Iron Maiden 1981-02-28 Odeon, Taunton, England

Iron Maiden

Odeon, Taunton, England

28th February 1981


Lineage : 1st Gen tape > 1 raw wav file > Audacity (Noted below) > Tracked wavs > TLH (Sbe's & Flac8) > Dime...

Setlist :

01 - 'The Ides of March'
02 - Wrathchild
03 - Purgatory
04 - Sanctuary
05 - Remember Tomorrow
06 - Another Life
07 - Genghis Khan
08 - Killers
09 - Innocent Exile
10 - Murders In The Rue Morgue
11 - Twilight Zone
12 - Phantom Of The Opera
13 - Iron Maiden
14 - Encore Break...
15 - Running Free
16 - Encore Break...
17 - Transylvania > Guitar solo...
18 - Drifter
19 - Prowler


Acquired by Nelly-Duke as a 1st Gen off Alex D.'s master, this needed a gentle retouch in Audacity (Amplification of +2db overall with Left Channel

tweaks ranging from -3db > +1.2db & Right Channel tweaks between -0.75db > +2db, with a total of 25s extraneous audience cut from the start & end of the

recording with appropriate Fades added plus 20s cut for a tapeflip after Track 10 & other breaks) prior to the sbe's & flac conversion...


Taped on the UK leg of the 'Killers World Tour '81' (& what would prove to be the last tour with Paul Di'Anno), this is a worthwhile recording of a

lively enough performance from the band with a decent early setlist - mp3 samples below, & Nelly-Duke's notes are as follows...


     'One generation from Alex Dart's master. Sony TCS 310 + unknown mic. Decent audience recording. This was a great Maiden tour. Saw them at

      Sheffield; well worth the night on Doncaster Station...I was at the Hull gig as well 3 months earlier. Also saw them at Withernsea Pavilion a

      couple of months before. Reckitt's Music Club coach job. We did Donny Station a few times in the early 80s, it was the only way we could get

      to see bands that didn't play Hull (let's face it, not many did!) unless Reckitt's ran a coach. Moved to Sunderland in 82 for Uni, so got my

      gig fixes at Newcastle after that!'

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