All 2 pressings

Folder 238

Japan

White promo labels (2816196) -- not this copy

Catalogue
EMS-41004
Label
EMI
Released
1981
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

Toshiba EMI original, with obi. Three Japanese EMS-41004 releases sit in the master. The white-label promo (2816196) is out: both labels here are the regular black picture labels. The later reissue (28081513) is out on two counts: Discogs separates it by an obi back WITHOUT "Tel.03(585)1111", and this obi back prints it; and its side-A run-out carries "5431-96234", which none of the side-A deadwax frames show. The side-A run-out reads EMI-5219-A / 1 S2 / 3 / logo / 1-9 X, closest to Discogs' 2197320 Variant 1 ("EMI-5219-A 1 S2 S 〄 1 - 9"), though the third mark reads as "3" rather than "S" and the trailing "X" is not in that listing. The owner's note ("EMI - 5219 - A 1 S2 3 1 - 9 X" / "EMI - 5219 - B 1 S") agrees with what the photographs show. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued pressing cannot be excluded.

Reference
Discogs 2197320
Median sale
DKK 319
Sale range
DKK 125-1,397
On sale now
62, from DKK 145
Last sold
11 September 2026
A photograph of pressing 238, Japan

What the record says

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

A: EMI-5219-A 1 S2 3 (logo) 1-9 X ; B: EMI-5219-B 1 S (logo)

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 2197320. Green: in my collection (1 of 8). Red: missing.

Run-out: side A matches no listed variant; side B matches variant 4.

✗Matrix / Runout (Side One, Variant 1)EMI-5219-A 1 S2 S 〄 1 - 9
✗Matrix / Runout (Side Two, Variant 1)EMI-5219-B 1 S C 〄
✗Matrix / Runout (Side One, Variant 2)EMI-5219-A 1 S2 S 〄 1-X
✗Matrix / Runout (Side Two, Variant 2)EMI-5219-B 1 S 12 〄
✗Matrix / Runout (Side One, Variant 3)EMI-5219-A 1 S2 4 〄 G - 1
✗Matrix / Runout (Side Two, Variant 3)EMI-5219-B 1 S 14 〄
✗Matrix / Runout (Side One, Variant 4)EMI-5219-A 1 S2 2 13 〄 1-9
✓Matrix / Runout (Side Two, Variant 4)EMI-5219-B 1 S 〄 — this copy
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 13 of them

Obi front: "EMS-41004", "¥1,500", "45r.p.m.", Japanese title text; obi foot "EMI" "STEREO"

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Sleeve front top edge: "STEREO EMS-41004"

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Obi back: "TOSHIBA EMI", "東芝EMI株式会社", "〒107 東京都港区赤坂2-2-17 Tel.03(585)1111" -- the obi-back phone number Discogs uses to separate 2197320 from reissue 28081513

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Obi back lower panel: "Aurex" advert, matching both Discogs Japanese stock entries

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Spine: "EMS-41004"

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Side One label, black picture label (not the white promo label): "EMS-41004", "(EMI-5219-A)", "STEREO", "45r.p.m.", "© 1981 ORIGINAL SOUND RECORDING MADE BY EMI RECORDS LTD."

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Side Two label, black picture label: "EMS-41004", "(EMI-5219-B)", "STEREO", "45r.p.m."

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Side A rim "MFD BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN"; run-out etched "EMI-5219-A"

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Side A run-out: "1 S2" then "3" then a circled logo

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Side A run-out: "1-9 X"; no "5431-96234" seen in any side-A deadwax frame

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Side B run-out etched "EMI-5219-B"

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Side B run-out: "1 S" and a circled logo

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Insert: liner-notes / lyrics sheet in Japanese and English

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • 12" 45 rpm single-pocket sleeve with Japanese obi
  • Obi back printed with Toshiba EMI address and phone number plus an Aurex advert
  • Black picture labels with the Eddie artwork on both sides
  • Liner-notes and lyrics insert sheet

What distinguishes this pressing

  • White promo labels (2816196) -- not this copy
  • Obi back without "Tel.03(585)1111" and side-A run-out "5431-96234" (28081513 reissue) -- not this copy
Four tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1Running Free
  2. A2Remember Tomorrow

Side B

  1. B1Killers
  2. B2Innocent Exile

Recorded live at the Kosei Nenkin Hall, Nagoya, on 23 May 1981, on the Killer World Tour. Produced and mixed by Doug Hall and Iron Maiden; mixed at Nimbus 9, Toronto. Written by Steve Harris, with Paul Di'Anno co-credited on Running Free, Remember Tomorrow and Killers. Group photography by Hiro Ohno; live shots by Rod Smallwood. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Credits are sourced from Discogs release 1406000, the UK original 12" EP (12EMI 5219), and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing. The tracklist above is that 4-track edition; US and some other editions add Wrathchild. Where this copy's own packaging carries the 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 obi-back phone number and black labels; the run-out agrees with the 2197320 listing.