Folder 291

UK

Labels numbered IRN 81 and IRN 82 with the EMI box, and IRN 8 on the sleeve: the only vinyl row on the master carrying those numbers is the UK 2224010.

Catalogue: IRN 8, 79 3998 1, IRN 81, IRN 82
Label: EMI
Released: 1990
Confidence: Likely
Why this grade
UK EMI double pack, part VIII of The First Ten Years, in a clean sleeve. The back sleeve carries IRN 8 in red over a second red line too worn to read, beside barcode 0 077779 399819, and its print block reads SLEEVE PRINTED IN ENGLAND / MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND SP9003JU. The two records' labels read IRN 81 / IRN 81A / IRN 81B (Wasted Years disc) and IRN 82 / IRN 82A / IRN 82B (Stranger In A Strange Land disc), each with the EMI box and EMI Records Ltd copyright lines. Of the four vinyl rows on the master only 2224010 carries IRN 8, 79 3998 1, IRN 81, IRN 82; the European row 4140483 is a 198-7 93998 1 45 RPM number that appears nowhere on this copy, the Italian row 7391951 is 2-52 7939981, and the Colombian row 4345721 is 456000008, and MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND rules all three out on country as well. All four run-outs were photographed and read I RN 81 A-1-1-1 / IRN 81 B-1-1-2 / IRN 82 A-1-1-3 / IRN 82 B-1-1-1, each side with a stamped D; the gap after the I on side 1A is how the stamp reads. Side 1B ends -2 here where folder 290's copy of the same pressing ends -1, a different stamper of the same cut, which Discogs would file under one release. The grade stops at Probable rather than Confirmed because no release JSON for 2224010 is cached, so the photographed run-outs 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, stamped D included, 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 2224010
Median sale: DKK 285
Sale range: DKK 67-525
On sale now: 12, from DKK 178
Last sold: 16 October 2026

What the record says

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

IRN 81 A: I RN 81 A-1-1-1 / D (stamped); IRN 81 B: IRN 81 B-1-1-2 / D (stamped); IRN 82 A: IRN 82 A-1-1-3 / D (stamped); IRN 82 B: IRN 82 B-1-1-1 / D (stamped)

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

Front sleeve: Wasted Years artwork (the time-machine console with IRON MAIDEN / WASTED YEARS / DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME SEARCHING FOR THOSE WASTED YEARS on the central screen, 73-12-CLN under it) with The First Ten Years roundel top right and a black round hype sticker top left reading LIMITED EDITION / IRN 8 / WASTED YEARS / REACH OUT / SHERIFF OF HUDDERSFIELD / STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND / THAT GIRL / JUANITA / LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART VIII / CONTAINS "FIRST TEN YEARS" COLLECTORS BOX VOUCHER DETAILS INSIDE / 33⅓ RPM

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Back sleeve: Stranger In A Strange Land artwork (Eddie in a hat and long coat at a bar table) under IRON MAIDEN / Stranger In A Strange Land, barcode and red IRN 8 top right, EMI box and copyright block (P) 1986 EXCEPT LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART VIII (P) 1990 / THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING / IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD / (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD bottom right, print block bottom left

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Back sleeve catalogue block at native resolution: barcode 0 077779 399819 above IRN 8 in red and a second red line beneath it that is too worn to read

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Back sleeve print block at native resolution: SLEEVE PRINTED IN ENGLAND / MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND SP9003JU in red

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Record one, side A label: A WASTED YEARS (SMITH) Produced and Engineered by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 81 / IRN 81A, (P) 1986 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD. (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD. ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS, EMI box, grey Eddie-under-the-streetlamp design with the red Iron Maiden logo, rim ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. UNAUTHORISED COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING OF THIS DISC FORBIDDEN

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Record one, side A run-out: I RN 81 A-1-1-1 stamped beneath the IRN 81A corner of the label, a gap after the I

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Record one, side A run-out: a stamped D beneath the EMI box

