All 5 pressings

Folder 196

Poland

BM-283 and the Baron Music logo are the only things tying this to one version-list entry; ZAIKS is the Polish rights society, shared by every Polish tape of the era.

Catalogue
BM-283
Label
Baron Music
Released
1990
Confidence
Likely
Why this grade

Polish unofficial Baron Music tape. The inlay's own catalogue number BM-283 matches exactly one entry in the version list (6179089, Poland, Baron Music, BM-283), and ZAIKS / BIEM on the inlay put it in Poland, which agrees. The owner's note "BM-283" is the same string the inlay front carries, so it confirms the reading rather than deciding anything on its own. Nothing else on the object - no printer code, no shell moulding text - cross-checks a second detail against Discogs, so this stops at Probable; the version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued Baron Music variant carrying the same number cannot be ruled out.

Reference
Discogs 6179089
Worth
No recorded Discogs sale
A photograph of pressing 196, Poland

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 — 5 of them

Inlay front: Baron Music logo twice ('BARON' / 'MUSIC'), double-D and 'STEREO', catalogue number 'BM-283' top right, 'IRON MAIDEN' / '- NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING -'; spine 'IRON MAIDEN' / '- NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING -'; 'STEREO also playable mono'; 'Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories', 'DOLBY SYSTEM'

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Inlay inside panel printed in blue: 'BARON MUSIC' logo, 'IRON MAIDEN - NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING -', 'SIDE. A: B:' tracklist 1-10 'TAIL GUNNER' ... 'MOTHER RUSSIA', '(P) 1990 MUSIC AND LYRICS BY: HARRIS, DICKINSON, MURRAY', rights society block 'ZAIKS' / 'BIEM'

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Inlay flap text: 'ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE WORK REPRODUCERED RESERVED. UNAUTHORISED COPYING, HIRING, LENDING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING OF THIS CASSETE PROHIBITED.' and 'ZAIKS' 'BIEM'

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Shell side A: clear shell with star-pattern paper label, red 'side A', typed 'IRON MAIDEN', 'BARON'

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Shell side B: clear screwed shell, star-pattern paper label, red 'side B', typed 'No Prayer For The Dying', 'BARON'

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Clear plastic shell with a stuck-on paper label printed in a blue star pattern, sides marked in red and title typed on.
  • Single-fold inlay card: full-colour front with the album art redrawn, inside panel printed in blue only.
  • Standard clear Norelco case.

What distinguishes this pressing

  • BM-283 and the Baron Music logo are the only things tying this to one version-list entry; ZAIKS is the Polish rights society, shared by every Polish tape of the era.
Ten tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1Tailgunner
  2. A2Holy Smoke
  3. A3No Prayer For The Dying
  4. A4Public Enema Number One
  5. A5Fates Warning

Side B

  1. B1The Assassin
  2. B2Run Silent Run Deep
  3. B3Hooks In You
  4. B4Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter
  5. B5Mother 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. 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.

  • Case/inlay: general handling wear with some edge and corner softening; no cracks or splits visible in these shots.
  • Shell: light surface marks and handling wear are visible. No visible warping, tape spillage or shell 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

Settled as far as a cassette allows: one catalogue match, Polish rights society agreeing. Only a comparison with the Discogs images of 6179089 (inlay layout, star-pattern shell label) would lift it further.