Iron Maiden - 1977 Tapes (The Dennis Wilcock Days) [Full Bootleg Album]

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Track List
1. Prowler (Full Recording) - 0:00
2. Floating (Purgatory) - 5:48
3. Charlotte (The Harlot) - 6:18
4. Dennis Wilcock MC - 6:38
5. Sanctuary - 7:03
6. Another Life - 7:29
7. Strange World - 8:27
8. Charlotte the Harlot - 8:56
9. Wrathchild - 10:00
10. Iron Maiden - 10:37

[@DylMark1999]

*Track List* 1. Prowler (Full Recording) - 0:00 2. Floating (Purgatory) - 5:48 3. Charlotte (The Harlot) - 6:18 4. Dennis Wilcock MC - 6:38 5. Sanctuary - 7:03 6. Another Life - 7:29 7. Strange World - 8:27 8. Charlotte the Harlot - 8:56 9. Wrathchild - 10:00 10. Iron Maiden - 10:37

[@wanderer1955]

I saw Maiden in the Cart and Horses pub in Stratford East London back in 1976. My old school chum Paul Mario Day was the singer and I never even knew. I just randomly walked in the pub, one night and there they were. Nobody knew back then just how big Maiden were going to become. I wish I could remember more about that night. Oh well!

[@crushingalldeceivers]

Fantastic, thanks for sharing your story even though you remember little.

[@wanderer1955]

@@crushingalldeceivers No problems. I wish I could remember more too. But the good news is after 46 year's I managed to get back in contact again with Paul Mario Day. He's happily living in Australia, but his health isn't as good as it should be. Mind you he is 65 now.

[@juancortez5568]

Very cool stuff!!🤘 Thanks for sharing.

[@nunogil5039]

Really??? You are a lucky man

[@wanderer1955]

@@nunogil5039 Here is Paul talking about his time with Iron Maiden. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j163fKiomK93h9U

[@arturslunga3415]

They played these songs live for years and years before they recorded their first LP. That's probably why that album is one of the best rock albums ever.

[@Danimal77]

How in the hell does this only have 5000 views???? This is the EARLIEST full live recording of one of the biggest heavy metal bands of ALL TIME and NO ONE even knows this exists other than a mere 5 thousand people?!?!

[@DylMark1999]

I have an earlier recording from 1976 on my page but unconfirmed to be legit

[@dominikcygan2664]

10k now, still a disappointing number, more fans should know of it's existence i agree with you

[@Necroctulhu]

Well, it is not really full

[@jrg770]

I mean it sounds terrible lol. Most of us have older recordings and learned not to give them much attention as they are often terrible recordings and although Dave is a fav guitar player of mine (the slow solo in Powerslave for example) He is terribly out of tune with his bending in almost all recordings of Prowler my god this is the example when people say "sounds like a dying strangled cat" lol.

[@jimmyneut3913]

@@DylMark1999 Can I see it?

[@duindorp47]

First two Maiden albums will always be my favorites. They are a part of my life. Thank you guys 🙏🏻

[@william7038]

@@CBT5777 We dont think so!

[@Milli2X]

Interesting how when i saw them live for first time in 2006 the opening song was prowler and closing song was Iron Maiden just like the first album (my favorite album)

[@METALWORLD_hq]

2005 this was!

[@AportesKike]

They still wore their influences on their sleeve I can hear UFO, Scorpions, Rainbow and Black Sabbath all over this version of Sanctuary could be in a Deep Purple album and Iron Maiden could pass as an outtake from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath sessions

[@risingfr]

Also Wishbone ash influence.

[@fatimasalakovic9985]

Captain Beyond too

[@billschwenke790]

Pete Way and Steve Harris clearly a connection

[@RicardoGarcia-xi5ho]

It would be awesome if Steve would put out some of the early material with the different lineups he had before recording their major debut album. This is pretty awesome, thanks for putting this out for all the die hard Maiden fans to listen. Up the Irons!!! \m/

[@jimmyneut2702]

That’s what I want.

