Folder 188

Brazil

Front logo white, not gold: rules out 15083332, which Discogs notes as having the traditional golden logo

Catalogue: 31C 064 240200
Label: EMI
Released: 1990 per the etched `℗ 1990` in both run-outs; the sleeve still carries its 1985 `℗ 1985` credit line
Confidence: Confirmed
Why this grade
Brazil, Fonobrás-made under licence from EMI-Odeon: the sleeve says INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA and the rear block reads 31C / boxed 064 240200 / SUPER LUXO, which matches nine Brazilian LP rows in the master. The run-out does the first cut. Both sides carry machine-stamped 240200 + side letter, 02, ℗ 1990 and 200, and only the three 1990 Fonobrás reissues record that shape (4849347 240200 A 1 02 ℗ 1990 200 / 240200 B 2 02 ℗ 1990 200, 9870851 240200A 1 02 @1990 200, 15083332 240200 1 02 ℗1990 200); every 1984 and 1985 row records a 240 200-ARI / -BRI run-out instead. Because all three 1990 rows share it, the run-out corroborates but does not decide. Two things on the object decide it. The front logo is white, and Discogs' notes on 15083332 describe that release as having the traditional golden logo on front cover and a boxed cat-number on label, so it falls away. The label's catalogue block is just ESTEREO/SUPER LUXO over an unboxed 240200, with no 31C and no 064. 9870851 also has the white logo, but its label images on Discogs show a boxed 31C 064 240200, and its notes say its centre labels differ from 4849347's. 4849347's label images show exactly this unboxed 240200 layout. That label layout is the discriminator, and it is unique to 4849347 among the three survivors. The owner's note (240200 A 1 02 (P) 1990 200 / 240200 B 2 02 (P) 1990 200) matches the photographed run-outs and 4849347's transcription word for word. It agrees with the identification but did not decide it, and the side-A 1 it names is not legible in any frame. Neither the note nor any Discogs row mentions the hand-scratched 1S01-style mark photographed in both run-outs. Discogs' master is incomplete by construction, and 6757687's notes list a release without box around cat-number and lacking "064" on label among the Brazilian variants without tying it to a year, so an uncatalogued pressing with this label cannot be ruled out.
Reference: Discogs 4849347
Median sale: DKK 98 (one recorded sale)
Sale range: DKK 98
On sale now: 1, from DKK 784
Last sold: 4 October 2017

What the record says

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

Run-out photographed, both sides. Side A (the tracklist label) has a machine-stamped 240200, then A, then 02, then ℗ 1990 and 200. A hand-scratched 1S01 follows the 200. The 1 that Discogs lists between A and 02 is not legible. Side B (the eye label) has 240200 with a partly legible side letter (consistent with B), then 2, 02, ℗1990 and 200, followed by a hand-scratched 1S, a letter with a crossbar (A or 0), and 1. Discogs records 4849347 as 240200 A 1 02 ℗ 1990 200 / 240200 B 2 02 ℗ 1990 200. None of the candidates records the scratched mark.

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 4849347. Green: in my collection (2 of 2). Red: missing.

✓	Matrix / Runout (Side A)	`240200 A 1 02 ℗ 1990 200` — this copy
✓	Matrix / Runout (Side B)	`240200 B 2 02 ℗ 1990 200` — this copy

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 19 of them

Front cover: 'IRON MAIDEN' logo and 'POWERSLAVE' title both printed white/cream on the blue sky, not gold

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Rear cover, top right: '31C' then boxed '064 240200', 'SUPER LUXO' beneath

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Rear cover, top left: EMI logo, 'EMI Records Ltd.', 'HAYES MIDDLESEX ENGLAND', 'Country of manufacture of record as stated on record label'

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Rear cover, lower left: 'ACES HIGH / 2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT / LOSFER WORDS (BIG 'ORRA) / FLASH OF THE BLADE / THE DUELLISTS', then 'FABRICADO E DISTRIBUIDO POR FONOBRÁS - DISTRIBUIDORA FONOGRÁFICA BRASILEIRA LTDA. ESTRADA DO GABINAL, 1521, RJ CGC 29.010.519/0001-32 sob licença de EMI-ODEON FONOG., IND. E ELETRÔNICA LTDA. INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA ℗ 1985 DISCO É CULTURA TAMBÉM EM CASSETE'

