Iron Maiden - Live at Donington (August 22nd 1992. 2CD, 1993) [Remaster 1998]

Live at Donington was the recording of the Iron Maiden's second headlining appearance at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington on August 22, 1992 during the Fear of the Dark Tour in front of a crowd of almost 70,000. It was originally only released as a limited edition triple vinyl set, but became a regular part of the band's CD catalogue with the 1998 reissues. Former guitarist Adrian Smith joins the band on this version of "Running Free".
The 1998 reissue of this album has different artwork. Instead of the white cover with the logo, they put the original concert poster by Mark Wilkinson on the front cover. Also, the track list was spread out differently, to make room for a multimedia section on disc 2.

As the title says, Live at Donington was recorded live at England's annual heavy metal festival, Castle Donington, on August 22, 1993. The performances are definitely an improvement over the disappointingly lackluster A Real Live Dead One collection (taken from the same tour), while the track listing is a near-exact duplicate of Dead One. Highlights include such Iron Maiden oldies but goodies as "The Number of the Beast", "Wrathchild", "2 Minutes to Midnight", "Hallowed Be Thy Name", "Iron Maiden", and the then-recent favs "Tailgunner", "Fear of the Dark", "Bring Your Daughter…to the Slaughter", and "Can I Play With Madness?" While fans of Maiden's more obscure material may prefer A Real Live Dead One, Live at Donington proves to be the better of the two on the strength of its far more inspired performances. While 1985's Live After Death remains Iron Maiden's definitive live collection, Live at Donington proved to be a proper follow-up.

~ Greg Prato, all media guide

Disc 1:

01. Be Quick Or Be Dead
02. The Number Of The Beast
03. Wrathchild
04. From Here To Eternity
05. Can I Play With Madness
06. Wasting Love
07. Tailgunner
08. The Evil That Men Do
09. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
10. Fear Of The Dark
11. Bring Your Daughter… To The Slaughter
12. The Clairvoyant
13. Heaven Can Wait
14. Run To The Hills



Disc 2:

01. 2 Minutes To Midnight
02. Iron Maiden
03. Hallowed Be Thy Name
04. The Trooper
05. Sanctuary
06. Running Free
07. Data Track [Not included]


Produced & Mixed by Steve Harris
Engineered by Mick McKenna at Barnyard Studios
Recorded at Monster of Rock Festival (England), April 22 '92
Additional musicians:
Michael Kenney - keyboards
Adrian Smith - guitar on "Running Free"

• Bruce Dickinson - vocals
• Dave Murray - guitar
• Janick Gers - guitar
• Steve Harris - bass
• Nicko McBrain - drums

Original Release Date: November, 8 1993
Re-Release Date: September 22, 1998
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: EMI Records Ltd.
Catalog No.: 96929 0 (930/931)