Folder 301

UK

Labels numbered IRN 51 and IRN 52 with the EMI box, and IRN 5 on the sleeve: the only vinyl row on the master carrying those numbers is the UK 1874515.

Catalogue: IRN 5, IRN 51, IRN 52
Label: EMI
Released: 1990
Confidence: Likely
Why this grade
UK EMI double pack, part V of The First Ten Years, in a gatefold sleeve. The back sleeve carries barcode 0 077779 398911 with IRN 5 beneath it and 79 3990 1 in a red box beside it, and its print block reads Sleeve printed in England / Manufactured in England SP9003JU. The two records' labels read IRN 51 / IRN 51A / IRN 51B (Flight Of Icarus) and IRN 52 / IRN 52A / IRN 52B (The Trooper), each with the EMI box and (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD. Of the five vinyl rows on the master only 1874515 carries IRN 5, IRN 51, IRN 52. The European row 2593658 lists 198 7 93989 1, 198-79 3990 1 and 198-79 3991 1; this sleeve's 79 3990 1 has no 198- prefix and no 198 number appears anywhere on sleeve or labels. The Italian row 4899269 is 2-52 7939891, the Colombian row 4745853 is 456000005, and the German row 2798346 is an unofficial picture disc, which these black records with paper labels are not. Three run-outs were read: IRN 52 A-1-1-2, IRN 52 B-1-1-1 and IRN 51 B-1-1- (its last character falls outside every frame). Side IRN 51 A reads IRN 51 A-1-1- followed by a malformed stamped character that can't be read, then a separate 2. A lone stamped D sits in the deadwax on at least one side. The grade stops at Probable rather than Confirmed because no release JSON for 1874515 is cached, so the run-outs were never compared with the matrix Discogs records for it: catalogue number and country match one row, and nothing else was cross-checked. The barcode only corroborates the commercial release. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued UK variant can't be ruled out.
Reference: Discogs 1874515
Median sale: DKK 273
Sale range: DKK 95-492
On sale now: 20, from DKK 206
Last sold: 6 November 2026

What the record says

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

IRN 52 A: IRN 52 A-1-1-2; IRN 52 B: IRN 52 B-1-1-1; IRN 51 A: IRN 51 A-1-1- then an unreadable malformed stamped character, then a separate 2; IRN 51 B: IRN 51 B-1-1- (final character not photographed); a stand-alone stamped D in the deadwax of at least the IRN 52 B side

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

Front sleeve: IRON MAIDEN logo over the Flight Of Icarus artwork, Flight of Icarus in red script; The First Ten Years roundel bottom left reading THE FIRST TEN YEARS 1980 1990 EDDIE FLIGHT OF ICARUS THE TROOPER V 666 UP THE IRONS

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Back sleeve: The Trooper artwork, The Trooper in yellow script, barcode top right, EMI box bottom left with (P) 1983, EXCEPT LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART V (P) 1990 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD, print block bottom right

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Back sleeve print block at native resolution: Sleeve printed in England / Manufactured in England SP9003JU

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Back sleeve catalogue block close up: barcode 0 077779 398911, IRN 5 in red beneath it, 79 3990 1 in a red box beside it; no 198 prefix

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Gatefold inside, left panel: IRN 51 top left, band photo, Flight of Icarus b/w I've Got the Fire Produced & Engineered by Martin Birch Illustration by Derek Riggs Photograph by Simon Fowler, (C) 1983 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd (C) 1983 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd, EMI box; bottom right Illustrations: DEREK RIGGS Packaging: THE COMPLETE WORKS

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Gatefold inside, right panel: IRN 52 top right, *The Trooper b/w Cross Eyed Mary, *Taken from the LP and Cassette over the Piece Of Mind cover, track list A THE TROOPER / B 1 CROSS-EYED MARY 2 LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART V, (P) 1983 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Recordings Ltd

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Record one, side A label: A THE TROOPER (HARRIS) Produced and Engineered by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 52 / IRN 52A, EMI box, (P) 1983 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD. ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD., rim ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. UNAUTHORISED COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING OF THIS DISC FORBIDDEN

