Folder 208
Japan
Back-cover slogan 'Play Loud', not the 'Play Roud' misprint: this is the corrected issue 1899096, sold from January 1981, not the first issue 3776665.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photo named beside it, except where the source column says otherwise - those rows come from the record itself, by reading it or by playing it, and each says which.
Side A: 'EMS-41001-A 1S' with '1-8 S' etched on a separate ring; Side B: 'EMS-41001-B / 1S'
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 1899096. Green: in my collection (2 of 12). Red: missing.
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Side A label) | EMS-41001-A — this copy |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Side B label) | EMS-41001-B — this copy |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1) | EMS-41001-A 2S2 1 〄 31 0 一 二 Sメ5 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1) | EMS-41001-B 1S 23 〄 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2) | EMS-41001-A 2S3 ▲ © 3 9 Y |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2) | EMS-41001-B 1S 23 © |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3) | EMS-41001-A 1S 4 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3) | EMS-41001-B 1S 2 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4) | EMS-41001-A 2S3 7 〄 54-46121x |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4) | EMS-41001-B 1S2 4 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5) | EMS-41001-A 2S3 7 〄 4-46 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5) | EMS-41001-B 1S2 2 |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 10 of them
Obi reads 'EMS-41001 ¥1,500', '45回転30cmレコード', 'アイアン・メイデン・ライヴ!!+ワン'
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Front sleeve prints 'STEREO' and 'EMS-41001'
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Obi back panel carries a 'TOSHIBA EMI' block and the 'Aurex' ad 'いい音を、いいオーディオで。'; the back-cover slogan is covered by the obi and only its red 'PL' shows in the photographs
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Back-cover slogan under the obi: no 'Play Roud' misprint -- it reads 'Play Loud'
read by eye by the owner, 2026-10-06; filed in this folder as back-cover - eye.txt
Insert sheet with Japanese liner notes, headed 'EMS-41001', 'LIVE!! +one'; reverse carries lyrics
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Side one label: black/silver stock design, 'EMS-41001', '(EMS-41001-A)', 'STEREO', '45 r.p.m.', 'EMI' box, 'Recorded Live Marquee Club England July 1980', '(P) 1980 Original Sound Recording made by EMI Records Ltd.' - no promo overprint
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Side two label: 'EMS-41001', '(EMS-41001-B)', '1. DRIFTER*', '2. WOMEN IN UNIFORM', 'Produced by Tony Platt' - no promo overprint
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Side A run-out etched 'EMS-41001-A' and '1S'
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Side A, separate ring nearer the lead-out: '1-8 S' (last character faint)
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Side B run-out etched 'EMS-41001-B' then '/ 1S'
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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 red/black chequered obi still on.
- 12-inch square insert sheet: liner notes on one face, lyrics on the other.
- Black vinyl 12", 45 rpm, black-and-silver label with the red Iron Maiden logo and Eddie.
What distinguishes this pressing
- Back-cover slogan 'Play Loud', not the 'Play Roud' misprint: this is the corrected issue 1899096, sold from January 1981, not the first issue 3776665.
- Regular stock labels with no promo marking rule out the white-label promo 2816206.
- Run-out '1S' on both sides fits 1899096's variant 3 ('EMS-41001-A 1S 4' / 'EMS-41001-B 1S 2'); the trailing digits are not legible in the photographs.
Four tracks, two sides, and the recording credits
Side A
- A1Sanctuary
- A2Phantom Of The Opera
Side B
- B1Drifter
- B2Women In Uniform
This Japanese 12" EP does not credit a per-member band lineup on its own sleeve. A1, A2 and B1 were recorded live at the Marquee Club, London, in July 1980; B2 is a studio recording.
Liner notes by Masa Itoh. Art direction by Seiji Kudo and Shin Miyoshi; design by Kaeding. Photography by Toshi Yajima. Mixed at Morgan Studios. Manufactured by Toshiba EMI Ltd. Published by Zomba Music. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.
Credits are sourced from Discogs release 1899096, the corrected-spelling Japan original 12" EP, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing. Where this copy's own packaging 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.
- 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.
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 owner reading the back-cover slogan under the obi: 'Play Loud', so 1899096. A photograph with the obi lifted would let a reader check it independently.