The First Ten Years (box set)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The First Ten Years
| type = box
| artist = Iron Maiden
| cover = First ten years.jpg
| alt =
| released = 24 February – 28 April 1990
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Heavy metal
| length = 5:41:00
| label = EMI
| producer =
| chronology = Iron Maiden box sets
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Eddie's Head
| next_year = 1998
}}
The First Ten Years is a series of 10 CDs and double 12" singles by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released between 24 February and 28 April 1990, in commemoration of the band's ten-year recording anniversary.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r262237|pure_url=yes}}|title=Run to the Hills EP > Review|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=18 November 2008}}
Each CD/double 12" contains two singles, complete with original B-sides and artwork, as well as an edition of "Listen with Nicko", a spoken-word track in which drummer Nicko McBrain would recount the history behind each song specific to that release. Each part in the series included a special voucher, all ten of which could be exchanged by mail order for a limited edition storage box.{{cite web | url = http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/iron-maiden-a-gruesome-history-of-graphic-artwork-248809/29 | title = Iron Maiden: a gruesome history of graphic artwork | publisher=MusicRadar | access-date = 19 January 2012|last=Porter|first=Tom|date=22 July 2010}}
Iron Maiden also released The First Ten Years: The Videos on VHS videotape and laserdisc, containing all 16 of the band's promotional music videos up to and including 1990's "Holy Smoke".{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r556571|pure_url=yes}}|title=Iron Maiden – First Ten Years|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=20 January 2012}}
Track listings
{{Track listing
| headline = "Running Free" & "Sanctuary"
| extra_column = Original Release
| title1 = Running Free
| writer1 = Steve Harris, Paul Di'Anno
| length1 = 3:18
| extra1 = 1980 ~ Iron Maiden
| title2 = Burning Ambition
| writer2 = Harris
| length2 = 2:41
| extra2 = 1980 ~ Running Free
| title3 = Sanctuary
| writer3 = Harris, Dave Murray, Di'Anno
| length3 = 3:14
| extra3 = 1980 ~ Iron Maiden
| title4 = Drifter
| note4 = Live in 1980
| writer4 = Harris
| length4 = 6:03
| extra4 = 1980 ~ Sanctuary
| title5 = I've Got the Fire
| note5 = Live in 1980) (Montrose Cover
| writer5 = Ronnie Montrose
| length5 = 3:14
| extra5 = 1980 ~ Sanctuary
| title6 = Listen With Nicko! Part. I
| writer6 = Nicko McBrain
| length6 = 9:29
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = "Women in Uniform" & "Twilight Zone"
| extra_column = Original Release
| title1 = Women in Uniform
| note1 = Skyhooks Cover
| writer1 = Greg Macainsh
| length1 = 3:10
| extra1 = 1980 ~ Women in Uniform
| title2 = Invasion
| writer2 = Harris
| length2 = 2:39
| extra2 = 1980 ~ Women in Uniform
| title3 = Phantom of the Opera
| note3 = Live in 1980
| writer3 = Harris
| length3 = 7:12
| extra3 = 1980 ~ Women in Uniform
| title4 = Twilight Zone
| writer4 = Murray, Harris
| length4 = 2:35
| extra4 = 1981 ~ Twilight Zone
| title5 = Wrathchild
| writer5 = Harris
| length5 = 2:56
| extra5 = 1981 ~ Killers
| title6 = Listen With Nicko! Part. II
| writer6 = McBrain
| length6 = 8:02
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = "Purgatory" & "Maiden Japan (EP)"
| extra_column = Original Release
| title1 = Purgatory
| writer1 = Harris
