All 7 pressings

Folder 237

Brazil

Side-A deadwax carries a separate etched I/1 between 7450 and 03; this is what separates r32267424 from r10237972

Catalogue
31C 064 07450
Label
EMI
Released
1988
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

Brazilian EMI on the cream label, with the full catalogue number 31C 064 07450 printed on the label. Five Brazilian vinyl versions on the master carry 31C 064 07450. The deadwax dates this copy to 1988: hand-etched 7450, a lone 1, 03, 200 and a ℗ 1988 date. That rules out the 1981, 1983 and 1985 versions, whose Discogs run-outs are 1-1-1= / 07450-A style matrices. Two 1988 versions are left, and the side-A etching separates them: Discogs gives r10237972 as 7450 03 ℗1988 200 and r32267424 as 7450 I 03 ℗1988 200. The separate etched 1/I stroke in IMG_4808 matches r32267424. So do the label catalogue number (r32267424's notes say its labels carry 31C06407450, where r10237972's labels read 07450A) and the owner's note, which reads side A as 7450 I 03 (P) 1988 200. Discogs gives side B of r32267424 as 7450 2 02 ℗1988 200 26. No photograph shows the trailing 26 clearly, and the owner's note doesn't mention it. The sleeve is dated ℗ 1985 (Fonobrás), so it's an older sleeve stock paired with a 1988 disc. That's normal for Brazilian reissues and doesn't conflict with the disc. The version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued pressing can't be ruled out.

Reference
Discogs 32267424
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A photograph of pressing 237, Brazil

What the record says

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

A: 7450 I 03 ℗1988 200 (etched, read in parts across photos); B: 7450 2 02 ℗1988 200 (owner note; partly photographed)

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 32267424. Green: in my collection (1 of 2). Red: missing.

✓Matrix / Runout (A Side)7450 I 03 ℗1988 200 — this copy
✗Matrix / Runout (B Side)7450 2 02 ℗1988 200 26
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 12 of them

Front cover: IRON MAIDEN / Killers

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Back cover tracklist; corner stamped 31C 064 07450 ESTEREO with a round price sticker 9

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Back cover credit block: FABRICADO E DISTRIBUÍDO POR FONOBRÁS - DISTRIBUIDORA FONOGRÁFICA BRASILEIRA LTDA. ESTRADA DO GABINAL, 1521, RJ CGC 29.010.519/0001-32 sob licença de EMI-ODEON FONOG., IND. E ELETRÔNICA LTDA. INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA ℗ 1985 DISCO É CULTURA TAMBÉM EM CASSETE

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Side A label: KILLERS IRON MAIDEN, ESTEREO, 31C boxed 064 07450 A, ℗ 1981 Original Sound Recording Made By EMI Records Ltd., EMI logo, rim text including DISTRIBUIDORA FONOGRÁFICA BRAS...

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Side B label: 31C boxed 064 07450 B, Produção de Martin Birch, ℗ 1981 Original Sound Recording Made By EMI Records Ltd.

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Deadwax: hand-etched 7450

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Deadwax: a single etched stroke 1 / I on its own, standing apart from the other characters

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Deadwax: etched 03

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Deadwax: etched ℗ and 1988

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Deadwax: etched 200

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Deadwax: etched 02 and a 2

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Deadwax close-up: one etched character, read as 7/2, not legible enough to read as 26

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Single sleeve with a printed Brazilian back panel dated ℗ 1985 (Fonobrás), round shop price sticker on the back corner
  • Black vinyl LP, cream labels with orange rim text

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Side-A deadwax carries a separate etched I/1 between 7450 and 03; this is what separates r32267424 from r10237972
  • Label catalogue reads 31C 064 07450, not 07450A
Ten tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1The Ides Of March
  2. A2Wrathchild
  3. A3Murders In The Rue Morgue
  4. A4Another Life
  5. A5Genghis Khan
  6. A6Innocent Exile

Side B

  1. B1Killers
  2. B2Prodigal Son
  3. B3Purgatory
  4. B4Drifter

Paul Di'Anno - vocals · Dave Murray - guitar · Adrian Smith - guitar · Steve Harris - bass · Clive Burr - drums.

Produced and engineered by Martin Birch, assisted by Nigel Hewitt; the release's own credit lists him as producer, engineer, and, in Discogs' wording, "bullied by". Recorded at Battery Studios, London; lacquer cut at The Town House. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; photography by Robert Ellis. Management by Rod Smallwood for Sanctuary. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Phonographic copyright and copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1538759, the UK original (EMI EMC 3357, 1981) 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 by the side-A etched I in the deadwax plus the full 31C 064 07450 label catalogue number. A clear shot of side B's run-out showing (or not showing) the trailing 26 would add a second cross-check.