Folder 286

UK

Labels numbered IRN 91 and IRN 92 with the EMI box: the only vinyl row on the master carrying those numbers is the UK 419183.

Catalogue: IRN 9, IRN 91, IRN 92
Label: EMI
Released: 1990
Confidence: Likely
Why this grade
UK EMI double pack, part IX of The First Ten Years. The back sleeve carries IRN 9 over 79 4002 1 with barcode 0 077779 400119, and its print block reads Sleeve printed in England / Manufactured in England SP9004JU; the two records' labels read IRN 92 / IRN 92A / IRN 92B (The Evil That Men Do disc) and IRN 91 / IRN 91A / IRN 91B (Can I Play With Madness disc), each with the EMI box and the (P) 1988 ... (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD lines. Of the four vinyl rows on the master only 419183 carries IRN 9, IRN 91, IRN 92; the European row 2616375 is a 198-7 94001 1 family number that appears nowhere on this copy, the Italian row 7061923 is 2-52 7940011, and the South Korean IRN 9 row 26064163 is an unofficial pressing listed with no label, which the EMI-logo labels and the Manufactured in England print block rule out. All four run-outs were photographed and read IRN 92 A-1-1-1 / IRN 92 B-1-1-1 / IRN 91 A-1-1-1 / IRN 91 B-1-1-1, each with a stamped Penthouse. The grade stops at Probable rather than Confirmed because no release JSON for 419183 is cached, so the photographed run-out could not be compared with the matrix Discogs records for it; the catalogue number and country match one row, and nothing else was cross-checked. The owner's note agrees with the photographs on the barcode, the sleeve number and all four run-outs (its IRN 09 is the series number IX on the front roundel, printed IRN 9 on the sleeve itself) and decided nothing the photographs did not already show. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued UK variant cannot be ruled out.
Reference: Discogs 419183
Median sale: DKK 276
Sale range: DKK 116-566
On sale now: 17, from DKK 89
Last sold: 24 October 2026

What the record says

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

IRN 92 A: IRN 92 A-1-1-1 / Penthouse (stamped); IRN 92 B: IRN 92 B-1-1-1 / Penthouse (stamped); IRN 91 A: IRN 91 A-1-1-1 / Penthouse (stamped); IRN 91 B: IRN 91 B-1-1-1 / Penthouse (stamped)

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 16 of them

Front sleeve: IRON MAIDEN / CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS artwork, with The First Ten Years roundel bottom left reading THE FIRST TEN YEARS 1980 1990 CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS THE EVIL THAT MEN DO IX UP THE IRONS

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Back sleeve: The Evil That Men Do artwork, barcode top right with IRN 9 / 79 4002 1 beneath it, EMI box bottom right, print block bottom left, and a bottom-centre line (P) 1988 Except LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART IX (P) 1990 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD ... EMI RECORDS LTD

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Back sleeve catalogue block at native resolution: barcode 0 077779 400119, IRN 9, 79 4002 1

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Back sleeve print block: Sleeve printed in England / Manufactured in England SP9004JU

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Record one, side A label: A THE EVIL THAT MEN DO (Smith / Dickinson / Harris), Produced, Engineered and Mixed by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 92 / IRN 92A, (P) 1988 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD. (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD. ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD., EMI box, rim ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. UNAUTHORISED COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING OF THIS DISC FORBIDDEN

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Record one, side A run-out: IRN 92 A-1-1-1 stamped

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Record one, side A run-out: Penthouse stamped

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Record one, side B label: B PROWLER '88 (Harris), CHARLOTTE THE HARLOT '88 (Murray), LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART IX Produced by N. McBRAIN, IRN 92 / IRN 92B, same EMI copyright lines and EMI box

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Record one, side B run-out: IRN 92 B-1-1-1 stamped

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Record one, side B run-out: Penthouse stamped

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Record two, side A label: A CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS (Smith / Dickinson / Harris), Produced, Engineered and Mixed by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 91 / IRN 91A, same EMI copyright lines, ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD., EMI box

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Record two, side A run-out: IRN 91 A-1-1-1 stamped

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Record two, side A run-out: Penthouse stamped

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Record two, side B label: B BLACK BART BLUES (Harris / Dickinson), MASSACRE (Lynott / Gorham / Downey), IRN 91 / IRN 91B, Track 1 ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD. Track 2 PIPPIN THE FRIENDLY RANGER / CHAPPELL MUSIC LTD., EMI box

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Record two, side B run-out: IRN 91 B-1-1-1 stamped

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Record two, side B run-out: Penthouse stamped

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Gatefold-style double pack sleeve with Can I Play With Madness on the front and The Evil That Men Do on the back, The First Ten Years roundel on the front. Heavy ring wear and surface loss down the back's right edge, with scuffing along the bottom.
Two black vinyl 12" records, one per single, each with the grey Eddie-under-the-streetlamp labels, red Iron Maiden logo and orange EMI box.
No inner sleeves, inserts or stickers are visible in the photographs.

What distinguishes this pressing

Labels numbered IRN 91 and IRN 92 with the EMI box: the only vinyl row on the master carrying those numbers is the UK 419183.
Manufactured in England SP9004JU on the back sleeve, against the unofficial South Korean IRN 9 row 26064163, which is listed with no label.
No 198-7 94001 1 family number anywhere on sleeve or labels, which is what the European row 2616375 carries.
Stamped run-outs IRN 92 A-1-1-1 / IRN 92 B-1-1-1 / IRN 91 A-1-1-1 / IRN 91 B-1-1-1 with Penthouse on all four sides, recorded here for comparison once 419183's matrix fields are to hand.

Seven tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

ACan I Play With Madness
B1Black Bart Blues
B2Massacre

Side B

CThe Evil That Men Do
D1Prowler '88
D2Charlotte The Harlot '88
D3Listen With Nicko! Part IX

Can I Play With Madness, Black Bart Blues, Massacre, The Evil That Men Do, Prowler '88 and Charlotte The Harlot '88 produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Listen With Nicko! Part IX produced by Nicko McBrain. Illustration by Derek Riggs; photography by Ross Halfin; packaging design by The Complete Works. Pressed by EMI Swindon. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Credits are sourced from Discogs release 383868, the UK CD IRN 9, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing; the UK double 12" is release 419183 (IRN 9). 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.

What is settled, and what is not

One UK row fits and nothing contradicts it, but the run-out was never compared with what Discogs records for 419183 because that release's JSON is not cached. Fetching release 419183 and checking its Matrix / Runout fields against IRN 92 A-1-1-1 Penthouse and the other three sides is what would lift this from Probable to Confirmed. Standing caveat: the method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.