Folder 133
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia, pressed by Jugoton in Zagreb. The run-out carries its own cutting date, 01 10 86, and Discogs records that same string - date and SB included - for the one Yugoslav LP under this master.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photo named beside it, except where the source column says otherwise - those rows come from the record itself, by reading it or by playing it, and each says which.
Run-out photographed on both sides across eleven frames, and read off the record by eye as well. Side one reads LSEMI 11 161 A 01 10 86 SB, side two LSEMI 11 161 B 01 10 86 SB - hand-etched, and caught in pieces across the frames (LSEMI, 11 161, the side letter, 01 10 86, SB) rather than in one continuous shot, which is why the by-eye reading of the whole string matters. 01 10 86 is 1 October 1986, the release date Discogs carries for this release. What SB stands for is not stated anywhere on the record or by Discogs, so it is left as read.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 910305. Green: in my collection (2 of 2). Red: missing.
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Side A) | LSEMI 11 161 A 01 10 86 SB — this copy |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Side B) | LSEMI 11 161 B 01 10 86 SB — this copy |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 15 of them
Front cover: single sleeve, IRON MAIDEN / SOMEWHERE IN TIME
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Rear cover, catalogue block: ⊙ LSEMI 11161 · ⊞ CAEMI 9201
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Rear cover, Jugoton block: Jugoton · radna organizacija za nakladu nosilaca zvuka i slike p.o. · ZAGREB — Niška b.b. · Made in YUGOSLAVIA
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Rear cover: Urednik redakcije: Veljko Despot · Glavni i odgovorni urednik: Siniša Škarica
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Rear cover, foot: EMI Records Ltd. · HAYES MIDDLESEX ENGLAND · Country of manufacture of record as stated on record label · Direct Metal DMM™ Mastering
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Inner sleeve, lyric side, upper right: LSEMI 11161
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Inner sleeve, lyric side: ℗ 1986 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd. · © 1986 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd.
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Inner sleeve, reverse: the band on the Arizona roadside, yellow-framed
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Label, side one: EMC 3512 · EMC 3512A · LSEMI 11161 · SIDE 1
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Label, side one, perimeter: SVA PRAVA IZDAVAČA I VLASNIKA SNIMLJENOG DJELA SU PRIDRŽANA
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Label, perimeter, continued: ZABRANJENO JE NEOVLAŠTENO UMNOŽAVANJE, POSUĐIVANJE, JAVNO IZVOĐENJE I EMITIRANJE OVE PLOČE — PO LICENCI EMI PROIZVEO JUGOTON ZAGREB YUGOSLAVIA, read in sections off the run-out close-ups where the label rim is in focus
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Label, side two: EMC 3512 · EMC 3512B · LSEMI 11161 · SIDE 2 · STEREO 33⅓ RPM
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Run-out, side one, in fragments: LSEMI · 11 161 · A · 01 10 86 · SB
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Run-out, side two, in fragments: LSEMI · 11 161 · B · 01 10 86 · SB
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Both run-outs, off the record itself, quoted as written: Side A - LSEMI 11 161 A 01 10 86 SB / Side B - LSEMI 11 161 B 01 10 86 SB
read by eye by the owner; filed in this folder as runout - eye.txt
The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Single sleeve, the international artwork with Jugoton's own catalogue block and editorial credits set into the rear - corner wear and a soft crease along the opening edge.
- Printed inner sleeve, double-sided: lyrics and credits on one face, the Arizona band photograph on the other, carrying
LSEMI 11161. - Labels - the international dark Eddie artwork, carrying
EMC 3512andEMC 3512A/EMC 3512B(the UK catalogue number and its side codes) above the YugoslavLSEMI 11161, with Jugoton's rights notice in Serbo-Croatian around the rim. - Vinyl - black, both sides.
What distinguishes this pressing
- Run-out
LSEMI 11 161 A 01 10 86 SB/… B 01 10 86 SB, matching Discogs' recorded matrix for this release on both sides, cutting date and initials included. LSEMI 11161on the sleeve, the labels and the inner sleeve, withCAEMI 9201beside it on the rear for the cassette.- Jugoton's own editorial credits on the rear -
Urednik redakcije: Veljko Despot,Glavni i odgovorni urednik: Siniša Škarica- set into the sleeve beside the Zagreb address. - Serbo-Croatian rights notice around the label rim, over the otherwise untouched international label artwork.
Eight tracks, two sides, and the recording credits
Side A
- A1Caught Somewhere In Time
- A2Wasted Years
- A3Sea Of Madness
- A4Heaven Can Wait
Side B
- B1The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
- B2Stranger In A Strange Land
- B3Deja-Vu
- B4Alexander The Great
Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar, guitar synthesizer · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, guitar synthesizer · Steve Harris - bass, bass synth · Nicko McBrain - drums.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound. Bass, bass synth and drums recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau; guitars, vocals and guitar synth recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum; mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; sleeve concept by Derek Riggs and Rod Smallwood. Inner sleeve photograph by Aaron Rapoport. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 1701390, 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.
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. Yugoslavia is not inferred here: the rear cover states Made in YUGOSLAVIA and names Jugoton's Zagreb address. One Yugoslav LP sits under this master, and the deadwax is the independent check on it:
How the other candidates were ruled out
| Candidate | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 910305 - Jugoton, LP | Matches. Discogs records its run-outs as LSEMI 11 161 A 01 10 86 SB and LSEMI 11 161 B 01 10 86 SB; both sides here read that, character for character. Catalogue LSEMI 11161 and the 1 October 1986 date agree as well. |
The other two Yugoslav entries under this master are the Jugoton cassette (CAEMI 9201) and its 1990 reissue, which is why this copy is not compared against them: neither is an LP. CAEMI 9201 is printed on this sleeve, but as the cross-reference to the cassette, not as this record's own number.
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 - and with only one Yugoslav LP catalogued, there is nothing here to have been separated from.
What is not settled. The rim text was read in sections across several frames rather than from one shot of the whole label, and the rights-society mark that ought to sit in it is not resolved in any of them. Nothing hangs on it - the country is stated on the sleeve in English - but a square-on shot of each label would close it.