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Folder 259

UK

Only CDV-format release of Maiden England on the master; every other version is VHS, LaserVision (Japan NTSC TOLW-3042) or DVD.

Catalogue
081 978-1
Label
EMI
Released
1989
Confidence
Likely
Why this grade

The only CD Video on the master is the UK EMI 081 978-1 PAL release, and this copy matches it on catalogue number, barcode 0 44008 19781 2, PAL standard and 'MADE IN ENGLAND'. The owner's note "081 978-1 044008197812" agrees with the printed catalogue number and barcode; it decides nothing the photographs don't already show. Not Confirmed: no run-out was photographed, and the barcode is not unique on the master (the unofficial Russian DVD 9145541 uses 044008197812 as its catno), so there is no discriminator beyond what was matched on. Rear panel carries a German FSK rating sticker and a PolyGram Music Video logo, which Discogs does not mention for 4435585; an uncatalogued German-market variant of the same UK pressing cannot be ruled out.

Reference
Discogs 4435585
Median sale
DKK 247
Sale range
DKK 94-467
On sale now
None listed
Last sold
9 July 2025
A photograph of pressing 259, UK

What the record says

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

No photograph of the run-out/matrix area exists in this folder, so no matrix code was read.

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

Front of jacket: 'IRON MAIDEN', 'MAIDEN ENGLAND', 'CD VIDEO' logo repeated along the edge, gold disc printed at the top

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Rear panel: catalogue number '081 978-1', barcode '0 44008 19781 2', 'STEREO DIGITAL SOUND', 'PAL TV' box, 'THIS GOLD DISC PLAYS DIGITAL SOUND AND VIDEO TOGETHER IT IS PLAYABLE ONLY ON CD VIDEO MACHINES', FTS logos

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Rear panel: 'Made in U.K. by P.D.O.', '(P) & (C) 1989 EMI RECORDS LTD.', 'RUNNING TIME 95 MINUTES', side one/side two tracklist

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Rear panel corner: 'PY 714', FSK sticker 'Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung gemäß § 7 JÖSchG FSK', 'EMI' box, 'ROCK COLLECTION' logo, 'POLYGRAM MUSIC VIDEO' logo

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Disc label side 1: 'CD VIDEO', 'SIDE 1', '081 9781', 'PAL', '(P)&(C) 1989 EMI RECORDS LTD.', 'RUNNING TIME 95 MINS. APPROX.', 'MADE IN ENGLAND', FSK rating box printed on the label; gold disc surface

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Disc label side 2: 'SIDE 2', '081 9781', 'PAL', 'MADE IN ENGLAND', same layout as side 1

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Inner sleeve: white paper sleeve printed all over with the 'CD VIDEO' logo, round window

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Laserdisc-sized 12" card jacket printed "CD VIDEO", Derek Riggs Eddie-on-motorbike front.
  • Gold-faced 12" two-sided disc, black centre labels marked SIDE 1 and SIDE 2.
  • White CD VIDEO-logo paper inner sleeve with a round window.
  • German FSK age-rating sticker on the rear jacket; the FSK rating is also printed on both disc labels.

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Only CDV-format release of Maiden England on the master; every other version is VHS, LaserVision (Japan NTSC TOLW-3042) or DVD.
  • PAL, unlike the Japanese NTSC LaserVision issue.
Sixteen tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1Warning / Logo
  2. A2Moonchild
  3. A3The Evil That Men Do
  4. A4Prisoner
  5. A5Still Life
  6. A6Die With Your Boots On
  7. A7Infinite Dreams
  8. A8Killers
  9. A9Can I Play With Madness

Side B

  1. B1Heaven Can Wait
  2. B2Wasted Years
  3. B3The Clairvoyant
  4. B4Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
  5. B5The Number Of The Beast
  6. B6Hallowed Be Thy Name
  7. B7Iron Maiden / Credits

Filmed at Birmingham N.E.C. on 27 and 28 November 1988, during the Seventh Tour Of A Seventh Tour -- Iron Maiden's own back-sleeve text calls it "a personal fans-eye view of Maiden at their bombastic best". Running time 95 minutes. The release credits no performing line-up.

Directed and edited by Steve Harris. Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs. Photography by Ross Halfin. Package designed by The Complete Works. Issued by Picture Music International. Video copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Production credits are sourced from Discogs release 871017, the UK VHS and this master's main release, and apply to the film rather than to this copy. Where this copy's own sleeve carries the 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.
  • Disc: light surface marks and handling sheen catch the light. No visible deep scratches, warping or edge 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

A clear photograph of the run-out/matrix area near the hub on each side would add a pressing-level detail; Discogs documents none for 4435585, so it would also fill that gap.