Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast (2001)

Iron Maiden's 1982 breakthrough, The Number of the Beast – its first with leather-lunged vocalist Bruce Dickinson – remains a heavy-metal watershed, and this Classic Albums program reunites the major players (including producer Martin Birch) for the undoubted pleasure of longtime Maiden fans. The interviews with band members and rock journalists in the 50-minute program touch on Maiden's early career, then delve into the creation of songs that have become hard-rock classics: the title song came about from a nightmare that bassist-songwriter Steve Harris couldn't shake, "The Prisoner" was inspired by the Patrick McGoohan television series, and the hit "Run to the Hills" made the sort of political statement (about white men's savage treatment of native peoples) that then-Capitol Records exec Don Zimmermann notes most American fans couldn't have cared less about while head-banging.

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Along with Judas Priest and Def Leppard, Iron Maiden was one of the most successful heavy metal bands to emerge from Britain in the '80s, and the 2001 video/DVD documentary The Number of the Beast examines the quintet's breakthrough 1982 album. Although the album was the group's third overall, it was the first with singer Bruce Dickinson, who is interviewed, as well as bassist Steve Harris, guitarists Adrian Smith and Dave Murray, and Clive Burr, the latter the group's original drummer who would quit shortly after the album's ensuing tour, and the album's producer, Martin Birch. In addition to concert footage from an English show from the fall of 1982, the bandmembers chat about the state of their career at the time of the album (they were on the edge of worldwide success), why the group was incorrectly labeled as satanic, and how each track took shape.

~ Greg Prato, all media guide

Chapters:

01. The Number Of The Beast
02. 22 Acacia Avenue
03. The Prisoner
04. Run To The Hills
05. Children Of The Damned
06. Hallowed By Thy Name

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Bonus Material:

07. Adrian Smith & Dave Murray Twin Guitars
08. Beast Stories
09. Reading Festival 1982
10. Nicknames
11. Rod Smallwood
12. Adrian Smith Plays "Children Of The Damned"
13. Adrian Smith Plays "The Number Of The Beast"
14. A Message From Cliff Burr
15. "Hallowed By Thy Name" Rio 2001

Directed by Tim Kirkby
Executive producers by Terry Shand & Geoff Kempin
Starring:
• Bruce Dickinson • Steve Harris
• Dave Murray • Adrian Smith
• Cliff Burr • Martin Birch
• and others

Format: DVD 5, MPEG-2 720x576, 25 fps PAL
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen
Language English
Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital Stereo (320 Kbps)
Subtitles: Dutch, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Region: All Regions
Classification: Exempt

Original Release Date: December 4, 2001
DVD Release Date: January 23, 2006
Studio: Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Run Time: 80 minutes

Size: 3,52 GB
3% Recovery info
Total: ~ 3,5 GB