Beast over Hammersmith

Beast over Hammersmith is a live album by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 4 November 2002. Recorded 20 years previously, during The Beast on the Road tour at the Hammersmith Odeon, the footage was specially co-produced and mixed by Steve Harris and Doug Hall to be a part of the Eddie's Archive box set.^[1] Even though this album contains material from The Number of the Beast, it was actually recorded two days prior to its release,^[2] although "Run to the Hills" had already been released as a single.^[3] The album became officially available for the first time on vinyl as part of the Number of the Beast 40th anniversary special edition on 18 November 2022.^[4]

Beast over Hammersmith
Live album by Iron Maiden
Released	4 November 2002 (2002-11-04)
Recorded	20 March 1982
Venue	Hammersmith Odeon, London
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	95:31
Label	EMI
Producer	Doug Hall Steve Harris
Iron Maiden chronology
BBC Archives (2002) Beast over Hammersmith (2002) Best of the 'B' Sides (2002)

An abridged video version of the concert is included on the first disc of the 2004 DVD, The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days. Intended to be released on VHS around the time of its recording, the band withheld the footage as they were unhappy with its visual quality due to lighting difficulties during the show.^[5]

This was the last Iron Maiden release to feature cover illustration by longtime artist Derek Riggs, although it was originally a promotional release from their 1982 tour The Beast on the Road (BBC Archives was the last one with an original illustration).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Harris, except where noted.

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Murders in the Rue Morgue"		4:32
2.	"Wrathchild"		3:31
3.	"Run to the Hills"		4:20
4.	"Children of the Damned"		4:38
5.	"The Number of the Beast"		5:08
6.	"Another Life"		3:45
7.	"Killers"	Harris Paul Di'Anno	5:47
8.	"22 Acacia Avenue"	Harris Adrian Smith	6:56
9.	"Total Eclipse"	Harris Dave Murray Clive Burr	4:14
Total length:			42:51

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Transylvania"		5:51
2.	"The Prisoner"	Smith Harris	5:49
3.	"Hallowed Be Thy Name"		7:31
4.	"Phantom of the Opera"		6:53
5.	"Iron Maiden"		4:20
6.	"Sanctuary"	Harris Murray Di'Anno	4:13
7.	"Drifter"		9:19
8.	"Running Free"	Harris Di'Anno	3:44
9.	"Prowler"		5:00
Total length:			52:40

Credits

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.^[6]

Iron Maiden

• Dave Murray – guitar
• Bruce Dickinson – vocals
• Clive Burr – drums
• Steve Harris – bass guitar, co-producer
• Adrian Smith – guitar

Production

• Doug Hall – co-producer, mixing, engineering
• Nick Watson – mastering
• Derek Riggs – programme design (cover illustration)
• Ross Halfin – photography
• Piergiorgio Brunelli – photography
• G. Schafer – photography
• Toshi Yajima – photography
• Andre Csillag – photography
• Paul Bertie – photography
• Rod Smallwood – photography

Charts

Chart performance for The Number of the Beast + Beast over Hammersmith

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	51
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8]	18
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[9]	4