in the middle....

so when i left off i was becoming a maiden fanatic.....with this happening i started collecting all things maiden ...i bought my first 12" single "the trooper" at a sam the record man....a german super sound version to boot....it was my first taste of many b side tracks to come..on this disc was the jethro tull track..."cross eyed mary".....a little while later i bought the 2 minutes to midnight 12 " which had two b side tracks....the excellent Rainbow's Gold and the legendary
" Mission from 'arry"....a track recorded by lead singer Bruce Dickinson of an argument between bass player Steve Harris and drummer Nicko Mcbrain......i soon became a vinyl junkie....amassing picture discs and what not of the band....to this day i have over 70 pieces of vinyl of the band including rare items like the US issued picture disc of the album "piece of mind"....i have seen the band play live on the seventh son tour on my birthday which is may 13th ..that was the opening date of the tour in moncton,new brunswick,canada....and i've seen them a couple of times more..on the ED Hunter tour of '99 and the give me 'ed till i'm dead tour in montreal where we gave the band a 20 minute standing ovation that left them speechless...what a special night that was:)....drummer nicko mcbrain said that it was in his top5 best moments of playing live with maiden......


to be continued again...