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Iron Maiden

I've got nine pressings of this record, from five countries. Every one's been read off the copy itself: four pinned down, three likely and two still sealed, read from the printed outside, where the release itself narrows to one candidate.

Have a look How each was pinned down

Nine copies on my shelf

Iron Maiden, 1980.

9Copies
5Countries
4Confirmed
3Likely
0Still up in the air
Collection worth DKK 2,174

Median of completed Discogs sales, read 2026-10-01. Eight priced against the release it was pinned to; one never sold, counted at the lowest asking price.

The collection

Each tile shows the part of that copy where these pressings actually differ — the label on a record, the shell or the packaging on a cassette or CD — because the sleeve artwork is the same on nearly all of them. Every one links to its own page with the full photographs and evidence.

9 pressings

Five countries, one shelf

4 countries plotted5 copies from Europe, which name a region rather than a place33 more countries carry a pressing the shelf doesn't have13 more versions pressed under UK & Europe, Worldwide, USA & Canada and Australasia, which name a region rather than a place, and aren't on the shelf either3 more versions pressed somewhere the master's own listing names no single country for: Sweden and Australia & New ZealandA ring marks one I haven't got

How rare is any of this?

Every other number on this page describes a record I own. These describe the world around it: for each version Discogs lists, how many collectors say they own one and how many are still after it. Real counts, not guesses — but not a pressing run either, and no proof that a record is rare. They count only collectors who log their records online, and those aren't spread evenly across the world. Read it as demand against supply, and trust Want per owner over the raw number of owners.

7 held 412 still out there
wanted →owned →

419 of the 419 versions carry Discogs community counts. Lit dots are ones I have.

The figures, version by version
What is on the shelf, starting with the least owned. Each rank compares a copy only with other versions in the same format.
CopyCatalogue Owners Wanted by Want per owner Scarcity rank
213 Brazil 31C 064 07269 39 235 6.0 67 of 158
211 Netherlands 1A 062-07269 875 445 0.5 139 of 158
206 Japan EMS-81327 2,096 1,002 0.5 145 of 158
210 Europe 5054197784262, EMC 3330 2,307 235 0.1 147 of 158
212 Europe 0190295240240 3,446 607 0.2 153 of 158
209 UK FA 41 3121 1 4,192 603 0.1 154 of 158
203 Europe 1C 038-15 7548 1 7,191 611 0.1 156 of 158
204 Europe 038 15 7548 1, 1C 038-15 7548 1 7,191 611 0.1 156 of 158
205 Europe 1C 038-15 7548 1 7,191 611 0.1 156 of 158

The least-owned of them all

These are the six least owned of the forty-six vinyl pressings of this record from 1980 and 1981. Any copy the shelf already has is marked.

  1. Spain 064-007269 Test Pressing 1 owner, 166 want it
  2. UK EMC3330 Test Pressing 4 owners, 267 want it
  3. Spain 10C 064-007269 11 owners, 129 want it
  4. US ST-12094 13 owners, 28 want it
  5. Spain 10C 064-007269 18 owners, 131 want it
  6. Spain 10C 064-007269 Promo 19 owners, 385 want it

What the grades mean

One candidate left standing isn't proof. Discogs lists what collectors have catalogued, and nobody's catalogued every pressing ever made, so I can't rule out one that was never listed.

Confirmed
Country and catalogue number match, and so does at least one mark that belongs to this release alone: a barcode, a printer code, a legal-deposit number, a label matrix.
Likely
One candidate matches on country and catalogue number, and nothing else in the photographs was legible enough to check it a second way.
Still up in the air
Two or more editions still fit. Each page names the ones left standing, and the one photograph that would settle it.