Autographed Iron Maiden Live After Death original/press vinyl & backstage pass.

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Autographed Iron Maiden  - double gate fold - double album - Live After Death original pressing on vinyl & backstage pass. Album was singed on the Fear of the Dark tour in 1992 by all 5 members touring the Fear of the Dark album. I was the one that had the vinyl signed and I am including the backstage pass given to us by Iron Maiden. 
Live After Death is a live album originally released in October 1985 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records  in the US (it was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the US in 2002 on CD and by Universal Music Group/Sony BMG Music Entertainment on DVD). It was recorded at Long Beach Arena, California and Hammersmith Odeon, London during the band's World Slavery Tour.

The cover art was done by Derek Riggs, and pictures the band's mascot, Eddie, rising from a grave. Engraved on his tombstone is a quote from fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft's The Nameless City:

"That is not dead which can eternal lie
Yet with strange aeons even death may die."

Also engraved onto the headstone is what appears to beEddie's full name, "Edward T H--", the remainder of which (hissupposed surname, "Head") is obscured by a clump of sod.

The cover's depiction of Eddie follows the continuity fromprevious artworks; his long hair is restored and he sports the metal screwcartouche from his Piece of Mind lobotomy, which is being struck by lightning,and is also bound by metal cuffs connected by an electrical surge, as seen inPowerslave tour promotional artwork.

The back cover depicts the rest of the graveyard and a citybeing destroyed by lightning, which Riggs states was inspired by John Martin'spainting, The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Death appears in the cloudsabove the destroyed city; the character is a regular feature of Riggs' covers(such as "Twilight Zone", "The Trooper", Powerslave andSomewhere in Time) Near Eddie's grave is a black cat with a halo, which alsofeatures in the Somewhere in Time and "Twilight Zone" artworks, whichRiggs states was "not about anything really" and was added "toget people's attention". To the cat's left, there is a tombstone engravedwith "Here lies Derek Riggs". Riggs also included gravestones whichstate "Live With Pride", added at the band's request to showopposition to lip-synched performances, "Here Lies Faust In BodyOnly", the German legend who sold his soul to the Devil (hence "inbody only"), and a stone which simply reads "Thank You",representing the Grateful Dead.