Folder 250
Taiwan
EMI Taiwan (科藝百代股份有限公司), Taipei
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
No photograph of the inner mirror ring exists in this folder, so no matrix or SID code was read.
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 6 of them
Front of the sealed case with a green Chinese-language obi strip: '鐵娘子樂團 · 攸關生死', 'Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Dream Theater', 'Kevin Shirley', 'Amazon ★★★★ METALRAGE ★★★★ 評價', and an 'X世代' logo
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Back of the obi: Taiwan distributor block 'EMI台灣官方網站www.emimusic.com.tw', '科藝百代股份有限公司', '105台北市民生東路三段128號14樓', '電話：(02)25448189', 'E-mail:report@ifpi.org.tw', with an EMI logo
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Barcode on the obi reads '0 094637 233122'
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Obi spine: 'EMI', '鐵娘子樂團 · 攸關生死', 'IRON MAIDEN · A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH', catalogue number '00946 372331 22'
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Inlay spine under the shrink-wrap: '0946 3 72331 2 2 Music from EMI'
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Shrink-wrap intact on the case in every frame, so the disc and its mirror ring are not visible
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Standard jewel case, still in factory shrink-wrap
- Green EMI Taiwan wrap-around obi with Chinese text, spine catalogue number and barcode
- Inlay spine printed 0946 3 72331 2 2 Music from EMI
What distinguishes this pressing
- EMI Taiwan (科藝百代股份有限公司), Taipei
Ten tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-5
- 1Different World
- 2These Colours Don't Run
- 3Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
- 4The Pilgrim
- 5The Longest Day
Tracks 6-10
- 6Out Of The Shadows
- 7The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
- 8For The Greater Good Of God
- 9Lord Of Light
- 10The Legacy
Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar · Janick Gers - lead and rhythm guitar · Steve Harris - bass, keyboards · Nicko McBrain - drums.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Kevin Shirley, assisted by Drew Griffiths. Recorded and mixed at Sarm West Studios, London. Glass mastered and pressed by Mediamotion. Published by BMG Music Publishing International Ltd. Phonographic copyright and copyright Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd.; licensed to EMI Records Ltd.
Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 3382321, this master's own main release (Europe EMI, 0946 372321 2 5), 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.
- Disc: light surface marks and handling sheen catch the light. No visible deep scratches or disc-face 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
Taiwan obi plus the catalogue number '00946 372331 22' match release 3448876 alone among the Taiwan entries. Opening the case and photographing the mirror ring under raking light would add a matrix discriminator.