Hey, it was cool to meet you TAC.
I absolutely agree with you regarding the sound. Alice Cooper sounded pretty good, but Maiden sounded like a big fat bag of ass. Everything was muddy and crunched into the middle, the bass guitar was way, way too loud first few tracks, dude running the board was terrible, didn't know who was taking a guitar solo or when, so every time a guitar solo started, we missed the first few notes until that specific player got turned up.
The problem with that venue is if you are not in the center section, down in the covered area, it always sounds like shit. At least the sound did improve as the night wore on.
I've got some good bootleg videos I'll be posting here as they upload to YouTube.
Let's start with this quick tidbit of 14,000 fans singing "Fear Of The Dark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IpoetXfoyg&feature=youtu.be More coming, including full songs.