Folder 2
Israel
Hebrew text and ACUM on the label; keeps the UK catalogue number.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Run-out read by eye by the owner, 2026-09-30 - not photographed. side A D EMD-1006-A-2-1-2 O "VERY DIRECT METAL" sterling D, side B D EMD-1006-B-2-1-2 O 2 "IF YOU DONT LIKE IT BOLLOCKS". Discogs records release 4505525's run-out as EMD-1006-A-2-1-2 O "VERYDIRECTMETAL" STERLING D / EMD-1006-B-2-1-2 O 2 "IFYOUDONTLIKEITBOLLOCKS" - the same on both sides, stamper suffixes included, except that this copy also shows a leading D on each side which the Discogs entry does not record. Folder 4 reads identically.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 4505525. Green: in my collection (2 of 2). Red: missing.
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 6 of them
Label: MADE IN ISRAEL, with Hebrew text (תוצרת ישראל) alongside
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Label: ACUM/BIEM
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Label: EMD 1006 / (EMD 1006B)
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Label: EMI in box, 33⅓ RPM, OTHER SIDE / THIS SIDE track split
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Label rim: ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDED WORK RESERVED. UNAUTHORISED COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING, HIRING OR RENTAL OF THIS RECORDING PROHIBITED
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Label: Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Martin Birch · All titles published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Outer sleeve - single (non-gatefold), standard Derek Riggs artwork.
- Inner sleeve - present, printed both sides: the clairvoyant painting on one face, lyrics and band photograph on the other,
EMD 1006at the head. - Labels - the EMI globe design in yellow, green and violet as the UK original, with
ACUM/BIEMandMADE IN ISRAELadded in the local positions.
What distinguishes this pressing
ACUM/BIEMon the label - ACUM is the Israeli authors' society. The UK copy in folder 1 carries no society mark at all in that position. (BIEMbeside it is the international bureau, not a country marker.)MADE IN ISRAELwith Hebrew text - the only copy in this collection with a non-Latin script on the label.- It keeps the UK catalogue number
EMD 1006rather than issuing a local one, which several other licensees did.
Eight tracks, two sides, and the recording credits
Side A
- A1Moonchild
- A2Infinite Dreams
- A3Can I Play With Madness
- A4The Evil That Men Do
Side B
- B1Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- B2The Prophecy
- B3The Clairvoyant
- B4Only The Good Die Young
Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar, synth · Steve Harris - bass, string synth · Nicko McBrain - drums.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York. Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich. Sleeve illustration, concept and design by Derek Riggs (with Rod Smallwood). Inner-sleeve photograph by Ross Halfin. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 576952, the UK original, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing. The producer, publisher and copyright lines are independently corroborated by this copy's own label, quoted above.
Condition, from the photographs
A photograph cannot grade a record - this is a description of what is visible, not a grade.
- Sleeve: general handling wear with some edge and corner softening; no splits or seam separation visible in these shots.
- Vinyl: light surface marks and handling sheen catch the light. No visible deep scratches, warping or edge damage in these photographs. The labels are clean and unmarked.
Nothing on this page comes from playing the record. No Goldmine grade is claimed for it, or any other. I have no record of where this copy came from.
What is settled, and what is not
Israel and the catalogue number are certain from the label. Discogs lists exactly one Israeli vinyl edition, and this matches it - but a single surviving candidate is not proof of identity on its own, because the candidate list is incomplete by construction. That stopped the grade at Probable.
Confirmed by the run-out. Discogs now records run-out data for release 4505525, and the owner's reading of this copy's deadwax (2026-09-30, by eye) matches it on both sides - the stamper suffixes -2-1-2 and the hand-etched VERY DIRECT METAL / IF YOU DONT LIKE IT BOLLOCKS - apart from a leading D on each side that Discogs does not record. That is a release-specific cross-check, not just a country match.
What is still soft: the reading was taken by eye, not photographed. A raking-light photograph of both sides would put it on the same footing as the label evidence above.