All 8 pressings

Folder 180

Australia

Manufactured and distributed by the EMI Music Group Australasia. -- printed on the rear panel.

Catalogue
VM 60066
Label
Picture Music International
Released
1989
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

VM 60066 reads cleanly at native resolution on the spine top, and 60066 repeats on the cassette's own edge label beside an EMI box. In the committed version list that number sits on exactly one row: release 4575673 (Australia, PAL, Picture Music International, 1989). No other VHS row carries it; the UK, German and French rows use MVN 9911953 and PMF 180124, the Canadian one P5 11953, the Spanish one PMV 2077. The catalogue number alone would only be the thing already matched on, so the confirmation rests on what else is printed and agrees: the rear panel says Manufactured and distributed by the EMI Music Group Australasia., the Australian classification M (RECOMMENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES 15 YEARS AND OVER on the front, M again on the rear and spine, FOR MATURE AUDIENCES on the cassette edge) appears on every component, the spine flash reads PAL COLOUR, and the rear panel names A Picture Music International Release with RUNNING TIME 95 MINUTES and (P) 1989, matching the row's label and year. Sleeve and cassette agree on the number, so this is not a mismatched copy. The owner's note VM 60066 agrees with the spine reading and decides nothing on its own; the identification is made from the photographs. The version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued Australian printing under the same number is not excluded. No barcode was photographed, and the price stickers on the cassette edge (88980, G 100) are retailer marks that say nothing about the edition.

Reference
Discogs 4575673
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A photograph of pressing 180, Australia

What the record says

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

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 7 of them

Spine, top: VM 60066 in white on the black spine above the silver flash reading VHS, PAL COLOUR, Hi-Fi, STEREO, DIGITALLY MASTERED, DOLBY SYSTEM ON LINEAR TRACKS. The catalogue number is sharp at native resolution and the video standard is printed on the spine itself.

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Full spine: VM 60066, the same flash, IRON MAIDEN, MAIDEN ENGLAND in the stamp logo, and the circled M at the foot.

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Rear panel, print block at native resolution: A Picture Music International Release, RUNNING TIME 95 MINUTES, Mono-Stereo compatible, (P) 1989 The Copyright In This Video Recording Is Owned By EMI Records Ltd., Manufactured and distributed by the EMI Music Group Australasia., an EMI box and the circled M. Australasia is the direct country statement.

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Front cover: Derek Riggs artwork with the MAIDEN ENGLAND stamp and, at the foot, the circled M with 15+ RECOMMENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES 15 YEARS AND OVER -- the Australian classification wording.

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Cassette edge label: PICTURE MUSIC bird logo, IRON MAIDEN, MAIDEN ENGLAND, circled M with FOR MATURE AUDIENCES, 60066 and an EMI box. The cassette carries the same number as the sleeve.

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Cassette shell face: plain black shell with an empty label field and no release-specific printing; nothing on it contradicts the sleeve.

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Retailer price stickers on the cassette edge: 88980 on one and G 100 on the other. Printed shop-price marks, not edition markings.

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Black cardboard sleeve inside a clear plastic outer case, Derek Riggs front artwork with the MAIDEN ENGLAND stamp.
  • Spine carries a silver VHS PAL COLOUR and Hi-Fi STEREO flash printed on the sleeve.
  • Plain black cassette shell with a blank top label field; the paper edge label carries the PICTURE MUSIC logo and 60066.
  • Two small retailer price stickers sit on the cassette edge (88980 and G 100).

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Manufactured and distributed by the EMI Music Group Australasia. -- printed on the rear panel.
  • A Picture Music International Release, (P) 1989 ... EMI Records Ltd.
Fifteen tracks, and the recording credits

Tracks 1-8

  1. 1Moonchild
  2. 2The Evil That Men Do
  3. 3Prisoner
  4. 4Still Life
  5. 5Die With Your Boots On
  6. 6Infinite Dreams
  7. 7Killers
  8. 8Can I Play With Madness

Tracks 9-15

  1. 9Heaven Can Wait
  2. 10Wasted Years
  3. 11The Clairvoyant
  4. 12Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
  5. 13The Number Of The Beast
  6. 14Hallowed Be Thy Name
  7. 15Iron Maiden

Filmed at Birmingham N.E.C. on 27 and 28 November 1988, during the Seventh Tour Of A Seventh Tour -- Iron Maiden's own back-sleeve text calls it "a personal fans-eye view of Maiden at their bombastic best". Running time 95 minutes. The release credits no performing line-up.

Directed and edited by Steve Harris. Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs. Photography by Ross Halfin. Package designed by The Complete Works. Issued by Picture Music International. Video copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Production credits are sourced from Discogs release 871017, the UK VHS and this master's main release, and apply to the film rather than to this copy. Where this copy's own sleeve or shell carries the 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.

  • Sleeve: general handling wear with some edge and corner softening; no splits or seam separation visible in these shots.
  • Shell/tape: the cassette shell shows light handling wear. No visible cracking, warping or tape spillage in these photographs. The tape has not been played through in these shots, so its condition past the visible shell is unverified.

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

VM 60066 is unique to release 4575673 among the VHS rows in the version list, and the Australasia manufacturer line, the M classification on every component and the PAL COLOUR flash agree with that row's Australian PAL description.