Folder 254
Japan
Obi wording 初回盤のみ with sticker and entry-ticket offer matches the limited first pressing 2196350, not the ordinary edition's altered obi (12526249)
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: obi reads TOCP-66616 定価2,500円(本体2,381円) and STEREO/ ROCK 再 07・3・5まで, red header 日本盤特典, and 初回盤のみ:①ジャケット・ステッカー封入 ②スティーヴ・ハリス直筆サイン入ベース・ギター、オリジナルTシャツが抽選で当たる応募券付; case still in shrink-wrap
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Front angled: same obi wording and catalogue TOCP-66616, shrink-wrap intact
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Obi back: 06・9・6(06・8・26) Ⓨ Ⓧ, STEREO MADE IN JAPAN, 東芝EMI株式会社, 〒107-8510 東京都赤坂2-2-17, http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp, barcode 4 988006 845572, and a tear-off 応募券 ticket printed TOCP-66616, 締切:'06年12月31日 消印有効; JAPAN TOUR 2006 dates panel
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Obi spine: 定価 2,500円, TOCP 66616
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Tray-card spine under the wrap: TOCP-66616 Music from EMI
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Jewel case, still factory sealed in shrink-wrap
- Full obi with the first-pressing white box and an attached 応募券 prize-draw entry ticket
- Disc, booklet and sticker sheet not visible -- the case is unopened
What distinguishes this pressing
- Obi wording
初回盤のみwith sticker and entry-ticket offer matches the limited first pressing 2196350, not the ordinary edition's altered obi (12526249) - Retail price printed on the obi and no sample marking visible, against the promo 12526200
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
Settled by the obi as far as a sealed copy allows; opening it would let the run-out be checked against Discogs' A3 (limited) vs A6 (ordinary) pressing codes.