Folder 102
US
DIDX 3093 - the discriminator, recorded on one row in this master.
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: back (mirror) CDP 7 90258 2 AR. @ 3, front 3-2-3 CAPITOL JAX 3 C.
The disc's mirror ring is photographed in IMG_1841 but cannot be read to a variant - the etched string is present in the frame and does not resolve at native resolution. No matrix or SID code is claimed for this copy.
CDP 7 90258 2 AR. @ 3 + 3-2-3 CAPITOL JAX 3 C — this copy's ring IS Variant 2 of the 12 matrix entries Discogs records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 3152234. Green: in my collection (3 of 12). Red: missing.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 1) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 3 + 3 2 13 CAPITOL JAX 14 C |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 2) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 3 + 3-2-3 CAPITOL JAX 3 C — this copy |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 3) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 3 + 3-2-1 CAPITOL JAX 1 C |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 4) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 3 + 3-2-16 CAPITOL JAX 17 C |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 5) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @3 + 3-2-10 CAPITOL JAX 10 C — copy 103, copy 104 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 6) | (Mirror:) CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 3 + (Normal:) 3-2-2 CAPITOL JAX 2 C |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 7) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 2:1:6 . + 2 1 6 CAPITOL JAX 13 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 8) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @3 + 2 7 CAPITOL JAX 7 C |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 9) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @3 + 3 2 14 CAPITOL JAX 15 C |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 10) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR. @ 3 + 2-5 CAPITOL JAX 5 C — copy 101 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 11) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR. @ 3 + 2 6 CAPITOL JAX 6 C |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 12) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR. @ 3 + 2-8 CAPITOL JAX 8 C |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 6 of them
Rear inlay: DIDX 3093 at the top left, the eight titles, PRODUCED, ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY MARTIN BIRCH and the Capitol and EMI devices
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Rear inlay, barcode corner: a white sticker carrying 7777-90258-2
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Disc face: CDP 7 90258 2, a boxed STEREO / DIDX 3093, UK: CDEMD 1006, the Capitol and EMI devices and PRINTED IN U.S.A. in the rim text
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Disc in the open case with the booklet
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Booklet and tray together
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Front of the case with the album artwork and no sticker
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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.
- Barcode on a sticker,
7777-90258-2, on the rear inlay corner, as on folder 101. DIDX 3093printed on the inlay and on the disc.- Nothing photographed distinguishes this copy from folder 101. They are two copies of one release; the difference between the folders is that there are two objects, not two identifications.
What distinguishes this pressing
DIDX 3093- the discriminator, recorded on one row in this master.PRINTED IN U.S.A.and theCapitoldevice - country from the object.UK: CDEMD 1006on the disc - the UK number on an American disc, shared with 3152234 and with European rows besides.- Barcode
7777-90258-2- recorded by 3152234; on this copy it is on a sticker. - Against folder 101: nothing. No printed difference between the two copies appears in any frame.
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
Settled the same way folder 101 is, and worth restating rather than cross-referencing away: this is a separate object. DIDX 3093 on the inlay and the disc places it on 3152234, the only row in this master recording that code; PRINTED IN U.S.A. and the Capitol device establish the country before the DIDX is applied.
What is open is the stamper. The ring is in frame and unreadable. Folders 103 and 104 read theirs as 3152234's variant 5, CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @3 + 3-2-10 CAPITOL JAX 10 C; whether this copy and folder 101 share that stamper or came from different ones is the open question across all four American copies, and one raking-light frame per disc would close it.
Standing caveat: the version list is incomplete by construction.