Anthology (Bruce Dickinson DVD)
Encyclopedia
Anthology is a 3 disc compilation DVD
by Bruce Dickinson
, the lead singer of Iron Maiden
. The DVD features three live performances as well every single promotional video
made during Dickinson's solo career. The DVD also includes over an hour of extras and unreleased footage. It was released on 19 June 2006 and features a special cardboard sleeve and an 8 page booklet. The cover features William Blake
's watercolour/inking The Whirlwind: Ezekiel's Vision of the Cherubim and Eyed Wheels.
tour entitled Dive Dive Live, Dickinson's first tour as a solo artist. It was recorded on 14 Augus, 1990 at the Town and Country Club, Los Angeles
, California. The band included future Iron Maiden
member Janick Gers
on guitar
as well as Andy Carr on bass
and Dickie Fliszar on drums
. The show was directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery.
1. Riding with the Angels
2. Born in '58
3. Lickin' the Gun
4. Gypsy Road
5. Dive Dive Dive
6. Drum solo
7. Zulu Lulu
8. The Ballad of Mutt
9. Son of a Gun
10. Hell on Wheels
11. All the Young Dudes
(Mott the Hoople
cover)
12. Tattooed Millionaire
13. No Lies
14. Fog on the Tyne
15. Winds of Change
16. Sin City (AC/DC
Cover)
17. Bring Your Daughter... ...to the Slaughter
18. Black Night (Deep Purple
cover)
The second live performance is from the Skunkworks
tour. This performance is composed of two concerts, filmed in Pamplona
and Girona
, Spain
on 31 May 1996 and 1 June 1996 respectively. The band includes Chris Dale on bass, Alex Dickson on guitars and Alessandro Elena on drums. These concerts were originally recorded for a four track video EP released only in Japan
. The show was directed by Julian Doyle
and produced by Jeremy Aziz.
1. Space Race
2. Back From the Edge
3. Tattooed Millionaire
4. Inertia
5. Faith
6. Meltdown
7. I Will Not Accept the Truth
8. Laughing in the Hiding Bush
9. Tears of the Dragon
10. God's Not Coming Back
11. Dreamstate
12. The Prisoner (Iron Maiden
cover)
tour. The show is entitled Scream For Me Brazil and was filmed in São Paulo
, Brazil
in 1999. The footage is not an official recording, but is actually taken from the feed that supplied the screen inside the venue and so is not of the usual quality expected of a live DVD. The band for this show includes Bruce's songwriting partner Roy Z
on guitar, fellow Iron Maiden member Adrian Smith
also on guitar, Eddie Casillas on bass and Dave Ingraham on the drums. This was Bruce's last solo tour before he and Adrian Smith rejoined Iron Maiden
.
1. King In Crimson
2. Gates of Urizen
3. Killing Floor
4. Book of Thel
5. Tears of the Dragon
6. Laughing in the Hiding Bush
7. Accident of Birth
8. The Tower
9. Darkside of Aquarius
10. The Road to Hell
made during Bruce's solo career, these include;
From Tattooed Millionaire
* Tattooed Millionaire (directed by Storm Thorgerson
)
* All the Young Dudes (directed by Storm Thorgerson
)
* Dive Dive Dive (directed by Jim Yukich)
* Born in '58 (directed by Jim Yukich)
From Balls to Picasso
* Tears of the Dragon (directed by Howard Greenhalgh)
* Shoot All the Clowns (directed by Howard Greenhalgh)
From Skunkworks
* Back From the Edge (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
* Inertia (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
From Accident of Birth
* Accident of Birth (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
* Road To Hell (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
* Man of Sorrows (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
From The Chemical Wedding
* Killing Floor (directed by Julian Doyle
)
* The Tower (directed by Julian Doyle
)
From Tyranny of Souls
* Abduction (directed by Julian Doyle
)
The disc also includes two more features, the first being Tyranny of Souls EPK, a track by track breakdown of Bruce's album Tyranny of Souls
, explaining the concept of the album and providing a look at the writing methods used by Bruce and Roy Z to create the album. The second feature, entitled Biceps of Steel, is an adaptation of the Samson
and Delilah
bible story filmed with Bruce in the band Samson
at the Rainbow Theatre in London
. It was filmed and directed by Julien Temple
who also filmed the Sex Pistols
' movie; The Great Rock and Roll Swindle. The feature lasts approximately 15 minutes and was shown in cinemas prior to Hazel O'Connor
's Breaking Glass
in 1980.
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
by Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson
Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, songwriter, airline pilot, fencer, broadcaster, author, screenwriter, actor and marketing director, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden....
, the lead singer of Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
. The DVD features three live performances as well every single promotional video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
made during Dickinson's solo career. The DVD also includes over an hour of extras and unreleased footage. It was released on 19 June 2006 and features a special cardboard sleeve and an 8 page booklet. The cover features William Blake
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
's watercolour/inking The Whirlwind: Ezekiel's Vision of the Cherubim and Eyed Wheels.
