The First Ten Years

'The First Ten Years' is a series of 10 double 12" and 10 CDs by [a251595], released between February 24 and April 28, 1990, to commemorate Iron Maiden's first ten years of releasing singles. In addition to original b-side, each release in the series contains a bonus track, a part in the "Listen With Nicko" series, in which drummer Nicko McBrain talks about the songs on the discs, in his own humorous way. Each part in the series included a special voucher, all ten of which could be exchanged, by mail order, for a limited edition storage box to store the 10 double-12" (2460227) or 10 CDs sets (6656095). The series was only released as a CD box set in Japan: The First Ten Years Up The Irons = ファースト・テン・イヤーズ.