One: An Age-Old Dream 01 MERRY CHRISTMAS: Steve Harris forms Maiden 02 THE SOUNDHOUSE TAPES: Limited mail-order EP sells out 03 THE SHERRIFF OF HUDDERSFIELD: Rod Smallwood and the deal with EMI 04 ALL SYSTEMS GO: First lineup with Stratton and Burr 05 BURNING AMBITION: The first single, "Running Free" 06 THE IDES OF APRIL: Debut LP Iron Maiden released 07 HERE COMES THE WATER BAILLIFF: Adrian Smith joins up 08 LIVE!! +ONE: EP released in Japan, first live video released 09 KILLERS: Second album is first with producer Martin Birch 10 MAIDEN JAPAN: Live release, last recording with Di'Anno DI'ANNO AFTER MAIDEN: The solo work and medical issues Two: The Devil Sends the Beast with Wrath 11 THE AIR RAID SIREN: Dickinson joins 12 THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST: First UK No. 1, first sleeve by Derek Riggs 13 NO MORE LINEUP CHANGES, VOL. I: McBrain marks beginning of stable lineup 14 PIECE OF MIND: Fourth album released 15 POWERSLAVE: Eddie goes to war with the Luftwaffe 16 LIVE AFTER DEATH: First live LP released 17 SOMEWHERE IN TIME: Evolved sound, synthesized bass and guitars 18 SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON: 1988 release considered a masterpiece 19 THE WANDERING EYE: Dickinson releases solo album 20 NO MORE LINEUP CHANGES, VOLUME II: Smith leaves, end of classic lineup SCREAM FOR ME, POZNAo: Iron Maiden goes behind the Iron Curtain Three: Men on the Edge 21 NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING: Janick Gers replaces Smith 22 BRING YOUR SONGWRITING TO THE SLAUGHTER: Maiden's only No. 1 UK single 23 FEAR OF THE DARK: Martin Birch's last production job with Maiden 24 CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS: A Real Live One & A Real Dead One 25 BEAST OVER DONINGTON: Live at Donington 26 BYE BYE BRUCE: Dickinson leaves to pursue solo career 27 THE COMPANY OF WOLFSBANE: Blaze Bayley takes over 28 THE X FACTOR: New album, new label, new singer 29 PUT YOUR MASK ON: Best of the Beast compilation 30 VIRTUAL XI: Second--and last--Blaze album BLAZE BAYLEY BEFORE AND AFTER MAIDEN: Wolfsbane, solo career, near-fatal heart attack Four: The Three Amigos 31 MAIDEN 1999: Dickinson returns to a three-guitar lineup 32 BRAVE NEW WORLD: Popular LP hailed as return to form 33 ROCK IN RIO: Live album recorded before 250,000 fans 34 HALLOWED BE HIS NAME: Maiden plays benefit shows for Clive Burr 35 EDDIE'S ARCHIVE: Box set details BBC recordings and live and B-sides 36 DANCE OF DEATH: The 2003 live album 37 A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH: Released and unmastered 38 HELLO AGAIN: Somewhere Back in Time tour 39 FLIGHT 666: The 2009 documentary 40 WHY NOT ANTARCTICA? Band plays India, Australia, Japan, other underserved places CLIVE BURR (1957-2013): Looking back on life of former Maiden drummer Five: "We'll All Probably Drop Dead on Stage." 41 THE FINAL FRONTIER: Maiden in Singapore, Indonesia, and South Korea 42 EN VIVO! World Tour performance in Chile 43 LAGER OF THE BEAST: Maiden makes own beer called "Trooper" 44 THE GREAT UNKNOWN: Dickinson treated for tumor 45 THE BOOK OF SOULS: Live dates from dates all over 46 LEGACY OF THE BEAST: Tour postponed during COVID-19 47 BLOOD BROTHERS: Dickinson made honorary citizen of Sarajevo 48 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM: Live release tides fans over during lockdown 49. SURPRISE! Senjutsu, album secretly recorded during lockdown 50 THE ROAD GOES EVER ON: Dickinson returns for 2024 tour DENNIS STRATTON: Guitarist's career before, during, and after Maiden Discography Sources Image Credits Acknowledgments Index.