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Disc reads Made in Holland with BIEM/STEMRA and LC 0542, carrying 7 46045 2 rather than CDP 7 46045 2

Catalogue: 0777 746045 2 9
Label: EMI United Kingdom
Released: undated on the copy itself beyond the 1984 copyright lines; Discogs carries no date for 12649713 and places it between 1994 and 1998
Confidence: Confirmed
Why this grade
Dutch-pressed EMI Uden CD in the 0777 746045 2 9 barcode livery, with the original CDP 7 46045 2 booklet. The tray card reads UK:CDEMS 1539, F: PM516 with I: left blank and Printed in Holland; the disc reads 7 46045 2, BIEM/STEMRA, Made in Holland and LC 0542; the mirror ring reads CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-2-NL with a mould SID of ifpi 1534 on the hub. Three rows on the master carry the CDEMS 1539 card: 1156328 is the later EMI UDEN 7460452 @ 1 3-1-n-NL pressing with IFPI L046 mastering codes, 13392144 lists only 2-1-12-NL and 2-1-13-NL rings, and 12649713 records seven CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-n-n-NL variants, of which Variant 2 is exactly 2-2-2-NL with ifpi 1534. No other fetched row with this catalogue number carries a 2-2-2-NL ring: the other Dutch-made rows (2788413, 12521857, 5270479) list 2-1-n-NL stampers only, 9067437 and 7538356 are the UK-made and Italian-made cards with @ 5 rings, and the West German, UK and first-press rows read differently altogether. The owner's phone note gave the ring as CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-2-NL ifpi 1534, and the photographs bear it out character for character, so it decided nothing on its own. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued Dutch pressing sharing this stamper and card can't be ruled out.
Reference: Discogs 12649713
Median sale: DKK 63
Sale range: DKK 37-75
On sale now: 1, from DKK 97
Last sold: 7 September 2026

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 two frames. IMG_6239 shows, in dot-matrix lettering against the rainbow of the data area, CDP 746045 2 @ 4 -- no space between 746045 and 2 beyond the single gap, the @ an at-sign, the 4 reaching the right edge of the frame. IMG_6240 is the opposite side of the ring and reads 2-2-2-NL in stamped outline lettering, the three 2s open-topped the way this plant stamps them. Joined in the order Discogs files them, the ring is CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-2-NL. The same frame shows the mould SID ifpi 1534 moulded into the clear hub, which is also visible mirrored through the disc at the hub in IMG_6236. No mastering SID (IFPI Lxxx) is visible in either ring frame.

CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-2-NL — this copy's ring IS Variant 2 of the 7 matrix entries Discogs records.

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 12649713. Green: in my collection (1 of 7). Red: missing.

Run-out: this copy matches variant 2 on every side Discogs lists for it.

✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 1)	`CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-4-NL`
✓	Matrix / Runout (Variant 2)	`CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-2-NL` — this copy
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 3)	`CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-1-16-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 4)	`CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-7-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 5)	`CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-6-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 6)	`CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-8-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 7)	`CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-6-NL`

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 10 of them

Front booklet in a jewel case: IRON MAIDEN / POWERSLAVE pyramid artwork, left spine grooved

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Back tray card through the case: tracklist, Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Martin Birch., barcode block top right, ℗ 1984 EMI Records, © 1984 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd, EMI / UNITED KINGDOM logo bottom left

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Barcode block on the tray card: 0777 746045 2 9 above the bars, 0 7777 46045 2 9 below, then a row of boxes I: (blank) / F: PM516, UK:CDEMS 1539, Printed in Holland, and sideways Place of manufacture as stated on label / Marketed and Distributed by EMI with an EMI logo

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Back page of the booklet, out of the case: tracklist, Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Martin Birch., top right CDP / 7 46045 2, bottom left EMI logo with EMI Records Ltd. / HAYES MIDDLESEX ENGLAND, ℗ 1984 EMI Records, © 1984 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd

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Booklet back page top right at native resolution: CDP over 7 46045 2

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Booklet back page bottom left: EMI Records Ltd. beside the EMI logo over HAYES / MIDDLESEX / ENGLAND

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Disc label: silver disc, black print, EMI / UNITED KINGDOM logo, DIGITAL MASTERING/ADD, boxed block STEREO / 7 46045 2 / BIEM/STEMRA / Made in Holland, ℗ 1984 EMI Records, © 1984 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd., LC 0542, numbered tracklist, Compact Disc Digital Audio logo; dark tray with a clear hub; ifpi 1534 visible mirrored through the hub

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Mirror ring, raking light: CDP 746045 2 @ 4 in dot-matrix lettering

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Mirror ring, raking light, other side: 2-2-2-NL in stamped outline lettering; ifpi 1534 moulded on the clear hub

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The photographs

IMG_6230.jpg1 of 10READ FROM

The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Standard jewel case with a dark tray and clear hub
Silver disc with black print; front booklet and back tray card; the booklet was photographed out of the case
Light surface marks on the case; the tray card shows faint creasing along its lower edge

What distinguishes this pressing

Disc reads Made in Holland with BIEM/STEMRA and LC 0542, carrying 7 46045 2 rather than CDP 7 46045 2
Tray card is the UK:CDEMS 1539 / Printed in Holland card with F: PM516 printed and I: blank
Booklet still carries the original CDP 7 46045 2 back page with the EMI Records Ltd. Hayes Middlesex England block
Ring is CDP 746045 2 @ 4 2-2-2-NL with mould SID ifpi 1534 and no mastering SID: a 2-2-n stamper, not the 2-1-n of the pre-SID rows nor the EMI UDEN ... 3-1-n of the later one

Eight tracks, and the recording credits

Tracks 1-4

1Aces High
22 Minutes To Midnight
3Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
4Flash Of The Blade

Tracks 5-8

5The Duellists
6Back In The Village
7Powerslave
8Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

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

Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch, assisted by Bruce Buchhalter and Frank Gibson. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound. Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau; mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; sleeve and design concept by Derek Riggs, Iron Maiden and Rod Smallwood. Photography by Moshe Brakha. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.

Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 1846534, 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 2-2-2-NL with mould SID ifpi 1534, which 12649713 records as its Variant 2 and no other row with this catalogue number carries.