Parlophone Records will continue their reissues series of the Iron Maiden catalogue with The Studio Collection – Remastered, covering the band’s sixteen-strong studio albums across their career to date.
Following on from 2014/2017’s black vinyl releases and 2015’s Mastered for iTunes project, The Studio Collection – Remastered will be released on the Digipak CD format, with the track listing matching the original UK releases. The recordings are taken from the same remasters as the 2015 hi-res digital releases. The albums will be released chronologically in four batches across a nine month period, superseding the previously available studio catalogue and all titles will also be made available on streaming platforms.
As a bonus for collectors, one CD from each batch of releases will also be optionally available in a specially artworked box featuring a 1:24 scale figurine and exclusive patch. In the first batch, released on November 16, this will be The Number Of The Beast.
Maiden founding member and bassist Steve Harris says, “We’ve wanted to revisit these for a long time and I was delighted with the remastering we did in 2015. I thought it was the best that our albums have ever sounded and it was only right that we made them available on CD now too.”
BATCH #1: NOVEMBER 16
Iron Maiden / Killers / The Number Of The Beast (standard or collectors boxset edition including TNOTB Eddie figurine and patch) / Piece Of Mind
BATCH #2: FEB 2019 (DATE TBC)
Powerslave / Somewhere In Time (standard/collectors) / Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son / No Prayer For The Dying
BATCH #3: APRIL 2019 (DATE TBC)
Fear Of The Dark (standard/collectors) / The X Factor / Virtual XI / Brave New World
BACK #4: JUNE 2019 (DATE TBC)
Dance Of Death / A Matter Of Life And Death (standard/collectors) / The Final Frontier / The Book Of Souls*
*not remastered but appearing in Digipak for the first time.
Iron Maiden recently completed the first leg of their Legacy Of The Beast Tour, playing sold-out stadium, arena and headline festival shows across Europe to over 750,000 fans. The tour, which was hailed by fans and media alike as the must-see show of the summer, will continue into 2019, with a headline show at Brazil’s Rock In Rio festival recently announced and more dates to follow. See the band’s official website for updates.