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Record one, side B label: B 1. REACH OUT (COLWELL) 2. SHERIFF OF HUDDERSFIELD (IRON MAIDEN) Produced, Engineered and Mixed by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 81 / IRN 81B, (P) 1986 and the same EMI Records Ltd copyright lines, Track 1. RONDOR MUSIC (LDN) LTD. Track 2. ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD., EMI box

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Record one, side B run-out: IRN 81 B-1-1-2 stamped beneath the Iron Maiden logo of the label, the final character a 2

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Record one, side B run-out: a stamped D

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Record two, side A label: A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND (SMITH) Produced and Engineered by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 82 / IRN 82A, (P) 1986 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD. (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD. ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD., EMI box

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Record two, side A run-out: IRN 82 A-1-1-3 stamped beneath the Eddie figure of the label, the final character a 3

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Record two, side A run-out: a stamped D

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Record two, side B label: B 1. THAT GIRL (BARNETT / GOLDSMITH / JUPP) 2. JUANITA (BARNACLE / O'NEIL) Produced and Engineered by MARTIN BIRCH 3. LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART VIII (McBRAIN) Produced by N. McBRAIN, IRN 82 / IRN 82B, Tracks 1 and 2 (P) 1986 Track 3 (P) 1990 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD. (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD. Track 1 METROPOLIS MUSIC BV / WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LTD. / CHAPPELL MUSIC LTD. Track 2 CHELSEA MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. LTD., EMI box

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Record two, side B run-out: IRN 82 B-1-1-1 stamped beneath the EMI box and publisher lines of the label

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Record two, side B run-out: a stamped D

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Double pack sleeve with Wasted Years on the front and Stranger In A Strange Land on the back, The First Ten Years roundel and the black round Limited Edition hype sticker on the front. The sleeve is in good shape: light edge wear and a small nick at the bottom right corner of the back, the second red catalogue line under IRN 8 rubbed.
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. Light surface marks show in the run-out close-ups.
No inner sleeves, voucher, inserts or extra stickers are visible in the photographs.

What distinguishes this pressing

Labels numbered IRN 81 and IRN 82 with the EMI box, and IRN 8 on the sleeve: the only vinyl row on the master carrying those numbers is the UK 2224010.
MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND on the sleeve, and no 198-7 93998 1 (European 45 RPM row 4140483), 2-52 7939981 (Italian row 7391951) or 456000008 (Colombian row 4345721) anywhere on the sleeve or labels.
Stamped run-outs I RN 81 A-1-1-1 / IRN 81 B-1-1-2 / IRN 82 A-1-1-3 / IRN 82 B-1-1-1, each with a stamped D, recorded here for comparison once 2224010's matrix fields are to hand; side 1B's -2 is the one stamper that differs from folder 290.

Seven tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

AWasted Years
B1Reach Out
B2Sheriff Of Huddersfield

Side B

CStranger In A Strange Land
D1That Girl
D2Juanita
D3Listen With Nicko! Part VIII

Wasted Years, Reach Out and Sheriff Of Huddersfield produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch; Stranger In A Strange Land, That Girl and Juanita produced and engineered by Martin Birch. Listen With Nicko! Part VIII produced by Nicko McBrain. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; Wasted Years photograph by Aaron Rapoport; Stranger In A Strange Land photograph by Ross Halfin; packaging artwork by The Complete Works. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (Reach Out by Rondor Music; That Girl by Metropolis Music BV, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Chappell Music; Juanita by Chelsea Music Publishing Co. Ltd.). Pressed by EMI Swindon.

Credits are sourced from Discogs release 383863, the UK CD IRN 8, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing; the UK double 12" is release 2224010 (IRN 8). 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

One UK row fits and nothing contradicts it, but the run-out was never compared with what Discogs records for 2224010 because that release's JSON is not cached. Fetching release 2224010 and checking its Matrix / Runout fields against I RN 81 A-1-1-1, IRN 81 B-1-1-2, IRN 82 A-1-1-3 and IRN 82 B-1-1-1 is what would lift this from Probable to Confirmed.