Beast Over Hammersmith

16th November 2002

CD 1
1. Murders In The Rue Morgue (Harris)
2. Wrathhi!d (Harris)
3. Run To The Hi!!s (Harris)
4. Chi!dren O" The Damned (Harris)
5. The Number O" The Beast (Harris)
6. #nother $i"e (Harris)
7. %i!!ers (Di'Anno, Harris)
8. 22& #aia #venue (Harris, Smith)
9. Tota! '!i(se (Harris, Murray, urr)

CD 2
1. Trans)!vania (Harris)
2. The *risoner (Smith, Harris)
3. Ha!!o+ed Be Th) Name (Harris)
4. *hantom O" The O(era (Harris)
5. Iron Maiden (Harris)
6. ,antuar) (Harris, Di'Anno, Murray)
7. Dri"ter (Harris)
8. Running -ree (Harris, Di'Anno)
9. *ro+!er (Harris)
!his r"#or$in% &rom th" Hamm"rsmith %i% $urin% th" "ast 'n !h" (oa$ tour is )"ry
r"*r"s"ntati)" o& +ron Mai$"n's "n"r%y an$ ",#"*tiona- musi#a- a.i-ity on sta%" at
that tim". +t /as th" &irst tour /ith ru#" Di#0inson at th" h"-m an$, 1uit" sa$-y, th"
-ast on" &or 2-i)" /ho /asn't %oin% to *ro&"ssiona--y sur)i)" th" *-ayin%3*artyin%
s#h"$u-" th"y ha$ $urin% th" 4orth Am"ri#an -"% o& th" tour. !his *arti#u-ar %i% too0
*-a#" to/ar$ th" ."%innin% o& th" tour 5 ")"n ."&or" th" r"-"as" o& th" Number Of
The Beast a-.um 5 an$ th"ir "n"r%y ha$n't y"t .""n s*"nt on a--6ni%ht .ash"s.
7or thos" /ho $i$n't 0no/ 2-i)"'s $rummin% s0i--s -i)", this is a *"r&"#t a-.um that
hi%h-i%hts th" $i&&"r"n#"s ."t/""n him an$ his su##"ssor, 4i#0o M#rain. A-thou%h
4i#0o is t"#hni#a--y su*"rior to 2-i)", urr's $rummin% is ra/, &ast an$ $ir"#t, an$ +
*"rsona--y t"n$ to *r"&"r it, main-y on th" 8*r"64i#0o8 #om*ositions (+ $o not -i0" th"
/ay 4i#0o 8sim*-i&i"$8 th" $rum6-in" on '(unnin% 7r""', &or instan#", or ho/ h"
mo$i&i"$ that o& 'Ha--o/"$ " !hy 4am"' in or$"r to s*""$ it u*), .ut this is 9ust a
matt"r o& tast" 5 .oth 2-i)" an$ 4i#0o ar" .ri--iant $rumm"rs in th"ir r"s*"#ti)"
sty-"s.
+t shou-$ ." not"$ that ru#" ha$ at &irst a har$ tim" st"**in% into :au- Di'Anno's
sho"s an$ that th" #riti#s /"r" not ",a#t-y t"n$"r /ith him. !his r"#or$in% sho/s
that ru#" ha$ in$""$ a $i&&"r"nt )oi#" than th" on" /" 0no/ no/, an$ that th"
*o/"r h" .ui-t u* $urin% his y"ars /ith Mai$"n /as not 1uit" th"r" at th" tim" 5
a-thou%h it is o.)ious that th" &irst %"rm o& this *o/"r /as a-r"a$y *r"s"nt an$ that,
/ith som" /or0, h" /as %oin% to attain this *"r&"#t /ay o& sin%in% that %a)"
Mai$"n's &ina- *"rsona-ity tou#h. !h" &a#t that ru#" /as not as *"r&"#t as som"
*"o*-" t"n$ to thin0, main-y ha)in% trou.-" /ith som" Di'Anno son%s, shou-$ ."
str"ss"$ an$ shou-$ *ut to sham" a-- thos" /ho /"r" .ashin% -a;" ay-"y $urin% his
t"nur" /ith +ron Mai$"n (an$ sti-- $o no/, sa$-y "nou%h). ru#"'s son%s /"r" $i&&i#u-t
&or -a;" to sin% 5 an$ som"tim"s &or ru#" hims"-& too< 5 ."#aus" o& a $i&&"r"nt
r"%ist"r o& )oi#" (9ust -ist"n to ru#" sin%in% som" -a;"6"ra son%s, th"y &itt"$
-a;"'s )oi#" mu#h ."tt"r). oth ru#" an$ -a;" ha)" ta-"nt, .ut ru#" ha$ y"ars
/ith Mai$"n to *"r&"#t his )oi#" /h"r"as -a;" on-y $i$ t/o tours /ith th"m. 4"/
0i$s on th" .-o#0 shou-$ ." tr"at"$ /ith a .it mor" *ati"n#" an$ un$"rstan$in%<
+n any #as", Beast Over Hammersmith is a r"a- %"m an$ *ro.a.-y th" ."st a-.um
that #an ." &oun$ in Eddie's Archive. A 8must ha)"8 &or ")"ry Mai$"n &an.