| length1 = 3:22
| extra1 = 1981 ~ Killers
| title2 = Genghis Khan
| writer2 = Harris
| length2 = 3:07
| extra2 = 1981 ~ Killers
| title3 = Running Free
| note3 = Live in 1981
| writer3 = Harris, Di'Anno
| length3 = 3:08
| extra3 = 1981 ~ Maiden Japan
| title4 = Remember Tomorrow
| note4 = Live in 1981
| writer4 = Harris, Di'Anno
| length4 = 5:46
| extra4 = 1981 ~ Maiden Japan
| title5 = Killers
| note5 = Live in 1981
| writer5 = Harris, Di'Anno
| length5 = 4:51
| extra5 = 1981 ~ Maiden Japan
| title6 = Innocent Exile
| note6 = Live in 1981
| writer6 = Harris
| length6 = 4:02
| extra6 = 1981 ~ Maiden Japan
| title7 = Listen With Nicko! Part. III
| writer7 = McBrain
| length7 = 7:42
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = "Run to the Hills" & "The Number of the Beast"
| extra_column = Original Release
| title1 = Run to the Hills
| writer1 = Harris
| length1 = 3:55
| extra1 = 1982 ~ The Number of the Beast
| title2 = Total Eclipse
| writer2 = Harris, Murray, Clive Burr
| length2 = 4:28
| extra2 = 1982 ~ Run to the Hills
| title3 = The Number of the Beast
| writer3 = Harris
| length3 = 4:52
| extra3 = 1982 ~ The Number of the Beast
| title4 = Remember Tomorrow
| note4 = Live in 1981
| writer4 = Harris, Di'Anno
| length4 = 5:27
| extra4 = 1982 ~ The Number of the Beast (Single)
| title5 = Listen With Nicko! Part. IV
| writer5 = McBrain
| length5 = 8:23
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = "Flight of Icarus" & "The Trooper"
| extra_column = Original Release
| title1 = Flight of Icarus
| writer1 = Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson
| length1 = 3:54
| extra1 = 1983 ~ Piece of Mind
| title2 = I've Got the Fire
| note2 = Montrose Cover
| writer2 = Montrose
| length2 = 2:40
| extra2 = 1983 ~ Flight of Icarus
| title3 = The Trooper
| writer3 = Harris
| length3 = 4:14
| extra3 = 1983 ~ Piece of Mind
| title4 = Cross-Eyed Mary
| note4 = Jethro Tull Cover
| writer4 = Ian Anderson
| length4 = 3:55
| extra4 = 1983 ~ The Trooper
| title5 = Listen With Nicko! Part. V
| writer5 = McBrain
| length5 = 9:49
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = "2 Minutes to Midnight" & "Aces High"
| extra_column = Original Release
| title1 = 2 Minutes to Midnight
| writer1 = Smith, Dickinson
| length1 = 6:07
| extra1 = 1984 ~ Powerslave
| title2 = Rainbow's Gold
| note2 = Beckett Cover
| writer2 = Terry Slesser, Kenny Mountain
| length2 = 4:56
| extra2 = 1984 ~ 2 Minutes to Midnight
| title3 = Mission From 'Arry
| writer3 = McBrain, Harris
| length3 = 6:43
| extra3 = 1984 ~ 2 Minutes to Midnight
| title4 = Aces High
| writer4 = Harris
| length4 = 4:33
| extra4 = 1984 ~ Powerslave
| title5 = King of Twilight
| note5 = Nektar Cover
| writer5 = Nektar
| length5 = 4:53
| extra5 = 1984 ~ Aces High
| title6 = The Number of the Beast
| note6 = Live in 1983
| writer6 = Harris
| length6 = 4:59
| extra6 = 1984 ~ Aces High
| title7 = Listen With Nicko! Part. VI
| writer7 = McBrain
| length7 = 9:45
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = "Running Free" (Live) & "Run to the Hills" (Live)
| extra_column = Original Release
| title1 = Running Free
| note1 = Live in 1985
| writer1 = Harris, Di'Anno
| length1 = 3:28
| extra1 = 1985 ~ Live After Death
| title2 = Sanctuary
| note2 = Live in 1985
| writer2 = Harris, Murray, Di'Anno
| length2 = 4:40
| extra2 = 1985 ~ Running Free (Live)
| title3 = Murders in the Rue Morgue
| note3 = Live in 1984
| writer3 = Harris
| length3 = 4:32
| extra3 = 1985 ~ Running Free (Live)
| title4 = Run to the Hills
| note4 = Live in 1985
| writer4 = Harris
