickinson, Harris, Smith7:51
9."Afraid to Shoot Strangers"Harris6:59
10."Fear of the Dark"Harris7:08
11."Bring Your Daughter...to the Slaughter"Dickinson6:12
12."The Clairvoyant"Harris4:21
13."Heaven Can Wait"Harris7:20
14."Run to the Hills"Harris4:16

Disc: 15 (Live at Donington)

Disc Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."2 Minutes to Midnight"Dickinson, Smith5:42
2."Iron Maiden"Harris8:14
3."Hallowed Be Thy Name"Harris7:28
4."The Trooper"Harris3:53
5."Sanctuary"Di'Anno, Harris, Murray5:18
6."Running Free (feat. Adrian Smith)"Di'Anno, Harris7:56

Disc: 16 (In Profile)

Written and narrated by Mike Hurst. Features excerpts of various songs, and interviews with Steve Harris, Dave Murray, Rod Smallwood and Blaze Bayley.

No.TitleLength
1."Part 1: Early Maiden Days"12:18
2."Part 2: Groundwork"11:31
3."Part 3: Ascendancy"14:32
4."Part 4: Supremacy"18:51
5."Part 5: Legends"16:34

Personnel

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