Folder 266
Italy
Run-out date 9-3-82 on side B and no 'Graphyche magica 2000 Milano' back-cover credit separate it from Italian release 22075765.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
A: 07608-A 9-3-82 1 △ MM. / B: 07608-B 9-3-82 1 △ MM.
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 7 of them
Back cover top right: 'stereo', '3C 064-07608' (064-07608 boxed), '* Available on cassette'
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Back cover bottom: EMI logo and 'Made in Italy by EMI Italiana SpA'; no 'Graphyche magica' printer credit anywhere on the back
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Back cover fan club address: 'The Iron Maiden Fan Club, Medianova Spettacoli S.A.S., Via Carlo Alberto 18, 10230 Turin, Italy'
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Side A label, cream: 'IRON MAIDEN', 'STEREO', '3C 064-07608', 'A', 'S.I.A.E.', rim text ending 'MADE IN ITALY BY EMI ITALIANA SPA', red EMI box, a purple ink stamp above the artist name
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Side B label, cream: 'STEREO', '3C 064-07608', 'B', 'S.I.A.E.', same Italian rim text
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Side A run-out etched '07608-A', then '9-3-82', then '1' and a small triangle, then script 'MM.'
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Side B run-out etched '07608-B', then '9-3-82', then '1' and a small triangle, then script 'MM.'
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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 corner and edge wear and creasing along the back right edge.
- Black vinyl LP with cream EMI Italiana labels; a round purple ink stamp sits on the side A label.
What distinguishes this pressing
- Run-out date 9-3-82 on side B and no 'Graphyche magica 2000 Milano' back-cover credit separate it from Italian release 22075765.
- '1 △' on both sides matches the third of the three run-out variants listed on 1538820.
Eight tracks, two sides, and the recording credits
Side A
- A1Invaders
- A2Children Of The Damned
- A3The Prisoner
- A422, Acacia Avenue
Side B
- B1The Number Of The Beast
- B2Run To The Hills
- B3Gangland
- 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 run-out: 9-3-82 on both sides with '1 △ MM.' matches 1538820 and rules out 22075765.