Disc I
Disc 1 features two live performances, the first is from the Tattooed MillionaireTattooed Millionaire
Tattooed Millionaire is the first solo hard rock album by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, released in 1990 .The album project began when Dickinson was asked to record a song for A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, and so wrote "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"...
tour entitled Dive Dive Live, Dickinson's first tour as a solo artist. It was recorded on 14 Augus, 1990 at the Town and Country Club, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California. The band included future Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
member Janick Gers
Janick Gers
Janick Robert Gers is an English musician, best known for being one of the three current guitarists in Iron Maiden, along with Dave Murray and Adrian Smith, as well as his earlier work with Gillan and White Spirit.-Career and Personal Life:...
on guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
as well as Andy Carr on bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and Dickie Fliszar on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
. The show was directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery.
Track listing
1. Riding with the Angels
2. Born in '58
3. Lickin' the Gun
4. Gypsy Road
5. Dive Dive Dive
6. Drum solo
Drum solo
A drum solo is an instrumental solo played on a drum kit. A drum solo may be set or improvised, and of any length, up to being the main performance....
7. Zulu Lulu
8. The Ballad of Mutt
9. Son of a Gun
10. Hell on Wheels
11. All the Young Dudes
All the Young Dudes
All the Young Dudes is an album by Mott the Hoople, released in 1972. Their initial album for the CBS Records label , it was a turning point for the then-struggling British band. They were about to break up when David Bowie stepped in and gave them the song "All the Young Dudes"...
(Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople were a British rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.-The early years:Mott The Hoople...
cover)
12. Tattooed Millionaire
13. No Lies
14. Fog on the Tyne
15. Winds of Change
16. Sin City (AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
Cover)
17. Bring Your Daughter... ...to the Slaughter
18. Black Night (Deep Purple
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
cover)
The second live performance is from the Skunkworks
Skunkworks
Skunk Works is an official trademark for the Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs .The designation "skunk works", or "skunkworks", is widely used in business, engineering, and technical fields to describe a group within an organization given a high degree of autonomy and unhampered by...
tour. This performance is composed of two concerts, filmed in Pamplona
Pamplona
Pamplona is the historial capital city of Navarre, in Spain, and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls is one of the main attractions...
and Girona
Girona
Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
on 31 May 1996 and 1 June 1996 respectively. The band includes Chris Dale on bass, Alex Dickson on guitars and Alessandro Elena on drums. These concerts were originally recorded for a four track video EP released only in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The show was directed by Julian Doyle
Julian Doyle (filmmaker)
Julian Doyle is a British film maker who is best known for editing Monty Python's Life of Brian and shooting the special effects for Terry Gilliam's films Brazil and Time Bandits.-Early years:...
and produced by Jeremy Aziz.
Track listing
1. Space Race
2. Back From the Edge
3. Tattooed Millionaire
4. Inertia
5. Faith
6. Meltdown
7. I Will Not Accept the Truth
8. Laughing in the Hiding Bush
9. Tears of the Dragon
10. God's Not Coming Back
11. Dreamstate
12. The Prisoner (Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
cover)
Disc II
Disc 2 features a live performance from the The Chemical WeddingThe Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson album)
The Chemical Wedding is the fifth solo album by English heavy metal singer Bruce Dickinson, released on 14 July 1998 through Sanctuary Records...
tour. The show is entitled Scream For Me Brazil and was filmed in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
in 1999. The footage is not an official recording, but is actually taken from the feed that supplied the screen inside the venue and so is not of the usual quality expected of a live DVD. The band for this show includes Bruce's songwriting partner Roy Z
Roy Z
Roy Z is a guitarist, songwriter and producer known for his work with Bruce Dickinson , Rob Halford and Judas Priest. He also is the founder of Tribe of Gypsies, a hard rock band with Latin influences.-Biography:...
on guitar, fellow Iron Maiden member Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith
Adrian Frederick "H" Smith is an English musician and one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. He is also one of the band's regular songwriters and, along with bassist Steve Harris, performs backing vocals on some songs.-Biography:While at school, Smith purchased his first...
also on guitar, Eddie Casillas on bass and Dave Ingraham on the drums. This was Bruce's last solo tour before he and Adrian Smith rejoined Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
.
Track listing
1. King In Crimson
2. Gates of Urizen
3. Killing Floor
4. Book of Thel
5. Tears of the Dragon
6. Laughing in the Hiding Bush
7. Accident of Birth
8. The Tower
9. Darkside of Aquarius
10. The Road to Hell
Disc III
The third disc includes every promotional videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
made during Bruce's solo career, these include;
From Tattooed Millionaire
Tattooed Millionaire
Tattooed Millionaire is the first solo hard rock album by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, released in 1990 .The album project began when Dickinson was asked to record a song for A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, and so wrote "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"...
