RARE Iron Maiden "Running Free" original Debut 1980 7" PS Vinyl Single EMI 5032
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RARE Iron Maiden "Running Free" original 1980 7" Debut Picture Sleeve Vinyl Single EMI 5032. Condition is Used. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class Large Letter. Both the vinyl and the picture sleeve are in excellent condition.
This is an original first pressing of Iron Maiden's Debut 1980 single.
"Running Free" is the debut single by Iron Maiden, released on 8 February 1980 on the 7" 45 rpm vinyl record format. It was written by Steve Harris and Paul Di'Anno. The song appears as the third track on the band's debut album Iron Maiden (and the fourth track on its 1998 re-release).
According to vocalist Paul Di'Anno, who wrote the song's lyrics, it is "a very autobiographical song, though of course I've never spent the night in an LA jail. It's about being 16 and, like it says, just running wild and running free. It comes from my days as a skinhead." The song is known to be one of the band's more traditional rock numbers, which Mick Wall describes as "Iron Maiden at their punk-metal apotheosis,"[ and is still performed live to this day.
The single's cover art is famously known as the first official appearance of Iron Maiden's mascot, Eddie, although his face is obscured as the band did not want him unveiled until the album's release. Several band names (such as Scorpions, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Sex Pistols and Led Zeppelin) are spray painted on the wall behind the youth in the picture, as well as the word "Hammers", a tribute to West Ham United.
The B-side "Burning Ambition", recorded in November 1979 at Wessex Studios with producer Guy Edwards as a 4-piece band just prior to hiring Dennis Stratton & Clive Burr, is one of Harris' earliest compositions written around the time he was in Gypsy's Kiss. It is one of the few recordings to feature Doug Sampson on drums, and the only one released by the band (demo versions of "Wrathchild" and "Sanctuary" with Sampson on drums were released on the NWOBHM compilation album Metal for Muthas). The guitar solo in this song is played by Dave Murray. The song did not appear on an album until it was included in the Best of the 'B' Sides compilation, released as part of the Eddie's Archive Boxset, and was featured in the soundtrack of The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days DVD documentary.
- Paul Di'Anno – lead vocals
- Dave Murray – guitar
- Dennis Stratton – guitar & backing vocals on "Running Free" only
- Steve Harris – bass guitar & backing vocals
- Clive Burr – drums on "Running Free" only
- Doug Sampson – drums on "Burning Ambition" only
Info courtesy of Wikipaedia
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