50 Years of IRON MAIDEN episode 30: Somewhere Back In Time & Flight 666

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Scream for me, YouTube!  In May 2008, Iron Maiden released a new “best of” CD, unlike the previous four.  Yes, that makes Somewhere Back In Time– The Best of: 1980-1989 the fifth Iron Maiden “best of”.  Despite the title, it has no songs from the first two albums, subbing in live versions with Bruce singing.  The actual tracklist focused on the Dickinson albums from 1982-1988 (Number of the Beast to Seventh Son).  Then, Maiden embarked upon a tour designed to recreate the Live After Death era, with some added goodies (and Eddies) from Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son (plus one song that didn’t fit).

Singer Bruce Dickinson, who was also a licensed pilot, had an idea:  would it be possible to modify a passenger jet to carry all their gear and crew, and fly it from gig to gig no matter how far?

It was indeed possible (if not difficult), and Ed Force One took to the skies to bring Iron Maiden to their fans around the world.  In the pilot’s seat:  Bruce himself!

The first leg of the Somewhere Back In Time tour was documented by Sam Dunn and Banger films for a movie:  Flight 666.  This film played theatrically, and was eventually released on a double DVD set with the movie and all the complete songs.  There was a complete soundtrack on CD and vinyl, and tonight we’re going to look at it all.

Mike and Harrison will dive deep into the film, the songs and the tour.  Mike has over 2000 words of notes, and copies of Flight 666 on CD, DVD and vinyl.  We will tackle Somewhere Back In Time itself as an album, and Harrison will discuss the tour legs that followed.

This will truly be an epic episode, so do not miss it.  We love to interact with the comments.

 

Friday February 27 at  7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.

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Past episodes:

• Episode one:  1975-1980
• Episode 2:  Iron Maiden & “Women In Uniform”
• Episode 3:  Killers
• Episode 4:  Maiden Japan, Live + One!!, Live at the Rainbow
• Episode 5:  The Number of the Beast
• Episode 6:  Beast Over Hammersmith
• Episode 7:  Piece of Mind
• Episode 8:  Let’s Talk Iron Maiden Drummers with Glen “Archie” Gamble
• Bonus Episode:  Run For Your Lives Tour Set Speculation
• Bonus Episode:  Maiden Grail acquired
• Episode 9:  Powerslave
• Episode 10:  Live After Death
• Episode 11:  Somewhere in Time
• Episode 12:  Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
• Bonus Episode & Critical post-show chat:  The First Ten Years Box Set
• Episode 13:  Maiden England ’88
• Bonus Episode:  Run For Your Lives Tour Setlist Analysis
• Episode 14:  No Prayer for the Dying
• Bonus Episode:  Hallowed By Their Name Unboxed
• Episode 15:  Fear of the Dark
• Bonus Episode:  Collections! Stories! Maiden on Vinyl, Bottlecaps & More!
  
• Episode 16: Live At Donington & A Real Live Dead One
• Episode 17:  Raising Hell – Bruce’s “Final” Show
• Episode 18:  The X Factor
• Bonus Episode:   The Coolest Iron Maiden Cassette You’ve Ever Seen
• Episode 19:  Best of the Beast / Virus
• Episode 20:  Virtual XI
• Bonus Episode:  The Best of Blaze
• Episode 21:  Ed Hunter
• Bonus Episode:  Interview with BLAZE BAYLEY
• Episode 22:  Brave New World
• Episode 23:  Rock In Rio
• Episode 24:  Eddie’s Archive and Edward the Great
• Episode 25:  Visions of the Beast with Bob Cesca of Camp Chaos
• Episode 26:  Dance of Death
• Bonus Episode:  The Greatest Iron Maiden Tribute Album You Never Heard Of (Food For Thought)
• Bonus Episode:  The Best of Iron Maiden’s Art
• Episode 27:  The Early Days
• Bonus Episode:  The Essential Iron Maiden
• Episode 28:  Death on the Road
• Bonus Episode:  Reissue singles (“Run to the Hills”, “The Number of the Beast”, “The Trooper”)
• Episode 29:  A Matter of Life and Death
• Episode 30:  Flight 666 & Somewhere Back In Time
• Episode 31:  The Final Frontier
• Bonus Episode:  From Fear To Eternity
• Episode 32:  En Vivo!
• Episode 33:  The Book of Souls
• Episode 34:  The Book of Souls:  Live Chapter
• Episode 35:  Legacy of the Beast
• Episode 36:  Senjutsu
• Series Finale

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