Folder 285
Europe
The later European repress, the one with BIEM/GEMA printed on a black bar over the side-B rights society. A boxed 038 and France: PM 211 on the back mark it as a repress rather than the 1988 original.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Run-out, from the owner's note and not photographed: A: 7902581-A-01 "VERYDIRECTMETAL" Sterling; B: 7902581-B-01 "IFYOUDONTLIKEITBOLLOCKS" Sterling. Discogs records the same strings for both 11104240 and 25979638.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 11104240. Green: in my collection (2 of 2). Red: missing.
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Side A) | 7902581-A-01 "VERYDIRECTMETAL" STERLING — this copy |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Side B) | 7902581-B-01 "IFYOUDONTLIKEITBOLLOCKS" Sterling — this copy |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 9 of them
Front sleeve: standard Derek Riggs artwork, a small white sticker top right (not legible in the photograph)
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Rear sleeve: tracklist across the top, Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Martin Birch., a red Musik service sticker on the left edge
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Rear sleeve catalogue block: barcode 0 77779 02581 7, boxed 038-79 0258 1, 538-79 0258 2, 238-79 0258 4, France: PM 211
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Rear sleeve bottom left: boxed EMI logo, EMI Records Ltd. Hayes Middlesex ENGLAND
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Sleeve: embossed boxed EMI logo
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Rear sleeve: (P) 1988 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd / (C) 1988 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd.
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Side B label (THIS SIDE 1. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son to 4. Only The Good Die Young): boxed EMI, 33⅓ RPM, LC 0542, 064-79 0258 1, DMM
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Side B label: BIEM/GEMA in white on a black bar under the catalogue number, above the DMM logo
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Side B label rim: ... VERMIETUNG, AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG! MADE IN EEC.
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Sleeve - single pocket, standard artwork; the rear carries a red
Musik serviceretail sticker. The inner sleeve is not photographed. - Labels - the standard European EMI picture label; only side B is photographed.
- Disc - black vinyl, DMM-cut. The run-out is not photographed; its reading comes from the owner's note.
What distinguishes this pressing
BIEM/GEMAon a black bar, side B - the detail Discogs uses to tell the two represses apart: 11104240 has GEMA/STEMRA overprinted with BIEM/GEMA, 25979638 a bare black bar.- Boxed
038andFrance: PM 211on the back - mark the repress family and rule out the 1988 original 368980 (064,PM 264). - Run-out
VERYDIRECTMETAL/IFYOUDONTLIKEITBOLLOCKS- from the owner's note; shared by both represses, so it corroborates and separates nothing. - Barcode
0 77779 02581 7- shared across many releases on the master; it separates nothing.
Eight tracks, two sides, and the recording credits
Side A
- A1Moonchild
- A2Infinite Dreams
- A3Can I Play With Madness
- A4The Evil That Men Do
Side B
- B1Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- B2The Prophecy
- B3The Clairvoyant
- B4Only 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. The producer, publisher and copyright lines are independently corroborated by this copy's own label, quoted 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
Pinned to 11104240 by the side B rights-society bar. The back cover's boxed 038 and France: PM 211 put it among the later European represses; the 1988 original 368980 has PM 264. Of the two represses with PM 211, 11104240 is described with GEMA/STEMRA overprinted by BIEM/GEMA on side B, and 25979638 with only a black bar and no society. This label shows BIEM/GEMA in white on the bar.
The owner's note gives the run-out, and it matches what Discogs lists for both represses, so it agrees without deciding anything. Side A's label and the inner sleeve are not photographed. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued pressing can't be excluded.