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Folder 282

US

Deadwax pair F2 / F6 with the --◁ Winchester mark is listed only under 13511276 (variants 2 and 4); 15162112 pairs F2 with G12, the Jacksonville and SRC rows are all G- cuts, and Los Angeles is F3 / F9

Catalogue
ST-12141
Label
Harvest
Released
1981
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

US Harvest first pressing, cut at Capitol and pressed at Capitol's Winchester, Virginia plant: the --◁ plant mark sits in the deadwax beside a stamped MASTERED BY CAPITOL on both sides. The labels read ST-12141 over (ST 1-12141) / (ST 2-12141) with the Harvest logo and the rim text MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES-EMI, INC., U.S.A., and the back sleeve carries ST-12141, the Harvest logo, barcode 0 7777-12141-1 and the Capitol manufacturing line naming the Los Angeles, Jacksonville and Winchester factories. That keeps the US ST-12141 rows on the master and drops Canada (2430983, Canadian manufacturing text and an F / F8 pair) and Barbados (33015846, its own labels). Among the US rows the deadwax decides it: side A is hand-etched ST-1-12141 F2 and side B ST-2-12141 F6. The Jacksonville rows 10616059, 11519207 and 2587549 all carry G- series cuts with a stamped 0, the Los Angeles row 1537567 reads F3 / F9 with a B- number, and the later Capitol-label rows 13006103, 6880068 and 16756689 carry SRC or RCA marks and G- cuts, none of which is here. The Winchester reissue 15162112 shares the side A F2 but pairs it with G12 on side B and has Capitol dome labels, not Harvest. Only 13511276 lists F2 with F6, as its variants 2 and 4, so the run-out pair is carried by one survivor and the grade is Confirmed. The #4 or #3 and KP Discogs gives for those variants are not in the photographed arc of either run-out, so which of the two variants this is stays open, and the same goes for a KP on side B. The owner's note gave both run-outs as ST-1-12141 F2 and ST-2-12141 F6; the photographs show the same strings, so the note corroborates and did not decide anything. The version list is incomplete, so an uncatalogued variant can't be excluded.

Reference
Discogs 13511276
Median sale
DKK 266
Sale range
DKK 47-666
On sale now
29, from DKK 166
Last sold
15 October 2026
A photograph of pressing 282, US

What the record says

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

A: ST-1-12141 F2 --◁ MASTERED BY CAPITOL; B: ST-2-12141 F6 --◁ MASTERED BY CAPITOL

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

Run-out side A: hand-etched ST-1-12141 F2, read across two frames

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Run-out side A: stamped MASTERED BY CAPITOL above the label's ST-12141 (ST 1-12141)

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Run-out side A: etched --◁ plant mark, a dash leading into an open triangle, below the label rim near CAPITOL INDUSTRIES-EMI, INC., U.S.A.

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Run-out side B: hand-etched ST-2-12141 F6, the F6 read cleanly in several frames

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Run-out side B: stamped MASTERED BY CAPITOL, and a line-and-triangle mark of the same shape as side A's --◁, less cleanly resolved

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Side 1 label: dark Eddie-with-lamp-post label, 1, ST-12141 over (ST 1-12141), Harvest logo REG. TRADE MARK OF EMI RECORDS LTD., tracks 1-6 The Ides Of March to Innocent Exile with BMI and timings, Produced by Martin Birch, Recorded in England, (P)1981 EMI Records Limited, (C)1981 Capitol Records, Inc., rim MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES-EMI, INC., U.S.A. * CAPITOL MARCA REG. * ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. UNAUTHORIZED DUPLICATION IS A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAWS.

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Side 2 label: same design, 2, ST-12141 over (ST 2-12141), tracks 1-5 Killers to Drifter, (P. Di'Anno-S. Harris) on Killers, (S. Harris-D. Murray) on Twilight Zone, same rim text

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Back sleeve lower left: UP THE HAMMERS, ST-12141, MANUFACTURED, MARKETED & DISTRIBUTED BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC. A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES-EMI, INC., HOLLYWOOD & VINE STREETS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. AND FACTORIES: LOS ANGELES, CALIF., JACKSONVILLE, ILL., WINCHESTER, VA., (P)1981 EMI Records Limited, (C)1981 Capitol Records, Inc.

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Back sleeve lower right: Harvest logo REG. TRADE MARK OF EMI RECORDS LTD., credits PRODUCED, ENGINEERED AND BULLIED BY MARTIN "HEADMASTER" BIRCH, RECORDED AT BATTERY STUDIOS, LONDON, SECOND ENGINEER: NIGEL HEWITT, Sanctuary and fan club addresses at 165-167 WILLESDEN HIGH RD, LONDON NW10

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Back sleeve top right: barcode 0 7777-12141-1, spine text IRON MAIDEN * KILLERS

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Back sleeve: live stage photo, red tracklist line The Ides Of March to Drifter, six band portraits including Martin "Headmaster" Birch

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Front sleeve: standard Killers artwork, no hype sticker, no Fame script

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Matte-black outer sleeve with heavy edge and ring wear, corner bumps and a worn-through patch at the top left front edge
  • Black vinyl LP with the dark Eddie-and-lamp-post Harvest labels
  • No hype sticker on the front
  • No inner sleeve photographed

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Deadwax pair F2 / F6 with the --◁ Winchester mark is listed only under 13511276 (variants 2 and 4); 15162112 pairs F2 with G12, the Jacksonville and SRC rows are all G- cuts, and Los Angeles is F3 / F9
  • Harvest logo on both labels and the back sleeve, where 15162112, 13006103, 6880068 and 16756689 carry the Capitol dome
  • US label rim text rules out the Canadian and Barbados ST-12141 rows
Ten tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1The Ides Of March
  2. A2Wrathchild
  3. A3Murders In The Rue Morgue
  4. A4Another Life
  5. A5Genghis Khan
  6. A6Innocent Exile

Side B

  1. B1Killers
  2. B2Prodigal Son
  3. B3Purgatory
  4. B4Drifter

Paul Di'Anno - vocals · Dave Murray - guitar · Adrian Smith - guitar · Steve Harris - bass · Clive Burr - drums.

Produced and engineered by Martin Birch, assisted by Nigel Hewitt; the release's own credit lists him as producer, engineer, and, in Discogs' wording, "bullied by". Recorded at Battery Studios, London; lacquer cut at The Town House. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; photography by Robert Ellis. Management by Rod Smallwood for Sanctuary. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Phonographic copyright and copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1538759, the UK original (EMI EMC 3357, 1981) 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 by the run-out pair and the plant mark. A wider shot of each run-out would show whether #4 KP or #3 KP sits further round side A, and whether side B carries KP, which is what separates 13511276's variant 2 from its variant 4. A photograph of the inner sleeve would show whether it is a printed Capitol inner or plain.