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Folder 252

Argentina

Spanish legal wording on the edge points to the Argentine EMI-ODEON issues over Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Taiwan and UK/EU

Catalogue
0946 3732172 0
Label
EMI
Released
2006
Confidence
Sealed, unopened
Why this grade

Still sealed, so neither disc can be seen and the mirror rings were not read. The CD+DVD limited edition with catalogue 0946 3732172 0 and barcode 0 94637 32172 0 is shared by seven entries on the master (Canada, Argentina x2, Mexico, Brazil, Taiwan, UK/Europe/US), so neither number discriminates. The owner's note '094637321720 Sealed' matches the printed barcode and the shrinkwrap; it confirms the edition, not the country. What narrows it is the Spanish legal block beside the barcode: 'todos los derechos', 'prestamo, canje y', which matches the Spanish rights wording Discogs records for both Argentine EMI-ODEON entries ('Reservados todos los derechos...'), while the Mexican entry's notes and the UK/Europe/US entry's notes are English. That leaves the Argentine retail release 30256883 and the Argentine promo 5611563. Discogs records no exterior marking for 5611563; the Argentine AMOLAD promo collectors document carries a white 'Solo para difusion. Prohibida su venta' sticker on the back, and this back carries none, only the hype and FSK stickers. With the owner's statement that it is not a promo, it is filed as the retail release; the discs are unseen, so no mirror ring confirms it. The German FSK age sticker on the back is unexplained by an Argentine issue and is noted, not resolved: it may simply be printed on a shared EU-made slipcase. The version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued pressing cannot be ruled out.

Reference
Discogs 30256883
Worth
No recorded Discogs sale
On sale now
None listed
A photograph of pressing 252, Argentina

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 — 5 of them

Front of slipcase under shrinkwrap; hype sticker reads 'LIMITED EDITION', 'INCLUDES BONUS DVD', ''THE MAKING OF A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH' - NEARLY 1 HOUR OF STUDIO PERFORMANCE AND INTERVIEW FOOTAGE', '373 2172'

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Back: 'DISC ONE' tracklist, 'DISC TWO - LIMITED EDITION DVD', 'WWW.IRONMAIDEN.COM', 'Music from EMI', 'NTSC', 'Exempt from classification', sticker 'Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung gemäß § 14 JuSchG FSK'

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Spine edge: barcode '0 94637 32172 0' beside Spanish legal text '...Iron Maiden Holdings', '...des todos los derechos', '...r, préstamo, canje y', '...PPROX). STEREO.'

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Spine: '...D DEATH', 'CD & DVD', '0946 3732172 0' (partly under wrap), 'Music from EMI'

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Edge: '0946 3732172 0', 'Music from EMI'; shrinkwrap intact and torn only at the corner

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Card slipcase holding a CD and a bonus DVD, still factory shrinkwrapped
  • Hype sticker on the front wrap; German FSK age-rating sticker printed on the back
  • Discs and any booklet unseen because the copy is sealed

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Spanish legal wording on the edge points to the Argentine EMI-ODEON issues over Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Taiwan and UK/EU
  • No 'Solo para difusion. Prohibida su venta' promo sticker on the back
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

Filed as the retail release 30256883: no promo sticker on the back, and the owner states it is not a promo. Photographing both discs once opened would confirm it.