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Folder 246

Argentina

The opaque cream shell with brown print rules out 27850884 (translucent shell, white imprint).

Catalogue
18426 81 2404275
Label
EMI
Released
1985
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

Only Cassette 2 of the two-tape set is here; its inlay and shell both carry 18426 over 81 2404275, the volume-2 number of two Argentine EMI issues in the master (12560849 and 27850884). The owner's note "18426 81 2404275" agrees with what the photographs show and decided nothing they don't. The shell settles it: an opaque cream body with brown print and a moulded EMSSA mark, which fits 12560849 (Discogs: manufactured by E.M.S.S.A. San Luis) and rules out 27850884, which Discogs describes as a translucent shell with white imprint, made by EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C. The EMSSA moulding is soft in the photo; the shell colour and print colour are not. Cassette 1 (18425) is not in the folder, so it is not checked. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued Argentine run can't be excluded.

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 246, 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', 'CASSETTE 2', '18426', '81', '2404275', 'EMI', 'DOLBY SYSTEM', 'INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA'; Spanish track titles 'FAZ A: 24’26"', 'FAZ B: 26’37"'

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Inlay inside: 'SADAIC-BIEM', 'AADI-CAPIF', 'FAB. Y DIST. POR EMI-ODEON S.A.I.C. SAN MARTIN 3590 FLORIDA - BS. AS. INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA', 'MARCAS REGISTRADAS', '℗ 1985 EMI Records Ltd.', Dolby Tipo B notice

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Shell side 1: opaque cream shell, brown print: '"EN VIVO DESPUES DE LA MUERTE" IRON MAIDEN - CASSETTE 2', boxed '18426', boxed '81' '2404275', 'EMI', '1', 'M.R.', 'INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA', 'SADAIC-BIEM', 'AADI-CAPIF', 'FAB. Y DIST. POR EMI-ODEON S.A.I.C.', '℗ 1985 EMI Records Ltd.'; moulded mark top right reading 'EMSSA'

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Shell side 2: same cream shell and brown print, '2', 'M.R.', 'INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA', '2404275', Dolby double-D logo; side B titles 'CHICO COLERICO' to 'FANTASMA DE LA OPERA'

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Cassette 2 only of a two-cassette set, in a blue fold-out inlay with Spanish titles.
  • Opaque cream shell with brown printing directly on the body and a moulded maker's mark on the top edge; screwed shell.

What distinguishes this pressing

  • The opaque cream shell with brown print rules out 27850884 (translucent shell, white imprint).
  • 18426 rules out the other Argentine cassettes, 27301626 (18354/18355) and 27850632 (66354/66355).
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. Photographing cassette 1 (18425), if it exists in the collection, would check the other half of the set.