365. Iron Maiden / Eddie's Archive [6 Discs]. 2002. 5/5

Even if, like me, you seem to own almost everything that Iron Maiden has released, you still couldn't go past buying this boxset. It is a spectacular release of old and rare and some hard to find stuff, all stashed into a little box that puts more dollars into Rod Smallwood's wallet.

Containing six discs, this has the best of everything. The old live stuff from the BBC Archives that most of us have had on bootleg tapes for years, combined with pieces from the 1988 Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour. The Beast Over Hammersmith set, once again a gig most of us have bootlegs of, but now have on crystal clear CDs. And the combined B-Sides collection, most of which we own from the Ten Year anniversary albums we bought back in 1990.

So OK - we had it all before. But we went out and bought it again, didn't we? And why? Because it's Iron Maiden, and you just have to have it.

Rating:  Some great stuff on here, that major fans of the band will love. And probably already own.  5/5