Lockdown collaboration: Phantom of the Opera [Iron Maiden]

digitalkettle

When metal caught this teenager's attention back in the mid-80s, I hadn't even thought about picking up a guitar or growing a mullet. I remember the intro to this tune from a 1985 Lucozade advert featuring Daley Thompson...I had no idea what it was but, ironically, it used to stop me in my tracks every time it came on!

Anyway, fast-forward 35 years and I finally got around to recording an instrumental version as a lockdown collaboration, sharing guitar duties with @jhumber

Enjoy it! All 7'13" of it: 


Here's that Lucozade ad for old times' sake:

\m/

imalrightjack

Excellent. Very faithful. I also recall the advert fondly. I later discovered Maiden through Seventh Son but hadn’t yet rummaged in the back catalogue and it took a while to realise it was them.

Only criticism, that Di’Anno, “Oh, yeah!” is missing 

\m/

digitalkettle

Thanks...left that "Oh, yeah!" as an exercise for the listener
a. I'm not rigging a mic up just for that
b. Screaming "Oh, yeah!" for twenty takes in a row...what would the neighbours think?

Maybe I could've sampled it?

I think, without vocals, the first third could've been shortened a bit...all the good stuff kicks-off at 2'50".

Was hoping that a vocalist would stumble across it and want to have a go.

John_A

I’ll forward this to our singer, he’d make a good job of it

digitalkettle

John_A said:

I’ll forward this to our singer, he’d make a good job of it

Go for it!

Boromedic

Fuckin brlliant this, great stuff!

digitalkettle

Boromedic said:

Fuckin brlliant this, great stuff!

Thanks!

PhilW1

Brilliant, 
I’ve tried and failed many a time to play this

Best Maiden track by far , blew me away then and still does now.

viz

I remember asking Dennis Stratton how the three of them synchronised their intros, did they agree who would lead and who would follow? And he said nope, they just looked at each other across the stage and hoped for the best

Springywheel

Nailed the guitar tones 

digitalkettle

Springywheel said:

Nailed the guitar tones

Cheers!

DeepStream

Tight playing and nice guitar tones. The other covers on SoundCloud are also good. Do you have any of your own pieces that you could also share?

tone1

Fantastic 

digitalkettle

Thanks...slow burner, this one!

digitalkettle

DeepStream said:

Tight playing and nice guitar tones. The other covers on SoundCloud are also good. Do you have any of your own pieces that you could also share?

Cheers...I don't...I've been incredibly unproductive over the last decade ;-/

Been playing a lot...but not recording so much!

Been keeping my hand in via this forum's 'solo of the month' and have also supplied the backing track on occasion:
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/184691/solo-of-the-month-sotm-61-challenge/p1
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/193455/solo-of-the-month-sotm-65-challenge
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/205999/solo-of-the-month-sotm-70-challenge/p1
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/209544/solo-of-the-month-sotm-72-challenge
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/212962/solo-of-the-month-sotm-74-challenge/p1

DiscoStu

Dunno how I missed this first time around. Sounds cracking!

DeepStream

What lovely playing on Seesaws & Zen, Can't Stand Bluesing You and That's A Keeper. In fact everyone's solo I have listened to is great! I am impressed by how talented the members of this forum are.

digitalkettle

DeepStream said:

What lovely playing on Seesaws & Zen, Can't Stand Bluesing You and That's A Keeper. In fact everyone's solo I have listened to is great! I am impressed by how talented the members of this forum are.

Thanks...SotM is open to all and it's a friendly audience