
                   BEST OF THE FANS 3 - http://botf.tsx.org

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                     Produced by : Hakan Jerning
                   Original Idea : Rick "The Dragon" Halmos

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1. Introduction
2. Songs
3. Players
4. Discography
5. Contributors
6. Download

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1. INTRODUCTION

   For the third time now, we get a load of Iron Maiden covers in this series
   of tribute albums named Best Of The Fans. This time I was managing the
   project on my own, but as you can see Dragon has of course contributed to
   the disk. The original idea of Best Of The Fans was his, and he is the
   founder of the project.

   This time we have modules from nine of Maidens eleven studio albums,
   the only left out are No Prayer For The Dying and The X-Factor. For the
   first time we hear Iron Maiden modules with vocals, the modules with real
   singing are Be Quick Or Be Dead, Moonchild and The Clansman.
   The filesize on this disk is bigger than the two previous disks together,
   I hope you don't get scared by that and understands this only means an
   increase in quality.

   Last words, don't ask me if there will be another Best Of The Fans, the
   time will show. Three tributes to band shows how good Iron Maiden are in
   comparison to other bands covered on the scene. Maybe there will be a
   fourth tribute with a new concept, but not in the near future. So, until
   the next time, have a good sin...

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2. SONGS

   Filename      Songname                    Time   Size      Tracker
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   01quick.xm    Be Quick Or Be Dead         3:23  1 561 kb   Cadaver
   02opera.it    Phantom Of The Opera        7:04  2 158 kb   tARANTULa
   03morgue.it   Murders In The Rue Morgue   4:05    862 kb   Malekith
   04prison.xm   The Prisoner                6:19    904 kb   Dragon
   05boots.it    Die With Your Boots On      5:39    770 kb   Malekith
   06caught.it   Caught Somewhere In Time    7:23    896 kb   Malekith
   07moon.it     Moonchild                   4:01  4 227 kb   Modesty Drummer
   08prophe.xm   The Prophecy                5:06  1 646 kb   Efreet
   09judas.it    Judas Be My Guide           3:18  1 300 kb   Leviathan
   10clansm.xm   The Clansman                8:47  2 956 kb   Dragon

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   12transl.xm   Transylvania                4:16    428 kb   Dragon
   14midnig.xm   2 Minutes To Midnight       6:04  3 711 kb   Betrayer

   Additional credits:
   - vocals on Moonchild by Astaroth
   - drums on 2 Minutes To Midnight by Gothir

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3. PLAYERS

   My advice is to use the latest version of Modplug Player which can play
   all the modules well, some of the songs are best played in the tracker
   they are made, an exception is Moonchild which is an IT module but all
   vocals are added in Modplug tracker because of the number of samples,
   in other words don't try to load it in Impulse Tracker or Winamp.

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4. DISCOGRAPHY

   Best Of The Fans.............1998-08-03.........4.6 Mb.........50 minutes
   Best Of The Fans II..........1998-11-18.........5.3 Mb.........64 minutes
   Best Of The Fans III.........1999-09-08........15.1 Mb.........65 minutes

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5. CONTRIBUTORS

   The contributors to Best Of The Fans 1-3 in chronological order

   Covers
      7   Dragon
      6   Malekith
      4   Cadaver
      3   Betrayer
      2   Holyblood
      2   Efreet
      1   ZXPKNOBB
      1   Palergir
      1   Hakan
      1   Llageran
      1   tARANTULa
      1   Modesty Drummer
      1   Leviathan
    Coops
      2   Gothir
      1   Astaroth

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6. DOWNLOAD

         Download BOTF 1-3 from : http://botf.tsx.org
   Download Maiden modules from : http://www.spaceports.com/~maiden

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Hakan - jerning@home.se
