Ep028: Iron Maiden & The Sound House Tapes, Interview w Doug Sampson
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2016
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Former Iron Maiden drummer Doug Sampson joins us to discuss the band's very first record "The Soundhouse Tapes" - one of the rarest and sought after Iron Maiden artifacts. We also share how to tell a genuine version from 1979 from one of the many fakes on the market.
Topics include:
- Introduction to the podcast and today's focus on Iron Maiden.
- Discussion on Iron Maiden's first record, The Soundhouse Tapes.
- Details on the private pressing of The Soundhouse Tapes.
- Interview with Doug Sampson, former Iron Maiden drummer.
- Background on Iron Maiden's global success and fanbase.
- How The Soundhouse Tapes became a collectible record.
- Story behind the making of The Soundhouse Tapes.
- Insights on counterfeit copies of The Soundhouse Tapes.
- Steve Harris's role in founding Iron Maiden.
- The early days of Iron Maiden's formation.
- The London music scene during the 1970s and punk's rise.
- Iron Maiden's evolving lineup and early challenges.
- Recording process at Space Ward Studios in 1978.
- The Soundhouse Tapes as a key link to Iron Maiden's first EMI release.
- Neil Kay's involvement in promoting Iron Maiden's demo tapes.
- The Soundhouse Tapes charting above major bands.
- Iron Maiden's early tour van, "The Green Goddess".
- The band's investment in stage shows and equipment.
- Growing popularity of Iron Maiden through cassette tape trading.
- Rod Smallwood's role as Iron Maiden's manager.
- Iron Maiden's decision to press 5,000 copies of The Soundhouse Tapes.
- How to identify an original pressing of The Soundhouse Tapes.
- Iron Maiden's struggles with the master tapes being wiped.
- Doug Sampson discussing his time with Iron Maiden.
- Steve Harris's contribution to Iron Maiden's logo and branding.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey there, record fans and collectors, welcome to another episode of the Vinyl Guide podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | In today's episode, we'll be discussing heavy metal legends Iron Maiden and the record that started them off, the Soundhouse tapes. |
| 0:13.0 | And as a special bonus for vinyl guide listeners, we'll have an interview with Doug Sampson, former drummer of Iron Maiden and the dude who not only toured the |
| 0:21.7 | UK with the group in the early days, but also played on these legendary recordings. |
| 0:26.3 | Doug will talk all about the soundhouse tapes, as well as share what it was like to be in Iron |
| 0:31.0 | Maiden in the early days. And today's episode is sponsored by Groove Washer, the easy and |
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| 0:38.3 | Protect your investment and keep your vinyl in tip-top shape by ordering today at |
| 0:42.8 | Groovewisher.com. And with that, let's start the show. Do you listen to and collect vinyl |
| 0:49.5 | records? Well, you're in luck. Welcome to the vinyl Guide, the podcast made for record nerds like yourself. |
| 0:56.0 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 0:59.7 | Well, hey, everyone, welcome to yet another episode of The Vinyl Guide, |
| 1:04.0 | the podcast where we get together and talk about records and vinyl collecting |
| 1:07.5 | and record cleaners and turntables and all that good stuff. Thank you for |
| 1:12.3 | joining us today. Thank you for downloading. Thank you for listening. And thank you for sharing |
| 1:16.1 | with your friends. Our audience keeps getting bigger and bigger and I couldn't be more proud. So |
| 1:21.4 | thank you so much for your support and for lending me your ears. Look, I hope you're ready for a |
| 1:26.9 | great show. |
| 1:33.2 | Today, we are going to be talking about one of the biggest heavy metal bands in the world, Iron Maiden. |
| 1:35.5 | Now, I know all of you have at least heard of the group. |
| 1:37.7 | Many of you are big fans like me. |
| 1:45.6 | They've sold over 90 million records worldwide and have perhaps one of the most recognizable brands in all of rock and roll. And they also have quite a few collectibles. However, today we are going to talk about |
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