Folder 158
Europe
Catalogue number EDDIE001 separates this promo from every retail edition (7243 5 43103 2 4 and others) in the master.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Inner mirror ring on the play side, shot close up under raking light in IMG_3298, IMG_3299, IMG_3300 and IMG_3302. The dot-matrix stamp reads EMI UDEN EDDIE 001 @ 1 (the "@" stands in for a small stylised symbol). A separate hand-etched string beside the gold band reads 1-1-1- followed by one or two characters that do not resolve (they look like "A/I" or "N"). A second dot-matrix stamp elsewhere on the ring reads IFPI L047, the mould SID code, and is left out of ring= on purpose.
EMI UDEN EDDIE 001 @ 1 — 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 2697268. Green: in my collection (0 of 1). Red: missing.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout | EMI UDEN EDDIE 001 @ 1 1-1-1-NL |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 6 of them
Card sleeve front: "A REGAL SAMPLER FROM IRON MAIDEN", "Edward the Great", "The Greatest Hits", framed Eddie-as-king painting
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Sleeve rear: five tracks I-V from "The Number Of The Beast (4:52)" to "The Wicker Man (4:34)", "Taken from the forthcoming EMI album Edward the Great", "Release Date: 4th November, 2002", "EDDIE001. LC 0542. Made in EU", "FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY"
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Printed disc face: same five tracks, "Stereo. LC 0542.", "Made in EU. EDDIE001. For promotional use only", "EMI"
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Mirror ring dot-matrix stamp: "EMI UDEN EDDIE 001 @ 1"
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Mirror ring hand etching: "1-1-1-" with the final character(s) unreadable
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Mirror ring mould SID: "IFPI L047"
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Five-track promo sampler in a black card sleeve printed in gold, no jewel case.
- Black-printed disc with the tracklist in gold and a clear centre showing a detail of the cover painting.
What distinguishes this pressing
- Catalogue number EDDIE001 separates this promo from every retail edition (7243 5 43103 2 4 and others) in the master.
- The ring carries EDDIE 001 in its matrix, tying the disc itself to the promo catalogue number.
Sixteen tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-8
- 1Run To The Hills
- 2The Number Of The Beast
- 3Flight Of Icarus
- 4The Trooper
- 52 Minutes To Midnight
- 6Wasted Years
- 7Can I Play With Madness
- 8The Evil That Men Do
Tracks 9-16
- 9The Clairvoyant
- 10Infinite Dreams
- 11Holy Smoke
- 12Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
- 13Man On The Edge
- 14Futureal
- 15The Wicker Man
- 16Fear Of The Dark (Live At Rock In Rio)
A sixteen-track greatest-hits compilation issued in 2002, compiled by Nick Watson and digitally remastered by Simon Heyworth at Chop 'Em Out. The recordings it collects were made across two decades by several different Iron Maiden line-ups, so no single set of session credits applies to the record as a whole; the release credits Martin Birch and Steve Harris as producers of the material it draws on, liner notes to Steve Harris, front-cover illustration to Tom Adams, and publishing to Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
Compilation and remastering credits are sourced from Discogs release 380225, the EMI CD, and apply to the 2002 release 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
Compare the ring string EMI UDEN EDDIE 001 @ 1 and the IFPI L047 mould code with the Matrix / Runout and SID entries on Discogs release 2697268; a match would make this Confirmed.