Anthology (Bruce Dickinson DVD)

Infobox music DVD
Name = Anthology
Type = Compilation DVD
Artist = Bruce Dickinson

| Released = June 19, 2006
Recorded = August 1990
May, June, 1996
1999
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 6 Hours Approx.
Label = Sanctuary
Producer =
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"Anthology" is a 3 disc compilation DVD by Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden. The DVD features three live performances as well every single promotional video made during Bruce's solo career. The DVD also includes over an hour of extras and unreleased footage. It was released on June 19, 2006 and features a special cardboard sleeve and an 8 page booklet. The cover features William Blake's watercolour/inking "The Whirlwind: Ezekiel's Vision of the Cherubim and Eyed Wheels".

Disc one

Disc 1 features two live performances, the first is from the "Tattooed Millionaire" tour entitled "Dive Dive Live", Bruce's first tour as a solo artist. It was recorded on August 14, 1990 at the Town and Country CLub, Los Angeles, U.S.A.. The band included future Iron Maiden member Janick Gers on guitar as well as Andy Carr on bass and Dickie Fliszar on the drums. The show was directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery.

Track listing

1. Riding with the Angels
2. Born in '58
3. Lickin' the Gun
4. Gypsy Road
5. Dive Dive Dive
6. Drum solo
7. Zulu Lulu
8. The Ballad of Mutt
9. Son of a Gun
10. Hell on Wheels
11. All the Young Dudes (Mott the Hoople cover)
12. Tattooed Millionaire
13. No Lies
14. Fog on the Tyne
15. Winds of Change
16. Sin City (AC/DC Cover)
17. Bring Your Daughter... ...to the Slaughter (Iron Maiden Cover)
18. Black Night (Deep Purple cover)

The second live performance is from the "Skunkworks" tour. This performance is comprised of two shows, filmed in Pamplona and Girona, Spain on May 31, 1996 and June 1, 1996 respectively. The band includes Chris Dale on bass, Alex Dickson on guitars and Alessandro Elena on the drums. These concerts were originally recorded for a four track video EP released only in Japan. The show was directed by Julian Doyle and produced by Jeremy Aziz.

Track listing

1. Space Race
2. Back From the Edge
3. Tattooed Millionaire
4. Inertia
5. Faith
6. Meltdown
7. I Will Not Accept the Truth
8. Laughing in the Hiding Bush
9. Tears of the Dragon
10. God's Not Coming Back
11. Dreamstate
12. The Prisoner (Iron Maiden cover)

Disc two

Disc 2 features a live performance from the "The Chemical Wedding" tour. The show is entitled "Scream For Me Brazil" and was filmed in São Paulo, Brazil in 1999. The recording is not an official recording, but from the feed that supplied the screen inside the venue and so is not of the usual quality expected of a live DVD. The band for this show includes Bruce's songwriting partner Roy Z on guitar, fellow Iron Maiden member Adrian Smith also on guitar, Eddie Casillas on bass and Dave Ingraham on the drums. This was Bruce's last solo tour before he and Adrian Smith rejoined Iron Maiden.

Track listing

1. King In Crimson
2. Gates of Urizen
3. Killing Floor
4. Book of Thel
5. Tears of the Dragon
6. Laughing in the Hiding Bush
7. Accident of Birth
8. The Tower
9. Darkside of Aquarius
10. The Road to Hell

Disc three

The third disc includes every promotional video made during Bruce's solo career, these include;
From "Tattooed Millionaire"
* Tattooed Millionaire (directed by Storm Thorgerson)
* All the Young Dudes (directed by Storm Thorgerson)
* Dive Dive Dive (directed by Jim Yukich)
* Born in '58 (directed by Jim Yukich)
From "Balls to Picasso"
* Tears of the Dragon (directed by Howard Greenhalgh)
* Shoot All the Clowns (directed by Howard Greenhalgh)
From "Skunkworks"
* Back From the Edge (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
* Inertia (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
From "Accident of Birth"
* Accident of Birth (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
* Road To Hell (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
* Man of Sorrows (directed by Bruce Dickinson)
From "The Chemical Wedding"
* Killing Floor (directed by Julian Doyle)
* The Tower (directed by Julian Doyle)
From "Tyranny of Souls"
* Abduction (directed by Julian Doyle)

The disc also includes two more features, the first being "Tyranny of Souls EPK", a track by track breakdown of Bruce's album Tyranny of Souls, explaining the concept of the album and providing a look at the writing methods used by Bruce and Rob Z to create the album. The second feature is an adaptation of the Samson and Delilah bible story filmed with Bruce in the band Samson ath the Rainbow Theatre in London. It was filmed and directed by Julien Temple who also filmed the Sex Pistols' movie; "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle". The feature lasts approximately 15 minutes and was shown in cinemas prior to Hazel O'Connor's "Breaking Glass" in 1980.