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Folder 251

Europe (unconfirmed)

The FSK sticker shows it was prepared for sale in Germany.

Catalogue
09463 73217 2 0
Label
EMI
Released
2006
Confidence
Sealed, unopened
Why this grade

Still in its shrink-wrap, so neither disc can be seen and the mirror rings stay unread. The owner's note '094637321720 Sealed' agrees with the barcode on the back, 0 94637 32172 with its last digit half hidden under the wrap, and with the spine's 09463 73217 2 0. That only gets it to the CD & DVD edition: Discogs carries this catalogue number or barcode on the UK, Europe & US (10621915), Canada (4125964), Mexico (6571895), Brazil (5611412), Taiwan (11646539) and two Argentine entries, so the barcode corroborates and does not decide. The German FSK sticker (Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung gemäß § 14 JuSchG FSK) points at a copy sold in Germany, which leans to the European release, but no 'Made in' line was read and a sticker is not a pressing marker. Only the CD's run-out settles it, and that means opening it.

Worth
No recorded Discogs sale
A photograph of pressing 251, Europe (unconfirmed)

What the record says

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

Not photographed: the copy is sealed and neither disc is visible.

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 5 of them

Front: shrink-wrapped digipak, IRON MAIDEN, A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, tank artwork

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Back under wrap: DISC ONE tracklist 01-10, DISC TWO - LIMITED EDITION DVD, WWW.IRONMAIDEN.COM, Music from EMI, EMI, DVD, NTSC, E Exempt from classification, and a printed sticker Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung gemäß § 14 JuSchG FSK

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Barcode 0 94637 32172 with the check digit partly hidden by the wrap; beside it legal text ...C. USED UNDER, ...SE TO EMI, ...DRIVE,, ...THIS RECORDING

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Spine edge: 09463 73217 2 0 Music from EMI

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Spine: IRON MAIDEN A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH CD & DVD 09463 73217 2 0 Music from EMI, shrink-wrap intact

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Card digipak in its original shrink-wrap, unopened.
  • Two discs per the back: the album CD and a limited-edition NTSC DVD.
  • German FSK age-rating sticker printed on the back panel.

What distinguishes this pressing

  • The FSK sticker shows it was prepared for sale in Germany.
Ten tracks, and the recording credits

Tracks 1-5

  1. 1Different World
  2. 2These Colours Don't Run
  3. 3Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
  4. 4The Pilgrim
  5. 5The Longest Day

Tracks 6-10

  1. 6Out Of The Shadows
  2. 7The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
  3. 8For The Greater Good Of God
  4. 9Lord Of Light
  5. 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

Open it and read the CD's mirror ring under raking light: Discogs lists CD 010112 ... WWW.MEDIAMOTION.COM 3723212 @ 1 for the UK, Europe & US release (10621915), 09463723312 E00893-... for Canada and DIDX 128816 01 for Mexico.