[@MK-ue1ys]

Realistically a poor guy in the mid to late 70s probably doesn’t have very much in the way of early recordings.

[@wesleyfelipe7290]

Amazing, listening to Iron Maiden's songs before they were recorded, I really liked it, the beginning of everything 🤘🏻🤘🏻❤️

[@williamlight7122]

I just love Strange World from this early days.

[@tagomauro2]

a song Bruce Dickinson never dared to sing, thank god

[@jimmyneut2702]

It’s almost a different song from later versions. The music was reworked in 78

[@gilpabloseb]

I love this Wrathchild slow version! Thanks for sharing!

[@tonymiles5857]

Maiden were lucky to survive Wilcox’s destructive attitude. Way more ego than talent. He was never a team player and Steve Harris was grateful to see the back of him.

[@mattunsonallen]

Nice Find! Thanks for posting. These are great!

[@danaevelyn5850]

I love it. Love the Vocals on Wrathchild! Its so original and pure it wasnt refined yet.

[@jeremybennett1891]

Holy shit! Finally found it. Thanks for the upload

[@sanjurosama]

I'm so glad Di'Anno replaced Wicock.

[@user-sq6wu6uz2e]

Me too

[@coldacre]

Bob Sawyer takes the first lead in "Prowler" and absolutely kills!

[@davidebasile9422]

the impressive thing is that in the first three tracks, even if they are the earliest, the only original members left were already Steve Harris and the drummer! They had already changed two guitarists and a singer!

[@malobolo]

Thank you so much. This is history.

[@eveivac]

Making of Iron Maiden...part 1! Perfect!!!

[@rebeccadeane4679]

Early Maiden, is Fabulously RAW!!! GRR!!! I LOVE IRON MAIDEN!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@theknowledgeabletravellers6015]

Thank you Dylan. I am subscribing.

[@Vortigan07]

Wow! Absolute solid gold history!! First Maiden I've ever heard (to my knowledge) without Dave Murray! And those keyboards on Wrathchild...yeah, certainly different!!

[@oswaldomelendez6596]

Thanks my Friend!!!!! Thanks Thanks!!!

[@everlastinggobbstopper]

This recording is the Holy Grail my friend!!?💜🖤❤️🤘💋💣💥

[@Alexander-lt6es]

WOW!! I love that ultra raw sound. Up the Irons Everyone!

[@keithmccrary325]

best Christmas present ever

[@carlosmoura1811]

Great to see how a deep amateur sound became years late a perfect music band.

[@markhamilton1670]

Steve Harris was already amazing, just hear the bass fill on the version of Iron Maiden (and everything else) he was pulling others along with him and into the band until he had a group that could match his talent - what amazing perseverance

[@mrmercedes8528]

Phenomenal stuff 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@ysnoor]

WOW!!! It's gold you're sharing here bro, thanks 👍👍👍

[@manueljrhernandez5544]

Iron Maiden before they got Big!! Amazing stuff!!

[@javiermb6253]

Historia viva del metal. Up the Irons!!!

[@gringo3002]

I need to refresh my memory of the early Iron Maiden history.

[@fumeres]

Esto es oro en polvo.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

So truly the debut is a 1970s album, with a modern 80s punk and metal update.

[@booshting3520]

Wow, historical stuff. Really like this version of Purgatory

[@user-dz8bj6vt1v]

Does the full song exist ?

[@jimmyneut2702]

@@user-dz8bj6vt1v in a vault somewhere. I really want to start a revolution and et the first recordings of Maiden, Priest and Megadeth out. also Leather Charm, james hetfields band before Metallica. Judas Priest will probably be the easiest one as Al Atkins has the demos

[@BigTony-bf5jr]

@@jimmyneut2702 do it. Start that Revolution.

[@getulioprates]

Everybody leved it!

