Folder 131
Brazil
Brazil, Sonopress-Rimo CD reissue - the deadwax's own run code ('2746/97') doesn't match either surviving 'SONOPRESS 7460452' candidate, pointing to an uncatalogued 1997 repress of the same EMI catalogue family.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Mirror ring photographed under raking light and read at native resolution across three frames. IMG_2635 shows SONOPRESS immediately followed by 7460452; IMG_2636/IMG_2637, further round the same band, show a separately-stamped 2746/97 beside the tail end of ...460452. IMG_2638 shows further etching elsewhere on the ring that does not resolve at any crop tried - recorded as unreadable rather than guessed.
SONOPRESS 7460452 — a partial reading, consistent with a recorded matrix entry — the only one Discogs records, but not confirmed as an exact match.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 32080755. Green: in my collection (0 of 1). Red: missing.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout | SONOPRESS 7460452 5429/96 |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 10 of them
Front cover, standard pyramid/pharaoh artwork, no stickers
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Rear inlay, barcode sticker: 370 746045 2 over barcode 0 77774 60452 9
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Rear inlay, foot, native resolution: PRODUZIDO NA ZONA FRANCA DE MANAUS POR SONOPRESS-RIMO DA AMAZÔNIA IND. E COM. FONOG. LTDA. - AV. SOLIMÕES, 585 - DISTRITO INDUSTRIAL - MANAUS - AM - C.G.C.: 84.494.129/0001-93 (P) 1994 - INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA MADE IN BRAZIL DISTRIBUÍDO POR EMI-ODEON FONOG. IND. E ELET. LTDA. - ROD. PRES. DUTRA, S/N, KM 229,8 - PARTE 11 VILA AUGUSTA, GUARULHOS, SP - C.G.C.: 33.249.640/0004-31
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Rear inlay, foot right: (P) 1984 EMI Records / 1984 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd, boxed COMPACT DISC DIGITAL AUDIO and EMI devices
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Rear inlay, top right corner, native resolution: printed catalogue 7 46045 2
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Disc face, native resolution: 746045 2 beneath the hub, (P) 1984 EMI Records / (C) 1984 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd., rim text FABRICADO POR SONOPRESS - MADE IN BRAZIL - ...1994 - INDÚSTRIA...33.249.640/0004-31
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Inner mirror ring, native resolution: etched SONOPRESS then 7460452
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Inner mirror ring, native resolution, further round the band: etched 2746/97, beside the tail of ...460452
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Inner mirror ring, a third region: further etching present but not legible at any resolution reached - not transcribed
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Booklet, last page: track mechanical numbers (62.479.725) … (62.479.792), Portuguese credit Produzido, Gravado e Mixado por Martin "Court Jester" Birch - confirms a Brazilian-market booklet
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Standard jewel case, black tray, front + rear inlay plus 8-page lyrics/credits booklet - no obi, no sticker beyond the barcode label.
- Barcode is a stuck-on label over the printed catalogue block, not part of the inlay artwork itself.
- Disc: silver-on-black EMI 'sand' label design, standard international art, printed catalogue
746045 2.
What distinguishes this pressing
SONOPRESSetched into the inner mirror ring, with a run code - on the disc rather than the print, so it is the strongest evidence here. Every candidate surviving the catalogue+barcode filter is a Sonopress-Rimo Brazilian pressing, so this confirms manufacturer but not, by itself, run.- The run code
2746/97is what actually separates candidates: 10226819 (1994) recordsSONOPRESS G-7990 / 746.045-2 A 3; 32080755 (1996) recordsSONOPRESS 7460452 5429/96. This disc'sSONOPRESS 7460452 2746/97shares 32080755's template but not its digits, and shares neither candidate's string outright. - Barcode
0 77774 60452 9and catalogue370 746045 2/7 46045 2match both 10226819 and 32080755 (and are absent from 6873531, which Discogs records with no barcode and manufacturer VAT, not Sonopress) - these fields narrow to two but don't decide between them.
Eight tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-4
- 1Aces High
- 22 Minutes To Midnight
- 3Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
- 4Flash Of The Blade
Tracks 5-8
- 5The Duellists
- 6Back In The Village
- 7Powerslave
- 8Rime 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. 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 owner on 2026-09-27, checked by eye against Discogs release 32080755. The reasoning below is what stood before that.
Narrowed to two, and neither confirmed. Country (Brazil), label (EMI/Sonopress-Rimo/EMI-Odeon) and catalogue (7 46045 2 / 370 746045 2, barcode 0 77774 60452 9) are certain from the rear inlay and disc face, and match exactly two Discogs rows for this master: 10226819 (1994, 'Repress') and 32080755 (1996, 'Reissue'). A third same-catalogue row, 6873531, is excluded outright - Discogs records it with no barcode at all and a different manufacturer (VAT, not Sonopress-Rimo), neither of which this copy shows.
The deadwax is legible and specific, but it does not settle the question in either candidate's favour. 10226819's recorded matrix (SONOPRESS G-7990 / 746.045-2 A 3) is a different string shape entirely. 32080755's (SONOPRESS 7460452 5429/96) shares this disc's exact template - plant name, catalogue digits run together, then a slash-separated run code and two-digit year - but the code and year themselves (5429/96 vs this disc's 2746/97) differ.
Per the skill's own rule that the version list is incomplete by construction, the honest read is that this is most likely a later, uncatalogued Sonopress repress (1997) of the same EMI Brazil catalogue family, not yet its own Discogs entry - not a misidentification between the two listed rows. Graded Narrowed (2) rather than Confirmed or Probable because the discriminator was read and disagrees with both survivors rather than being silent on one of them.