{
  "id": 5379628,
  "title": "Iron Maiden Announce 50th Anniversary Color Vinyl Box Set",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/iron-maiden-announce-50th-anniversary-color-vinyl-box-set",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T18:01:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Consequence",
    "slug": "consequence",
    "url": "https://consequence.net/2026/09/iron-maiden-announce-50th-anniversary-color-vinyl-box-set/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iron Maiden have announced two special releases to commemorate their 50th and 40th anniversaries. The first is a 50th anniversary color vinyl box set titled \"50th Anniversary Studio Album Collection, Part One: 1980 – 1992,\" which covers their albums from 1980 through 1992. The box set will be released on December 11th and includes their first nine studio albums, all with their own special colored vinyl. The colors for the set are red/gold for Iron Maiden, red for Killers, silver for The Number of The Beast, yellow for Piece of Mind, gold for Powerslave, oxblood for Somewhere in Time, white for Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, and olive for No Prayer for the Dying. Additionally, the Somewhere in Time reissue will be released on December 4th, with a special variant featuring a full sleeve poster.\n\nIron Maiden are currently on tour with their \"Run For Your Lives\" show, celebrating their first nine studio albums alongside thrash veterans Megadeth and Anthrax. Pre-orders for the box set and Somewhere in Time reissue are now available.",
  "summary": "The metal band is also set to release a 40th anniversary edition of Somewhere in Time. Iron Maiden Announce 50th Anniversary Color Vinyl Box Set Langdon Hickman",
  "key_points": [
    "Box set includes first nine studio albums with colored vinyl",
    "Somewhere in Time reissue released on December 4th"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}