All 10 pressings

Folder 244

Canada

Labels read SBBA-12441, ruling out 376349, whose labels read SABB 12441

Catalogue
SBBA 12441
Label
Capitol Records
Released
1985
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

Canadian Capitol double LP. Two Canadian SBBA 12441 vinyl editions are on the master, and the labels split them: this copy's labels read SBBA-12441 over (SBBA 1-12441), which matches 29798218 (Discogs: 'SBBA-12441 (on labels)'), while 376349 carries SABB 12441 on its labels. The hand-etched run-outs with RECORD written over 12441 - I / 12441 - II also match 29798218's description. The stamped DM numbers (photographed DM 21, DM-20, partial DM-2..; owner's note reads DM-23 / DM-21 / DM-2 / DM-20) differ from the one set Discogs lists for 29798218 (DM-28 / DM 16 / DM-11 / DM-12); those are per-stamper numbers, so this reads as another stamper set of the same edition, not a different release. The owner's note was used to read the partially photographed sides, not as evidence. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued Canadian run can't be ruled out.

Reference
Discogs 29798218
Worth
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On sale now
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A photograph of pressing 244, Canada

What the record says

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

Side A: SBBA - 12441 - RECORD I - A - 1A - 2HDZK: DM-23 | Side B: SBBA - 12441 - RECORD I - B - 1B - 2HDZK: DM 21 | Side C: SBBA - 12441 - RECORD II - (A crossed out) 3 - 1A - 2HDZK: DM-2 | Side D: SBBA - 12441 - RECORD II - B4 - 1A - 2HDZK: DM-20

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 9 of them

Sleeve spine/back corner printed SBBA 12441 beside the Capitol logo

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Side One label: SBBA-12441 over (SBBA 1-12441), STEREO 33 1/3 RPM; rim text ...DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA UNDER LICENSE BY CAPITOL RECORDS-EMI OF CANADA LIMITED...

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Side Two label: SBBA-12441 over (SBBA 2-12441)

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Side Three and Side Four labels carry the same SBBA-12441 catalogue layout

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Side A run-out hand etched: SBBA-12441-I-A-1A-2HDZK with RECORD written above; stamped DM-23 read partially

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Side B run-out: SBBA-12441-I-B-1B-2HDZK with RECORD above; stamped DM 21

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Side C run-out: SBBA-12441-II- with RECORD above, a crossed-out letter then 3, 1A, 2HDZK; stamped DM- with the digit only partly legible

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Side D run-out: SBBA-12441-II- B4 1A 2HDZK; stamped DM-20

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Gatefold sleeve front, back and graveyard inside spread with Capitol and EMI logos

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Gatefold sleeve with the graveyard artwork across the inside spread
  • Printed black inner sleeve with lyrics and recording information
  • Two black vinyl LPs, Canadian Capitol custom tombstone labels, Sides One to Four

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Labels read SBBA-12441, ruling out 376349, whose labels read SABB 12441
  • Hand-etched RECORD over the record number in every run-out, as described for 29798218
  • Stamped DM numbers differ from the single set Discogs lists for 29798218
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 by the label catalogue number; a photo of the tour booklet's last page (SABB-12441 expected) would add a further cross-check.