Folder 279

Europe

038-74 6363 1 on the rear sleeve as well as the labels -- the one mark that separates this copy from the repress row 11031828, whose sleeve carries 067-74 6363 1 beside the same barcode.

Catalogue: 038-74 6363 1
Label: EMI
Released: undated on the copy itself, and the Discogs row carries no year
Confidence: Confirmed
Why this grade
038-74 6363 1 is printed on both labels, as (038-74 6363 1 A) and (038-74 6363 1 B) beneath, and boxed in the rear-sleeve code block beside the barcode 0 77774 63631 5. Among the master's vinyl rows that number appears on exactly two: release 2177140 (Europe, 038-74 6363 1 alone) and release 11031828 (Europe, repress, 067-74 6363 1, 038-74 6363 1). Their fetched release pages separate them on the sleeve: 11031828's notes state 067-74 6363 1 on back cover near barcode and 038-74 6363 1 on labels, while 2177140 carries 038-74 6363 1 only. This copy's rear sleeve prints 038-74 6363 1 in the box beside the barcode, with the 538-74 6363 2 and 238-74 6363 4 companion codes under it and no 067 anywhere, so the sleeve rules 11031828 out and leaves 2177140. The third 746363 1 row, 3036999, carries 064-7 46363 1 on its labels, which these labels do not. The run-out corroborates rather than decides: 2177140 records side A as 07724 A-1 / 746 363 1-A and side B as 746 363 1-B / 07724-B1, and both strings are stamped in this copy's deadwax exactly as recorded; the same stamped core is recorded for 11031828 and 3036999 too, with J.C. added, so identical metalwork served every 746363 1 pressing and the run-out alone would not have separated them. This copy carries J.C. on both sides as well, which 2177140's identifiers omit -- read here as an incomplete Discogs entry rather than a mismatch, since nothing on this copy contradicts that row and the sleeve code contradicts the other. Country is settled independently: both labels state MADE IN EEC., carry BIEM / GEMA, the German ALLE URHEBER- UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE VORBEHALTEN. KEIN VERLEIH! ... rim text and the label code LC 0542, and the rear sleeve adds France: PM 211 -- the EMI Electrola pan-European issue, Discogs country Europe. The owner's note gives the barcode as 077774636315 and the deadwax as 07724 A-1 746 363 1-A J.C. and 07724 B-1 746 363 1-B J.C.; every element of that is carried by the photographs, with one small difference: the side-B rim stamp reads 07724-B1 here, Discogs 2177140's spelling, where the note has B-1. The note did not decide anything -- the rear-sleeve code block did. The version list is incomplete by construction, so a further European pressing carrying 038-74 6363 1 on both sleeve and labels cannot be excluded.
Reference: Discogs 2177140
Median sale: DKK 157
Sale range: DKK 52-329
On sale now: 6, from DKK 150
Last sold: 1 April 2026

What the record says

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

Run-out photographed, both sides, stamped. Side A, beside the label: 07 724 A-1 in one frame and 746 363 1-A in the next, with a small etched J.C. further round the band. Side B, beside the label: 746 363 1-B and 07724-B1, with J.C. again and a further bracketed glyph to its left that does not resolve in any frame. These match Discogs 2177140's 07724 A-1 / 746 363 1-A and 746 363 1-B / 07724-B1 verbatim; the J.C. is recorded by Discogs on the sibling rows 11031828 and 3036999, not on 2177140, so the deadwax corroborates the match and the sleeve code block is what decides it.