[@jimmyneut2702]

@@getulioprates what do you mean

[@irdead]

thanks Dylan! :)

[@paulmahoney5937]

Soooo ahead of time.

[@TheDaftySage]

We've come a long way.

[@MrLtia1234]

Funny how Prowler was such a big song early on - that was the one that kept getting requested when it hadn't been released. Yet it's been all but forgotten, now.

[@BanjoSick]

How is Prowler forgotten? It’s one of the best songs their debut album and beloved by everyone. I know no one who dislikes it.

[@MrLtia1234]

@@BanjoSick Oh, come on. No need for that - it's barely ever been played relatively speaking.

[@JacobsKrąnųg]

@@MrLtia1234 Prowler forgotten? By who? They just have tons of better songs nowadays.

[@MrLtia1234]

@@JacobsKrąnųg You may not realise what a big deal Prowler was at that early (but not too early) stage. The 'Soundhouse Tapes' version was what kept getting requested and they were the only band in that chart who didn't have a record out. They were the top of that requests chart! It wasn't the song Iron Maiden, it was Prowler. It was actually dropped in 81, reappeared later as a potential 2nd encore then other than an acknowledgement of it's significance in 88, that was it other than 93 and 2005. With so many truly great songs so early (let alone later!) on it would have been impossible to play everything, but as this was *the* song that got them noticed, it's worth pointing out how it faded away, is all. As an aside, they should have played more of the first two albums with blaze, who would have been suited perfectly.

[@beanolabub]

Forgotten??? By who? One of the best DiAnno era songs, and the guitars from Dave and Dennis are so good on it.

[@themadmattster9647]

Purgatory being the weirdest one with almost Reggae influence sounding, Reggae was HUGE in England, especially among a certain subculture all the rage at the time Harris is always first to viciously deny ever having influence from.

[@davidebasile9422]

I guess the early floating song, later purgatory, has influences from the song Thin Lizzy - Showdown. The influence Thin Lizzy had on Iron Maiden is known, they even covered one of their song.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Both interesting points.

[@kingastaroth7912]

Interesting how much of this sounds like "Rocka Rolla" from Judas Priest. Very hard rocking style even in one I thought I was listening Victim of Changes. If I would ever heard this band in those days, I would say they were another regular band.

[@fatihsendur7544]

And I though I had rare Maiden stuff :D ( I got things like the Urchin EP, Soundhouse Tapes, Entire Population of Hackney bootleg and so on ). Thanks a bunch.

[@wnerko7484]

Urchin!!! Id like to get that one.and soundhouse ep.ive got all the Samsons

[@fatihsendur7544]

@wnerko7484 im in my summer home, when i get back ill upload to drive link it to you

[@HWRasmussen]

Interesting to listening to Iron Maiden with Dennis Wilcock on the mic. Have any recordings with Paul Day ever surfeced?

[@Jacobin777]

Who gives this a "thumbs down"? This stuff is awesome!

[@coldacre]

Steve Harris 🤣

[@MetalPersonJ]

Well to be fair, Dennis kinda sucks.

[@Jacobin777]

@@MetalPersonJ Its vintage Maiden though!

[@jeff8039]

Are you kidding me, this lineup would have never made it to play at skateland. 🤣🤣🤣

[@edwardgreat]

5:48 sounds amazing

[@jamiemoffatt50]

Lay off the drugs

[@4stringz.]

the reggae version

[@weon_penca]

Wratchild was a "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" type of song. Good that they made it faster after that.

[@fuelflownormal]

Charlotte sounds like UFO! The Rosetta Stone.

[@recordhuntervinylcollector4971]

So for about the last 10 years I checked to see if any of the Dennis Wilcox Iron Maiden stuff was on here, several years ago 2 snippets. I so glad to finally hear where one of my favorite bands started from. Any chance do you have the full versions of these songs? If you release this on Vinyl or even CD let me know so I may purchase it. Thanks & Cheers !,,!

