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

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, released on 25 October 1993. It was recorded at various concerts across Europe, during the

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in 1992 and the

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in 1993. It features songs from the very beginning of the band's career (1975) through the ''

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'' 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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in Hell. "

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" was released as a single and hit No.9 on UK singles chart.

Track listing

Credits

Production credits are adapted from the album liner notes. ;Iron Maiden *

Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer who has been the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1981 to 1993 and 1999–present. He is known for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stag ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

* Dave Murray –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

Janick Gers Janick Robert Gers (; born 27 January 1957) is an English musician who is best known as one of the three guitarists in heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He initially joined to replace Adrian Smith, but remained in the band after Smith rejoined. ...

– guitar *

Steve Harris Steve Harris may refer to: * Steve Harris (musician) (born 1956), founder member and bassist of the band Iron Maiden * Steve Harris (actor) (born 1965), American film and TV actor * Steve Harris (basketball) (1963–2016), American basketball playe ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

, producer, mixing *

Nicko McBrain Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (born 5 June 1952) is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1982. Having played in small pub bands since 1966 from the age of 14, McBrain paid his bills after grad ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

;Additional musicians * Michael Kenney –

keyboard Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

s ;Production * Mick McKenna –

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* Tim Young – mastering *

– cover illustration *

Guido Karp Guido Karp (born 23 January 1963) is a German music photographer. Biography Karp was born in Mayen and grew up in Koblenz. Even as a schoolboy, he took photos of artists and concerts for the school newspaper of the Eichendorff-Gymnasium. The p ...

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photography Photography is the visual art, art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It i ...

*George Chin – photography *Tony Mottram – photography *

Rod Smallwood Roderick Charles Smallwood (born 17 February 1950) is an English music manager, best known as the co-manager of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. With his business partner, Andy Taylor, whom he met while studying at Trinity College, C ...

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management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

* 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