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Rear cover, lower right: 'BACK IN THE VILLAGE / POWERSLAVE / RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER', 'PLAYING TIME: 51.20', '℗ 1984 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.', '© 1984 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd.', printer mark beginning 'LABOR' in the corner (rest cut off)

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Lyric insert: sand-and-eye artwork with lyrics and the line-up 'Bruce Dickinson Vocals / Dave Murray Lead and Rhythm Guitars / Adrian Smith Lead and Rhythm Guitars / Steve Harris Bass / Nicko McBrain Drums'; top right '31C' boxed '064 240200' 'SUPER LUXO'

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Picture label, the eye side: the eye-in-sand image with orange worms and no printed title block

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Text label: blue outlined 'IRON MAIDEN' / 'POWERSLAVE', '℗ 1984 Original Sound Recordings Made By EMI Records Ltd.', 'ESTEREO / SUPER LUXO' over an unboxed '240200' with no '31C' and no '064'; 'THIS SIDE' (62.479.725) 1 - ACES HIGH (Harris) 4:31 ... 'OTHER SIDE' ... (62.479.792) 3 - RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER (Harris) 13:45 / Obras editadas por Ed. Itaipu, 'Produção, engenharia e mixagem de Martin "Court Jester" Birch'

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Text-label rim: '... S. B. DO CAMPO - SP - CGC 33 249 840/0004-31 · SCDP-PF-002/RJ - IND. BRASILEIRA ...', '... DO PRODUTOR FONOGRÁFICO E DO PROPRIETÁRIO DA OBRA GRAVADA ...'

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Side A run-out (text label): stamped '240200' followed by 'A'

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Side A run-out: stamped '02'

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Side A run-out: stamped '℗ 1990'

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Side A run-out: stamped '200'

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Side A run-out: hand-scratched '1S01' after the stamped '00'

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Side B run-out (eye label): stamped '240200' followed by a partly legible letter consistent with 'B'

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Side B run-out: stamped '2' and '02'; eye-label rim 'EMI-ODEON FONOG. IND. E ELETRÔNICA LTDA - RUA ODEON 150 - S. B. DO CAMPO - SP'

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Side B run-out: stamped '℗1990' and '200'

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Side B run-out: '200' followed by hand-scratched '1S', a letter with a crossbar ('A' or '0'), and '1'

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Further close frames of the hand-scratched mark after '200', reading '1S01'. The side is not certain from these frames alone

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Single sleeve with the Powerslave pyramid painting on the front; the IRON MAIDEN logo and POWERSLAVE title are white, not gold
Rear sleeve carries the Brazilian Fonobrás credit block and the 31C / 064 240200 / SUPER LUXO code in the starry sky
Printed lyric insert on the sand-and-eye artwork with the band line-up in the middle; its other side was not photographed
Black vinyl with two different labels: a text label with the tracklist, and a picture label showing only the eye in the sand

What distinguishes this pressing

Front logo white, not gold: rules out 15083332, which Discogs notes as having the traditional golden logo
Label catalogue block is an unboxed 240200 with no 31C 064: 9870851's label images show a boxed 31C 064 240200, and 4849347's show this layout
Run-out 240200 A/B, 02, ℗ 1990, 200: shared by all three 1990 Fonobrás rows, and it rules out every 1984/1985 Brazilian row
Hand-scratched 1S01-style mark in both run-outs, which no Discogs row records

Eight tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

A1Aces High
A22 Minutes To Midnight
A3Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
A4Flash Of The Blade
A5The Duellists

Side B

B1Back In The Village
B2Powerslave
B3Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar · Steve Harris - bass · Nicko McBrain - drums.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch, assisted by Bruce Buchhalter and Frank Gibson. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound. Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau; mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; sleeve and design concept by Derek Riggs, Iron Maiden and Rod Smallwood. Photography by Moshe Brakha. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.

Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 1846534, 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.

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

Settled by the label: of the three 1990 Fonobrás reissues that share this run-out, only 4849347 has the unboxed 240200 label without 31C 064, and the white front logo rules out the gold-logo 15083332. A clear frame of the side-A 1 between A and 02 would complete the run-out match. The scratched 1S01 mark could be added to Discogs, since no row records it.