Exactly 40 years to the day since it was first released, Parlophone Records has announced a brand new, beautifully packaged, limited collectors 2LP color vinyl edition of IRON MAIDEN’s classic album “Live After Death”.
Featuring the original revered gatefold sleeve artwork, the album comes with two 140g vinyls (one in blue, the other in yellow) featuring the 2015 audio remastering. The package also includes a replica 24-page “World Slavery Tour” program, bringing back to life the original tour program for new generations.
dditionally the vinyl features a replica tour pass and a glossy 12-page booklet, which contains the original eight-page booklet alongside an exclusive and brand new essay titled “Rime And Punishment: Celebrating 40 Years Of Live After Death”, where IRON MAIDEN fan club editor Alexander Milas interviews Steve Harris, Nicko McBrain, Rod Smallwood and acclaimed illustrator Derek Riggs about the legendary album.
As Steve Harris explains of the time: “We were touring our arses off. It was literally just, ‘record, tour, record, tour’ — we didn’t stop. Rod was cracking the old whip, and that was the right thing to do. I mean, we were totally up for it, it’s not like we were doing stuff that we didn’t want to do. You think you’re invincible — ‘Yeah, we’ll take that on, no problem.’ That’s the way to crack it. It’s the only way for a band like us because we had no radio play whatsoever back then.”
Also, a documentary film about IRON MAIDEN by Universal Pictures Content Group will be released in early 2026, and the band will continue their two-year “Run For Your Lives” world tour through Europe and beyond.
