Folder 311

UK

Labels numbered IRN 11 and IRN 12, the inside gatefold IRN 11 and IRN 12, and IRN 1 on the back: the only vinyl row on the master carrying those numbers is the UK 1124813, whose notes place them in exactly those spots.

Catalogue: IRN 1, IRN 11, IRN 12
Label: EMI
Released: 1990
Confidence: Confirmed
Why this grade
UK EMI double pack, part I of The First Ten Years, in a gatefold sleeve. The back sleeve carries IRN 1 over barcode 5 099920 371821, the inside gatefold IRN 11 and IRN 12 top right, and the labels IRN 11 / IRN 11A / IRN 11B and IRN 12 / IRN 12A / IRN 12B. Of the vinyl rows on the master only the UK 1124813 carries IRN 1, IRN 11, IRN 12, and its notes place them exactly there (first number on the rear, the second on the A and B labels, the third on the C and D labels). The European 854270 is 198-20 3718 6 / 3719 6 / 3720 6 at 45 RPM with Made in EEC printed on labels, the Italian 5541653 is 2-16 2037186 with SIAE, the Colombian 2241663 is 456000001, the Argentine 3203225 is a single disc 56302 (IRN11/12) in a simple sleeve, 4588011 is a one-disc European test pressing 203720 6 and 4447609 is an unofficial picture disc. None of those numbers, no Made in line and no rights society appear on this copy. The barcode is a real discriminator here: 854270 and 5541653 record 5 09920 371869 / 5099920371869, and only 1124813 records 5 099920 371821. The run-outs agree: all four sides were photographed and read IRN 11 A-2-1-2, IRN 11 B-2-1-1, IRN 12 A-2-1-2 and IRN 12 B-2-1-1, with a D photographed four times, once in sequence with each side's shots. That matrix style is recorded only for 1124813 (854270 records 2037196-A1 style, 3203225 IRN 11 A/B). The set does not match any one of the three variants Discogs lists for 1124813 side for side: Variant 3 (IRN 11 A - 2 - 1 - 1 D, IRN 11 B - 2 - 1 - 1 D, IRN 12 A - 2 - 1 - 2 D, IRN 12 B - 2 - 1 - 1 D) agrees on three sides and the D, but has -1 where side A here reads -2; that last digit sits at the edge of focus. The release is pinned down either way; the variant is not. The country is UK by catalogue family: no Made in line or rights society is printed on the sleeve or labels. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued UK variant cannot be ruled out.
Reference: Discogs 1124813
Median sale: DKK 280
Sale range: DKK 44-2,002
On sale now: 16, from DKK 107
Last sold: 27 October 2026

What the record says

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

IRN 11 A: IRN 11 A-2-1-2 (stamped; the last digit reads as a curved 2 but sits at the edge of focus); IRN 11 B: IRN 11 B-2-1-1 (stamped); IRN 12 A: IRN 12 A-2-1-2 (stamped); IRN 12 B: IRN 12 B-2-1-1 (stamped). A D was photographed four times, one frame in sequence with each side's shots; none of those four frames shows the matrix or a side letter, so which D belongs to which side rests on the shooting order

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 20 of them

Front sleeve: Running Free artwork (Eddie in a doorway under a streetlamp, a long-haired figure running past graffiti) under the red IRON MAIDEN logo, RUNNING FREE along the bottom, The First Ten Years roundel top right

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Front roundel at native resolution: THE FIRST TEN YEARS / 1980 / 1990 / EDDIE / RUNNING FREE / SANCTUARY / a short stroke beneath / 666 / UP THE IRONS

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Back sleeve: Sanctuary artwork (Eddie with a knife over a body) under the IRON MAIDEN logo, EMI box bottom right, IRN 1 and a barcode top right

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Back sleeve copyright block at native resolution, bottom left: ℗ 1980, EXCEPT LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART 1 ℗ 1990 / THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD / © 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD; no Made in line or printer code legible

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Back sleeve catalogue block: IRN 1 above barcode 5 099920 371821

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Inside gatefold, left panel: IRON MAIDEN / RUNNING FREE / C/W BURNING AMBITION over a live photograph, PHOTOGRAPHY : ROSS HALFIN; top right IRN 11 A RUNNING FREE Produced by WIL MALONE B BURNING AMBITION Produced by GARY EDWARDS, IRN 12 A SANCTUARY Produced by WIL MALONE B DRIFTER I'VE GOT THE FIRE Produced by WIL MALONE LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART 1 Produced by N McBRAIN, Illustrations: DEREK RIGGS Packaging Re Design: THE COMPLETE WORKS

