VCR’s both VHS and Betamax were starting to become more and more common in homes across America. Columbia House saw this as an opportunity. The Columbia House Catalog suddenly had a music video section. I found Iron Maiden’s Video Pieces there. I bought this only mine was the Betamax version. I had a really nice Toshiba Beta machine with a wired remote and everything.
Just thinking about those Beta cassettes that I had really get the clock spinning backwards. Anyway, I really didn’t know what to expect from the Video Pieces tape. Columbis House’s description was rather vague. It was Iron Maiden so I bought it. I chuckle at the notion of having to check the VHS or Beta box when ordering. It seems so so so long ago. It turned out to be a handful of videos. Let’s see if I can name them all.
- Run To The Hills
- The Trooper
- Flight Of Icarus
- The Number Of The Beast
I think that was it. OK now I feel compelled to look it up. Hang on. Yes that was it and if you swap The Trooper with The Number Of The Beast, you’ll have them in order as they appeared on the tape. So it was a handful if you are missing a finger.
What the heck, here they are:
Run To The Hills
The Number Of The Beast
Flight Of Icarus
The Trooper