Folder 214
Japan
Promo 見本(非売品) label overprint separates this from the stock Japanese pressings 3020449 and 2739084, which share the catalogue number
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Disc 1 side A: E-2404261-A 1S 7 5-Y; side B: E-2404261-B 1S 11. Disc 2 side A: E-2404271-A 1S 2 5-Y; side B: E 2404271 B 2S 0 (owner's note gives the B-side code as 'II'; the frames show two vertical strokes)
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 11298277. Green: in my collection (1 of 4). Red: missing.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (A side) | E - 2404261 - A 1S5 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (B side) | E - 2404261 - B 1S7 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (C side) | E - 2404271 - A 1S1 |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (D side) | E - 2404271 B 2S — this copy |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 13 of them
Front cover with obi: obi reads EMS-67180·81 ¥4,000, 死霊復活, アイアン・メイデン, ロック
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Sleeve spine: EMS-67180·81 STEREO
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Obi back flap: STEREO, EMI, ZR20-1342·43 (the cassette catalogue number advertised)
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Rear sleeve foot: 東芝EMI株式会社, EMI, boxed I·11·30, MADE IN JAPAN, EMS-67180·81 ¥4,000
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Toshiba EMI insert/discography sheet headed TOSHIBA EMI, アイアン・メイデン 発売レコード一覧, Aurex advert
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Japanese liner-notes insert headed 死霊復活 アイアン・メイデン / LIVE AFTER DEATH
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Inner sleeves printed EMS-67180 and EMS-67181
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Labels, sides one to four: 11/30発売 and boxed 見本(非売品) overprint on every side; EMS-67180 / EMS-67181, STEREO 33⅓ RPM, JASRAC, SIDE ONE..SIDE FOUR
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Side one label fine print: EMS-67180, E 24 0426 1A, STEREO 33⅓ RPM, JASRAC
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Disc 1 side A run-out: E-2404261-A, 1S, 7, 5-Y
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Disc 1 side B run-out: E-2404261-B, 1S, 11
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Disc 2 side A run-out: E-2404271-A, 1S, 2, 5-Y
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Disc 2 side B run-out: E 2404271 B, 2S, 0
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Gatefold sleeve with the full blue obi, ¥4,000
- Black vinyl, two discs, blue-and-yellow tombstone labels with the sample-not-for-sale overprint on all four sides
- Printed lyric inner sleeves, Japanese liner-notes sheet, Toshiba EMI discography/Aurex insert
What distinguishes this pressing
- Promo
見本(非売品)label overprint separates this from the stock Japanese pressings 3020449 and 2739084, which share the catalogue number
Eighteen tracks, two sides, and the recording credits
Side A
- A1aIntro: Churchill's Speech
- A1bAces High
- A22 Minutes To Midnight
- A3The Trooper
- A4Revelations
- A5Flight Of Icarus
- B1Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
- B2Powerslave
- B3The Number Of The Beast
Side B
- C1Hallowed Be Thy Name
- C2Iron Maiden
- C3Run To The Hills
- C4Running Free
- D1Wrathchild
- D222 Acacia Avenue
- D3Children Of The Damned
- D4Die With Your Boots On
- D5Phantom Of The Opera
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. Recorded at Hammersmith Odeon and Long Beach Arena using the Rolling Stones Mobile and the Record Plant Mobile, Los Angeles; assistant engineers Charlie McPherson and Mick McKenna (Hammersmith), Ricky Delena and Nick Basich (Long Beach). Mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles. Mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol Records. Sleeve concept by Derek Riggs and Rod Smallwood; sleeve design by Steve Joule; sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; sleeve preparation by The Artful Dodgers. Photography by Ross Halfin. Management by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor for Sanctuary Music Ltd. and Sanctuary Music (Overseas) Ltd. Tour manager and booklet liner notes by Tony Wigens. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.
Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1298821, the UK original (EMI, RIP 1 / ES 24 0426 3, gatefold) 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.
- 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 on the promo label overprint; comparing the photographed run-out against the matrix entries on Discogs release 11298277 would add a second check.