Folder 117

Spain

Spain, EMI-Odeon. Made at the Sonic, S.A. plant under permit - the label prints the permit number and the run-out carries the catalogue number itself as its matrix.

Catalogue: 068-24 02001
Label: EMI-Odeon, S.A., manufactured by Sonic, S.A.
Released: 1984
Confidence: Confirmed
Why this grade
the catalogue number, the Depósito Legal B.28.483-1984 and the Fabricado por Sonic, S.A. Permiso n° 93085 line on the label all match release 2963550 exactly, and side B's run-out - the one side legible enough to quote most of - carries the catalogue number itself as its own matrix, 068-2402001, followed by a mark that is at minimum consistent with the B◇ 1 Discogs records for this release, though the frame does not resolve the diamond, the letter and the trailing 1 cleanly enough, or in an unambiguous order, to quote as an exact transcription. Two other Spanish releases share this catalogue number and this same Depósito Legal, and both are ruled out by what is absent: no DISCO PROMOCIONAL PROHIBIDA SU VENTA overprint on either label (the promo, 12660989) and no Círculo de Lectores club line on the rear cover (the 1985 club edition, 10769310)
Reference: Discogs 2963550
Median sale: DKK 185 (kept from 2026-09-23)
Sale range: DKK 75-300
On sale now: 9, from DKK 165
Last sold: 1 September 2026

What the record says

Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.

Run-out photographed, both sides. Side B (the eye-in-sand label) reads clearly: 068-2402001 - the catalogue number doing double duty as the matrix - followed by a short mark that is legible as some combination of a small boxed diamond, a letter and a trailing digit, in a single glare-heavy frame that does not resolve their exact shapes or order. Discogs records this release's own matrix as 068-2402001 B◇ 1, which the photograph is consistent with but does not confirm character-by-character. Side A was photographed but is not confidently resolved either - glare and the shallow etching leave a diamond mark and a run of digits visible without a clean read, so it is not quoted as a match, only as consistent in form with side B and with Discogs' recorded 068-2402001 A◇ 1.

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 2963550. Green: in my collection (2 of 2). Red: missing.

✓	Matrix / Runout (Side A)	`068-2402001 A◇ 1` — this copy
✓	Matrix / Runout (Side B)	`068-2402001 B◇ 1` — this copy

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 14 of them

Front cover: standard Powerslave artwork, no stickers or overprinting

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Rear cover, foot, rotated block: BACK IN THE VILLAGE / POWERSLAVE / RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER · PLAYING TIME: 51.20

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Rear cover: Editado por EMI-Odeon, S.A. C/ Wifredo, 728 Badalona (Barcelona)

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Rear cover: Imprime: INDUGRAF MADRID, S.A. - Alcorcón (Madrid)

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Spine: 068 24 0200 1 beside a boxed EMI logo

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Inner sleeve: plain, unprinted, carrying only a small printed code N 41/5/3 in one corner - no lyrics or band image

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Label, side one (This Side: Aces High … The Duellists): 068 24 0200 1, Dep. L.B.28.483-1984, boxed S.G.A.E. rights-society mark, 33⅓ R.P.M. Stereo

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Label, side one, small print: Fabricado por Sonic, S.A. Permiso n° 93085

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Label rim, both sides: MADE IN SPAIN EMI-ODEON, S.A. QUEDAN RESERVADOS TODOS LOS DERECHOS DEL PRODUCTOR FONOGRAFICO Y DEL PROPIETARIO DE LA OBRA GRABADA…

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Label, side two: the eye-in-sand artwork, no promotional or club overprint of any kind

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Run-out, side B, etched: 068-2402001 followed by a short, not cleanly resolved mark (diamond/letter/digit)

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Run-out, side A: a diamond mark and a run of digits, photographed but not resolved character-by-character

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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 Powerslave artwork, no gatefold.
Inner sleeve - plain white paper, printed only with a small N 41/5/3 code in one corner. Discogs records this release as issued with a printed double-sided lyric/photo inner sleeve, which this is not - treated here as a consumable substitution rather than evidence against the identification, the same judgement folder 111's plastic inner sleeve was given.
Labels - the international sand design in blue print on a grey/silver ground: side one carries the text and both tracklists plus the Spanish legal block and the Fabricado por Sonic, S.A. Permiso n° 93085 pressing-plant line, side two only the eye-in-sand image.
Vinyl - black.

What distinguishes this pressing

No DISCO PROMOCIONAL PROHIBIDA SU VENTA overprint on side two's label. Discogs records that text on the promo copy (12660989) specifically; this label is clean.
No Círculo de Lectores club line on the rear cover. Discogs records it for the 1985 Special/Club Edition (10769310); this rear cover carries only the standard EMI-Odeon credit block.
Side B's run-out repeats the catalogue number itself as its matrix, 068-2402001, matching the root of Discogs' recorded 068-2402001 B◇ 1 for 2963550, though the trailing diamond/letter/digit group is not resolved clearly enough to confirm character-by-character.

Eight tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

A1Aces High
A22 Minutes To Midnight
A3Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
A4Flash Of The Blade
A5The Duellists

Side B

B1Back In The Village
B2Powerslave
B3Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar · Steve Harris - bass · Nicko McBrain - drums.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch, assisted by Bruce Buchhalter and Frank Gibson. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound. Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau; mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; sleeve and design concept by Derek Riggs, Iron Maiden and Rod Smallwood. Photography by Moshe Brakha. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.

Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 1846534, 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. Spain and catalogue 068-24 02001 are certain from the spine, the label and the rear cover. Three Spanish vinyl releases in the fetched version list share that catalogue number and the same Depósito Legal B.28.483-1984:

How the other candidates were ruled out

Candidate	Verdict
2963550 - standard LP	Matches. No promotional or club marking anywhere on this copy, which is what this plain commercial release predicts.
12660989 - Promo	Ruled out: Discogs records `"DISCO PROMOCIONAL PROHIBIDA SU VENTA"` printed on label side B. This side-two label carries no such text, or any text at all beyond the artwork.
10769310 - 1985 Círculo de Lectores club/special edition	Ruled out: Discogs records `"Edicion especial para Circulo de Lectores"` on the back cover. This rear cover carries only the standard EMI-Odeon/Indugraf credit block.

Standing caveat: this method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs. The version list is incomplete by construction, so a single surviving candidate is a best match, not a proof of uniqueness.

Neither side's run-out is a fully confirmed character-by-character read. Side B reads its catalogue-number root cleanly and carries a short mark after it consistent with Discogs' recorded 068-2402001 B◇ 1, but the diamond, letter and trailing digit are not individually resolved or ordered with confidence in the one frame that catches them. Side A was photographed but the etching is shallow and caught at a glancing angle, so only a diamond mark and an indistinct run of digits are visible - consistent in form with side B and with Discogs' own recorded 068-2402001 A◇ 1, but no more confirmed than side B is. The grade rests on the catalogue number, Depósito Legal and Sonic permit line, which are clean, not on the run-out closing the case on its own. A flatter, better-lit shot of each side's last two centimetres would settle both.

A second point, noted rather than held against the grade: the inner sleeve. Discogs describes all three Spanish candidates as issued with a printed double-sided lyric/photograph inner sleeve. This copy's is plain paper with only a small N 41/5/3 code. An inner sleeve is a consumable - it gets swapped over four decades - so this is recorded as what the folder holds rather than treated as a conflict about which release this is, consistent with how a plastic-sleeve mismatch was treated on folder 111.