Iron Maiden - Classic Album: The Number of the Beast

Iron Maiden’s 1982 breakthrough, The Number of the Beast its first with leather lunged vocalist Bruce Dickinson remains a heavy metal watershed, and this Classic Albums program reunites the major players (including producer Martin Birch) for the undoubted pleasure of longtime Maiden fans. The interviews with band members and rock journalists in the 50 minute program touch on Maiden’s early career, then delve into the creation of songs that have become hard-rock classics: the title song came about from a nig