The First Ten Years | ||||
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Released | 24 February – 28 April 1990 | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 5:41:00 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Iron Maiden box sets chronology | ||||
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The First Ten Years is a series of 10 CDs and double 12" singles by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released between 24 February and 28 April 1990, in commemoration of the band's ten-year recording anniversary.[1]
Each CD/double 12" contains two singles, complete with original B-sides and artwork, as well as an edition of "Listen with Nicko", a spoken-word track in which drummer Nicko McBrain would recount the history behind each song specific to that release.[1] Each part in the series included a special voucher, all ten of which could be exchanged by mail order for a limited edition storage box.[2]
Iron Maiden also released The First Ten Years: The Videos on VHS videotape and laserdisc, containing all 16 of the band's promotional music videos up to and including 1990's "Holy Smoke".[3]
Track listings
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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1. | "Running Free" | Steve Harris, Paul Di'Anno | 1980 ~ Iron Maiden | 3:18 |
2. | "Burning Ambition" | Harris | 1980 ~ Running Free | 2:41 |
3. | "Sanctuary" | Harris, Dave Murray, Di'Anno | 1980 ~ Iron Maiden | 3:14 |
4. | "Drifter" (Live in 1980) | Harris | 1980 ~ Sanctuary | 6:03 |
5. | "I've Got the Fire" (Live in 1980) (Montrose Cover) | Ronnie Montrose | 1980 ~ Sanctuary | 3:14 |
6. | "Listen With Nicko! Part. I" | Nicko McBrain | 9:29 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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1. | "Women in Uniform" (Skyhooks Cover) | Greg Macainsh | 1980 ~ Women in Uniform | 3:10 |
2. | "Invasion" | Harris | 1980 ~ Women in Uniform | 2:39 |
3. | "Phantom of the Opera" (Live in 1980) | Harris | 1980 ~ Women in Uniform | 7:12 |
4. | "Twilight Zone" | Murray, Harris | 1981 ~ Twilight Zone | 2:35 |
5. | "Wrathchild" | Harris | 1981 ~ Killers | 2:56 |
6. | "Listen With Nicko! Part. II" | McBrain | 8:02 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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1. | "Purgatory" | Harris | 1981 ~ Killers | 3:22 |
2. | "Genghis Khan" | Harris | 1981 ~ Killers | 3:07 |
3. | "Running Free" (Live in 1981) | Harris, Di'Anno | 1981 ~ Maiden Japan | 3:08 |
4. | "Remember Tomorrow" (Live in 1981) | Harris, Di'Anno | 1981 ~ Maiden Japan | 5:46 |
5. | "Killers" (Live in 1981) | Harris, Di'Anno | 1981 ~ Maiden Japan | 4:51 |
6. | "Innocent Exile" (Live in 1981) | Harris | 1981 ~ Maiden Japan | 4:02 |
7. | "Listen With Nicko! Part. III" | McBrain | 7:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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1. | "Run to the Hills" | Harris | 1982 ~ The Number of the Beast | 3:55 |
2. | "Total Eclipse" | Harris, Murray, Clive Burr | 1982 ~ Run to the Hills | 4:28 |
3. | "The Number of the Beast" | Harris | 1982 ~ The Number of the Beast | 4:52 |
4. | "Remember Tomorrow" (Live in 1981) | Harris, Di'Anno | 1982 ~ The Number of the Beast (Single) | 5:27 |
5. | "Listen With Nicko! Part. IV" | McBrain | 8:23 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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1. | "Flight of Icarus" | Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson | 1983 ~ Piece of Mind | 3:54 |
2. | "I've Got the Fire" (Montrose Cover) | Montrose | 1983 ~ Flight of Icarus | 2:40 |
3. | "The Trooper" | Harris | 1983 ~ Piece of Mind | 4:14 |
4. | "Cross-Eyed Mary" (Jethro Tull Cover) | Ian Anderson | 1983 ~ The Trooper | 3:55 |
5. | "Listen With Nicko! Part. V" | McBrain | 9:49 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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1. | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | Smith, Dickinson | 1984 ~ Powerslave | 6:07 |
2. | "Rainbow's Gold" (Beckett Cover) | Terry Slesser, Kenny Mountain | 1984 ~ 2 Minutes to Midnight | 4:56 |
3. | "Mission From 'Arry" | McBrain, Harris | 1984 ~ 2 Minutes to Midnight | 6:43 |
4. | "Aces High" | Harris | 1984 ~ Powerslave | 4:33 |
5. | "King of Twilight" (Nektar Cover) | Nektar | 1984 ~ Aces High | 4:53 |
