By the way, any word on a live album from this run, fellas? Rod? Don’t make me beg… because I will and without any hesitation.Īnyway, less talk about maybe one day finally hearing “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” with three guitars (I’m on my knees, my hands are clasped… please release something…), and back to the main points, which are Davey and Adrian’s solos and lead breaks over the colossal back half of this song (which you can watch in the video from 2012 below, played with the modern era guitar trio). The band was at least well aware of its stature and resurrected the mammoth, mystical centerpiece of its namesake album on their Maiden England tour, which stretched from 2012-2014. The Instrumental Back Half of the Title Track!Īmong all of Maiden’s epics, this one tends to get a bit lost in the conversation, at least regarding their ‘80s output. It was pretty simple stuff, but it demonstrated a recognition that the guitars were best left running through amplifiers and pedals and that an entirely new element could be implemented.Ĥ. Instead, Maiden recorded actual keyboard synths. What Smith and Dave Murray did differently than a lot of their peers was find a way to work the technology into their sound and style, rather than letting the tech drive the new direction just for the sake of having a new toy to play with, which is also quite a progressive tactic.Īnd how did they do that, exactly? Well, they kicked the guitar synthesizers utilized on Somewhere in Time to the side! The guitar textures are rich and offer a lot of depth for the band’s most progressive songwriting yet and those spidery leads feel otherworldly, helping to connect with the frozen wasteland depicted by famed cover artist Derek Riggs. Yeah, things went kind of sideways for the mighty Jethro Tull (not that the Grammys cared - they doled out an award to the crestfallen folk prog instigators anyway), but for Maiden especially, it worked out quite well. There is an alarming misconception that guitar synths didn’t work for rock and metal bands who got popular before the new technology was popularized.
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: Martin “The Disappearing Armchair” Birch 2. The Number of the Beast: Martin “Farmer” Birch You didn’t even know Martin Birch had studio credited nicknames, did you?Īnd you don’t need us to tell you why “The Disappearing Armchair” was the best of the bunch through this release, just take a look for yourselves.
Producer Martin ‘The Disappearing Armchair’ Birch Received His Most Outrageous Nickname Credit to Date
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