The Future Past Tour

Iron Maiden Bergen 2023

Koengen 2023-06-07 Bergen, Norway

Iron Maiden, Bergen 2023: the physical release in hand

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Step 1 of 4. What you're looking at

This is a bootleg, not the official live album. The actual night itself, recorded from inside the crowd, with the mistakes and the roar left in. This is the concert as it really sounded, before anyone cleaned it up.

// Full facts

The show

Date
2023-06-07
Venue
Koengen
Location
Bergen, Norway
Tour
The Future Past Tour

The recording

Source
AUD
Format
WAV 24/48
Equipment
ZoomH2n Internal Mics (48khz 24 bit wav)
Lineage
ZoomH2n Internal Mics (48khz 24 bit wav) > SoundForge/Audition (mastering and tracking) > Izotope RX 9 (44.1khz MBIT+ dithering 24 bit FLAC 8)

Credits

Taper
Metallican
Mastering
Bereuza
Cover art
Dr. Demonic

// Tracklist

Disc 1

  1. 01 Caught Somewhere In Time
  2. 02 Stranger In A Strange Land
  3. 03 The Writing On The Wall
  4. 04 Days Of Future Past
  5. 05 The Time Machine
  6. 06 The Prisoner
  7. 07 Death Of The Celts
  8. 08 Can I Play With Madness

Disc 2

  1. 01 Heaven Can Wait
  2. 02 Alexander The Great
  3. 03 Fear Of The Dark
  4. 04 Iron Maiden
  5. 05 Hell On Earth
  6. 06 The Trooper
  7. 07 Wasted Years

// Cover art

// The night

An outdoor show at the Koengen amphitheatre in central Bergen, capacity around 23,500. Show time was 8:50 pm, with 87 setlist.fm users marking themselves as there. The Raven Age opened. The Future Past setlist leaned heavily on Somewhere in Time and Senjutsu material, with the rarely played Alexander the Great drawing particular attention from fans.

Sources Iron Maiden setlist.fm, Koengen Bergen, June 7, 2023 Official The Future Past Tour page (support acts confirmed)

// Around the web

The rating

The rating is mine, and it is the only quality mark here. The number from 1 to 10 next to a recording is my own listening judgement: how much I enjoy putting it on, everything weighed together.

I do not hand out an "objective" grade, because nobody can grade a live recording objectively. One collector's ears are not another's.

A tape can be clean and still rate lower if it leaves me cold, or rate high in spite of its flaws because it captures the night. Higher means I reach for it more often.

Take it as one ear, then trust your own.

About these releases

The disc you see in these photos is burned by me and the cover is printed by me, by hand. Each one is a single copy for my own shelf, put together while I catalogue the collection.

This is not a label, and nothing here is a product. Nothing is for sale and nothing is for trade.

If a release looks finished, that is just the fun of the craft. Please do not write asking for a copy. I make them for no one but myself.