The Metal Files

Here’s a sort of rare Maiden bootleg that I used to have on vinyl ages ago.  I used to be a bigtime Maiden record collector and had well over 200 records.  Those old days of trading records through magazine ads and the early alt.newsgroup days are long gone thanks to the advancement of the Internet.  Good times though.  Never a deal gone sour!  I sold off most of my entire record collection around 2000.  Sometimes I wish I still had it all but I used to move a lot and lugging those crates around were a bear.

Anyhoo…The Whole Population of Hackney (aka The Entire Population of Hackney).  This was an odd little show and technically it’s not even an Iron Maiden show.  You can read about the history of this recording here.

One of the things I liked about this is that some of the songs ended up being recorded by Adrian under his ASAP project.  I love that album and wish he would have done a followup.

Tracks:

1. EastEnders theme/”Juanita” – 4:32 (Marshall Fury cover)
2. “See Me Through” – 3:22 (original by James Buster Band)
3. “Reach Out” – 3:36 (Written by Dave Colwell for the project)
4. “Chevrolet” – 3:38 (Stray Dog cover)
5. “Lady” – 6:55 (Urchin song)
6. “Silver and Gold” – 6:21 (Later used with ASAP)
7. “That Girl” – 5:06 (composed by the first instance of FM band with Andy Barnett on. Circa ’84)
8. “Fighting Man” – 5:33 (Written by Dave Colwell for the project)(later appeared on the ASAP single, Silver and Gold)
9. “School Days” (with extended drum solo) – 5:51 (Originally written by Colwell for his band 720) (later appeared on the ASAP single, Down the Wire)
10. “When She’s Gone” – 5:30 (Not the Black Sabbath song. Later appeared on the ASAP single, Down the Wire)
11. “Try” – 4:06 (Written by Kenny Mountain, who also co-wrote Rainbow’s Gold)
12. “Losfer Words (Big ‘Orra)” – 4:11 (from Iron Maiden’s Powerslave) (Steve Harris and Dave Murray enter the stage)
13. “2 Minutes To Midnight” – 6:11 (from Iron Maiden’s Powerslave) (Bruce Dickinson enters the stage)
14. “Rosalie” – 4:33 (Bob Seger cover)
15. “Tush” – 4:29 (ZZ Top cover)

Download it here.