Parlophone records are to continue releasing the back catalogue of heavy metal legends Iron Maiden with ‘The Studio Collection-Remastered,’ which will cover the band’s album collection right the way throughout their almost forty years and sixteen studio album career.
‘The Studio Collection-Remastered’ is to be released in Digipack format, with the track listings matching the original studio albums, and will be released in the chronological order in batches of four, spread across a period of nine months beginning on November 16th, and all titles will be made available on streaming platforms. For the collector, one album in each batch will be optionally available in an especially artwork box featuring a 1:24 scale figurine and patch.
The releases are (in order):
November 16th -Iron Maiden/ Killers / Number of the Beast (collectors) / Piece of Mind.
February 2019 – Powerslave / Somewhere in Time (collectors)/ Seventh Son of The Seventh Son / No Prayer for the Dying.
April 2019- Fear of the Dark (collectors)/ The X Factor / Virtual X1 / Brave New World.
June 2019 – Dance of Death / Matter of Life & Death (collectors)/ The Final Frontier / Book of Souls.
Maiden bassist Steve Harris had this to say “I was delighted with the remastering we did in 2015. I thought it was the best our albums have ever sounded, and it was only right we made them available on CD as well.”
