34. IRON MAIDEN Music Transcriptions
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This article is from the Iron Maiden FAQ, by Vartan Narinian vsn@pobox.com and Steve Payne Sirpapa@aol.com with numerous contributions by others.
34. IRON MAIDEN Music Transcriptions
* "Iron Maiden" (includes IRON MAIDEN, KILLERS, THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST, and
PIECE OF MIND) - transcribed by Ray Donato. Has a picture of "The Trooper"
on the front. Includes a biography for the band to that date. The
transcriptions are ok. There is both standard notation and tab, but no solos.
You might have to do some interpolating in spots. Hal Leonard # HL00693095,
original ISBN # 0-89524-190-0 (originally published by Cherry Lane Music
Company, Inc.), retail $19.95. (About $30 canadian in Canada.)
* "Powerslave/Somewhere In Time" - Guitar Recorded version. Transcribed by
Wolf Marshall. Has a picture of "Stranger In A Strange Land" on the cover.
Very good and very accurate and also include solos. Couple of cool photos
of the band too. Hal Leonard # HL00693096, ISBN 0-88188-777-3, retail
$17.95 (or $19.95 I think). (Around $30 canadian in Canada.)
* "Powerslave/Somewhere In Time" - Bass recorded version. Transcribed by Mike
Duclos. This also has the bass parts during the guitar solos. Hal Leonard #
HL00660130, ISBN 0-7935-3081-4, retail $17.95. (Around $30 canadian.)
* "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" - Guitar recorded version, transcribed by
Larry Giannechini. Hal Leonard # HL00693097, retail $16.95.
* "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" - Melody Line, Lyrics, Chords. Hal Leonard
# HL00356985, retail $9.95.
* "No Prayer For The Dying" - transcribed by Jim Quinn. Hal Leonard
# 00694761, ISBN #0-7935-0394-9, retail $18.95.
* "Fear Of The Dark" - transcribed by Barnes Music Engraving. Hal Leonard
# HL00694850, ISBN #0-7935-1845-8, retail $19.95.
* "Powerslave" - includes cassette or CD pack. Hal Leonard # HL00674100
(Cassette pack), # HL00699340 (CD pack), retail $17.95 (Cassette pack),
$19.95 (CD pack).
* "Rock Score" - includes 5 songs: "Innocent Exile", "Killers", "Phantom Of
The Opera", "Remember Tomorrow", and "Running Free". Hal Leonard
# HL00660053, retail $16.95 (or is it $18.95?). This book does NOT have
TAB notation (like it advertisements *say* it do!), and it is also kinda
cheesy for lyrics...but supposedly the solos are pretty decently
transcribed (if you can read the music, that is). But it includes both
guitar parts, vocals, bass, and drums as well. Pretty detailed.
* "A Real Live One" - transcribed by Danny Begelman, guitar editor Aaron Stang.
includes all songs off of the album A REAL LIVE ONE. Published by CPP/Belwin
Inc., 15800 N.W. 48th Avenue, Miami, FL 33014 (# P0994GTX - no ISBN).
Retail $21.95 (#19.95 in the UK)
* "The best of IRON MAIDEN" - really it's the singles. ISBN #0-7119-2577-1,
cost around #12 (that's UK pounds). The song list is as follows:
+ Without solos (and with a pretty dodgy or just plain wrong transcription):
Running Free, Sanctuary, Women in Uniform, Twilight Zone, Wrathchild,
Run to the Hills, Purgatory, The Number of the Beast, Flight of Icarus,
The Trooper.
+ With solos (but some are incomplete, e.g. the verse riffs for Infinite
Dreams are left `as an exercise'):
2 Minutes to Midnight, Aces High, Wasted Years, Stranger in a Strange
Land, Can I Play With Madness, The Evil that Men Do, The Clairvoyant,
Infinite Dreams, Bring Your Daughter...to the Slaughter, Holy Smoke.
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation's address is 7777 West Bluemound Road,
P.O. Box 13819, Milwaukee, WI 53213, USA.
All books are in TAB form, with notes, except for the "Rock Score" book,
which is notes only (no TAB)! This specific book also has some pretty
incorrect lyrics unfortunately...Really screwed up! All other books are for
the most part VERY accurate and complete, with the exception of the very
first book, which includes the first 4 albums (damn!): this book only gives
a moderately-okay transcription of main rhythms, but starts to get worse for
bridges and complex riffs, and contains virtually nothing on solos. The
"Powerslave/Somewhere In Time" book is probably the best (IMHO) - very
accurate and readable, and done by Wolf Marshall. "The best of IRON MAIDEN"
is good value for money as long as you're prepared to work quite hard
correcting some of the transcriptions.
These books are usually available at your local music store. For the USA and
Canada, Cherry Lane Music/Music Dispatch has a pretty decent mail-order thing
going on for these TAB books, along with all kinds of other stuff (other TAB
books, videos, study books, etc.). The information for getting in contact
with Music Dispatch is:
Mail Box Music/Music Dispatch
960 East Eleventh Street
P.O. Box 227
Winona, MN 55987
1-(800)-637-2852
* NOTE: In their latest catalog, Music Dispatch also lists that they DO have
the IRON MAIDEN biography ("Running Free") in stock, for only $9.95. As
mentioned later in this FAQ, this is a GREAT book and a GREAT source of
information (especially for this FAQ), and I HIGHLY recommend it (espec-
ially at only $9.95, plus shipping)! The order number for this book is:
02578013. This is the 1st edition of the book, not the 2nd edition (it is
out of print). This is still very good... The 2nd edition just contains
about 15 extra pages, photos and such from the World Slavery Tour, and the
cover of the book is the same as the cover of the SOMEWHERE IN TIME album.
Iron Maiden songs transcribed in magazines
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Guitar For The Practicing Musician:
Song Issue
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Aces High Nov 1985
Can I Play With Madness Jan 1989
Run To The Hills Dec 1986
The Trooper Jan 1985
Wasted Years Jun 1987
Guitar School:
Song Issue
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The Number of The Beast Nov 1992 (vol. 4 num. 6)
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