Just brought 'Number of the Beast' and 'Powerslave' on CD. I had some old Maiden vinyl and cassettes once upon a time but much of my Maiden collection was cassettes copied from friends at the time. By the time I actually got round to seeing Maiden in the late 80's (The Seventh Tour of The Seventh Tour - which was around the time of Can I Play With Madness topping the charts) I had already largely grown out of Iron Maiden. I will admit to still liking their early stuff though. No one can say they didn't produce some classic metal tracks back in the day :p
Anyway, somehow lacking *any* Maiden on CD I thought I'd start picking up some choice CDs. Number of the Beast was the first Maiden album I ever had and I still think it's got a fantastic tracklisting whilst Powerslave has 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' on it which is one of my favourite tracks from them.
Guess I'll see if I still like them when the CDs turn up next week...
