''Alive in Studio A'' is a heavy metal album released by

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frontman

Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer who has been the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1981 to 1993 and 1999–present. He is known for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage ...

in 1995. The album does not include new songs but instead re-recordings of songs from Bruce's first two solo-albums ''

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'' and ''

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'' with his new band line-up. This line-up would record the next album, ''

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''. The first CD was recorded live at

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, London, while the second CD is composed of live-recordings at the

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with his new band. The idea was for a low-key release of these double albums, and, according to the booklet in the 2005 re-release, Bruce Dickinson was less than pleased when the record company tried to pass them off as new material. ''Alive In Studio A'' was originally meant as a live session to be played on a US radio station, however, this never took place.

Track listings

;Disc one – ''Alive in Studio A'' # "Cyclops" – 7:15 # "

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" – 4:55 # "Son of a Gun" – 5:44 # "

Tears of the Dragon "Tears of the Dragon" is the first single from Bruce Dickinson's second solo album, '' Balls to Picasso'', released on 28 May 1994. Allmusic called "Tears of the Dragon" a "magnificent" track, "by far the album's best song". Track listing CD ...

" – 6:27 # "1000 Points of Light" – 3:53 # "Sacred Cowboys" – 3:56 # "

" – 3:55 # "

Born in '58 "Born in '58" is the last single from Bruce Dickinson's debut solo album, ''Tattooed Millionaire'', released on March 25, 1991. The song is about Bruce Dickinson's early life, growing up with his Grandparents in Worksop (Dickinson was born in 1958 ...

" – 3:23 # "Fire" – 4:57 # "Change of Heart" – 4:39 # "Hell No" – 5:11 # "Laughing in the Hiding Bush" – 4:08 ;Disc two – ''Alive at the Marquee'' # "Cyclops" – 7:54 # "1000 Points of Light" – 4:02 # "Born in '58" – 3:15 # "Gods of War" – 5:10 # "Change of Heart" – 4:29 # "Laughing in the Hiding Bush" – 3:51 # "Hell No" – 6:02 # "Tears of the Dragon" – 6:19 # "Shoot All the Clowns" – 5:06 # "Sacred Cowboys" – 4:17 # "Son of a Gun" – 5:41 # "Tattooed Millionaire" – 6:17

Personnel

;Musicians *

– vocals * Alex Dickson – guitar * Chris Dale – bass * Alessandro Elena – drums ;Production *Spencer May – engineer, mixing *Tim Summerhayes – Fleetwood Mobile engineer

References

External links

* {{Authority control Bruce Dickinson live albums 1995 live albums CMC International live albums Live albums recorded at The Marquee Club Castle Communications live albums