Iron Maiden "Aces High/Number of the Beast Live" 12" EMI UK VG+ Judas Priest LP
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Iron Maiden "Aces High" 12" EMI Records (UK)

Vinyl is VG+, Jacket is VG+.

Out of Print!!

Original Press!

Track Listing:

A Aces High Written-By – Steve Harris B1 King Of Twilight Written-By – Nektar B2 The Number Of The Beast (Live Version) Written-By – Steve Harris

"Aces High" is a song by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, written by bassist Steve Harris. It is Iron Maiden's eleventh single and the second from the 1984 studio album Powerslave. The song tells the story of a British RAF pilot fighting against the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1940), the first battle to be completely fought by aircraft.

"Aces High" is one of Iron Maiden's most popular songs, and has been covered numerous times. It was released as a single over a month after Powerslave came out. It was featured on the video game Madden NFL 10 as part of the game's soundtrack and on the MTV show Nitro Circus, it also features in Steve Peat's segment on the mountain bike film on New World Disorder III. Colin Mckay used it on his part of the skate video Plan B Questionable as well.

When performed live - as seen in among others, Live After Death and Iron Maiden: Flight 666 - it is usually preceded by Winston Churchill's famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech with the sound of planes in the background. Churchill's speech was also added into the beginning of the song's official music video.

The first B-side is a cover of Nektar's "King of Twilight", from their 1972 album A Tab in the Ocean. Their cover is actually a medley of the songs "Crying in the Dark" and "King of Twilight", the last two songs on the album.

The Japanese 12" was mixed with the B-side covers from "The Trooper" & "2 Minutes To Midnight" singles, which for some reason do not seem to have been released there.

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