[@themadmattster9647]

most of the tracks are sourced from a full recording Thunderstick owns and he's the one who leaked them on his channel years back..no full tracks other than Prowler live, sadly.

[@rohantiwari7801]

Purgatory is so slow here. On the album its a speed metal song.

[@faryvapeadorvapeador9554]

Great!

[@superaveragebros.9390]

that face when prowler is half the video

[@FcBarcelona68]

Miałem 9 lat 💣🤘

[@estebanramirez6135]

since the very begining they we're meant to be

[@kooppool4862]

🔥 that solo on Prowler 🔥

[@trumpjr5179]

Guess that's why they got DiAnno.

[@neilpye6089]

any bootlegs with paul day but wow never heard this before

[@laz4erin]

Neil Neil Orange Peel! \m/ Love the Young Ones.

[@neilpye6089]

@@laz4erin hello rik

[@laz4erin]

@@neilpye6089 HAHAHA! Cheers, sir.

[@neilpye6089]

@@laz4erin we sow the seed nature grows the seed and we eat the seed and we sow the seed nature grows the seed and we eat the seed and we sow the seed nature grows the seed and we eat the seed etc

[@maurov6861]

Wow!

[@viniciusmoretti]

Purgatory was a reggae.

[@WastedYears76]

Very cool, I would love to hear a better recording of this with Paul, if there is one

[@GabAssbreaker]

sounds like prog rock to me... and knowing Steve Harris influences its probably the case

[@cristianspinelli4753]

You can clearly see why Iron Maiden only had released its debut album 3 years later.... Harris knew it wasn´t yet ready!!!! You can see why Paul Dianno is so important to this band!!!!

[@davidebasile9422]

I guess they recorded the first demo on December 1978 because they had no money!!! If you read the story even at that demo they had no money for the tape... and booked the studio on new years eve for the cheapest price

[@ast3663]

niceeee..

[@Joker-om7ff]

Is there a longer version of the purgatory? I actually kinda liked this version more than the killers studio one and purgatory is my favourite maiden song.

[@coldacre]

Thunderstick has the full versions of all these songs, he just chose to give us snippets

[@CuriousInterest]

that iron maiden riff at the very end is so unique 11:00

[@mauriciofreitas2010]

Existe um concerto que reuniu vários dos ex-integrantes do Iron Maiden. Alguém tem o link?

[@colorado8avalanche]

Wrathchild, speed it up 1.25x you get regular version

[@christianchrissi8102]

Fucking amazing

[@dickysix68]

Thunderstick. I heard of this era in the Early Days DVD. Nice to be able to hear this. The earliest I had was a 1979 Music Machine Bootleg. You would think Maiden would bootleg the bootleggers but it's a different era and like the beginning of the story, these guys are too busy working hard, still.

[@Itsyrm8]

Woa, the sound quality is identical to that of my band..

[@ralfhenke8148]

… I take it that this wasn‘t exactly a compliment, was it? 😅

[@caiocesarheadbanger]

💘

[@michaelsantangelo7997]

Hey that's really cool. Thanks for posting. Why are so many of the tracks incomplete?

[@MrRobangelo]

fuckin' ell.........just found this....!!! right.. where's me fuckin' royalties.....!!!! ;)

[@davidebasile9422]

I read Sanctuary was composed by you

[@MrRobangelo]

@@davidebasile9422 yep...see above comment.... ;) ;)

[@beanolabub]

Interesting hearing these without the harmonised guitars.

[@rvvillal]

Dennis Stratton claims that he came with the idea of the harmonised guitars.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@rvvillal Then he deserves to be called, Mr. Iron Maiden.

[@hughcdavies]

'kin' hell, where did you find/record this? Maiden is there, even with wrecker Denny Wilcox singing. Magnificent.

[@Antinna81]

Why recording is truncated? No space available on tape? Thanks for this gem, this sounds very nice, it would be nice to know the lineage of recording! Thanks!