6. | "The Number of the Beast" (Live in 1983) | Harris | 1984 ~ Aces High | 4:59 |
7. | "Listen With Nicko! Part. VI" | McBrain | 9:45 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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1. | "Running Free" (Live in 1985) | Harris, Di'Anno | 1985 ~ Live After Death | 3:28 |
2. | "Sanctuary" (Live in 1985) | Harris, Murray, Di'Anno | 1985 ~ Running Free (Live) | 4:40 |
3. | "Murders in the Rue Morgue" (Live in 1984) | Harris | 1985 ~ Running Free (Live) | 4:32 |
4. | "Run to the Hills" (Live in 1985) | Harris | 1985 ~ Live After Death | 4:06 |
5. | "Phantom of the Opera" (Live in 1984) | Harris | 1985 ~ Live After Death | 7:28 |
6. | "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" (Live in 1984) | Harris | 1985 ~ Run to the Hills (Live) | 4:15 |
7. | "Listen With Nicko! Part. VII" | McBrain | 11:54 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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1. | "Wasted Years" | Smith | 1986 ~ Somewhere in Time | 5:08 |
2. | "Reach Out" (The Entire Population of Hackney Cover) | Dave Colwell | 1986 ~ Wasted Years | 3:30 |
3. | "Sheriff of Huddersfield" | Iron Maiden | 1986 ~ Wasted Years | 3:35 |
4. | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | Smith | 1986 ~ Somewhere in Time | 5:44 |
5. | "That Girl" (FM Cover) | Andy Barnett, Merv Goldsworthy, Pete Jupp | 1986 ~ Stranger in a Strange Land | 5:04 |
6. | "Juanita" (Marshall Fury Cover) | Steve Barnacle, Derek O'Neil | 1986 ~ Stranger in a Strange Land | 3:46 |
7. | "Listen With Nicko! Part. VIII" | McBrain | 12:20 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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1. | "Can I Play With Madness" | Smith, Dickinson, Harris | 1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 3:32 |
2. | "Black Bart Blues" | Harris, Dickinson | 1988 ~ Can I Play With Madness | 6:40 |
3. | "Massacre" (Thin Lizzy Cover) | Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Brian Downey | 1988 ~ Can I Play With Madness | 2:53 |
4. | "The Evil That Men Do" | Smith, Harris, Dickinson | 1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 4:34 |
5. | "Prowler" (1988 Version) | Harris | 1988 ~ The Evil That Men Do | 4:07 |
6. | "Charlotte the Harlot" (1988 Version) | Murray | 1988 ~ The Evil That Men Do | 4:11 |
7. | "Listen With Nicko! Part. IX" | McBrain | 10:46 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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1. | "The Clairvoyant" (Live in 1988) | Harris | 1988 ~ The Clairvoyant (Live) | 4:27 |
2. | "The Prisoner" (Live in 1988) | Smith, Harris | 1988 ~ The Clairvoyant (Live) | 6:08 |
3. | "Heaven Can Wait" (Live in 1988) | Harris | 1988 ~ The Clairvoyant (Live) | 7:09 |
4. | "Infinite Dreams" (Live in 1988) | Harris | 1989 ~ Infinite Dreams (Live) | 6:02 |
5. | "Killers" (Live in 1988) | Harris, Di'Anno | 1989 ~ Infinite Dreams (Live) | 5:01 |
6. | "Still Life" (Live in 1988) | Murray, Harris | 1989 ~ Infinite Dreams (Live) | 4:38 |
7. | "Listen With Nicko! Part. X" | McBrain | 11:18 |
Chart positions
[edit]Single | Chart (1990) | Position |
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"Running Free / Sanctuary"
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Irish Singles Chart | 23[4] |
UK Albums Chart | 10[5] | |
"Women in Uniform / Twilight Zone"
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10[6] | |
"Purgatory / Maiden Japan"
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5[7] | |
"Run to the Hills / The Number of the Beast"
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3[8] | |
"Flight of Icarus / The Trooper"
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7[9] | |
"2 Minutes to Midnight / Aces High"
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11[10] | |
"Running Free (live) / Run to the Hills (live)"
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9[11] | |
"Wasted Years / Stranger in a Strange Land"
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9[12] | |
"Can I Play with Madness / The Evil That Men Do"
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10[13] | |
"The Clairvoyant / Infinite Dreams"
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11[14] |
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