Folder 309

UK

Labels numbered IRN 41 and IRN 42 and a back sleeve numbered IRN 4 / 79 3981 1: the only vinyl row on the master carrying those numbers is the UK 1124817.

Catalogue: IRN 4, 79 3981 1, IRN 41, IRN 42
Label: EMI
Released: 1990
Confidence: Likely
Why this grade
UK EMI double pack, part IV of The First Ten Years, in a gatefold with the Run To The Hills page numbered IRN 41 and The Number Of The Beast page IRN 42 inside. The back sleeve carries barcode 0 077779 398119 over 79 3981 1 and IRN 4, and its print block reads Sleeve printed in England / Manufactured in England SP9002CMCS; the two records' labels read IRN 41 / IRN 41A / IRN 41B (Run To The Hills / Total Eclipse) and IRN 42 / IRN 42A / IRN 42B (The Number Of The Beast / Remember Tomorrow / Listen With Nicko! Part IV), each with the EMI box and the (P) 1982 ... (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD lines. Of the five vinyl rows on the master only 1124817 carries IRN 4, 79 3981 1, IRN 41, IRN 42; the European row 1837098 is a 198-793981 1 family 45 RPM number that appears nowhere on this copy, the Italian row 5541709 is 2-52 7939811, the Colombian row 2242556 is 456000004, and 2798323 is an unofficial picture disc, which two black discs with paper labels are not. All four run-outs were photographed: IRN 41 A-1-1- ending in a struck-through character, IRN 41 B-2-1-1 with a hand-scratched mark after it, IRN 42 A-1-1-2 and IRN 42 B-1-1-2, and on three of the four sides the character between IRN and the number is blotted out by a rectangular overstamp. The grade stops at Probable rather than Confirmed because no release JSON for 1124817 is cached, so these run-outs could not be checked against the matrix Discogs records for it; the catalogue numbers and the country match one row, and nothing else was cross-checked. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued UK variant cannot be ruled out.
Reference: Discogs 1124817
Median sale: DKK 318
Sale range: DKK 188-769
On sale now: 19, from DKK 89
Last sold: 1 November 2026

What the record says

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

IRN 41 A: IRN 41 A-1-1- then a struck-through character and a faint curved scratch (stamped, last position unreadable); IRN 41 B: IRN [blotted] 41 B-2-1-1 then a hand-scratched mark resembling 4 (stamped); IRN 42 A: IRN [blotted] 42 A-1-1-2, final 2 lightly struck (stamped); IRN 42 B: IRN [blotted] 42 B-1-1-2 (stamped); a hand-etched D in the run-out of each record

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

Front sleeve: IRON MAIDEN / RUN TO THE HILLS Eddie-and-devil artwork, with The First Ten Years roundel bottom left reading THE FIRST TEN YEARS 1980 1990 EDDIE RUN TO THE HILLS THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST 666 UP THE IRONS (the series numeral under the titles is too small to read at native resolution)

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Back sleeve: IRON MAIDEN / THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST artwork, barcode top right with 79 3981 1 and IRN 4 beneath it, EMI box bottom left with (P) 1982 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD

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Back sleeve catalogue block close up: barcode 0 077779 398119, boxed 79 3981 1, IRN 4

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Back sleeve print block at native resolution: Sleeve printed in England / Manufactured in England SP9002CMCS

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Gatefold, left inner page: IRN 41 top left, RUN TO THE HILLS Produced & Engineered by Martin Birch., band photograph, THE BEAST ON THE ROAD '82 tour dates from Saturday 27th February WOLVERHAMPTON, Civic to Saturday 20th March HAMMERSMITH, Odeon, Illustration: Derek Riggs Photo: Ross Halfin, EMI box, side listing A RUN TO THE HILLS / B TOTAL ECLIPSE

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Gatefold, right inner page: IRN 42 top right, THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST* c/w REMEMBER TOMORROW (RECORDED LIVE IN ITALY), side listing A THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST / B 1. REMEMBER TOMORROW 2. LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART IV, *TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM AND CASSETTE THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST EMC 3400+TC, EMI box

