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Hand-etched run-outs 881034121455 A / ...1034121455 B. with the dotted i...i mark -- what Discogs records for the US release 6344204; the German 26304833 carries Optimal machine-stamped BC93227 / BC93287 matrices instead.

Catalogue: BMG14017V
Label: BMG
Released: 2014
Confidence: Confirmed
Why this grade
US BMG 180-gram reissue of 2014, pressed and distributed by INgrooves, still in its shrink with the red 180 GRAM BLACK VINYL hype sticker and a LEGACY OF THE BEAST game sticker on the wrap. Two releases in the version list carry BMG14017V: this US one, 6344204, and a German one, 26304833, pressed by Optimal. The run-out decides it. Both sides here are hand-etched with the barcode number and a side letter, 881034121455 A and ...1034121455 B., with a dotted i...i mark on one side -- exactly what Discogs records for the US release, while the German pressing carries machine-stamped BC93227-0- A2 9729-61 14 / BC93287-01 B1 9729561 TI2 matrices and ships with no hype sticker at all. Both labels and the rear sleeve say MADE IN USA as well. The owner's note gives the same two etchings plus stamper codes S-100090 (side A) and S-100091 (side B); the photographs carry both, and the digits were read off the native crops, not the note. The note reads the first digits of side B as 871034... and the native crop of that frame does show a second character that looks more like a 7 than an 8, which Discogs lists as 881034121455 B; a hand-scratched 8 with an open top is the likely explanation, and it changes nothing about which release this is. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued repress under the same number can't be ruled out.
Reference: Discogs 6344204
Median sale: DKK 167
Sale range: DKK 100-227
On sale now: 13, from DKK 164
Last sold: 7 September 2026

What the record says

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

Side A: 881034121455 A, stamper S- 100090, and a hand-drawn oval enclosing a small W-like squiggle. Side B: 8?1034121455 B. (second digit reads as a 7 in the one frame that shows it), stamper S- 100091, a hand-drawn oval enclosing a D-like mark, and a dotted i...i etching. All hand-etched except the oval marks, which are also scratched by hand.

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 15 of them

Front sleeve in shrink: the Seventh Son cover artwork, a round red hype sticker reading '180 GRAM BLACK VINYL / ORIGINAL ALBUM ART AND AUDIO MASTERS', and a black rectangular sticker reading 'IRON MAIDEN LEGACY OF THE BEAST MOBILE RPG GAME AVAILABLE NOW!', both on the wrap

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Rear sleeve in shrink: tracklist 'MOONCHILD / INFINITE DREAMS / CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS / THE EVIL THAT MEN DO / SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON / THE PROPHECY / THE CLAIRVOYANT / ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG', 'Produced, Engineered and Mixed By Martin Birch.', BMG and Sanctuary logos and a barcode bottom left, a fine-print block bottom right

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Rear sleeve fine print: '(P) 1988 Iron Maiden LLP under exclusive license to Sanctuary Copyrights Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis company. (C) 1988 Iron Maiden LLP. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. Manufactured and distributed by INgrooves, 15821 Ventura Blvd., Suite 420, Encino, CA 91436. All rights of the manufacturer and the owner of the recorded work reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of the work prohibited. BIEM/SABAM. LC 06448. (C) 2014 Iron Maiden LLP. Made in USA. 881034121455. BMG14017V www.ironmaiden.com'

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Rear sleeve barcode block: 'BMG', the Sanctuary 'S' logo, '(i) INgrooves Sanctuary', barcode '8 81034 12145 5'

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Printed inner sleeve, lyrics side: blue with yellow lyrics for all eight songs, a band photograph, 'BRUCE DICKINSON Vocals / DAVE MURRAY Lead and Rhythm Guitars / ADRIAN SMITH Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Synth / STEVE HARRIS Bass, String Synth / NICKO McBRAIN Drums', credits 'Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York', and bottom right 'All titles published by Imagem London Ltd. / BMG14017V / (C) 1988 Iron Maiden LLP.'

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Printed inner sleeve, picture side: the Clairvoyant artwork of Eddie at a desk with a crystal ball between two candles

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Side A label, Eddie-in-crystal-ball artwork, with 'BMG14017VA 881034121455 / 1' printed in yellow along the lower edge

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Side B label: 'IRON MAIDEN', 'OTHER SIDE MOONCHILD (Smith/Dickinson) INFINITE DREAMS (Harris) CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS (Smith/Dickinson/Harris) THE EVIL THAT MEN DO (Smith/Dickinson/Harris)', '33 1/3 RPM', 'BMG14017V (BMG14017VB)', 'THIS SIDE SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON (Harris) THE PROPHECY (Murray/Harris) THE CLAIRVOYANT (Harris) ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG (Harris/Dickinson)', 'Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Martin Birch / All titles published by Imagem London Ltd. / (P) 1988 Iron Maiden LLP under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company / (C) 1988 Iron Maiden LLP', rim text 'ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDED WORK RESERVED. UNAUTHORISED COPYING, HIRING, RENTING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED. MADE IN USA. 881034121455 / 2'

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Side A run-out, hand-etched: '881034121455 A'

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Side A run-out, hand-etched stamper code: 'S- 100090'

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Side A run-out, with the label's 'BMG14017VA 88103...' line visible above it: a hand-drawn oval enclosing a small W-like squiggle

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Side B run-out, hand-etched: '...1034121455 B.'; the leading digits in the other frame read '8?1034', the second character looking more like a 7 than an 8

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Side B run-out, hand-etched stamper code: 'S- 100091', with the edge of an oval mark to its left

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Side B run-out: a hand-drawn oval enclosing a D-like mark

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Run-out, dotted mark etched as a vertical stroke, three dots and a second stroke with a tail, reading as 'i...i', below the label's 'OF THE PRODUCER AND OF THE OW' rim text

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Single-pocket sleeve still in its original shrink, opened at one end; a round red hype sticker and a black Legacy Of The Beast game sticker sit on the wrap, not the board.
Printed inner sleeve: lyrics and credits in yellow on blue on one side, the Clairvoyant artwork on the other.
Black 180-gram disc with picture labels: Eddie-in-crystal-ball art on side A, the Seventh Son band silhouette art on side B.

What distinguishes this pressing

Hand-etched run-outs 881034121455 A / ...1034121455 B. with the dotted i...i mark -- what Discogs records for the US release 6344204; the German 26304833 carries Optimal machine-stamped BC93227 / BC93287 matrices instead.
Hype sticker on the shrink -- Discogs notes the US release ships with it and the German one without.
MADE IN USA on both label rims and in the rear-sleeve print -- agrees with the US release, though the German pressing uses the same label copy and sleeve, so this corroborates rather than decides.
Stamper codes S- 100090 / S- 100091 and the two oval marks -- not recorded on either Discogs entry; worth adding there.
Barcode 8 81034 12145 5, LC 06448, BIEM/SABAM -- shared by both BMG14017V releases, so they separate 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 6344204 by the run-out. The catalogue number narrows it to two: the US BMG pressing and a German one made by Optimal under the same number and sleeve. This disc's deadwax is hand-scratched with the barcode and a side letter, with a dotted i...i on side B, which is what Discogs lists for the US release; the German one has machine-stamped BC93227-0- A2 9729-61 14 style matrices and no hype sticker, and this copy wears the sticker. The owner's note names the same etchings and stamper codes and agreed with the photographs without being needed; its 871034... reading of side B is also what the one frame of those digits looks like, and is most likely an open-topped hand-scratched 8. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued repress can't be excluded.