''The First Ten Years'' is a series of 10 CDs and double 12" singles by British heavy metal band

Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris (musician), Steve Harris. Although fluid in the early years of the band, the line-up for most ...

, released between 24 February and 28 April 1990, in commemoration of the band's ten-year recording anniversary. Each CD/double 12" contains two singles, complete with original

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and artwork, as well as an edition of "Listen with Nicko", a spoken-word track in which drummer

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. He is the third-longest serving member of the band, having appeared on each Iron Maiden album sin ...

would recount the history behind each song specific to that release. Each part in the series included a special

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, all ten of which could be exchanged by mail order for a limited edition storage box. Iron Maiden also released '' The First Ten Years: The Videos'' on VHS videotape and

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, containing all 16 of the band's promotional music videos up to and including 1990's " Holy Smoke".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:First Ten Years Compilation album series Iron Maiden compilation albums 1990 compilation albums 1990 video albums Music video compilation albums Heavy metal compilation albums