| Press Packs/ Kits | ||||||||||
| Press packs are given out to radio/ tv stations/ music journalists etc for promotional purposes only. | Mostly to advertise | |||||||||
| a new album or world tour. They do differ from country to country and are all quite rare. | ||||||||||
| They are not available to the general public. | ||||||||||
| Naturally Maiden don't suffer too badly from promotional items. Their Press Kits are amongst the best. Read on. | ||||||||||
| I have the following from 1981 to the present day: | ||||||||||
| Killers - issued by Capitol Records | ||||||||||
| USA Press kit comprises of a band photo circa 1981 with double sided press release | ||||||||||
| Piece Of Mind - issued by Capital Records | ||||||||||
| USA Press kit comprises of band photo circa 1983, a very young looking Maiden! | ||||||||||
| double sided press release | ||||||||||
| 4 page question and answer session with the band | ||||||||||
| one page band discography up to 1983 | ||||||||||
| double sided Maiden History by Mick Wall | ||||||||||
| a reproduction of an article with Sounds magazine August 28 1982 | ||||||||||
| all housed in a rather nifty A4 wallet with Eddie on the front | ||||||||||
| Somewhere In Time - issued by Capitol Records, press kit one | ||||||||||
| USA Press kit comprises of band photo circa 1987 | ||||||||||
| double sided Maiden Behind the Iron Curtain sheet | ||||||||||
| 3 page Somewhere In Time album info sheets | ||||||||||
| 4 page Somewhere In Time USA tour schedule | ||||||||||
| 4 page discography/ questions and answer booklet | ||||||||||
| all housed in a gatefold type album sleeve | ||||||||||
| Somewhere In Time - issued by Capitol Records, press kit two | ||||||||||
| USA Press lit comprises of no less than 5 A4 photos of the band including Eddie! | ||||||||||
| Travelling In Time full colour magazine 36 pages in all! | ||||||||||
| double sided Maiden Behind the Iron Curtain sheet | ||||||||||
| 3 page Somewhere In Time album info sheets | ||||||||||
| double sided USA tour schedule sheet | ||||||||||
| 4 page discography/ questions and answer booklet different from the one above | ||||||||||
| 1 page tour history sheet | ||||||||||
| full colour promo poster advertsing album | ||||||||||
| all housed in a black folder with Somewhere On Tour Jan 7 to May 2 1987 on cover | ||||||||||
| Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son - issued by Capitol Records | ||||||||||
| USA full colour 4 page glossy booklet advertising Seventh Son album | ||||||||||
| with full USA discography | ||||||||||
| bookelt cover id Eddie crunching the word Maiden | ||||||||||
| No Prayer For The Dying - issued by Epic Records | ||||||||||
| USA Press kit comprises of band photo circa 1990 | ||||||||||
| 11 page press info including photos and articles on the band | ||||||||||
| housed in folder with pic cover : Eddie's hand spray painting on a grave head stone | ||||||||||
| No Prayer For The Dying - issued by Epic Records | ||||||||||
| USA Press kit comprises of band photo circa 1990 | ||||||||||
| double sided pres info sheet | ||||||||||
| A Real Live Bio - issued by Capitol Records | ||||||||||
| USA Press kit comprises band photo circa 1993 | ||||||||||
| I page press release on Real Live One CD release | ||||||||||
| housed in white generic Capitol embossed folder | ||||||||||
| The X-Factor - issued by EMI UK 1995 | ||||||||||
| Band biography 3 pages | ||||||||||
| The X-Factor : Maiden Return 3 pages | ||||||||||
| Man On The Edge : Press Release and sticker | ||||||||||
| Housed in full album cover folder | ||||||||||
| Best of the Beast - issued by EMI Records 1996 | ||||||||||
| UK full colour glossy booklet advertising Best of the Beast album | ||||||||||
| Virtual XI - issued by EMI Records 1998 | ||||||||||
| UK full colour glossy booklet advertising Virtual XI album information is directed at media | ||||||||||
| includes band photo in Maiden football strips along side other famous footballers | ||||||||||
| plus exclusive invitation to attend a Virtual XI football match | ||||||||||
| Ed Hunter - issued by Portrait/ Columbia Records | ||||||||||
| USA Press kit comprises of new line up band photo circa 1999 | ||||||||||
| 4 page band biography | ||||||||||
| Ed Hunter - issued by EMI Records | ||||||||||
| UK Press kit comprises of colour band photo of new line up | ||||||||||
| 1 page discography | ||||||||||
| 5 page Synthetic Dimensions Ed Hunter info brief | ||||||||||
| 1 page Maiden best band in the world info sheet | ||||||||||
| double sided Ed Hunter press release | ||||||||||
| 1 page Ed Hunter tour release | ||||||||||
| 4 page band biography | ||||||||||
| one sided Ed Hunter screen shots form PC game card | ||||||||||
| 5 track PC CD rom disc in card sleeve | ||||||||||
| all housed in Ed Hunter folder | ||||||||||
| Rock In Rio - issued by Portrait/ Columbia | ||||||||||
| USA Press kit with band photo and CD bookelt sized info pack | ||||||||||