Folder 8
Argentina
Promo overprint VENTA PROHIBIDA / PROMOCIONAL. Track titles in Spanish only.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
No run-out groove photograph exists in this folder.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 19183495. Green: in my collection (1 of 2). Red: missing.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (SIDE-A) | EMD-1006-A |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (SIDE-B) | EMD-1006-B — this copy |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 8 of them
Label: FABRICADO Y DISTRIBUIDO POR EMI-ODEON SAIC / SAN MARTIN 3590 FLORIDA, PCIA DE BS. AS.
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Label: MARCA REGISTRADA AADI-CAPIF
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Label: INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA · SADAIC-BIEM
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Label: EMD 1006 B and 10044
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Label, Spanish track titles: DEL OTRO LADO: HIJO DE LA LUNA · SUEÑOS INFINITOS · PUEDO JUGAR CON LA LOCURA? · EL MAL QUE EL HOMBRE HIZO / DE ESTE LADO: SEPTIMO HIJO DE UN SEPTIMO HIJO · LA PROFECIA · LA CLARIVIDENTE · SOLO LOS BUENOS MUEREN JOVENES
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Label, diagonal overprint: VENTA PROHIBIDA / PROMOCIONAL
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Label: PROD. E ING. DE MEZCLA: MARTIN BIRCH
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Label rim: RESERVADOS LOS DERECHOS DE LOS AUTORES, INTERPRETES Y PRODUCTORES FONOGRAFICOS SOBRE LAS OBRAS REPRODUCIDAS EN ESTE DISCO. PROHIBIDA SU REPRODUCCION, SU ALQUILER Y SU EJECUCION PUBLICA O RADIODIFUSION
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Outer sleeve - single, standard artwork with a locally printed rear.
- Inner sleeve - present. Discogs records this release as issued with a black and white inner sleeve, against the full-colour inner of the UK original.
- Labels - the EMI globe design, overprinted diagonally in a contrasting ink with the promotional legend.
- Promotional overprint -
VENTA PROHIBIDA / PROMOCIONAL("sale prohibited / promotional").
What distinguishes this pressing
- Fully translated track titles. Where the Venezuelan copy in folder 3 prints English with Spanish in brackets, this label gives the titles in Spanish only. It is the only copy in this collection to do so.
SADAIC- the Argentine authors' society. (BIEMalongside it is the international bureau and is not a country marker.)AADI-CAPIF- the Argentine performers' and producers' bodies.INDUSTRIA ARGENTINAand the EMI-Odeon SAIC address in Florida, Buenos Aires Province.10044- the local catalogue number, carried alongside the retained UKEMD 1006 B.- The promotional overprint - one of two promo copies in this collection, with folder 7 (Uruguay).
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
Confirmed. Argentina and catalogue 10044 are certain from the label. Discogs lists three 1988 Argentine vinyl editions, and the evidence separates them:
How the other candidates were ruled out
| Candidate | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 19183495 - Promo | Matches. Discogs states of this release: “Both labels comes with print : VENTA PROHIBIDA PROMOCIAL.” This copy carries a promotional overprint in that position. See the note below on the wording. |
| 3201586 - standard issue | Ruled out: the commercial issue carries no promotional overprint. |
| 30525115 - White Label | Ruled out: Discogs describes “handwritten white labels”; this copy has the full-colour globe label. |
The overprint is a release-specific feature documented against 19183495, which is what lifts this above Probable.
One discrepancy, stated rather than glossed over: the label photographed here reads PROMOCIONAL, while Discogs transcribes the same feature as PROMOCIAL. These are not the same string. The likeliest explanation is a transcription slip in the Discogs entry - PROMOCIONAL is the ordinary Spanish word and PROMOCIAL is not - but that is an inference, not evidence, and the possibility that the two releases carry genuinely different wording cannot be excluded from here. The identification rests on a promotional overprint being present at all, which separates this copy from both the commercial issue and the white-label edition either way.
Standing caveat: this method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs altogether.
One check worth making: Discogs says both labels carry the overprint, and only side B was photographed here. A photograph of side A would confirm it. A run-out groove photograph would confirm the EMD-1006-A / EMD-1006-B etchings Discogs records for this release.