All 10 pressings

Folder 216

Europe

Same catalogue number and barcode as several other European 1C 2LP 162 pressings

Catalogue
1C 2LP 162 24 0426 3
Label
EMI
Released
1985
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

Catalogue number 1C 2LP 162 24 0426 3 and barcode 5 099924 042635 are shared by several European entries, so they only corroborate. The run-out set 2404261-A1-C / 2404261-B1-C / 2404271-A2-C / 2404271-B1-C is what pins it: among the 1C 2LP candidates it fits only 1682272 (its variant 1), 16157809 and 14729345. Plain, un-blacked-out GEMA/STEMRA on the labels rules out 16157809 (BIEM/GEMA) and 14729345 (BIEM/GEMA, French price code beside the barcode - no price code is printed there on this sleeve). 8504636 has no A2 side C, 609397 and 3344185 are A3 cuts, 4494961 has A2 on side A and blacked-out GEMA/STEMRA, 30368555 has A2/B2 on sides A/B. The owner's note (1C 2LP 162 24 0426 3, 1C 2MC 298 24 0426 5, barcode) agrees with the rear sleeve but decided nothing the photographs did not already show. The version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued pressing with the same run-outs cannot be excluded.

Reference
Discogs 1682272
Median sale
DKK 255
Sale range
DKK 75-527
On sale now
42, from DKK 149
Last sold
27 September 2026
A photograph of pressing 216, Europe

What the record says

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

A: 2404261-A1-C | B: 2404261-B1-C | C: 2404271-A2-C | D: 2404271-B1-C

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 1682272. Green: in my collection (6 of 24). Red: missing.

Run-out: this copy matches variant 1 on every side Discogs lists for it.

✓Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1)2404261 - A1 - C — this copy
✓Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1)2404261 - B1 - C — this copy
✓Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 1)2404271 - A2 - C — this copy
✓Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 1)2404271 - B1 - C — this copy
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2)2404261 - A1 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2)2404261 - B1 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 2)2404271 - A1 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 2)2404271 - B1 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3)2404261 - A1 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3)2404261 - B2 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 3)2404271 - A2 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 3)2404271 - B2 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4)2404261 - A1 - C 1
✓Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4)2404261 - B1 - C 1 — this copy
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 4)2404271 - A2 - C 1
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 4)2404271 - B1 - C 1
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5)2404261 - A2 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5)2404261 - B1 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 5)2404271 - A1 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 5)2404271 - B2 - C
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6)2404261 - A1 - C 1
✓Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6)2404261 - B1 - C 1 — this copy
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 6)2404271 - A1 - C 2
✗Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 6)2404271 - B1 - C 2 2
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 11 of them

Rear sleeve top: '1C 2LP 162' with boxed '24 0426 3', '1C 2MC 298 24 0426 5', barcode '5 099924 042635'; no price code beside the barcode

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Rear sleeve foot: 'LC 0542', 'EMI Records Ltd.', 'Marketed, manufactured and distributed by EMI', 'Printed in Germany by 4P NICOLAUS GmbH, Köln'

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Side one label: '1C 162-24 0426 1 A', 'GEMA/STEMRA' printed plain, not blacked out, 'STEREO 33⅓ RPM', 'LC 0542'

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Side two and four labels: '1C 162-24 0426 1 B', '1C 162-24 0427 1 B', 'GEMA/STEMRA'

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Side three label: '1C 162-24 0427 1 A', 'GEMA/STEMRA', 'STEREO 33⅓ RPM'

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Run-out side A: '2404261-A1-C'

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Run-out side B: '2404261-B1-C'

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Run-out side C: '2404271-A2-C'; label rim 'MADE IN EEC'

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Run-out side D: '2404271-B1-C'

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Printed inner sleeves with lyrics and credits, catalogue numbers '24 0426 1' and '24 0427 1' top right

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Tour photo booklet / gatefold photo spreads

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Gatefold sleeve with a yellow "GUF" price sticker on the rear
  • Two printed inner sleeves with lyrics, credits and tour photos
  • Photo booklet
  • Two black vinyl LPs, Eddie gravestone labels, all four run-outs stamped

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Same catalogue number and barcode as several other European 1C 2LP 162 pressings
  • BIEM/GEMA-labelled and French-price-coded siblings ruled out by the plain GEMA/STEMRA labels and the bare barcode box
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

Settled: the four run-outs plus plain GEMA/STEMRA labels fit only release 1682272 (run-out variant 1).