Face In The Sand Single ?

Posted by Martin on June 20, 2005 @ 06:50

The rumor was debunked by Maidenfans then perpetrators admitted it. Kept for archival reason

Apparently there will also be a single along with the Death On The Road'DVD/CD. I've just received this from a cousin who works at EMI Music Germany. The new single will feature Face In The Sand as orchestral version, Lord Of The Flies (live from DOD tour) and also a video of Brave New World (also from DOD tour). On the front it has printed 'For promotional use only' so I don't know whether this will be an official release or only a giveaway for radio stations to promote Death On The Road

Source: http://www.ironmaiden.org/showthread.php?p...487#post2490487

24 Comments

Maidenaustria said:

amazing - I hope to get my hands on a copy of that Promo

#10955, June 20, 2005 @ 07:02

Real World said:

I'll move this to rumours but I suspect that this is made up by someone with a copy of Photoshop and too much spare time on their hands

#10956, June 20, 2005 @ 07:10

Real World said:

Moved to Maiden Rumours

#10957, June 20, 2005 @ 07:10

Maidenaustria said:

> I'll move this to rumours but I suspect that this is made up by someone with a copy of Photoshop and too much spare time on their hands

just in case it's a fake - I think it'll look cool...

#10958, June 20, 2005 @ 08:48

Anonymous said:

cool!it looked great!

#10959, June 20, 2005 @ 10:04

Lib said:

For me, it's a fake : if you look closely the back of the cover, you can see :

"Face in the Sand
Orchestral version
Smith Harris, Dickinson
**BMG music publishing LTD**"

But, because Dickinson is one of the writters, Bruce's publisher, ** Warner/Chapell Music Ltd.** should also have to be credited.

The guy who has made this fake has forget this little detail...

EDIT : I edit my post to say that the same mistake can be seen on the song 'Brave New World' and the song 'Lord of the Flies' is edited by Zomba music Publishers Ltd...

#10960, June 20, 2005 @ 10:24

Maidenfreak said:

oh, Promos come with a barcode now? wow...

cheesy fake

#10961, June 20, 2005 @ 10:38

iron_beast said:

Doesn't look like a real maiden cover to me, you can see it on the contour on Eddie. Yes it looks like a piece of photoshop work. But a cool pic afterall.

#10962, June 20, 2005 @ 10:50

Lib said:

OK, sory, I have done it very fast, but I think that the Eddie's face is the same than in the 'Virus' Lp, reversed and a little bit bended :

![](http://perso.wanadoo.fr/brankshmebleu/Images/fake.jpg)

#10963, June 20, 2005 @ 10:51

Maidenfreak said:

> OK, sory, I have done it very fast, but I think that the Eddie's face is the same than in the 'Virus' Lp, reversed and a little bit bended :

![](http://perso.wanadoo.fr/brankshmebleu/Images/fake.jpg)

I recognised it right away, too. There's more obvious reasons for it being a fake though... but I'm not surprised that the guys at the official bb fell for it.
r-e-t-a-r-d-s

#10964, June 20, 2005 @ 10:57

Real World said:

Yeah I admit I recognised the eddie as an old one too though I couldnt remember which one.
If we're convinced this is fake I may as well move it to spam

#10965, June 20, 2005 @ 11:17

DeadlySinner said:

> r-e-t-a-r-d-s

Prats

#10966, June 20, 2005 @ 11:17

Anonymous said:

It wouldn't make sense to use Face in the Sand to promote a Live CD when they've never played the song live.

Didn't notice the Eddie was from Virus - good spot.

#10967, June 20, 2005 @ 16:12

Pineapple Hunter said:

Anyway.....Paschendale would be much believable to make as a single....if you were gonna do a fake....cos its the best song on the album.

#10968, June 20, 2005 @ 16:18

TheTrooper666 said:

> Anyway.....Paschendale would be much believable to make as a single....if you were gonna do a fake....cos its the best song on the album.

and one of the longest, which is not really good for a single-track

concerning the cover: he didn't even use the same font for the "face in the sand" logo used for the DOD cover, same for the back

#10969, June 20, 2005 @ 18:17

Anonymous said:

![](http://www.waxvisual.com/wallpapers/rajasthan800.jpg)

Look what i just found!!!!

ITS A FAKE!

This was on the first page of google images when I searched 'desert sand'..... how stupid, if your gonna do summit like this, atleast go a few pages in.

#10970, June 20, 2005 @ 22:02

The_7th_Son said:

Of all songs why would they release this one anyway?

#10971, June 20, 2005 @ 22:48

Anonymous said:

the back looks alot like the one from :no more lies

#10972, June 21, 2005 @ 07:31

Anonymous said:

The perpetrators have admitted it is a fraud - check the IMBB

#10973, June 21, 2005 @ 15:02

iron_beast said:

You have good eyes people I knew it was something with that Eddie that i've seen before Really stupid background, isn't it in the Windows Xp Pro as a wallaper too?

#10974, June 25, 2005 @ 21:37

Zdenius said:

"my cousin who works in EMI Germany..."
i knew it right when i saw the cover, but the back was quite real but when you saw that mistake and finally found the sand on google... these bastards...

#10975, June 27, 2005 @ 13:07

Pineapple Hunter said:

If you look closely at the bottom right hand corner there is some sort of Middle-Eastern writing. Why would Maiden put that on their promo?

#10976, June 27, 2005 @ 20:46

elhefe said:

> If you look closely at the bottom right hand corner there is some sort of Middle-Eastern writing. Why would Maiden put that on their promo?

No Middle-Eastern writing, it says "for promotional use only"

And answering your question: Maiden put that on their promos ´cause they´re promos, not singles

#10977, July 1, 2005 @ 17:41

Anonymous said:

Well, that's also an idea - make a fake cover to a single and use Virus and some sand thing from google as artwork!

Actually, i thought it was a real thing when i fist saw it, but when the details now are pointed out... I can just laugh at it!

#10978, August 5, 2005 @ 12:24