Bruce Dickinson SIGNED COPY First ever Single recorded
SIGNED BY BAND MEMBER UNFORTUNATELY NOT BRUCE

I HAVE A few SINGLES SIGNED FOUND IN MY COLLECTION
NOW THIS IS very very rare 
please be aware of the black label version being sold on here it is not original its a reprint. someone trying to cash in
Double A side Man in the street/ Down the road Band Name Speed.
This is absolutely 100% genuine i have just A FEW left from the original 1000 pressed.
I was the Keyboard player so i know this is the original pressings on the Blue Label

Another scorcher from the NWOBHM. Before the glorious days of internet, SPEED were one of the most obscure outfits you could think of, with this 7″ being so incredibly hard to find, not even the singer knew of its existence.

And the singer was, as you most likely will know, Bruce Dickinson, formerly highly entertaining SAMSON. After Paul Di’Anno was sacked from IRON MAIDEN, Bruce Dickinson took over his job.
So how come this 7″ is (or was) so obscure? In 1997, Bruce explained the background of these takes in an interview:

“That’s [the SPEED songs, Admin] a studio recording from when I was still at college. The original SPEED had already formally disbanded by that time, but Noddy White asked me whether or not I’d come back and sing on this number, which he intended to record with a couple of his mates. So I agreed to help him out, and we even got as far as laying down a second track, a boogie number, the title of which I’ve forgotten [he means “down the Road”, Admin]. SPEED were, even back then, a kind of NWOBHM outfit, we played PRIEST and STRANGLERS songs alongside our own material and toured in and around London in the late 70s.”

And the PUNK thing you can definitely hear on “Man on the Street”, a smoking hot Metalpunkpopsmasher of the master league. The boogie number “Down the Road” reveals a lot of Pub Rock charme once it’s halfway through. Road and Street – sounds like this was some sort of a concept mini album about ways and stuff.

It’s unclear how many copies were made of this 7″, but the recording date was 1978 and not 1979 and it was released in 1980, when the whole NWOBHM went off like a pissbag under a bulldozer. Quantities must have been fairly low however. This 7″ was impossible to find, one of the unholiest grails of NWOBHM 

Buyer beware
Any other colour label is not original. As these are rare and sought after somebody decided to press some more on a silver/BLACK label but these are  not original         THEY ARE RE ISSUE    BE CAREFUL
This is very very Rare only 1000 ever pressed. They are valued at £500 plus . This is absolutely genuine and is Brand new never been played Immaculate condition. I know its original , as i was the Keyboard player in the band. Bruce originally known as Bruce Bruce recorded this prior to joining Samson and then going on to  IRON MAIDEN
There is reams of info on the net re this Bruce early Days http://www.bookofhours.net/bdwbn/early.htm
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Speed/16757
plus lots of other info to prove this is genuine.
Will ship worldwide
This is what an avid Bruce fan said SEE BELOW
GRAB THIS VERY VERY RARE SINGLE NOW This is also the last few I have


I wouldn't say this release is particularly bad, it's just the individual songs are a bit overlong and repetitive. While this problem is not as prominent in 'On the Road', the first track 'Man on the Street' could've had a bit of length cut off it. The main riff of the song, although pretty good, is repeated throughout both of the songs to the point where it can get a bit boring.

The thing that saves this, though, is the great solos and vocals by Bruce Dickinson. It is interesting how Bruce's voice was quite different from the later, more 'operatic' style he would develop in Maiden. The solos are excellent and show the potential of the guitarist, and there is a nice keyboard solo in 'Man on the Street' before the guitar comes in.

So in conclusion, although it is a little average for NWoBHM, this is quite a fun release with some great solos. It's also good to hear what Dickinson was like before Maiden. If you see it floating around on the net (which is where I got my copy), I recommend grabbing it, if only for the aforementioned reason.