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

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, released on 22 March 1993. The album tracks were recorded at 9 different venues in Europe during the Fear of the Dark Tour in 1992. This album features songs from the '' Somewhere in Time'' (1986) through ''

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'' (1992) eras, while counterpart '' A Real Dead One'' only contains songs from the pre-''Somewhere in Time'' albums. When Iron Maiden re-released all of their pre-''

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'' albums in 1998, this album was combined with '' A Real Dead One'' to form the 2-disc '' A Real Live Dead One''. The album cover was made by longtime Iron Maiden cover artist

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, whose work for the ''Fear of the Dark'' album was rejected. "

" was released as a single.

Track listing

Personnel

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

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– vocals * Dave Murray – guitar *

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

– cover illustration *Tony Mottram –

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

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References

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