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Europe

The 1C 038-15 7548 1 catalogue number separates it from the UK Fame vinyl (FA 41 3121 1, 2031974 and 23659376) and the Russian EMC 3330 issue (2293629).

Catalogue: 1C 038-15 7548 1
Label: EMI
Released: 1985
Confidence: Likely
Why this grade
German-made Fame reissue on EMI Electrola: catalogue number 1C 038-15 7548 1 on both labels and 038 15 7548 1 on the sleeve match exactly one vinyl row in the master (609370, Europe, EMI). The run-out 157548 1-A2-D / 157548 1-B2-D was photographed but no cached release data exists to cross-check it, so it corroborates nothing yet; and the version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued repress of this number cannot be excluded.
Reference: Discogs 609370
Median sale: DKK 139
Sale range: DKK 45-732
On sale now: 62, from DKK 50
Last sold: 24 September 2026

What the record says

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

Side 1: 157548 1-A2-D; Side 2: 157548 1-B2-D (typed, machine-stamped)

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 609370. Green: in my collection (2 of 8). Red: missing.

Run-out: this copy matches variant 2 on every side Discogs lists for it.

✗	Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 1)	`1575481-A1-D`
✗	Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 1)	`1575481-B1-D`
✓	Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 2)	`1575481-A2-D` — copy 203, copy 204, this copy
✓	Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 2)	`1575481-B2-D` — copy 203, copy 204, this copy
✗	Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 3)	`1575481-A12-D`
✗	Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 3)	`1575481-B2-D`
✗	Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 4)	`1575481-A2-D 1`
✗	Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 4)	`1575481-B2-D 1`

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 9 of them

Front cover: IRON MAIDEN logo, Derek Riggs Eddie artwork, red "Fame" script logo top right

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Rear sleeve, top right: "038 15 7548 1" and cassette-symbol "1C 238 15 7548 4", barcode "5 099915 754813"

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Rear sleeve: "(P) 1980 Original sound recording made by E.M.I. Records Ltd."

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Inner gatefold spreads: Fame "ALBUMS & TAPES / ORIGINAL ARTISTS / ORIGINAL RECORDINGS / ORIGINAL QUALITY" catalogue grid of other Fame titles; "038 15 7548 1" at the spine edge; "IRON MAIDEN INFO: WRITE TO 105 BEACONSFIELD ROAD LONDON E16."

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Label side 1: cream label, "1C 038-15 7548 1 A", "Seite 1", LC "0542", "DMM", "ST 33 STEREO", "GEMA" boxed over "STEMRA", red EMI box; rim text ends "MADE IN EEC."

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Label side 2: "1C 038-15 7548 1 B", "Seite 2", same GEMA/STEMRA and DMM marks; track 1 printed "Transsylvania"

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Run-out side 1, typed: "157548 1-A2-D"

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Run-out side 2, typed: "157548 1-B2-D"

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Gatefold sleeve whose inside spread is a Fame label catalogue rather than band artwork.
Black vinyl with cream labels carrying the outlined Iron Maiden logo and a red EMI box at the foot.
DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) marked on both labels and the rear sleeve.

What distinguishes this pressing

The 1C 038-15 7548 1 catalogue number separates it from the UK Fame vinyl (FA 41 3121 1, 2031974 and 23659376) and the Russian EMC 3330 issue (2293629).
Sleeve printed in Germany by 4P Nicolaus, with GEMA/STEMRA on the labels -- GEMA/STEMRA points at a wider-European licence, not by itself at the pressing country.

Eight tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

A1Prowler
A2Remember Tomorrow
A3Running Free
A4Phantom Of The Opera

Side B

B1Transylvania
B2Strange World
B3Charlotte The Harlot
B4Iron Maiden

Paul Di'Anno - lead vocals · Dave Murray - guitar · Dennis Stratton - guitar, vocals · Steve Harris - bass, vocals · Clive Burr - drums.

Produced by Wil Malone. Engineered by Martin Levan. Recorded at Kingsway Studios; mixed at Morgan Studios. Cover artwork by Cream; front cover illustration by Derek Riggs. Photography by Terry Walker and Yuka Fujii. Published by Sanctuary Music. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1466027, the UK original (EMI, EMC 3330, 1980), 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.

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

Fetch release 609370 and compare its Matrix / Runout entries against 157548 1-A2-D and 157548 1-B2-D; a match there would lift this to Confirmed.