[@coldacre]

cos the uploader (drummer Thunderstick) decided not to share the full versions, even though he has them

[@sonountaleban]

Probably because of money/legal issues, Steve may sue him, who knows. I remember around ten years ago there were some videos here where somebody commented that Steve sued somebody else about this "spilled" material, I suspect some old tunes from Iron Maiden/Killers weren't written actually by Steve... I could imagine troubles with royalties and so on (like what happened with Hallowed Be Thy Name)... things quite common in music industry in the end.

[@jimmyneut2702]

@@sonountaleban I wonder would Dennis say ‘I wrote this with Steve and Davey’ in between songs

[@Antinna81]

@@sonountaleban beh potrebbe anche farlo uscire anonimamente, non è che ci sia tanta difficoltà a farlo, tra l'altro sono pure registrazioni live, in questo caso non dovrebbero appartenere al proprietario del nastro? In quell'epoca non era uscito nemmeno il primo album, beh sono mie ipotesi le mie, spereró invano un live completo!

[@gazelliott2414]

the guitar on prowler made me laugh like fuck lol

[@Alexander_Tronstad]

Heh, yeah, incredible that this band became so great! They sounded awful early on it seems.

[@brendanoneil3489]

@@Alexander_Tronstad But the songs were solid, seeing early pics of the band they had pretty shit gear, H and H transistor guitar amps for example...also recording any live band even today a challenge, that is a 40 year old mono tape recording.

[@Alexander_Tronstad]

@@brendanoneil3489 Yeah, their tireless drive and songwriting were what made them great, it's just you could never guess it from their earliest recordings which are shite as you allude to too.

[@geronimo3180]

Up The Irons...

[@bobbithbrown]

someone needs to leak an early live recording of Burning Ambition one of these days

[@PittsburghRocks]

Wrathchild sounds like Deep Purple's Stormbringer.

[@danieleducci5064]

Iron Maiden ended after this recording🤣

[@myguitarvibes1537]

Ok those are early tapes they get modified as they get old

[@elimalinsky7069]

Is this legit? Up until now only the 10th September 1979 gig was known as the earliest bootleg recording, and the 31st December 1978 as the earliest recording of any kind for the Soundhouse Tapes. I know Steve Harris claims to have demos all the way back to 1976, with Paul Day on vocals and before Dave Murray joined, but he hadn't made any public. How did this surface?

[@DylMark1999]

Barry Purkis (former drummer) leaked the clips shown here

[@elimalinsky7069]

@@DylMark1999 Is Barry Purkis the real name of Thunderstick?

[@DylMark1999]

@@elimalinsky7069 yes

[@elimalinsky7069]

@@DylMark1999 Cool :)

[@jimmyneut2702]

There’s recordings of Dennis wilcocks last show and if you are clutching at straws to hear them some people sit you down put headphones one you and you can listen. That is the only way but you can put hidden microphones in your ears

[@draxlerchronicles5851]

Are there any Gypsy's Kiss live recordings around?

[@jimmyneut2702]

steve has them all.

[@MiserablePyre]

slow wraithchild sounds like judas priest victims of changes!

[@karlosaguilera1629]

I was born in the wrong decade 😥

[@Maiden_Rich]

Unless I've read it wrong, it says that Dave Murray doesn't play on Track 8 - Charlotte the Harlott - but he wrote it. So was this during the period he had been kicked out, but they were still playing his song?

[@oldatheart1975]

Tony Moore from cutting crew on keyboards?

[@iamdamosuzuki_]

The early version of "Wrathchild" sounds like a Mountain song.

