Folder 272
Europe
Disc reads MADE IN UK with BIEM/MCPS, not Made in Holland or W. Germany
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Read off the play side's inner mirror ring under raking light, in three frames. IMG_5432 shows a small square, then CDP 7 90258 2 in dot-matrix lettering, with the start of A at the edge. IMG_5433 continues 90258 2 AR @ 1: no dot between AR and @. IMG_5434 shows the tail 1, then +, then two filled squares. Joined across the overlaps the ring is CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 +. A few faint dotted marks on the ring's outer edge past the 1 in IMG_5433 are unreadable at native resolution.
CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 + — this copy's ring IS Variant 5 of the 22 matrix entries Discogs records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 974774. Green: in my collection (1 of 22). Red: missing.
Run-out: this copy matches variant 5 on every side Discogs lists for it.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 1) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 2 + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 2) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 :1:7 + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 3) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 :1:6 + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 (25 etched)) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 1 25 + |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 5) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 + — this copy |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 5, mould ring) | :1:5 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 6) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 2 -1 -1 + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 7) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 :1:5. + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 8 (2-4 etched)) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 2-4 + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 9) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 : 1 : 1. + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 10) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 2 : 6 : 4 + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 11) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 : 3 : 1. + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 12) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 : 3 : 2. + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 13) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 2 : 1 : 3 . + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 14, + inside last 0) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR . @ 2 -1-10+ |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 15) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 :2: 7. + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 16) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 : 1 : 3. + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 17) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 : 1 : 2 + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 18) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 : 1 : 7 . + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 19) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR. @ 2 : 9 : 6 + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 20) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR.@ 2: 3 : 2 . + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 21) | CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 : 4 : 3. + |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 7 of them
Front inlay: IRON MAIDEN / SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON artwork in a standard jewel case
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Back inlay: CDP 7 90258 2, barcode 0 77779 02582 4, UK: CDEMD 1006, STEREO, ℗ 1988 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd, © 1988 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd., EMI logo
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Back inlay seen in the open tray: CDP 7 90258 2, UK: CDEMD 1006, STEREO stacked top right, same credits
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Disc label: silver disc printed STEREO / CDP 7 90258 2 / BIEM/MCPS / MADE IN UK in a boxed block, UK: CDEMD 1006, EMI logo, Compact Disc Digital Audio logo, tracklist and PRODUCED, ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY MARTIN BIRCH
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Mirror ring, raking light: CDP 7 90258 2 after a small square
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Mirror ring, raking light: 90258 2 AR @ 1, no dot after AR
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Mirror ring, raking light: 1 then + then two squares
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The photographs
IMG_5427.jpg1 of 8READ FROM
The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Standard jewel case with black tray, Compact Disc Digital Audio logos moulded into the tray
- Silver disc with black print; front inlay booklet and back inlay card
- Some wear and staining on the front booklet's right edge
What distinguishes this pressing
- Disc reads
MADE IN UKwithBIEM/MCPS, not Made in Holland or W. Germany - Ring is
CDP 7 90258 2 AR @ 1 +, spaced catalogue and no-NLsuffix, noCAPITOL JAX, no:n:ncode
Eight tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-4
- 1Moonchild
- 2Infinite Dreams
- 3Can I Play With Madness
- 4The Evil That Men Do
Tracks 5-8
- 5Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- 6The Prophecy
- 7The Clairvoyant
- 8Only The Good Die Young
Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar, synth · Steve Harris - bass, string synth · Nicko McBrain - drums.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York. Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich. Sleeve illustration, concept and design by Derek Riggs (with Rod Smallwood). Inner-sleeve photograph by Ross Halfin. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 576952, the UK original, 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.
- Case/inlay: general handling wear with some edge and corner softening; no cracks or splits visible in these shots.
- Disc: light surface marks and handling sheen catch the light. No visible deep scratches or disc-face damage in these photographs.
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 mirror ring, which matches 974774's Variant 5 exactly and no other candidate's recorded string.