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Record IRN 42, side A label: A THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST (HARRIS) Produced by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 42 / IRN 42A, (P) 1982 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD. (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD. ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD., EMI box, rim ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. UNAUTHORISED COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING OF THIS DISC FORBIDDEN

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Record IRN 42, side B label: B 1. REMEMBER TOMORROW (HARRIS / DI'ANNO) Produced by IRON MAIDEN and DOUG HALL 2. LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART IV (N. McBRAIN) Produced by N. McBRAIN, IRN 42 / IRN 42B, TRACK 1 (P) 1982 TRACK 2 (P) 1990 THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD. (C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD. TRACK 1 ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD., EMI box

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Record IRN 42, side A run-out at native resolution: stamped IRN then a character blotted out by a rectangular overstamp, then 42 A-1-1-2, the final 2 lightly struck

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Run-out of the record photographed in sequence with IRN 42 (the visible label arc shows only UNAUTHORISED CO and part of the logo): a hand-etched D

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Record IRN 42, side B run-out at native resolution: stamped IRN then the same blotted character, then 42 B-1-1-2

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Record IRN 41, side A label: A RUN TO THE HILLS (HARRIS) Produced and Engineered by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 41 / IRN 41A, (P) 1982 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 IRN 41, side B label: B TOTAL ECLIPSE (HARRIS / MURRAY / BURR) Produced and Engineered by MARTIN BIRCH, IRN 41 / IRN 41B, copyright block in smaller type, EMI box

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Record IRN 41, side A run-out at native resolution: stamped IRN 41 A-1-1-, the last position a character crossed through by a scratched X, followed by a faint curved scratch; no overstamp visible between IRN and 41 on this side

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Run-out of the record photographed in sequence with IRN 41: a hand-etched D

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Record IRN 41, side B run-out at native resolution: stamped IRN then a blotted character, then 41 B-2-1-1, followed by a hand-scratched mark resembling 4

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Gatefold double pack sleeve with Run To The Hills on the front and The Number Of The Beast on the back, The First Ten Years roundel bottom left on the front; inside, one page per single with tour dates on the Run To The Hills side. Light corner wear on the back.
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.
No inner sleeves, inserts or stickers are visible in the photographs.

What distinguishes this pressing

Labels numbered IRN 41 and IRN 42 and a back sleeve numbered IRN 4 / 79 3981 1: the only vinyl row on the master carrying those numbers is the UK 1124817.
No 198-793981 1 family number anywhere on sleeve or labels, which is what the European 45 RPM row 1837098 carries; no 2-52 7939811 (Italy, 5541709) and no 456000004 (Colombia, 2242556).
Black discs with paper labels and Manufactured in England SP9002CMCS on the sleeve, against the unofficial picture-disc row 2798323.
Stamped run-outs IRN 41 A-1-1- (last position struck through), IRN 41 B-2-1-1, IRN 42 A-1-1-2, IRN 42 B-1-1-2, with an overstamped character after IRN on three sides and a hand-etched D on each record, recorded here for comparison once 1124817's matrix fields are to hand.

Five tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

ARun To The Hills
BTotal Eclipse

Side B

CThe Number Of The Beast
D1Remember Tomorrow
D2Listen With Nicko! Part 4

Run To The Hills, Total Eclipse and The Number Of The Beast produced by Martin Birch, who also engineered the first two. Remember Tomorrow produced by Doug Hall and Iron Maiden, recorded live in Italy. Listen With Nicko! Part IV produced by Nicko McBrain. Illustration by Derek Riggs; photography by Ross Halfin; packaging design by The Complete Works.

Credits are sourced from Discogs release 382778, the UK CD IRN 4, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing; the UK double 12" is release 1124817 (IRN 4). 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 1124817 because that release's JSON is not cached. Fetching release 1124817 and checking its Matrix / Runout fields against IRN 41 B-2-1-1, IRN 42 A-1-1-2, IRN 42 B-1-1-2 and the struck-through IRN 41 A-1-1- side is what would lift this from Probable to Confirmed. Standing caveat: the method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.