All 10 pressings

Folder 215

Brazil

Brazil vs every other country: INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA and the 31C 164 catalogue

Catalogue
31C 164 240426\7
Label
EMI
Released
1985
Confidence
Likely
Why this grade

Brazilian Fonobras pressing, Série Luxo. The sleeve's 31C 164 240426\7 and the four labels' 31C 164 240426 A/B, 31C 164 240427 A/B leave two Brazil entries on the master: 1657210 (catno 31C 164 240426\7) and 8962990 (catno 31C 164 24027). Their Discogs run-outs are identical (240426 1 01 (P)1985 200 etc.), so the deadwax corroborates Brazil but does not separate them. What tips it to 1657210: the sleeve prints the catalogue number exactly as 1657210 lists it, matching the owner's note 31C 164 240426 | 7, and the label's Sob licença de EMI-ODEON line matches 1657210's notes, where 8962990's omit the 'Sob licença'. Both points rest on how each entry was transcribed, so this is not Confirmed; 8962990 may be the same pressing filed with a typo, and an uncatalogued pressing can't be ruled out.

Reference
Discogs 1657210
Median sale
DKK 190
Sale range
DKK 52-327
On sale now
14, from DKK 102
Last sold
11 August 2025
A photograph of pressing 215, Brazil

What the record says

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

Etched, hand-written: 240426 with side numbers, 240427- sides C/D, 200, (P)1985; partially legible

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 1657210. Green: in my collection (4 of 8). Red: missing.

✓Matrix / Runout (Label side A)31C 164 240426 A — this copy
✓Matrix / Runout (Label side B)31C 164 240426 B — this copy
✓Matrix / Runout (Label side C)31C 164 240427 A — this copy
✓Matrix / Runout (Label side D)31C 164 240427 B — this copy
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout groove side A)240426 1 01 (P)1985 200
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout groove side B)240426 2 01 (P)1985 200
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout groove side C)240427 1 01 (P)1985 200
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout groove side D)240427 2 01 (P)1985 200
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 10 of them

Sleeve back corner: 31C 164 240426\7 and SERIE LUXO

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Sleeve: EMI Records Ltd. HAYES MIDDLESEX ENGLAND Country of manufacture of record as stated on record label., spine credit VAN MOORSEL, ANDRADE & CIA. LTDA

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Sleeve foot: FABRICADO E DISTRIBUIDO POR FONOBRAS, ESTRADA DO GABINAL, 1521, EMI-ODEON FONOG. IND. E ELETRONICA LTDA., INDUSTRIA BRASILEIRA (P) 1985 DISCO E CULTURA

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Label disc 1 side 1: 31C 164 240426 A, STEREO 33⅓ RPM, Obras administradas pela Editora Itaipu, DISCO 1 Lado 1

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Labels: 31C 164 240426 B (Disco 1 Lado 2), 31C 164 240427 A, 31C 164 240427 B (Disco 2)

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Label rim: Sob licença de EMI-ODEON Fonog. Ind. e Eletrônica Ltda

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Label perimeter: TODOS OS DIREITOS DO PRODUTOR FONOGRÁFICO, INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA

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Run-out disc 1: etched 240426 with side mark

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Run-out disc 2: etched 240427- with side mark and 2

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Run-out: etched (P)1985 and 200, plus a further hand-etched mark not legible

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Gatefold sleeve with live-photo collage inside, corner wear on the back
  • Two black discs with the blue/yellow tombstone labels, Brazilian label text

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Brazil vs every other country: INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA and the 31C 164 catalogue
  • 1657210 vs 8962990: same run-outs on Discogs; only the catalogue-number transcription and the 'Sob licença' credit differ
Eighteen tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1aIntro: Churchill's Speech
  2. A1bAces High
  3. A22 Minutes To Midnight
  4. A3The Trooper
  5. A4Revelations
  6. A5Flight Of Icarus
  7. B1Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
  8. B2Powerslave
  9. B3The Number Of The Beast

Side B

  1. C1Hallowed Be Thy Name
  2. C2Iron Maiden
  3. C3Run To The Hills
  4. C4Running Free
  5. D1Wrathchild
  6. D222 Acacia Avenue
  7. D3Children Of The Damned
  8. D4Die With Your Boots On
  9. 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

A Discogs check of 8962990's images, to see whether it is a duplicate of 1657210 or a real variant (e.g. a label without the 'Sob licença' line).