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Folder 245

Argentina

Opaque cream shell with brown print, not the translucent shell with white imprint Discogs records for 27850884.

Catalogue
18425 81 2404265
Label
EMI
Released
1985
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

Argentina, EMI, catalogue 18425 / 81 2404265: two entries in the version list carry that number (12560849 and 27850884), both two-cassette sets with 18426 as the second tape. The shell separates them. Discogs describes 27850884 as a 'Translucent shell cassette with white imprint', manufactured by EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C.; this shell is opaque cream with brown print, and carries a moulded maker's mark in the top edge that reads 'EMSSA'/'ENSSA', which fits 12560849's credited manufacturer, E.M.S.S.A. San Luis. The owner's note '18425 81 2404265' matches the shell and inlay exactly. Only Cassette 1 is present -- the 18426 tape of the set is missing from the case. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued Argentine run cannot be ruled out.

Reference
Discogs 12560849
Median sale
DKK 258 (one recorded sale)
Sale range
DKK 258
On sale now
None listed
Last sold
26 January 2023
A photograph of pressing 245, Argentina

What the record says

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

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 4 of them

inlay front and spine: 'IRON MAIDEN', 'EN VIVO DESPUES DE LA MUERTE', '18425', '81', '2404265', 'CASSETTE 1', 'DOLBY SYSTEM', 'EMI', 'INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA', 'FAZ A: 25\'52\'\'', 'FAZ B: 25\'32\'\''

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inlay inner panel: 'SADAIC-BIEM', 'AADI-CAPIF', 'FAB. Y DIST. POR EMI-ODEON S.A.I.C. SAN MARTIN 3590 FLORIDA - BS. AS. INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA', 'MARCAS REGISTRADAS', '(P) 1985 EMI Records Ltd.', Spanish track titles

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shell side 1: opaque cream shell, brown print, '18425', '81 2404265', 'EMI', '"EN VIVO DESPUES DE LA MUERTE" IRON MAIDEN - CASSETTE 1', 'INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA', 'SADAIC-BIEM', 'AADI-CAPIF', '(P) 1985 EMI Records Ltd.', moulded maker's mark in the top edge, read as 'EMSSA' or 'ENSSA'

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shell side 2: same opaque cream shell and brown print, '18425', '81 2404265', '2', 'M.R.', 'INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA'

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Single Norelco case holding one cassette: Cassette 1 of the two-tape set.
  • Opaque cream shell with brown pad-printed text, five screws.
  • Blue fold-out inlay, front titled in Spanish, white inner panel with the full tracklist and Dolby B notice.

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Opaque cream shell with brown print, not the translucent shell with white imprint Discogs records for 27850884.
  • Moulded shell mark consistent with E.M.S.S.A. San Luis, 12560849's credited manufacturer.
Eighteen tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1Intro: Churchill's Speech
  2. A2Aces High
  3. A32 Minutes To Midnight
  4. A4The Trooper
  5. A5Revelations
  6. A6Flight 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.

  • Case/inlay: general handling wear with some edge and corner softening; no cracks or splits visible in these shots.
  • Shell: light surface marks and handling wear are visible. No visible warping, tape spillage or shell 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 on the shell; the missing 18426 tape would complete the set.