* Tattooed Millionaire (directed by Storm Thorgerson
Storm Thorgerson
Storm Thorgerson is an English graphic designer, known for his work for rock bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, 10cc, Dream Theater, The Mars Volta, Muse, The Cranberries, and Biffy Clyro.-Biography:...
)
* All the Young Dudes (directed by Storm Thorgerson
Storm Thorgerson
Storm Thorgerson is an English graphic designer, known for his work for rock bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, 10cc, Dream Theater, The Mars Volta, Muse, The Cranberries, and Biffy Clyro.-Biography:...
)
* Dive Dive Dive (directed by Jim Yukich)
* Born in '58 (directed by Jim Yukich)
From Balls to Picasso
Balls to Picasso
Balls to Picasso is a Hard rock album by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, released in 1994. It is the second effort in Dickinson's solo career and the first released after he had officially left Iron Maiden....
* Tears of the Dragon (directed by Howard Greenhalgh)
* Shoot All the Clowns (directed by Howard Greenhalgh)
From Skunkworks
Skunkworks
Skunk Works is an official trademark for the Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs .The designation "skunk works", or "skunkworks", is widely used in business, engineering, and technical fields to describe a group within an organization given a high degree of autonomy and unhampered by...
* Back From the Edge (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
* Inertia (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
From Accident of Birth
Accident of Birth
Accident of Birth is a heavy metal album released in 1997 by Bruce Dickinson. It was published by Zomba Music.This is the second album made in collaboration with guitarist/producer Roy Z and is therefore much different from Bruce's previous Skunkworks album. It marks Bruce's return to his more...
* Accident of Birth (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
* Road To Hell (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
* Man of Sorrows (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
From The Chemical Wedding
The Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson album)
The Chemical Wedding is the fifth solo album by English heavy metal singer Bruce Dickinson, released on 14 July 1998 through Sanctuary Records...
* Killing Floor (directed by Julian Doyle
Julian Doyle (filmmaker)
Julian Doyle is a British film maker who is best known for editing Monty Python's Life of Brian and shooting the special effects for Terry Gilliam's films Brazil and Time Bandits.-Early years:...
)
* The Tower (directed by Julian Doyle
Julian Doyle (filmmaker)
Julian Doyle is a British film maker who is best known for editing Monty Python's Life of Brian and shooting the special effects for Terry Gilliam's films Brazil and Time Bandits.-Early years:...
)
From Tyranny of Souls
Tyranny of Souls
Tyranny of Souls is a heavy metal album released by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson on 23 May 2005. The cover art is a work by renaissance artist Hans Memling. It is Bruce's first solo album since rejoining Maiden in 1999 and his most recent studio album as a solo artist.The songwriting on the...
* Abduction (directed by Julian Doyle
Julian Doyle (filmmaker)
Julian Doyle is a British film maker who is best known for editing Monty Python's Life of Brian and shooting the special effects for Terry Gilliam's films Brazil and Time Bandits.-Early years:...
)
The disc also includes two more features, the first being Tyranny of Souls EPK, a track by track breakdown of Bruce's album Tyranny of Souls
Tyranny of Souls
Tyranny of Souls is a heavy metal album released by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson on 23 May 2005. The cover art is a work by renaissance artist Hans Memling. It is Bruce's first solo album since rejoining Maiden in 1999 and his most recent studio album as a solo artist.The songwriting on the...
, explaining the concept of the album and providing a look at the writing methods used by Bruce and Roy Z to create the album. The second feature, entitled Biceps of Steel, is an adaptation of the Samson
Samson (band)
Samson was a British hard rock band formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson. They are best known for their first three albums with future Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, then known as "Bruce Bruce", and drummer Thunderstick , who wore a leather mask and performed on stage in a...
and Delilah
Delilah
Delilah appears only in the Hebrew bible Book of Judges 16, where she is the "woman in the valley of Sorek" whom Samson loved, and who was his downfall...
bible story filmed with Bruce in the band Samson
Samson (band)
Samson was a British hard rock band formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson. They are best known for their first three albums with future Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, then known as "Bruce Bruce", and drummer Thunderstick , who wore a leather mask and performed on stage in a...
at the Rainbow Theatre in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. It was filmed and directed by Julien Temple
Julien Temple
Julien Temple is an English film, documentary and music video director. He began his career with short films featuring the Sex Pistols, and has continued with various off-beat projects, including The Great Rock And Roll Swindle, Absolute Beginners and a documentary film about Glastonbury.-Temple...
who also filmed the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
' movie; The Great Rock and Roll Swindle. The feature lasts approximately 15 minutes and was shown in cinemas prior to Hazel O'Connor
Hazel O'Connor
Hazel O'Connor is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of a soldier from Galway who settled in England after World War II to work in a car plant...
's Breaking Glass
Breaking Glass
Breaking Glass is a 1980 British film starring Hazel O'Connor, Phil Daniels and Jonathan Pryce. The film was co-produced by Dodi Fayed and written and directed by Brian Gibson. The film was screened out of competition at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival....
in 1980.