Folder 229
Europe
Disc 1 pressed at EMI Swindon (IFPI L042), disc 2 at EMI Uden (IFPI L047)
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Both mirror rings photographed close up under raking light, one segment per frame. Disc 1: 'EMI SWINDON' (IMG_4676), '010517' (IMG_4677), 'IFPI L042' (IMG_4678), and '496922 2' followed by a small stylised mark and '1' (IMG_4679); the mark does not resolve as a character and is left out of the ring. Disc 2: 'EMI UDEN 4969230' (IMG_4683), '4969230 @ 2' (IMG_4684), '030201' (IMG_4685), 'IFPI L047' (IMG_4686). The frames do not show the order of the segments around the ring; the ring below follows the order in the owner's note: disc 1 'EMI SWINDON 010517 496922 2 1', disc 2 'EMI UDEN 4969230 @ 2 030201'.
Disc 1: EMI SWINDON 010517 496922 2 1 — not among the 15 matrix entries Discogs records: an undocumented stamper.
Disc 2: EMI UDEN 4969230 @ 2 030201 — not among the 15 matrix entries Discogs records: an undocumented stamper.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 5656803. Green: in my collection (2 of 15). Red: missing.
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 1) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 — copy 313 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 2) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-2-4-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 3) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-1-4-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 4) | 496922 2.1:2:14 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 5) | 496922 2.1:2:6 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 6) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-2-4-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 7) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-2-4-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 8) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-2-1-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 1) | 496923 0.2 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 2) | EMI 4969230 |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 3) | 496923 0.2 :1:3 EMI SWINDON — copy 313 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 4) | 496923 0.2 :1:1 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 5) | 496923 0.2:1:15 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 6) | 496923 0.2:1:7 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 7, 8) | 496923 0.2:1:17 EMI SWINDON |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 6 of them
Back inlay: barcode "7243 4 96921 0 7" / "7 24349 69210 7", "F: PM 617", "UK: 496 9210", "Printed in E.U.", EMI logo
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Full back inlay and jewel case
IMG_4669.jpeg
Front and inner booklet / tray art, "enhanced" CD logo on the inner card
IMG_4671.jpeg, IMG_4672.jpeg
Disc picture labels: "Live After Death", "EMI", "STEREO"; disc 2 rim reads "7243 4 96921 0 7" and "(4 96923 0)"
IMG_4674.jpeg, IMG_4675.jpeg, IMG_4680.jpeg, IMG_4681.jpeg, IMG_4682.jpeg
Disc 1 mirror ring, raking light: "EMI SWINDON", "010517", "IFPI L042", "496922 2 ... 1"
IMG_4676.jpeg, IMG_4677.jpeg, IMG_4678.jpeg, IMG_4679.jpeg
Disc 2 mirror ring, raking light: "EMI UDEN 4969230", "@ 2", "030201", "IFPI L047"
IMG_4683.jpeg, IMG_4684.jpeg, IMG_4685.jpeg, IMG_4686.jpeg
The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Double jewel case with two picture discs in full-colour Derek Riggs artwork
- Booklet and back inlay; inner card carries the enhanced-CD logo
What distinguishes this pressing
- Disc 1 pressed at EMI Swindon (IFPI L042), disc 2 at EMI Uden (IFPI L047)
Twelve tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-6
- 1Aces High
- 22 Minutes To Midnight
- 3The Trooper
- 4Revelations
- 5Flight Of Icarus
- 6Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
Tracks 7-12
- 7Powerslave
- 8The Number Of The Beast
- 9Hallowed Be Thy Name
- 10Iron Maiden
- 11Run To The Hills
- 12Running Free
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 vinyl LP, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing. The tracklist above is the ORIGINAL 1985 single-disc edition (Discogs release 3445699), a twelve-track abridged cut of the show, not the full eighteen tracks the vinyl and cassette carry. It does NOT cover later 2xCD remasters (e.g. WPCR-80017/8), which carry a different, fuller twenty-four-track programme -- a copy of one of those needs its own tracklist, not this one. 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.
- Case/inlay: general handling wear with some edge and corner softening; no cracks or splits visible in these shots.
- Disc: light surface marks and handling sheen catch the light. No visible deep scratches or disc-face damage in these photographs.
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 by the owner on 2026-10-03: it is 5656803. Before that: A Discogs entry, or a confirmed owner submission, recording a Swindon disc 1 paired with a Uden 'EMI UDEN 4969230 @ 2' disc 2 would pin it; the sleeve cannot.