''A Real Live One'' is a live album by English heavy metal band

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, released on 22 March 1993. The album tracks were recorded at 9 different venues in Europe during the

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in 1992. This album features songs from the '' Somewhere in Time'' (1986) through ''

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'' (1992) eras, while counterpart ''

A Real Dead One ''A Real Dead One'' is a live album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 25 October 1993. It was recorded at various concerts across Europe, during the Fear of the Dark Tour in 1992 and the Real Live Tour in 1993. It features ...

'' only contains songs from the pre-''Somewhere in Time'' albums. When Iron Maiden re-released all of their pre-''

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'' albums in 1998, this album was combined with ''

'' to form the 2-disc '' A Real Live Dead One''. The album cover was made by longtime Iron Maiden cover artist

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, whose work for the ''Fear of the Dark'' album was rejected. "

" was released as a single.

Track listing

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes. ;Iron Maiden * Bruce Dickinson –

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* Dave Murray –

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* Janick Gers – guitar,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

* Steve Harris – bass, backing vocals, producer, mixing *

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– drums ;Additional musicians * Michael Kenney –

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s ;Production * Mick McKenna –

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* Tim Young – mastering *

– cover illustration *Tony Mottram –

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*George Chin – photography *

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–

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* Andy Taylor – management

Charts

Certifications

References

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