All 9 pressings

Folder 271

Europe

Labels read 1A 064-07608 / BIEM/STEMRA rather than the German Electrola 1C 064-07 608 / GEMA labels

Catalogue
1C 064-07 608
Label
EMI
Released
1982
Confidence
Likely
Why this grade

Dutch-made 'Made in EEC' family: the labels carry 1A 064-07608 and (1A 064-07608-B) with BIEM/STEMRA, which leaves Discogs 2040094 and 21227038 out of the 1C 064-07 608 versions; the German Electrola issues (9738599, 24626114, 19585708, 609378, 12012917, 34445440) print 1C 064-07 608 or GEMA on the label instead. The inner sleeve separates the two survivors: it carries the British fan club address (Unit 10, 15 Lotts Road, London S.W. 10.) and 07608 at the foot, as 2040094 describes, while 21227038 has a Hamburg fan club address and 07 608 top right. Inner sleeves can be swapped between copies, so this is corroboration on one component rather than proof, hence Probable. Run-outs 07608-A1 / 07608-B1 are photographed and match 2040094's variant 1; the extra loose hand-etched digits are blurred and don't clearly match any listed variant string. The owner's note reads 07608-A1 1 / 07608-B1 2, consistent with what the photos show but not decisive between the two. The version list is incomplete, so an uncatalogued variant can't be excluded.

Reference
Discogs 2040094
Median sale
DKK 191
Sale range
DKK 52-540
On sale now
40, from DKK 105
Last sold
3 October 2026
A photograph of pressing 271, Europe

What the record says

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

A: 07608-A1 (+ loose etched digits, blurred); B: 07608-B1 (+ loose etched digits, blurred)

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 9 of them

Back sleeve top right: 1C 064-07 608 (boxed 064-07 608) and cassette symbol 1C 264-07 608

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Back sleeve bottom edge: '...PRINTED IN HOLLAND' credit line with EMI logo

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Side 2 label: THIS SIDE The Number Of The Beast / Run To The Hills / Gangland / Hallowed Be Thy Name, LC 0542, STEREO, BIEM/STEMRA, 1A 064-07608, (1A 064-07608-B), German/English rights perimeter text

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Side 1 label: Eddie head picture label, no catalogue number visible

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Run-out side B: machine-stamped 07608-B1, plus loose etched digits ('1', '2', and a '3' or '8')

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Run-out side A: machine-stamped 07608-A1, plus loose etched digits ('1' and a '3' or '8')

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Inner sleeve credits: 'Iron Maiden F.C.: send s.a.e. to Iron Maiden F.C., Unit 10, 15 Lotts Road, London S.W. 10.' and 07608 bottom right

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Inner sleeve lyric side with no 07 608 code in the top right corner

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Inner sleeve photo side: contact-sheet band photos

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Outer sleeve, printed in Holland
  • Printed lyric/photo inner sleeve with London fan club address
  • Black vinyl LP, side 1 Eddie-head picture label, side 2 standard yellow label

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Labels read 1A 064-07608 / BIEM/STEMRA rather than the German Electrola 1C 064-07 608 / GEMA labels
  • British fan club address on the inner sleeve rather than Hamburg (21227038)
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

Inner sleeve picks 2040094 over 21227038; a merchandise insert or a sharper read of the loose run-out digits against 2040094's three listed variants would firm it up.