Folder 24
South Korea
OLE-716 - the Oasis Records catalogue number. No other Korean entry in the master carries it: the other two are 567 and HM 67.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
No run-out groove photograph exists in this folder.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 6880137. Green: in my collection (0 of 2). Red: missing.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side A runout) | OLE 716 A [backwards "K"] |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side B runout) | OLE 716 B [backwards "K"] |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 8 of them
Label: OLE-716, 33⅓ RPM, EMI in box
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Label: MANUFACTURED BY OASIS RECORD CO UND[ER LICENCE FROM EMI]
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Label: 8805 - L2851 ~ L2854
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Label: ℗ Jun.3.1988
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Label rim: MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION REGISTRATION NO. 16
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Rear sleeve: OLE-716 (EMD-1006), boxed 79 0258 1, ⊙ EMD 1006, TCEMD 1006, UK: CDEMD 1006
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Company inner sleeve printed OASIS in a yellow oval
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Insert, Korean-language, double sided
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Outer sleeve - standard artwork. The rear carries the Korean catalogue number alongside the retained UK one.
- Inner sleeve - an Oasis Records company sleeve, not a printed lyric bag.
- Insert - a double-sided Korean-language sheet.
- Labels - the standard eye/Eddie design, with the Korean catalogue number and the Oasis manufacturing credit set into the rim text.
- Vinyl - black.
What distinguishes this pressing
OLE-716- the Oasis Records catalogue number. No other Korean entry in the master carries it: the other two are567andHM 67.8805 - L2851 ~ L2854- Korean Ethics Committee approval numbers, printed on the label. Discogs records exactly this string against this release, and these numbers are release-specific in a way a barcode is not.- Manufactured by Oasis Record Co. under licence from EMI - a licensee pressing, not an EMI plant.
- Boxed
79 0258 1on the rear sleeve, which Discogs also records.
Eight tracks, two sides, and the recording credits
Side A
- A1Moonchild
- A2Infinite Dreams
- A3Can I Play With Madness
- A4The Evil That Men Do
Side B
- B1Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- B2The Prophecy
- B3The Clairvoyant
- B4Only The Good Die Young
Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar, synth · Steve Harris - bass, string synth · Nicko McBrain - drums.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York. Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich. Sleeve illustration, concept and design by Derek Riggs (with Rod Smallwood). Inner-sleeve photograph by Ross Halfin. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 576952, the UK original, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing. The producer, publisher and copyright lines are independently corroborated by this copy's own label, quoted 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
Confirmed. Korea and OLE-716 are certain from the label and the rear sleeve. The master lists three South Korean vinyl entries and only one carries this catalogue number:
How the other candidates were ruled out
| Candidate | Verdict |
|---|---|
6880137 - OLE-716, EMD-1006 | Matches. Catalogue number, Oasis manufacturing credit, the 8805 L2851 ~ L2854 approval numbers and the boxed 79 0258 1 all agree. |
14961753 - 567 | Different catalogue number. |
12601402 - HM 67 | Different catalogue number. |
Two values were checked against Discogs rather than one, and the approval numbers are the stronger of the two. Corrected after folder 44 was catalogued: an earlier version of this entry said Discogs lists two approval blocks "and this copy carries the second". The label design prints both, one beside each side's tracklist, and this copy was simply photographed on the side showing L2851 ~ L2854. Folder 44, photographed on the other side, shows both.
The label rim also carries MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION REGISTRATION NO. 16, verified at native resolution on this copy and on folder 44. It reads as NO. 14 at contact-sheet size, which is why the first version of this entry omitted it.
Standing caveat: this method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.