Folder 153
UK
The mirror ring, CDP 795142 2 A0 3:1:14 EMI SWINDON - the discriminator. Read off four raking-light frames (IMG_3209-IMG_3212). The CDP 795142 2 AO prefix with EMI SWINDON is recorded for 401551 only; 10330898's run-outs drop the CDP prefix, and the two European rows were pressed by DADC Austria.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
The ring reads CDP 795142 2 A0 3:1:14 EMI SWINDON. Photographed under raking light in four overlapping frames, IMG_3209-IMG_3212. EMI Swindon is the UK plant, which sits with the disc's Made in UK. Discogs lists fifteen CDP 795142 2 AO ... EMI SWINDON variants for 401551 (3:4:21, 2:1:1, 4:1:1 and others) but not 3:1:14 itself.
CDP 795142 2 A0 3:1:14 EMI SWINDON — not among the 16 matrix entries Discogs records: an undocumented stamper.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 401551. Green: in my collection (0 of 16). Red: missing.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 1) | CDP 795142 2 AO 2 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 2) | CDP 795142 2 AO 3 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 3) | CDP 795142 2 AO 2:3:2. EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 4) | CDP 795142 2 AO 2 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 5) | CDP 795142 2 AO 2:1:12EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 5) | CDP 795142 2 AO 3:4:21 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 6) | CDP 795142 2 AO 2:1:1 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 7) | CDP 795142 2 AO 4:1:1 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 8) | CDP 795142 2 AO 2 - 1 - 4 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 9) | CDP 795142 2 AO 2:3:2 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 10) | CDP 795142 2 AO 3 : 4 : 19 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 11) | CDP 795142 2 AO 3-4-5 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 12) | CDP 795142 2 AO 2 : 1 : 1 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 13) | CDP 795142 2 AO 2 : 1 : 7 . EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 14) | CDP 795142 2 AO 2 :1:5 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 15) | CDP 795142 2 AO 3-4-12 EMI SWINDON |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 18 of them
Front of the case: the album artwork, no sticker
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Rear inlay: the ten titles, the band photograph, the EMI logo and the copyright line
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Rear inlay spine end at native resolution: barcode 0 077779 514229, UK:CDEMD 1017 and CDP 79 5142 2
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Case open: booklet rear and the disc in the tray
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Disc face: Stereo, BIEM / MCPS, Made in UK, the Compact Disc Digital Audio logo, LC 0542, CDEMC 3582 and a boxed 79 5142 2
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Disc face: the EMI logo, the rights warning and (P) 1990 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd. under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd.
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Booklet: line-up, track list and Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch, facing the band photograph
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Booklet lyric spreads
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Booklet lyric spreads
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Booklet lyric spreads
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Booklet lyric spreads
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Booklet lyric spreads
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Booklet credits and thanks, ending with the Iron Maiden F.C. address
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Booklet credits page, close
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Mirror ring under raking light: CDP 795142 2 A0 3:1...
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Mirror ring under raking light: CDP 795142 2 A0 3:1:14 EM...
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Mirror ring under raking light: 795142 2 A0 3:1:14 EMI S...
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Mirror ring under raking light: A0 3:1:14 EMI SWINDON
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Standard jewel case with the full lyric booklet and rear inlay.
- No front sticker.
- Rear inlay carries both catalogue numbers -
CDP 79 5142 2andUK:CDEMD 1017- beside the barcode, and no price code. - Disc face is silver print with
CDEMC 3582and a boxed79 5142 2. - Condition: the case shows scuffs and a scratch across the rear, the inlay has light surface wear, and the disc face shows fine handling marks.
What distinguishes this pressing
- The mirror ring,
CDP 795142 2 A0 3:1:14 EMI SWINDON- the discriminator. Read off four raking-light frames (IMG_3209-IMG_3212). TheCDP 795142 2 AOprefix withEMI SWINDONis recorded for 401551 only; 10330898's run-outs drop theCDPprefix, and the two European rows were pressed by DADC Austria. - No
PM 516price code on the rear inlay. Discogs' own note on 10330898 says it differs from 401551 by that price code on the back cover; none is printed here. Agrees with the ring. Made in UK,BIEM / MCPS,LC 0542on the disc. Places it in the UK and rules out the European rows independently of the ring.- Barcode
0 077779 514229andCDEMD 1017- the match axis, not a discriminator: all four candidate rows carry them. - The mould SID code was not read. No IFPI code is in frame and none is claimed. It would not change the grade.
Ten tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-5
- 1Tailgunner
- 2Holy Smoke
- 3No Prayer For The Dying
- 4Public Enema Number One
- 5Fates Warning
Tracks 6-10
- 6The Assassin
- 7Run Silent Run Deep
- 8Hooks In You
- 9Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter
- 10Mother Russia
Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - guitar · Janick Gers - guitar · Steve Harris - bass · Nicko McBrain - drums.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch, assisted by Chris Marshall (mixing) and Les Kingham and Mick McKenna (recording). Mastered at Sterling Sound. Recorded at Steve Harris' Barn on the Rolling Stones Mobile; mixed at Battery Studios, London. Sleeve and illustration by Derek Riggs; packaging artwork by The Complete Works. Photography by Ross Halfin. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 387769, 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
The mirror ring settles it. Everything on the packaging - the barcode, CDP 79 5142 2, UK:CDEMD 1017 - is shared by four rows of this master. The disc's Made in UK removes the two European rows, both pressed by DADC Austria. Between the two UK rows, the etching CDP 795142 2 A0 3:1:14 EMI SWINDON follows 401551's recorded run-out pattern, and the absent PM 516 price code points the same way.
The owner's typed note repeats the ring string exactly as the raking-light frames show it. It confirms the reading; nothing is cited from it that a photograph does not also show.
Standing caveat: the version list is incomplete by construction, and the exact 3:1:14 stamper is not itself listed, so an uncatalogued UK variant cannot be excluded.