Folder 284
Europe
Barcode text '0 190295 567705' with the leading 0 and trailing 5 that Discogs notes 13426241 lacks; round 'THE STUDIO COLLECTION' sticker listed on 21168847; the WMIS London / Warner Hamburg address label fits a European-market copy, though the five Brazilian entries with the same barcode are not excluded by anything photographed.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
No photograph of the inner mirror ring exists in this folder, so no matrix or SID code was read.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 21168847. Green: in my collection (7 of 9). Red: missing.
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 1) | 0190295567705 AJ58608-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH — copy 150 |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 2) | 0190295567705 AJ58608-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH — copy 150 |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 3) | 0190295567705 AJ58608-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH — copy 150 |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 4) | 0190295567705 AJ58608-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH — copy 150 |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 5) | 0190295567705 AJ58608-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH — copy 150 |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 6) | 0190295567705 AJ58608-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH — copy 150 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 7) | 0190295567705 AJ58403-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 8) | 0190295567705 AJ58403-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 9) | 0190295567705 AJ58608-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH — copy 150 |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 5 of them
Front of the digipak under shrink-wrap: 'IRON MAIDEN' logo over the Derek Riggs cyborg-Eddie street scene, 'SOMEWHERE IN TIME' in yellow; round black sticker reading 'THE STUDIO COLLECTION', 'ORIGINALLY RELEASED', '1986' in red, 'REMASTERED'; white price sticker '179,-' on the wrap
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Back of the digipak under shrink-wrap: tracklist 'CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN TIME . WASTED YEARS . SEA OF MADNESS . HEAVEN CAN WAIT / THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER . STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND . DEJA-VU . ALEXANDER THE GREAT', 'PRODUCED, ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY MARTIN BIRCH'; barcode top right with Parlophone '£' logo beneath; bottom line 'Original ℗ 1986. Remaster ℗ 2015. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Iron Maiden LLP under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd., a Warner Music Group. © 2019 Iron Maiden LLP. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. 0190295567705'
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Barcode on the back, read at native resolution: '0 190295 567705', with 'TRADE MARK' and 'Parlophone' beside the '£' logo; shrink-wrap visible over it
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White address label on the back: 'WMIS Limited, Cannon Place, 78 Cannon St, London EC4N 6AF, UK. Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, Alter Wandrahm 14, 20457 Hamburg, Germany. products_wea@wmg.com'
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Spine, through creased shrink-wrap: '0190295567705' in white on black
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Digipak CD, factory sealed in shrink-wrap, with a round black Studio Collection sticker on the front and a white WMIS/Warner address label on the back. The disc and any booklet are not visible.
What distinguishes this pressing
- Barcode text '0 190295 567705' with the leading 0 and trailing 5 that Discogs notes 13426241 lacks; round 'THE STUDIO COLLECTION' sticker listed on 21168847; the WMIS London / Warner Hamburg address label fits a European-market copy, though the five Brazilian entries with the same barcode are not excluded by anything photographed.
Eight tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-4
- 1Caught Somewhere In Time
- 2Wasted Years
- 3Sea Of Madness
- 4Heaven Can Wait
Tracks 5-8
- 5The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
- 6Stranger In A Strange Land
- 7Deja-Vu
- 8Alexander The Great
Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar, guitar synthesizer · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, guitar synthesizer · Steve Harris - bass, bass synth · Nicko McBrain - drums.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound. Bass, bass synth and drums recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau; guitars, vocals and guitar synth recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum; mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; sleeve concept by Derek Riggs and Rod Smallwood. Inner sleeve photograph by Aaron Rapoport. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 1701390, 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
Opening it and photographing the mirror ring under raking light would check the disc against 21168847's 'AJ58608-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH' matrix and separate it from the Brazilian entries that share the barcode.