Folder 295
Catalogue number 509999 972956 1 7 on the rear barcode box is carried by only one version-list row, 4314130; the other 2013 picture discs are TOJP-60229 (Japan / UK, Europe & Japan) and B0017868-01 (US).
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
No run-out groove photograph exists in this folder.
Front sleeve, still in shrink: the Seventh Son cover artwork with a black obi strip down the left edge reading 'LIMITED EDITION PICTURE DISC', the red 'IRON MAIDEN' logo, and 'ONE OF EIGHT LIMITED EDITION HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL PICTURE DISCS CUT FROM ORIGINAL VINYL PRODUCTION MASTERS IN DELUXE GATEFOLD SLEEVE' above a red EMI logo
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Front sleeve lower half at an angle: the shrink wrap runs continuously over the obi strip and the sleeve edge, with the same obi text repeated
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Rear sleeve: 'SIDE ONE' 1.MOONCHILD 2.INFINITE DREAMS 3.CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS 4.THE EVIL THAT MEN DO, 'SIDE TWO' 1.SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON 2.THE PROPHECY 3.THE CLAIRVOYANT 4.ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG, 'PRODUCED, ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY MARTIN BIRCH', with the barcode box top right
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Rear sleeve fine print: '(P) 1988 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD.', '(C) 2013 IRON MAIDEN HOLDINGS LTD. THIS LABEL COPY INFORMATION IS THE SUBJECT OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. (C) 2013 IRON MAIDEN HOLDINGS LTD.', 'These discs are manufactured from vinyl which includes pictures. By nature of this manufacturing process, sound quality may be compromised.', 'www.ironmaiden.com'
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Rear sleeve barcode box: '50999 972956 1 7', barcode '5 099997 295617', 'UK: 9729 561', 'F:' (blank), 'Place of manufacture as stated on label. Marketed and distributed by EMI. Printed in the EU', EMI logo
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Shrink wrap seam and creases visible along the top and side edges of the rear sleeve over the barcode box, confirming the sleeve is unopened
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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.
A photograph cannot grade a record - this is a description of what is visible, not a grade.
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.
Sealed: the sleeve pins it to 4314130 by catalogue number; the disc itself and its run-out stay unread until the shrink is opened. The owner's note repeats the barcode-box numbers and decided nothing the photographs did not already show.