[@elimalinsky7069]

Wrathchild was written during Steve Harris' tenure in a previous band, Gypsy's Kiss, and can be traced as far back as 1974. Innocent Exile was the first song he wrote for that band, while Wrathchild was the second, and as far as we know those are the only two songs brought in from Gypsy's Kiss into Iron Maiden. There are some speculations that the song Iron Maiden was written while Harris was briefly in a band called Smiler in 1975 just before his departure, and when he did depart he named his new band after the song. There were additional songs written during Harris' stay in Smiler such as Burning Ambition, Transylvania and maybe Prowler as well.

[@superaveragebros.9390]

@@elimalinsky7069 if thats so hes kinda of like lemnmy in that way

[@elimalinsky7069]

@@superaveragebros.9390 Exactly.

[@jimmyneut2702]

@@elimalinsky7069 if so it had different lyrics and maybe different or no intro riff so it couldve been a very boring song.

[@jimmyneut2702]

@@elimalinsky7069 burning ambition was written then but not played until Iron Maiden. Also drifter but it was called Drifting was played in both Gypsys and Smiler and it was renamed in Iron Maiden. Innocent Exile was different in Gypsys Kiss as it was called the pit and barely resembled the finished song. It got more refined in Smiler. Wrathchild was probably written 1976. So you can say Drifter is the original Maiden song as it was played at a lot of gigs up to 82

[@jimmyneut2702]

Charlotte the Harlot sounds like New Wave

[@marioguti9887]

They sound so amateur, like a terrible Iron Maiden tribute band, haha...only goes to show you how awesome they are. The raw talent is there, they became metal gods through preserverance and hard work Up the Irons!

[@getulioprates]

They didn't became Metal Gods. Steve became and Dave Murray as well, who played a couple of songs in this bootleg. Later arrived the staff, the men who made history along Harris and Murray.

[@emgee9775]

You have to remember this band started from NOTHING; they were developing as musicians day by day and still had to go work in the morning. The men here bothered to show up and put the work in, often for little or no reward. There was a lot of poverty and little opportunity in the East End of London when I was young; it was all bombed out buildings, rag and bone men and patches on holes in jeans as so many were poor. Even to afford a guitar was a big deal. This was a time of innocence and dreams. It was making something out of nothing, coming up with ideas. They worked really hard to get to what you can hear here; you can certainly hear the power and the magic; they sound brilliant if you ask me. People knew they were hearing something special. Everyone has to start somewhere, my friend.

[@themadmattster9647]

I happen to love it, more of a seventies sounding Iron Maiden. If you listen to the Doug Sampson era material that's been released (namely the 78/earlier in 79 sessions) and compare it to when Clive Burr came in, it shows how important Burr's entrance was, night and day difference though I love it all

[@juniordeath2297]

Conserte o download dessa demo

[@redextracked666]

dennis wilcock has got a bit of hetfield in him lol

[@jordanerocks]

Dave Murray

[@morghe321]

No Dennis Wilcock, no Maiden. 😊

[@sirphineasluciusambercromb9114]

The cassette recording here doesn't pick up Steve's bass. My theory is that live in person this was much better.

[@joehollery465]

Does anyone know at which venue this was recorded?

[@coldacre]

all of the info on band members and venue is right there in the picture while the music is playing.

[@shaunshuping5406]

Wasnt Dave Murray a member yet by this point?,... Before he got fired and re-hired???

[@andreapoffa9636]

ciao ragazzo...ottime scelte

[@antoniolopez6798]

it resembles my mother´s voice when she drink too much!

[@unciclistacontraelsistema8620]

Wilcock was a common vocals, but on stage he did scary things, as Gene Simmons...

[@fz7091]

@@unciclistacontraelsistema8620 Well he is a kiss fan

[@caidoangel8209]

First learn some English grammar. What do you mean " when she drink ? " Shouldn't that be ... " when she " drinkS ... ?

[@setuchainz]

Purgatory sounds like Action Bronson’s Latin Grammy’s lmao

[@cjcampbell4799]

I couldn't stand purgatory being played so slow

[@THERRYtheBERRY]

HOW CAN I GET THE FULL VERSIONS ? PLEASE HELP