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Record one, side B label: B 1 CROSS-EYED MARY (I. ANDERSON) Produced and Engineered by MARTIN BIRCH 2 LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART V (N. McBRAIN) Produced by N. McBRAIN, IRN 52 / IRN 52B, EMI box, (P) 1983 EXCEPT TRACK 2 (P) 1990 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD TRACK 1 CHRYSALIS MUSIC LTD

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Record one, side A run-out: IRN 52 A-1-1-2 stamped

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Record one, side B run-out: IRN 52 B-1-1-1 stamped

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A stand-alone stamped D in the deadwax, beside the IRN 52B label print

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A stand-alone stamped D in the deadwax; the frames show only the label rim text, so which side each is on is not established

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Record two, side A label: A FLIGHT OF ICARUS (SMITH / DICKINSON) Produced and Engineered by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 51 / IRN 51A, EMI box, THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD (the year and the (C) line are partly hidden by the artwork)

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Record two, side B label: B I'VE GOT THE FIRE (R. MONTROSE) Produced and Engineered by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 51 / IRN 51B, EMI box, (P) 1983 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD and a publisher line reading S. BERNSTEIN LTD, partly obscured

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Record two, side A run-out: IRN 51 A-1-1- stamped, followed by a malformed or overstruck stamped character that can't be read, then a separate 2 further round the groove

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Record two, side B run-out: IRN 51 then B-1-1-; the final character runs out of frame

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Gatefold 12" sleeve with Flight Of Icarus on the front and The Trooper on the back, The First Ten Years roundel printed bottom left on the front; inside, the original Flight Of Icarus back cover on the left panel and The Trooper back cover on the right. Corner and edge wear, with some surface loss along the bottom edge of the back.
Two black vinyl 12" records, one per single, each with the grey Eddie-under-the-streetlamp labels, pink Iron Maiden logo and red EMI box.
No inner sleeves, inserts or stickers are visible in the photographs.

What distinguishes this pressing

Labels numbered IRN 51 and IRN 52 with the EMI box, and IRN 5 on the sleeve: the only vinyl row on the master carrying those numbers is the UK 1874515.
79 3990 1 on the back sleeve with no 198- prefix, and no 198 number anywhere, against the European row 2593658's 198 7 93989 1 / 198-79 3990 1 / 198-79 3991 1.
Manufactured in England SP9003JU on the back sleeve.
Black records with paper labels, against the unofficial German picture disc 2798346.
Run-outs IRN 52 A-1-1-2, IRN 52 B-1-1-1, IRN 51 B-1-1- and a part-unreadable IRN 51 A-1-1-, plus a stamped D, recorded here for comparison once 1874515's matrix fields are to hand.

Five tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

AFlight Of Icarus
BI've Got The Fire

Side B

CThe Trooper
D1Cross-Eyed Mary
D2Listen With Nicko! Part V

Flight Of Icarus, I've Got The Fire, The Trooper and Cross-Eyed Mary produced and engineered by Martin Birch. Listen With Nicko! Part V produced by Nicko McBrain. Illustration by Derek Riggs; Flight Of Icarus photograph by Simon Fowler; packaging design by The Complete Works. Published by Zomba Music Publishing Ltd. (I've Got The Fire by Shapiro Bernstein Ltd.; Cross-Eyed Mary by Chrysalis Music Ltd.). Pressed by EMI Swindon.

Credits are sourced from Discogs release 383577, the UK CD IRN 5, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing; the UK double 12" is release 1874515 (IRN 5). 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-outs were never compared with what Discogs records for 1874515 because that release's JSON is not cached. Fetching release 1874515 and checking its Matrix / Runout fields against IRN 52 A-1-1-2 and the other sides is what would lift this from Probable to Confirmed. A sharper raking-light shot of the IRN 51 A character after A-1-1-, and one showing the last character of IRN 51 B-1-1-, would complete the run-out record. Standing caveat: the method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.