Folder 100
Netherlands
The matrix 1-2-10-NL, read directly off the disc - the actual discriminator. Not one of 4530682's five explicitly recorded variants, but built on the exact template all five of them share - CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1, then a two-digit run pair, then -NL - with 1-2-10 simply being a sixth run pair the master happens not to list. 370275's one recorded matrix follows no such template at all: no AR. @ 1, no run pair, no -NL.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Read by the owner directly off the disc on 2026-09-27 - this supersedes any earlier reading below: CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1 1-2-10-NL.
Read directly against the object under raking light on 2026-09-07, not from a new photograph - IMG_1828 shows the hub in frame but the ring was not legible at native resolution from that image alone. The inner mirror ring reads CDP 790258 2 AR @ 1 1-2-10-NL. Discogs' five recorded variants for 4530682 are 1-3-3, 1-2-8, 1-3-6, 1-2-9 and 1-2-5, all sharing the same CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1 <run pair>-NL template and differing only in the two-digit run pair. 1-2-10 is not among the five listed but fits that same template exactly, reading as a sixth, uncatalogued run pair of the same pressing. 370275's one recorded matrix, CDP 7 90258 2 AR@2, follows no such template: no run pair, no -NL.
CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1 1-2-10-NL — not among the 5 matrix entries Discogs records: an undocumented stamper.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 4530682. Green: in my collection (1 of 5). Red: missing.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 1) | CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1 1-3-3-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 2) | CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1 1-2-8-NL |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 3) | CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1 1-3-6-NL — copy 99 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 4) | CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1 1-2-9-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 5) | CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1 1-2-5-NL |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 6 of them
Rear inlay: the eight titles and PRODUCED, ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY MARTIN BIRCH
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Rear inlay catalogue block: barcode 0777 790258 2 4 with the boxed row UK: CDEMS 1534 and Printed in Holland
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Booklet, back cover, in the open case: CDP 7 90258 2 / UK: CDEMD 1006 / STEREO
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Disc face: EMI UNITED KINGDOM, STEREO, 0777 7 90258 2 4, BIEM/STEMRA, LC 0542 and MADE IN HOLLAND
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Disc and booklet together in the open case
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Front of the case with the album artwork
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Standard jewel case, opened, with the booklet present.
- The same two catalogue blocks as folder 99 -
CDEMS 1534with a barcode on the rear inlay,CDP 7 90258 2/CDEMD 1006on the booklet's back cover. Printed in Hollandon the inlay,MADE IN HOLLANDon the disc, under aUK:heading, exactly as folder 99.- Nothing photographed distinguishes this copy from folder 99 - the matrix reading is what finally does. Both copies print identically; the ring reads
1-2-10-NLhere and1-3-6-NLin folder 99, two different run pairs of the same pressing, confirming these are two physical copies rather than one object counted twice.
What distinguishes this pressing
- The matrix
1-2-10-NL, read directly off the disc - the actual discriminator. Not one of 4530682's five explicitly recorded variants, but built on the exact template all five of them share -CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1, then a two-digit run pair, then-NL- with1-2-10simply being a sixth run pair the master happens not to list. 370275's one recorded matrix follows no such template at all: noAR. @ 1, no run pair, no-NL. CDEMS 1534with a barcode - the match axis on the packaging, carried by both candidates.- The blank
I:andF:slots in the catalogue block - the same layout 4530682's notes describe (places for alternative Italian and French catalog numbers, but they are blank, thenUK:CDEMS 1534), and visible on this copy too. BIEM/STEMRAandLC 0542on the disc - recorded on 4530682 only, agreeing with the matrix reading.MADE IN HOLLANDbeside aUK:prefix - states where it was made, not which market it was made for; it is the-NLmatrix suffix that ties this copy to the Uden pressing, not this line.CDP 7 90258 2/CDEMD 1006on the booklet - the older pairing.CDP 7 90258 2is listed by 4530682 and shared with many European rows;CDEMD 1006is listed by neither candidate.- Against folder 99: both confirm to the same row, by two different physical readings. Folder 99's ring reads
1-3-6-NL, this one1-2-10-NL- two different variants of the same Uden pressing, which is consistent with two separate physical copies rather than one object counted twice.
Eight tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-4
- 1Moonchild
- 2Infinite Dreams
- 3Can I Play With Madness
- 4The Evil That Men Do
Tracks 5-8
- 5Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- 6The Prophecy
- 7The Clairvoyant
- 8Only 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. Where this copy's own packaging carries the producer, publisher or copyright lines, they are quoted in the evidence above.
Condition, from the photographs
A photograph cannot grade a record - this is a description of what is visible, not a grade.
- Case/inlay: general handling wear with some edge and corner softening; no cracks or splits visible in these shots.
- Disc: light surface marks and handling sheen catch the light. No visible deep scratches or disc-face damage in these photographs.
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 by the runout, read directly against the object - the same row as folder 99, by a different physical variant. Every string on this copy that either candidate records was carried by both of them; 4530682's entry is fuller, but that was never proof by itself.
What settled it is the inner mirror ring, read under raking light on 2026-09-07 rather than from a photograph: CDP 790258 2 AR @ 1 1-2-10-NL. 1-2-10 is not one of the five run pairs Discogs explicitly lists for 4530682 (1-3-3, 1-2-8, 1-3-6, 1-2-9, 1-2-5), but all five already differ from each other only in that same two-digit pair, sitting inside one fixed template - CDP 790258 2 AR. @ 1 <run pair>-NL. 1-2-10 fits that template exactly, which reads as a sixth run of the same pressing rather than a coincidence: 370275's one recorded matrix, CDP 7 90258 2 AR@2, shares none of that template's parts at all, so there is nothing else this reading could plausibly belong to among the rows this master documents.
Folder 99's ring, read the same day, carries a different run pair again (1-3-6-NL, an exact match to 4530682's own listed variant 3): two physical copies of the same row, distinguished from each other by runout but not by release.
Standing caveat: the version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued reissue sharing this exact matrix template cannot be excluded - but among the rows this master actually documents, only 4530682's is built from it.