All 9 pressings

Folder 263

Brazil

Labels read 07608 alone, against 15083881 whose labels carry 31C 064 07608

Catalogue
07608
Label
EMI
Released
1987
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

Fonobrás-made Brazilian reissue with a 1987 cut. Five Brazilian releases on the master carry 31C 064 07608; the etched run-out year (P) 1987 and 200 leave the two 1987 reissues, 8971968 and 15083881. The labels then separate them: these carry 07608 alone, with no 31C 064 prefix, which Discogs records for 8971968 ('07608 on labels, 31C 064 07608 on backcover artwork') and not for 15083881 ('same 31C... cat# on the back cover and labels'). The owner's note reads the run-outs as II 7608-A 1 02 (P) 1987 200 1SA1 / II 7608-B 2 02 (P) 1987 200 1SA1, which agrees with 8971968's 7608-A 1 02 (P) 1987 200 15A1; Discogs gives side B's tail as 15A2 where the note reads 1SA1 on both sides, a detail the photographs don't settle. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued variant can't be ruled out.

Reference
Discogs 8971968
Median sale
DKK 374
Sale range
DKK 186-562
On sale now
2, from DKK 1,196
Last sold
8 January 2020
A photograph of pressing 263, Brazil

What the record says

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

A: 7608-A 1 02 (P) 1987 200 1SA1 / B: 7608-B 2 02 (P) 1987 200 1SA1 (owner's reading; fragments photographed)

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 8 of them

Rear sleeve corner: catalogue box 31C 064 07608 beside an ESTÉREO box

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Rear sleeve fine print: FABRICADO E DISTRIBUÍDO POR FONOBRÁS - DIST..., ESTRADA DO GABINAL, INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA

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Side A label, cream: 07608 over A with no 31C 064 prefix; ESTEREO; (P) 1982 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.; EMI box logo; rim FABRICADO E DISTRIBUIDO POR FONOBRAS. DISTRIBUIDORA FONOGRAFICA BRASILEIRA LTDA. ESTRADA DO GABINAL, 1521, RJ CGC 29.010.519/0001-32

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Side B label: 07608 over B, again with no 31C 064 prefix

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Run-out etching (P) 1987, circled P, photographed on both sides

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Run-out etching 7608

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Run-out etching 200 and the 1SA1/15A1-style tail

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Run-out etching 02

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Single sleeve, Brazilian print with the 31C 064 07608 catalogue box on the rear
  • Cream EMI labels with red rim text, catalogue shown as 07608 only

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Labels read 07608 alone, against 15083881 whose labels carry 31C 064 07608
  • Run-out (P) 1987 rules out the 1982, 1985 and undated 1-1-1 Brazilian pressings
Eight tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1Invaders
  2. A2Children Of The Damned
  3. A3The Prisoner
  4. A422, Acacia Avenue

Side B

  1. B1The Number Of The Beast
  2. B2Run To The Hills
  3. B3Gangland
  4. B4Hallowed Be Thy Name

Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - guitar · Adrian Smith - guitar · Steve Harris - bass · Clive Burr - drums.

Produced and engineered by Martin Birch, assisted by Nigel Green. Recorded at Battery Studios, London; lacquer cut by Nick Webb. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; artwork by Cream. Inner-sleeve photography by Andre Csillag, P.G. Brunelli, Robert Ellis, Ross Halfin and Toshi Yajima; sleeve photography by Simon Fowler; photo montage by Ian Kay. Management by Rod Smallwood for Sanctuary Music. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Phonographic copyright and copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1466299, the UK original (EMI EMC 3400, 1982) 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 catalogue number (07608 without the 31C prefix) together with the 1987 run-out.