Folder 296
Mexico
Ring CDAC 225300 03 with IFPI LE81 and Mastered by Sony Music México, against the Warner Music Mexico row 15457085 whose recorded ring is 5099968216405 arvato 59586 100496914 with IFPI LP74.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
The inner mirror ring was photographed under raking light in four frames. IMG_6753.jpeg shows the matrix stamped along the mirror band, CDAC 225300 followed, after a gap, by 03, read as CDAC 225300 03. IMG_6754.jpeg shows the mastering SID code IFPI LE81 further round the band with the start of Mastered / Sony Music beyond it, and IMG_6755.jpeg the plant credit in full, Mastered by Sony Music México, stamped as a separate two-line block on the band. Discogs' entry for 8950961 records two Matrix / Runout lines, CDAC 225300 03 and IFPI LE81, and this disc carries both, so both are in the ring. The plant credit is kept out because it is a company statement rather than the matrix. IMG_6756.jpeg shows the ring of bar-like marks on the inner edge of the mirror band, with no further text. A moulded IFPI code sits in the clear hub below the band in IMG_6754.jpeg but its digits do not resolve at native resolution and are not read.
CDAC 225300 03 — this copy's ring IS a recorded matrix entry of the 2 matrix entries Discogs records.
IFPI LE81 — this copy's ring IS a recorded matrix entry of the 2 matrix entries Discogs records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 8950961. Green: in my collection (2 of 2). Red: missing.
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout | CDAC 225300 03 — this copy |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout | IFPI LE81 — this copy |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 10 of them
Front of the jewel case: standard Seventh Son cover art, IRON MAIDEN in purple and gold, SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON; the inlay spine reads IRON MAIDEN in red with an enhanced CD device at the top
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Rear inlay, whole: barcode box top left, an EMI box and the PIRATERIA ES MUSICA ROBADA device beside it, www.emimusic.com.mx, an enhanced CD logo, the eight titles MOONCHILD to ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG, Produced, Engineered And Mixed By Martin Birch, the Special enhanced CD for use on PC or Macintosh paragraph, and a six-line Spanish rights block at the foot
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Rear inlay barcode box at native resolution: 0 724349 686403 under the bars, with www.emimusic.com.mx, the enhanced CD logo, the EMI box and the PIRATERIA ES MUSICA ROBADA device around it
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Rear inlay fine print at native resolution: Este fonograma es un producto intelectual protegido en favor de su productor. Digitally remastered ℗ 1998 EMI Records Ltd. © 1998 Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd., reconocida por la Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor, Hecho en México por EMI MUSIC MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. Río Tigris, Col. Cuauhtémoc, 06500 México D.F. EMI MUSIC MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. "La música es cultura"; the words crossed by the artwork's guitar neck are blurred and not read
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Inlay front panel seen from inside the open case: the iceberg artwork continues across it with the book and chain; no text is printed on this panel
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Disc face in its tinted tray: picture disc with the Eddie face artwork, IRON MAIDEN and SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON in yellow, a bel BIEM roundel and an EMI box at the right, no catalogue number or rim text printed on the face
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Mirror ring under raking light: CDAC 225300 then, after a gap, 03
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Mirror ring under raking light: IFPI LE81 with the start of Mastered / Sony Music beyond it, and a faint moulded IFPI code in the clear hub below whose digits do not resolve
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Mirror ring under raking light: Mastered by / Sony Music México stamped as a two-line block
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Inner edge of the mirror band: a ring of bar-like marks, no further text
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Standard jewel case with a tinted tray, the inlay carrying an
0 724349 686403barcode box, the EMI box, the Mexican anti-piracy device and a Spanish rights block naming EMI Music Mexico as manufacturer; the spine prints the band name in red with an enhanced CD device. - Single picture disc with the Eddie face artwork, EMI and bel BIEM marks, no catalogue number on the face; the ring carries the Sony Music México matrix and plant credit.
- No booklet page is photographed, so the booklet credits Discogs quotes for this release are not checked.
What distinguishes this pressing
- Ring
CDAC 225300 03withIFPI LE81andMastered by Sony Music México, against the Warner Music Mexico row 15457085 whose recorded ring is5099968216405 arvato 59586 100496914withIFPI LP74. - Barcode box
0 724349 686403on the inlay, against the EMI row 9120303 which carries the same ring but is catalogued and barcoded5 099968 216405. Hecho en México por EMI MUSIC MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.andwww.emimusic.com.mxon the inlay, against the many non-Mexican rows sharing the724349686403catalogue number.
Eight tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-4
- 1Moonchild
- 2Infinite Dreams
- 3Can I Play With Madness
- 4The Evil That Men Do
Tracks 5-8
- 5Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- 6The Prophecy
- 7The Clairvoyant
- 8Only 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. 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
The mould SID code is the one recorded detail not read: Discogs lists IFPI 6415 for 8950961, and a sharper raking-light shot of the clear hub would show whether this disc carries it. Standing caveat: the method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.