All 9 pressings

Folder 265

Colombia

Discos CBS, S.A., Colombia, under licence from EMI (Discogs 'Manufactured By' on all four candidates).

Catalogue
11902
Label
EMI
Released
1982
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

Colombian pressing by Discos CBS: catalogue 11902, 'HECHO EN COLOMBIA POR DISCOS CBS' on the sleeve and 'FABRICADO EN COLOMBIA POR DISCOS' on the labels. Four Colombian EMI 11902 releases sit in the master (2718735, 7409874, 7608553, 9878272), and all four list the same run-out, 'Col 11902 A 12-8-82' / 'Col 11902 B 12-8-82'. The photographed deadwax shows 'Col 11902', 'A', 'B' and '12-8-82', and the owner's note gives the same strings for both sides, so the run-out agrees with every candidate and decides nothing between them. Discogs separates the four only by label design, and its images show four different designs. This copy's label (IMG_5291) is the 7409874 design: a red outer ring carrying the rim text, a stepped red block on the left, and a boxed CBS logo at the bottom centre. 7608553's label has no red ring, and 2718735 and 9878272 lay out the foot differently. The owner made the same comparison on 2026-10-06 and reached the same answer. The version list is incomplete, so an uncatalogued fifth Colombian issue can't be ruled out either.

Reference
Discogs 7409874
Median sale
DKK 320
Sale range
DKK 300-487
On sale now
None listed
Last sold
1 March 2025
A photograph of pressing 265, Colombia

What the record says

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

Side A: Col 11902 A 12-8-82 / Side B: Col 11902 B 12-8-82 (owner's reading; the photographs show 'Col 11902', 'A', 'B' and '12-8-82' in pieces)

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 7409874. Green: in my collection (1 of 1). Red: missing.

✓Matrix / RunoutCol 11902 A 12-8-82 — this copy
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 11 of them

Front cover: 'IRON MAIDEN', 'The Number Of The Beast' standard artwork

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Back cover: EMI logo with catalogue '11902', tracklist headed 'LADO A' / 'LADO B' with Spanish titles, e.g. 'INVADERS (Invasores)', 'RUN TO THE HILLS (Corre A La Colina)', '(P) 1982 EMI RECORDS LIMITED'

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Back cover foot: 'TAMBIEN DISPONIBLE EN CASSETTE', 'HECHO EN COLOMBIA POR DISCOS CBS', 'MARCAS REGISTRADAS', CBS logo

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Side A label: red/white EMI design, 'THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST', 'IRON MAIDEN', '33 1/3', '11902', 'ESTEREO', 'A', '(P) 1982 EMI RECORDS LIMITED'; rim 'FABRICADO EN COLOMBIA POR DISCOS', 'CBS S. A. MARCAS REGISTRADAS', small CBS logo at the foot

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Side B label: same design, '11902', 'ESTEREO', 'B', small CBS logo at the foot

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Deadwax etching 'Col' '11902'

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Deadwax etching 'A' and '12-8-'

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Deadwax etching '12-8-82'

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Deadwax etching 'Col', '11902' and 'B' on the other side

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Label rim 'PROHIBIDA SU REPRODUCCION, ALQUILER', 'REGISTRADAS EN ESTE DISCO'

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Label design matches the Discogs label images for 7409874 (red outer ring with the rim text, stepped red block on the left, boxed CBS logo at bottom centre), not those of 2718735, 7608553 or 9878272

IMG_5291.jpeg, IMG_5292.jpeg, against the Discogs images of all four; owner's comparison of 2026-10-06

The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Single sleeve with the standard front art; the back carries a bilingual English/Spanish tracklist and a CBS Colombia manufacturing line.
  • Black vinyl LP with red-and-white EMI labels and a CBS logo at the foot of each label; hand-etched run-out on both sides.

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Discos CBS, S.A., Colombia, under licence from EMI (Discogs 'Manufactured By' on all four candidates).
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

Confirmed as 7409874 on the label design, compared against the Discogs label images of all four Colombian 11902 releases.