Classic Albums S03E01 - Iron Maiden: Number of the Beast
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Iron Maiden has been both criticized and praised for their unforgiving presentation of hard rock. This album took them to worldwide stardom, and awoke accusations of backward masking, subliminal messages, and Satanism. Producer Martin Birch dissects the master tapes with the five band members, who discuss the writing and recording of each song, while looking for the 'hidden' elements.
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Show Name....... Classic Albums
Rating.......... N/A
Premiered....... 1997-04-13
Type............ Documentary
Genre........... Music
Plot............ This series looks at the writing and recording of some of the greatest albums of our era. Musicians, producers, and engineers are interviewed in the studio, and the master tapes are played, sometimes isolating particular channels, to highlight certain instrumental sounds or voices. Many of the musicians play live along with the tracks, demonstrating how they played the parts. In some cases, group members are reuniting after considerable time as they reminisce together. This is usually interspersed with some vintage clips and photos of concert performances. The BBC co-produced series began in 1997 with Ringo Starr as narrator. Later episodes have no narrator. The first seven episodes were licensed to VH1 in the US, then periodically more were released. Some have been shown on the BBC network, ITV, Sky Arts, VH1, A&E, PBS, and Biography Channel. One or two were repackaged by VH1 as 'Ultimate Albums'
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Network......... BBC Four
Country......... United Kingdom
Language........ English
Runtime......... 50 mins
Status.......... Running
Air Date........ Sunday 22:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/shows/13796/classic-albums
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Episode Name.... Iron Maiden: Number of the Beast
Season.......... 3x01
Plot............ Iron Maiden has been both criticized and praised for their unforgiving presentation of hard rock. This album took them to worldwide stardom, and awoke accusations of backward masking, subliminal messages, and Satanism. Producer Martin Birch dissects the master tapes with the five band members, who discuss the writing and recording of each song, while looking for the 'hidden' elements
Runtime......... 50 mins
Air Date........ 2001-11-01 Thursday, 17:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/637206/classic-albums-3x01-iron-maiden-number-of-the-beast
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Episode Name.... Elton John: Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road
Season.......... 3x02
Plot............ Elton John, along with some of his past and present band members discuss the creation of his opus, 'Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road'. Producer Gus Dudgeon and engineer David Henschel pull up some of the original multi-tracks, and demonstrate how the music was played and sang. Bernie Taupin is also on hand to describe his lyric writing, and some rare footage of rehearsals, and photos shot in the studio, are presented
Runtime......... 50 mins
Air Date........ 2001-11-06 Tuesday, 17:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/637207/classic-albums-3x02-elton-john-goodbye-yellow-brick-road
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