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Folder 253

Argentina

Argentine pressing for EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C., Buenos Aires: CAPIF, AADI-CAPIF and SADAIC-BIEM on the inlay, which no other territory carries.

Catalogue
0946 3 72331 2 2
Label
EMI
Released
2006
Confidence
Sealed, unopened
Why this grade

Still in its shrink-wrap, as the owner's note "094637233122 Sealed" says and the photographs show. The back inlay pins it to Argentina: 'Publicado y distribuido por EMI-ODEON S.A.I.C. miembro de CAPIF', 'AADI-CAPIF, SADAIC-BIEM' and 'Industria Argentina. Disco es Cultura.' The barcode '0 94637 23312 2' and spine '0946 3 72331 2 2' fit three Argentine CDs on the master, and only one is a retail jewel case: Discogs describes 7015853 as an 'Argentinian promo wood box limited to 50 copies' and 5544051 as a promo, while this is a standard jewel case with a shop price sticker ('$ 999') and no promo marking. That leaves 3446818, the retail release, which is also the release the owner matched it to. The disc is unseen, so the mirror ring (Discogs: '16990-1 3723212 INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA') is unchecked.

Reference
Discogs 3446818
Median sale
DKK 56
Sale range
DKK 5-66
On sale now
1, from DKK 516
Last sold
10 June 2026
A photograph of pressing 253, 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 — 4 of them

Front: jewel case still in shrink-wrap, 'IRON MAIDEN' logo and 'A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH' over the tank artwork; a small silver holographic sticker on the wrap

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Back inlay under shrink-wrap: tracklist '01 DIFFERENT WORLD 4.17' to '10 THE LEGACY 9.20', 'PRODUCED BY KEVIN SHIRLEY', 'Music from EMI', price sticker '031407' / '$ 999', barcode '0 94637 23312 2' on a yellow panel

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Native-resolution back inlay small print: 'Publicado y distribuido por EMI-ODEON S.A.I.C. miembro de CAPIF. Av. Cabildo 488, Bs. As.', 'AADI-CAPIF, SADAIC-BIEM', 'Industria Argentina. Disco es Cultura.', barcode '0 94637 23312 2'

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Spine: EMI logo, '0946 3 72331 2 2', 'Music from EMI'; shrink-wrap folded over the case corner

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Standard jewel case, factory shrink-wrap intact, so the disc and booklet are unseen.
  • Retail price sticker on the back wrap; a small holographic sticker on the front wrap.

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Argentine pressing for EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C., Buenos Aires: CAPIF, AADI-CAPIF and SADAIC-BIEM on the inlay, which no other territory carries.
  • Standard jewel case with a retail price sticker rules out the 50-copy promo wood box 7015853 and the promo 5544051.
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

Settled on the packaging: a retail jewel case, not the wood promo box (7015853) or a promo (5544051). Opening it would let the mirror ring confirm 3446818.