All 7 pressings

Folder 258

Netherlands

Rear sleeve 1A 062-07450 rules out 10041827 (1C 064-07 450 on the sleeve)

Catalogue
1A 062-07450
Label
EMI
Released
1981
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

Dutch EMI/Bovema pressing with 1A 062-07450 on both the rear sleeve and the labels. Three Dutch 1A 062-07450 releases share the run-out exactly as photographed (062-07450-A //47197-1-Y and 062-07450-B //47198-1-Y), so the deadwax corroborates but cannot choose between them. The labels and sleeve do: 10041827 has 1C 064-07 450 on the rear sleeve and spine, while this sleeve reads 1A 062-07450. 1056834 has 1A 064-07450 on the labels and LC0542 below KILLERS, while these labels read 1A 062-07450 with nothing between the title and the catalogue number. 8346262 (labels 1A 062-07450 with (062-07450 A)/(062-07450 B), label code none, STEMRA) is the only one left. The owner's note gives the same run-outs, and they match what the photographs show. Discogs also lists a variant-2 run-out with trailing '74 1' / '45 1'. Those extra digits are not visible in the frames photographed, but neither frame clearly shows the stretch after the -Y. The version list is incomplete, so an uncatalogued Dutch repress cannot be ruled out. The white 'am kemi a-s Denmark' inner sleeve is not the black inner Discogs lists, so the inner was most likely swapped in later and has no bearing on the pressing.

Reference
Discogs 8346262
Median sale
DKK 150
Sale range
DKK 37-307
On sale now
22, from DKK 142
Last sold
30 January 2026
A photograph of pressing 258, Netherlands

What the record says

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

A: 062-07450-A //47197-1-Y; B: 062-07450-B //47198-1-Y (stamped)

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 7 of them

Rear sleeve top-right catalogue number '1A 062-07450' (not 1C 064-07 450)

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Rear sleeve credits '(P) 1981 ORIGINAL SOUND RECORDINGS MADE BY EMI RECORDS LTD', 'Marketed, manufactured and distributed by EMI', 'PRINTED IN HOLLAND'

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Side 1 label: '1A 062-07450', 'STEREO', 'STEMRA', 'Side 1', '(062-07450-A)', 'MANUFACTURED BY EMI RECORDS'; no LC code between 'Killers' and the catalogue number

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Side 2 label: '1A 062-07450', 'STEREO', 'STEMRA', 'Side 2', '(062-07450-B)'

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Side A run-out stamped '062-07450-A //47197-1-Y'

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Side B run-out stamped '062-07450-B //47198-1-Y'

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Plain white inner sleeve printed 'am kemi a-s Denmark' with 'am' logo

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Single-pocket sleeve with the Derek Riggs front cover; edge wear and a split along the left edge of the rear
  • Grey-silver Killers labels with the red logo and Eddie artwork
  • White paper inner sleeve from a Danish maker, not the black inner Discogs lists for this release

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Rear sleeve 1A 062-07450 rules out 10041827 (1C 064-07 450 on the sleeve)
  • Labels 1A 062-07450 with no LC0542 rule out 1056834 (1A 064-07450, LC0542 on the labels)
Ten tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1The Ides Of March
  2. A2Wrathchild
  3. A3Murders In The Rue Morgue
  4. A4Another Life
  5. A5Genghis Khan
  6. A6Innocent Exile

Side B

  1. B1Killers
  2. B2Prodigal Son
  3. B3Purgatory
  4. B4Drifter

Paul Di'Anno - vocals · Dave Murray - guitar · Adrian Smith - guitar · Steve Harris - bass · Clive Burr - drums.

Produced and engineered by Martin Birch, assisted by Nigel Hewitt; the release's own credit lists him as producer, engineer, and, in Discogs' wording, "bullied by". Recorded at Battery Studios, London; lacquer cut at The Town House. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; photography by Robert Ellis. Management by Rod Smallwood for Sanctuary. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Phonographic copyright and copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1538759, the UK original (EMI EMC 3357, 1981) and this master's main release, 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.

  • Sleeve: general handling wear with some edge and corner softening; no splits or seam separation visible in these shots.
  • Vinyl: light surface marks and handling sheen catch the light. No visible deep scratches, warping or edge damage in these photographs. The labels are clean and unmarked.

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 label and rear-sleeve catalogue numbers. The run-out is shared by all three Dutch candidates.