Folder 184

Europe

The date stamp 010419 on the ring, with EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 - the discriminator. Recorded on 10138411's variants 2, 3 and 5 and on no other row that was checked; 1355871 and 6038398 read 1-x-x-NL, the UK row reads EMI UK, 5209454 and 7700458 are Optimal Media and IMS pressings.

Catalogue: 7243 5 26605 2 0 / 526 6052
Label: EMI
Released: 2000
Confidence: Confirmed
Why this grade
Confirmed on the mirror ring. Every string on the packaging and the disc rim is shared by the Europe rows, so the catalogue number, barcode, UK: 526 6052, F:PM520, LC 0542, bel device and IFPI L047 only narrow the copy to a Uden-pressed European EMI disc. What separates the rows is the ring: EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 followed by the date stamp 010419. Discogs records exactly that string, with Mastering SID IFPI L047, against 10138411's variants 2, 3 and 5. The other two Uden Europe rows, 1355871 and 6038398, number their runouts 1-x-x-NL and record no date-stamped variant; the UK row 370469 reads EMI UK with IFPI L042, 5209454 is an Optimal Media pressing and 7700458 an IMS one. The owner's note, EMI UDEN 526605 @ 1 IFPI L047 010419, pointed at the ring and the date stamp before the photographs were read; it decided nothing, and its 526605 is short of what the ring shows, which is 5266052. Every reading cited here comes from the frames. Two limits: the mould SID was not photographed, so which of 10138411's variants this disc is stays open, and the version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued Uden pressing carrying the same runout cannot be excluded.
Reference: Discogs 10138411
Median sale: DKK 37
Sale range: DKK 8-74
On sale now: 19, from DKK 30
Last sold: 6 August 2026

What the record says

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

The inner mirror ring was photographed under raking light in five frames. The dot-matrix line reads EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 in IMG_3943, IMG_3944 and IMG_3945, the same on all three. Further round the same band, IMG_3946 shows Mastering SID Code IFPI L047 and IMG_3947 shows the outlined date stamp 010419. The ring string keeps the matrix and the date stamp together, EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010419, and leaves the IFPI code out. The mould SID was not photographed and is unread.

EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010419 — this copy's ring IS Variants 2, 3, 5 of the 6 matrix entries Discogs records.

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 10138411. Green: in my collection (1 of 6). Red: missing.

✗	Matrix / Runout (Variants 1, 6, 7)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010417`
✓	Matrix / Runout (Variants 2, 3, 5)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010419` — this copy
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 4)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010413 NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variants 8, 9)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010416`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 10)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010413-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 11)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010414`

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 11 of them

Front cover, standard jewel case: IRON MAIDEN / BRAVE NEW WORLD over the Eddie-in-the-sky London artwork, no sticker

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Rear inlay: the ten titles 01 The Wicker Man to 10 The Thin Line Between Love & Hate, Produced by Kevin Shirley. Co-produced by Steve Harris., and the catalogue block with barcode 7 24352 66052 0

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Rear inlay catalogue block at native resolution: 7243 5 26605 2 0 over the barcode 7 24352 66052 0, then UK: 526 6052, F:PM520 and the small print Place of manufacture as stated on label. Marketed and distributed by EMI. Printed in EU

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Disc face: EMI with a small bel device, and round the rim Stereo. LC 0542 Made in EU. 7243 5 26605 2 0

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Disc rim at native resolution: LC 0542 Made in EU. 7243 5 26605 2 0

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Mirror ring under raking light, dot-matrix line: EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1, closed by a small square block

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Mirror ring, same band further round: Mastering SID Code IFPI L047

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Mirror ring, same band, outlined digits: the date stamp 010419

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Booklet centre spread: the back-catalogue grid of earlier Iron Maiden sleeves under All Available On: EMI, and *Enhanced Album Featuring Videos, Photos And Much More Information.

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Booklet credits: Sleeve / Artwork concept and design by Peacock, Band Photographs: Dean Karr, and © 2000 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd. under exclusive licence to Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd. © 2000 Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd.

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Booklet tracklist and credits: Total Time: 66.57 Mins, Recorded at Guillaume Tell Studios, Paris., Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York.

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Standard jewel case, opened for the photographs, with the disc shown in the tray and out of it.
Booklet - the credits and tracklist frames show a folded booklet with a back-catalogue spread. No sticker is on the front cover.
Disc face - printed with the Eddie-in-the-clouds artwork, the EMI name and a small bel device, and a rim text ring; no paper label.

What distinguishes this pressing

The date stamp 010419 on the ring, with EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 - the discriminator. Recorded on 10138411's variants 2, 3 and 5 and on no other row that was checked; 1355871 and 6038398 read 1-x-x-NL, the UK row reads EMI UK, 5209454 and 7700458 are Optimal Media and IMS pressings.
EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 alone - shared by 1355871, 6038398 and 10138411, and by the South African row 8756930, which records this stem with no date and carries a different catalogue number, CDEMCJ (WF) 5851. Not a discriminator on its own.
Barcode 7 24352 66052 0, UK: 526 6052, F:PM520, LC 0542, the bel device and IFPI L047 - carried by every European row here. Corroboration, no more.

Ten tracks, and the recording credits

Tracks 1-5

1The Wicker Man
2Ghost Of The Navigator
3Brave New World
4Blood Brothers
5The Mercenary

Tracks 6-10

6Dream Of Mirrors
7The Fallen Angel
8The Nomad
9Out Of The Silent Planet
10The Thin Line Between Love And Hate

Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - guitar · Adrian Smith - guitar · Janick Gers - guitar · Steve Harris - bass, keyboards · Nicko McBrain - drums.

Produced by Kevin Shirley; co-produced by Steve Harris. Engineered and mixed by Kevin Shirley, with Denis Caribaux as second engineer and Nicolas Meyer and Rory Romano assisting. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York. Recorded at Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris. Front cover artwork by Derek Riggs and Steve Stone; sleeve design by Peacock. Band photography by Dean Karr. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.

Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 370469, the UK CD and this master's main release, 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 date stamp on the ring settles it. Five European candidates share the catalogue number, barcode and back-cover codes, and two of them, 1355871 and 6038398, are also Uden pressings with the same IFPI L047; the packaging cannot choose among them. Discogs records EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010419 against variants 2, 3 and 5 of 10138411, the Europe repress, and the other Uden rows number their runouts 1-x-x-NL.

The owner's note gave the same ring and date stamp, one digit short in the catalogue part; the frames read 5266052, and the frames are what this entry cites.

Standing caveat: the version list is incomplete by construction. The mould SID code, which would pick between 10138411's variants (AAHZ1, AAHY2 or AAHT0 for the three that carry this date), was not photographed.