A Quest Full Of Rarities

Total Eclipse  is a song that had been recorded in the sessions for the album The Number of the Beast (1982) and that first appeared on the single Run to the Hills as a b-side. When the band recorded the 9 songs on the album, one of them had to be left out. For the release of the single Run to the Hills , they were between 2 songs to use as a b-side: Gangland and Total Eclipse . They finally chose to use the latter. Steve Harris has stated that he regrets leaving this song out, despite the fact that he feels that the lyrics of said song did not fit the theme of the album (and without necessarily being a concept album). For some reason, it doesn't appear in Best of the B'Sides in Eddie's Archive (2002). Most likely, this song had already been played live before, and that's why it was already known. The song was performed live on tour for The Number of the Beast album in 1982, and appears on the live album Beast over Hammersmith of the Eddie's Archive (2002). ...

Wings of Thunder and No Time to Die are 2 titles of the same song that was recorded in the Tyr (1990) album sessions but has not been released. The first mention of this song was made by Tony Martin in 2004 on his official site, where he mentioned songs from his next album Scream (2005), and that 2 songs would use drum tracks by Cozy Powell, also adding that these songs were composed at the time of Black Sabbath : "The two tracks that I have put on the album are called Raising Hell and Wings of Thunder . They originate from the SABBATH days and I did play the demos to him when we were doin' (COZY POWELLS) HAMMER , he thought they were really good. They are very much Cozy -type tracks and it's taken me AGES!! I was determined to get it right! I'm very pleased with the way they turned out. If the tracks prove successfull I'll do a complete album of new songs with his drum tracks." Although the song Raising Hell appeared on the album, there was no trace of ...