Running Free (Revelation - Live At The Rainbow)


    Label: Screaming Oiseau Records
Catalog #: SOR 7505 ABCD
   Format: 2LP
      P/A: A
    Sound: xxx
 Location: Rainbow, London, UK
     Date: 20 June 1980
     Tour: Iron Maiden UK Tour
   Sleeve: Picture of the band on stage, Steve in front.
     Time: xxx
   Tracks: Disc one:
           1) Intro
           2) Sanctuary
           3) Rough Child(sic)
           4) Prowler
           5) Remember Tomorrow
           6) Killers
           7) Running Free
           8) Another Way(sic)

           Disc two
           1) Transylvania
           2) Strange World
           3) Charlotte The Harlot
           4) Phanom Of The Opera
           5) Iron Maiden
           6) Drifter

This is what bootlegs are all about. The cover is an official looking
shiny picture from the Powerslave Tour, and it looks like there is the
"Japanese pressing" paper band wrapped around the sleeve, complete
with an EMI catalog id (EMS-67180-81) and Japanese characters, in the
middle of which the words "World Slavery Tour" appear. The funny
part is that the "paper band" is printed on the sleeve. On the back of
the sleeve the overall appearance of a legitimate record persists, the
1985 lineup of the band is listed, and there is a line "Somewhere on
tour 86/87" before the track listing. Only tiny letters on the spine of
the sleeve reveal that the recording is from 1980, with a completely
different line-up. The music is definitely old Maiden, but I wouldn't
bet much money on the date/location being really correct either. 
[Tomi Kause]