This is an Enhanced CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. The Enhanced portion includes a music video for "Fear Of The Dark."

Iron Maiden: Bruce Dickinson (vocals); Dave Murray, Jannick Gers (guitar); Steve Harris (bass, background vocals); Nicko McBrain (drums).

Recorded live between 1992 & 1993.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

To coincide with Bruce Dickinson's "last tour" with Iron Maiden in 1993, a pair of live albums were assembled and released a few months apart: A Real Live One and A Real Dead One, both of performances culled from various European concerts on their 1992-1993 world tour. In 1998, when Maiden's albums were reissued on Raw Power, both releases were combined together as a double-disc set, A Real Live Dead One. The first disc is comprised of material spanning 1980-1984 (with many early obscurities thrown in), while the second disc spans 1986-1992. The track listing is an interesting one, and Maiden fanatics will undoubtedly love hearing live readings of such overlooked classics as "Where Eagles Dare," "Transylvania," "Remember Tomorrow," "Prowler," "Heaven Can Wait," plus the hits "The Trooper," "Be Quick or Be Dead," and "The Evil That Men Do." ~ Greg Prato

To coincide with Bruce Dickinson's "last tour" with Iron Maiden in 1993, a pair of live albums were assembled and released a few months apart: A Real Live One and A Real Dead One, both of performances culled from various European concerts on their 1992-1993 world tour. In 1998, when Maiden's albums were reissued on Raw Power, both releases were combined together as a double-disc set, A Real Live Dead One. The first disc is comprised of material spanning 1980-1984 (with many early obscurities thrown in), while the second disc spans 1986-1992. Although the track listing is an interesting one, what prevents A Real Live Dead One from being a worthy successor to 1985's classic live set, Live After Death, are the uninspired, workman-like, slightly ragged performances (Bruce Dickinson in particular sounds bored most of the time). While Maiden fanatics will undoubtedly love hearing live readings of such overlooked classics as "Where Eagles Dare," "Transylvania," "Remember Tomorrow," "Prowler," "Heaven Can Wait," plus the hits "The Trooper," "Be Quick or Be Dead," and "The Evil That Men Do," it's ultimately a disappointment. Unfortunately, A Real Live Dead One completely lacks the energy and electricity of its predecessor. ~ Greg Prato

When Iron Maiden's entire catalog was reissued in the U.S. in the late '90s, the group's two live albums from 1993, A REAL LIVE ONE and A REAL DEAD ONE, were combined together as a two-disc set, entitled A REAL LIVE DEAD ONE. A REAL DEAD ONE is made up of live renditions of songs from the group's 1980 self-titled debut through 1983's PIECE OF MIND, while A REAL LIVE ONE contains favorites from 1986's SOMEWHERE IN TIME through 1992's FEAR OF THE DARK. The songs were recorded during the band's 1992-1993 European tour, and the two-disc set includes an interesting and detailed Iron Maiden family tree, which lists all of the members' (past and present) previous and current bands.

Q (5/93, p.94) - 3 Stars - Good - "...the twin guitars of Dave Murray and Janick Gers [on A REAL LIVE ONE] are butch and lofty, and Dickinson screeches lyrics one cannot decipher at all..."

Q (12/93, p.112) - 3 Stars - Good - "...[A REAL DEAD ONE] is a tour de force that any aspiring air guitarist just shouldn't miss..."