A Real Live One
A Real Live One is a live album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 22 March 1993. The album tracks were recorded at 9 different venues in Europe during the Fear of [the Dark Tour] in 1992. This album features songs from the Somewhere in Time through Fear of the Dark eras, while counterpart A Real Dead One only contains songs from the pre-Somewhere in Time albums.
When Iron Maiden re-released all of their pre-The [X Factor (album)|The X Factor] albums in 1998, this album was combined with A Real Dead One to form the 2-disc A Real [Live Dead One]. The album cover was made by longtime Iron Maiden cover artist Derek Riggs, whose work for the Fear of the Dark album was rejected. "Fear of the Dark" was released as a single.
Personnel
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.Iron Maiden
- Bruce Dickinson – vocals
- Dave Murray – guitar
- Janick Gers – guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Harris – bass, backing vocals, production, mixing
- Nicko McBrain – drums
- Michael Kenney – keyboards
- Mick McKenna – engineering
- Tim Young – mastering
- Derek Riggs – cover illustration
- Tony Mottram – photography
- George Chin – photography
- Rod Smallwood – management
- Andy Taylor – management