| length4 = 4:06
| extra4 = 1985 ~ Live After Death
| title5 = Phantom of the Opera
| note5 = Live in 1984
| writer5 = Harris
| length5 = 7:28
| extra5 = 1985 ~ Live After Death
| title6 = Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
| note6 = Live in 1984
| writer6 = Harris
| length6 = 4:15
| extra6 = 1985 ~ Run to the Hills (Live)
| title7 = Listen With Nicko! Part. VII
| writer7 = McBrain
| length7 = 11:54
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = "Wasted Years" & "Stranger in a Strange Land"
| extra_column = Original Release
| title1 = Wasted Years
| writer1 = Smith
| length1 = 5:08
| extra1 = 1986 ~ Somewhere in Time
| title2 = Reach Out
| note2 = The Entire Population of Hackney Cover
| writer2 = Dave Colwell
| length2 = 3:30
| extra2 = 1986 ~ Wasted Years
| title3 = Sheriff of Huddersfield
| writer3 = Iron Maiden
| length3 = 3:35
| extra3 = 1986 ~ Wasted Years
| title4 = Stranger in a Strange Land
| writer4 = Smith
| length4 = 5:44
| extra4 = 1986 ~ Somewhere in Time
| title5 = That Girl
| note5 = FM Cover
| writer5 = Andy Barnett, Merv Goldsworthy, Pete Jupp
| length5 = 5:04
| extra5 = 1986 ~ Stranger in a Strange Land
| title6 = Juanita
| note6 = Marshall Fury Cover
| writer6 = Steve Barnacle, Derek O'Neil
| length6 = 3:46
| extra6 = 1986 ~ Stranger in a Strange Land
| title7 = Listen With Nicko! Part. VIII
| writer7 = McBrain
| length7 = 12:20
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = "Can I Play With Madness" & "The Evil That Men Do"
| extra_column = Original Release
| title1 = Can I Play With Madness
| writer1 = Smith, Dickinson, Harris
| length1 = 3:32
| extra1 = 1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
| title2 = Black Bart Blues
| writer2 = Harris, Dickinson
| length2 = 6:40
| extra2 = 1988 ~ Can I Play With Madness
| title3 = Massacre
| note3 = Thin Lizzy Cover
| writer3 = Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Brian Downey
| length3 = 2:53
| extra3 = 1988 ~ Can I Play With Madness
| title4 = The Evil That Men Do
| writer4 = Smith, Harris, Dickinson
| length4 = 4:34
| extra4 = 1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
| title5 = Prowler
| note5 = 1988 Version
| writer5 = Harris
| length5 = 4:07
| extra5 = 1988 ~ The Evil That Men Do
| title6 = Charlotte the Harlot
| note6 = 1988 Version
| writer6 = Murray
| length6 = 4:11
| extra6 = 1988 ~ The Evil That Men Do
| title7 = Listen With Nicko! Part. IX
| writer7 = McBrain
| length7 = 10:46
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = "The Clairvoyant" (Live) & "Infinite Dreams" (Live)
| extra_column = Original Release
| title1 = The Clairvoyant
| note1 = Live in 1988
| writer1 = Harris
| length1 = 4:27
| extra1 = 1988 ~ The Clairvoyant (Live)
| title2 = The Prisoner
| note2 = Live in 1988
| writer2 = Smith, Harris
| length2 = 6:08
| extra2 = 1988 ~ The Clairvoyant (Live)
| title3 = Heaven Can Wait
| note3 = Live in 1988
| writer3 = Harris
| length3 = 7:09
| extra3 = 1988 ~ The Clairvoyant (Live)
| title4 = Infinite Dreams
| note4 = Live in 1988
| writer4 = Harris
| length4 = 6:02
| extra4 = 1989 ~ Infinite Dreams (Live)
| title5 = Killers
| note5 = Live in 1988
| writer5 = Harris, Di'Anno
| length5 = 5:01
| extra5 = 1989 ~ Infinite Dreams (Live)
| title6 = Still Life
| note6 = Live in 1988
| writer6 = Murray, Harris
| length6 = 4:38
| extra6 = 1989 ~ Infinite Dreams (Live)
| title7 = Listen With Nicko! Part. X
| writer7 = McBrain
| length7 = 11:18
}}
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References
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