The First Ten Years (box set)
The First Ten Years is a series of 10 CDs and double 12" singles by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released between 24 February and 28 April 1990, in commemoration of the band's ten-year recording anniversary.
Each CD/double 12" contains two singles, complete with original B-sides and artwork, as well as an edition of "Listen with Nicko", a spoken-word track in which drummer Nicko McBrain would recount the history behind each song specific to that release. Each part in the series included a special voucher, all ten of which could be exchanged by mail order for a limited edition storage box.
Iron Maiden also released The First Ten Years: The Videos on VHS videotape and laserdisc, containing all 16 of the band's promotional music videos up to and including 1990's "Holy Smoke".
Chart positions
| Single | Chart | Position |
"Running Free / Sanctuary"
| Irish Singles Chart | 23 |
| "Running Free / Sanctuary" | UK Albums Chart | 10 |
| "Women in Uniform / Twilight Zone" | UK Albums Chart | 10 |
| "Purgatory / Maiden Japan" | UK Albums Chart | 5 |
| "Run to the Hills / The Number of the Beast" | UK Albums Chart | 3 |
| "Flight of Icarus / The Trooper" | UK Albums Chart | 7 |
| "2 Minutes to Midnight / Aces High" | UK Albums Chart | 11 |
| "Running Free / Run to the Hills " | UK Albums Chart | 9 |
| "Wasted Years / Stranger in a Strange Land" | UK Albums Chart | 9 |
| "Can I Play with Madness / The Evil That Men Do" | UK Albums Chart | 10 |
| "The Clairvoyant / Infinite Dreams" | UK Albums Chart | 11 |