''A Real Dead One'' is a live album by English heavy metal band

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, released on 18 October 1993. It was recorded at various concerts across Europe, during the Fear of the Dark Tour in 1992 and the

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in 1993. It features songs from the very beginning of the band's career (1975) to the '' Powerslave'' era (1984), while counterpart '' A Real Live One'' contains songs from only the post-''Powerslave'' albums. The album spent three weeks on the UK chart, The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, 1996 edition and was promptly followed by '' Live at Donington''. When Maiden rereleased all of their pre-''

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'' albums in 1998, this album was combined with '' A Real Live One'' to form the two-disc '' A Real Live Dead One''. The cover is by long-time Maiden artist

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, and depicts Eddie as a

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. " Hallowed Be Thy Name" was released as a single and hit No.9 on UK singles chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Production credits are adapted from the album liner notes. Iron Maiden * Bruce Dickinson – vocals * Dave Murray – guitar *

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– guitar * Steve Harris – bass, production, mixing * Nicko McBrain – drums Additional musicians * Michael Kenney – keyboards Production * Mick McKenna – engineering * Tim Young – mastering *

– cover illustration * Guido Karp –

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*George Chin – photography *Tony Mottram – photography * Rod Smallwood – management *Andy Taylor – management

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Real Dead One, A 1993 live albums EMI Records live albums Iron Maiden live albums Live heavy metal albums