Behind the Iron Curtain (video)

Behind the Iron Curtain
Video by Iron Maiden
Released	23 October 1984
Recorded	World Slavery Tour, Poland, August 1984
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	30:00 (original) 58:00 (expanded version)
Label	PMI
Director	Kenny Feuerman
Producer	Martin Birch
Iron Maiden video chronology
Video Pieces (1983) Behind the Iron Curtain (1984) Live After Death (1985)

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Behind the Iron Curtain is a discontinued VHS/Beta/LaserDisc/VHD video by the English metal band Iron Maiden. The video features footage of the band on the road in Eastern Europe in 1984, performing concerts in Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia as part of the World Slavery Tour. The title refers to the fact that the band were touring inside the Iron Curtain (countries within the Eastern Bloc of the Soviet Union); unusual given the area's separation from the West due to the then-ongoing Cold War. Aside from two promotional videos from the album Powerslave, the video also contains two live tracks and interviews with band members.

The video has no MPAA rating and has a running length of 30 minutes. An expanded 58 minute version of the documentary is included on disc 2 of the Live After Death DVD. This expanded version was broadcasted by MTV in 1984 and was until the release of the Live After Death DVD only available on several bootleg recordings. Analysis of the tracks revealed that the audio of the tracks on the original video differ from the audio of the expanded documentary on the DVD version.

Track listing of the original video version

All tracks by Steve Harris except were noted

1. "2 Minutes to Midnight (Studio Version)" (Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith)
2. "Aces High (Studio Version)"
3. "Hallowed Be Thy Name (recorded live in Katowice, Poland on 14 August 1984)"
4. "Run to the Hills (recorded live in Budapest, Hungary on 17 August 1984)"

Track listing of the expanded MTV documentary

1. "Aces High (recording date unclear)"
2. "The Trooper (recorded live in Poznan, Poland on 11 August 1984)"
3. "22 Acacia Avenue (recording date unclear)"
4. "The Number Of The Beast (recorded live in Poznan, Poland on 11 August 1984)"
5. "Hallowed Be Thy Name (recorded live in Poznan, Poland on 11 August 1984)"
6. "2 Minutes to Midnight (recording live in Budapest, Hungary on 17 August 1984)"
7. "Run to the Hills (recorded live in Budapest, Hungary on 17 August 1984)"

Personnel

• Bruce Dickinson - vocals
• Dave Murray - guitar
• Adrian Smith - guitar
• Steve Harris - bass
• Nicko McBrain - drums