All 7 pressings

Folder 268

Greece

Run-out 7724 A F (not EMA 800 A) separates it from the 1983 Greek pressings; the coloured labels separate it from the yellow-label 2442879; no Orfanos printer credit on the back sleeve separates it from 22530086.

Catalogue
14C 064-7724
Label
EMI
Released
undated
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

Greek EMI, catalogue 14C 064-7724 on the sleeve and 14C 064-07724 on both labels, with AEPI and MADE IN GREECE on the labels. Five Greek vinyl versions share that catalogue number on the master. The hand-etched side A run-out 7724-A ... F rules out the two 1983 entries (7495213 and the test pressing 31929775), which Discogs lists with EMA 800 A / EMA 800 B run-outs. Of the three later Fabelsound pressings, 2442879 has yellow labels, while this copy has the coloured 'brain salad' labels. The other two, 22530086 and 23031737, differ by the back-sleeve printer credit Εκτύπωση: ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣ ΟΡΦΑΝΟΣ: 22530086 has it, 23031737 does not, and the lower right corner of this back sleeve shows no such credit, only the EMIAL S.A. block and 10773. The label rim reads MADE IN GREECE followed by blacked-out blocks, matching the Discogs note that 'by EMI' is blacked out on these reissues. The owner's note reads the run-outs as 7724 A F / 7724 B F, the strings Discogs lists for 23031737 (and also for 2442879). It agrees with the side A photographs and supplies the side B reading, which the photographs show only in part. The version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued pressing cannot be excluded.

Reference
Discogs 23031737
Worth
DKK 869, the lowest asking price (no recorded Discogs sale)
On sale now
1, from DKK 869
A photograph of pressing 268, Greece

What the record says

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

Photographed. Side A: 7724-A with a separate F further round (IMG_5341, IMG_5342). Side B: 7724 and fragments, only partly legible (IMG_5344, IMG_5345, IMG_5346). The owner read them by eye as A 7724 A F and B 7724 B F, matching the Discogs strings for 23031737.

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

Back sleeve top left: EMI box logo and catalogue number 14C 064-7724

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Back sleeve lower right: EMIAL S.A., 127 HERACLIOU STR. RIZOPOLIS ATHENS, 3 OUR. BOUZIANI STR. THESSALONIKI, Made and printed in Greece by EMI GREECE S.A., 10773, and no Εκτύπωση: ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣ ΟΡΦΑΝΟΣ printer credit in that corner

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Side One label, coloured 'brain salad' artwork: 14C 064-07724, EMA 800-A, A/A 10773, 33 1/3 r.p.m. stereo, AEPI, (P) 1983 EMI RECORDS LTD., rim text ending MADE IN GREECE

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Side One rim: PROHIBITED MADE IN GREECE followed by two blacked-out blocks where further text would sit

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Side Two label, same artwork: 14C 064-07724, EMA 800-B, A/A 10773, AEPI, MADE IN GREECE

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Side A run-out, hand-etched: 7724-A and a separate F

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Side B run-out, hand-etched, partly legible: 7724 and further characters

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Single LP in the Piece Of Mind sleeve, front and back photographed; the inner gatefold is not shown.
  • Black vinyl with full-colour 'brain salad' labels on both sides.

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Run-out 7724 A F (not EMA 800 A) separates it from the 1983 Greek pressings; the coloured labels separate it from the yellow-label 2442879; no Orfanos printer credit on the back sleeve separates it from 22530086.
Nine tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1Where Eagles Dare
  2. A2Revelations
  3. A3Flight Of Icarus
  4. A4Die With Your Boots On

Side B

  1. B1The Trooper
  2. B2Still Life
  3. B3Quest For Fire
  4. B4Sun And Steel
  5. B5To Tame A Land

Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead guitar · Adrian Smith - lead guitar · Steve Harris - bass guitar · Nicko McBrain - drums.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch, assisted by Dennis Halliburton and Frank Gibson (engineering) and Bruce Buchhalter (mixing). Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau; mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York; lacquer cut at Utopia Studios. Sleeve concept and design by Derek Riggs, Iron Maiden and Rod Smallwood; sleeve illustrations by Derek Riggs, art continuation by Keith Peacock for the Artful Dodgers. Photos by Simon Fowler. Management by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor for Sanctuary Music. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.; copyright Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd.

Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1839842, the UK original (EMI, EMA 800, 1983) 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 on the run-out, label colour and the missing back-sleeve printer credit together. A clear raking-light shot of side B's run-out would put the owner's 7724 B F reading on camera.