Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast / Beast over Hammersmith 180g Vinyl 3LP
 
40th Anniversary Triple Gatefold 180g Vinyl 3LP Reissue with Original Album Plus Long Out of Print Beast Over Hammersmith Live Album
 
This release is limited to 15,000 units for the U.S. The 3LP 180g triple gatefold set celebrates the 40th anniversary of The Number of the Beast. It features The Number of the Beast PLUS the long out-of-print Beast over Hammersmith album, which was recorded live on March 20, 1982, two days before the original release of The Number of the Beast.
 
Featuring the classic title track, "Run To The Hills," and "Hallowed Be Thy Name," the Platinum-certified The Number of the Beast was the first Iron Maiden studio album to feature the great Bruce Dickinson and the first to hit the US Top 40.
 
...the album as a whole represented a high-water mark for heavy metal, striking a balance between accessible melodicism and challenging technique and intensity. Everything fell into place for Iron Maiden here at exactly the right time, and the result certainly ranks among the top five most essential heavy metal albums ever recorded. A cornerstone of the genre.
-Steve Huey, AllMusic.com
 
Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast / Beast over Hammersmith Track Listing:
 
LP1
1. Invaders
2. Children of the Damned
3. The Prisoner
4. 22 Acacia Avenue
5. The Number of the Beast
6. Run to the Hills
7. Total Eclipse
8. Hallowed Be Thy Name
LP2
1. Murders in the Rue Morgue (Live '82)
2. Wrathchild (Live '82)
3. Run to the Hills (Live '82)
4. Children of the Damned (Live '82)
5. The Number of the Beast (Live '82)
6. Another Life (Live '82)
7. Killers (Live '82)
8. 22 Acacia Avenue (Live '82)
9. Total Eclipse (Live '82)
10. Transylvania (Live '82)
LP3
1. The Prisoner (Live '82)
2. Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live '82)
3. Phantom of the Opera (Live '82)
4. Iron Maiden (Live '82)
5. Sanctuary (Live '82)
6. Drifter (Live '82)
7. Running Free (Live '82)
10. Prowler (Live '82)