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 12 of them

Front sleeve: the Derek Riggs padded-cell artwork, red IRON MAIDEN logo and yellow script Piece of Mind; no sticker, overprint or number on the front

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Rear sleeve: blue IRON MAIDEN logo, band line-up BRUCE DICKINSON / DAVE MURRAY / ADRIAN SMITH / STEVE HARRIS / NICKO McBRAIN, SIDE ONE four titles and SIDE TWO five titles, Produced and Engineered by Martin 'Black Night' Birch, the Revelations quotation, LC 0542 oval, red EMI box, and the barcode and code block top right; IRON MAIDEN · PIECE OF MIND printed along the top edge with no catalogue number beside it

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Rear-sleeve code block at native resolution: barcode 0 77774 63631 5, 038-74 6363 1 boxed, 538-74 6363 2, 238-74 6363 4, France: PM 211

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Rear-sleeve credits panel at native resolution: the line-up, both tracklists, (P) 1983 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd / (C) 1983 Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd, Revelations Ch.XXI V4, LC 0542 and the red EMI box

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Side A label: the brain-on-a-plate artwork, Piece of Mind, 33 1/3 r.p.m. stereo, Side One with four titles and timings, 038-74 6363 1 over (038-74 6363 1 A) and BIEM / GEMA, LC 0542 oval, Produced and Engineered by Martin Birch, All tracks published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd, (P)1983 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd, (C)1983 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd, the English rights rim text, MADE IN EEC. and the German UNERLAUBTE VERVIELFALTIGUNG, VERMIETUNG, AUFFUHRUNG, SENDUNG! / ALLE URHEBER- UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE VORBEHALTEN. KEIN VERLEIH! KEINE rim text, and the EMI box

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Side B label: same design, Side Two with five titles ending 5. To Tame A Land (Harris) 7.37, 038-74 6363 1 over (038-74 6363 1 B), BIEM / GEMA, LC 0542, MADE IN EEC. and the same German rim text

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Side A run-out beside the label, two frames: stamped 07 724 A-1, the label's EMI box and KEIN VERLEIH! KEINE rim text in frame

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Side A run-out beside the label: stamped 746 363 1-A, with the label's (038-74 6363 1 A) / BIEM / GEMA / LC 0542 directly above

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Side A run-out: etched J.C., with the label's UNAUTHORIZED COPYING, HIRING rim text upside down in frame

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Side B run-out beside the label, native crop: stamped 07724-B1, with the label's ...Music Publishers Ltd / (Holdings) Ltd / 7.37 text above

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Side B run-out: etched J.C. with a bracketed glyph to its left that does not resolve, the label's WORK REPRODUCED RESERVED rim text in frame

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Outer sleeve -- the standard Riggs artwork front, black rear with the blue logo, line-up, tracklists and the Revelations quotation; wear and a small chip at the top-right corner by the barcode, and scuffing in the centre of the rear panel. Discogs lists this issue as a gatefold; the photographs show it closed and do not confirm that.
Labels -- the EMI photographic design with the brain on a plate of vegetables, yellow script title, German and English rights rim text and MADE IN EEC. on both sides.
Vinyl -- black, machine-stamped run-outs on both sides with a small etched J.C..
Inner sleeve -- not photographed.

What distinguishes this pressing

038-74 6363 1 on the rear sleeve as well as the labels -- the one mark that separates this copy from the repress row 11031828, whose sleeve carries 067-74 6363 1 beside the same barcode.
MADE IN EEC. with German rights text and LC 0542 on both labels and the rear sleeve, plus France: PM 211 -- the EMI Electrola pan-European issue, not a UK or French pressing of the same digits.
Stamped run-out 07 724 A-1 / 746 363 1-A and 746 363 1-B / 07724-B1 with etched J.C. -- the shared 746363 1 metalwork, matching Discogs 2177140 verbatim and corroborating the match.

Nine tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

A1Where Eagles Dare
A2Revelations
A3Flight Of Icarus
A4Die With Your Boots On

Side B

B1The Trooper
B2Still Life
B3Quest For Fire
B4Sun And Steel
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

Confirmed. Country and catalogue number are certain from both labels and the rear sleeve. Two Europe rows carry 038-74 6363 1, and the rear-sleeve code block -- 038-74 6363 1 boxed beside the barcode, with no 067 -- rules out the repress row 11031828, which Discogs records with 067-74 6363 1 on the back cover. The stamped run-out on both sides matches 2177140's recorded strings verbatim. The one loose end is the etched J.C., which Discogs records on the sibling rows and not on 2177140; adding it to that row's identifiers would close it. The version list is never complete, so a further European pressing with the same sleeve and label codes cannot be excluded.