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Inside gatefold, right panel: IRON MAIDEN band photograph, SANCTUARY c/w DRIFTER / I'VE GOT THE FIRE, DRIFTER AND I'VE GOT THE FIRE WERE RECORDED LIVE AT LONDON'S MARQUEE CLUB ON APRIL 3, 1980. THANKS TO THE IRON ARMY FOR VOCAL SUPPORT., PRODUCED BY WIL MALONE, EMI logo, IRON MAIDEN'S GONNA GET YA, NO MATTER WHEREVER . . . WHOEVER . . . YOU ARE.

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Record two, side A label: A SANCTUARY, a faint composer credit, Produced by WIL MALONE Zomba Music Publishers Ltd 3.13, IRN 12 / IRN 12A, EMI box, rim ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. UNAUTHORISED COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING OF THIS DISC FORBIDDEN

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Record two, side B label: B DRIFTER (faint composer credit beneath) I'VE GOT THE FIRE Ronnie Montrose Produced by WIL MALONE LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART 1 Produced by N. McBRAIN 1. Zomba Music Publishers Ltd 2. S. Bernstein Ltd Total: 8.48, IRN 12 / IRN 12B, EMI box

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Record two label copyright block at native resolution: ℗ 1980, EXCEPT LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART 1 ℗ 1990 / THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING / IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD / © 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD; no rights society or Made in line; IRN 12 stamped in the run-out beneath

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Record two, side A run-out: IRN 12 A- stamped, then at native resolution 12 A-2-1-2, the last character a 2

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Record two run-out: a D beside the label rim text PERFORMANCE, photographed in sequence with the side A shots

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Record two, side B run-out: IRN 12 B stamped, then at native resolution 12 B-2-1-1, the last character a 1

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Record two run-out: a D beside the label rim text COPYING, PUBLIC PER, photographed in sequence with the side B shots

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Record one, side A label: A RUNNING FREE, a faint composer credit beginning Harris, Produced by WIL MALONE Zomba Music Publishers Ltd 3.04, IRN 11 / IRN 11A, EMI box; copyright block at native resolution THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS SOUND RECORDING / IS OWNED BY EMI RECORDS LTD / © 19?0 EMI RECORDS LTD (third digit of the year not legible), the ℗ line above it too faint to read

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Record one, side B label: B BURNING AMBITION, a faint composer credit, Produced by GARY EDWARDS Zomba Music Publishers Ltd 2.41, IRN 11 / IRN 11 B, EMI box

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Record one, side A run-out: IRN 11 A- stamped, then 11 A-2-1- and a final digit that reads at native resolution as a curved 2, at the edge of focus

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Record one run-out: a D with a faint unreadable mark beside it, photographed in sequence with the side A shots

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Record one, side B run-out: IRN 11 B-2-1-1 stamped beside the label's IRN 11 / IRN 11 B, the last character a 1

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Record one run-out: a D, photographed in sequence with the side B shots

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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 Running Free on the front and Sanctuary on the back, The First Ten Years roundel top right of the front. Light wear at the corners and along the edges, a few specks on the black inside panels.
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. Light hairlines in the run-out areas.
No voucher, inner sleeve, insert or spine is visible in the photographs; the notes of 1124813 mention white paper inners and a voucher for the box.

What distinguishes this pressing

Labels numbered IRN 11 and IRN 12, the inside gatefold IRN 11 and IRN 12, and IRN 1 on the back: the only vinyl row on the master carrying those numbers is the UK 1124813, whose notes place them in exactly those spots.
Barcode 5 099920 371821: recorded only for 1124813 among the vinyl rows; the European 854270 and Italian 5541653 record 5 09920 371869 / 5099920371869.
Run-outs in the IRN 11 A-2-1-x style on all four sides: recorded only for 1124813. The European 854270 records 2037196-A1 style matrices, the Argentine 3203225 IRN 11 A/B on a single disc.
No Made in EEC, no SIAE and no 45 RPM marking on the labels or sleeve, which the European and Italian rows carry per their notes and identifiers.

Six tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

ARunning Free
BBurning Ambition

Side B

CSanctuary
D1Drifter
D2I've Got The Fire
D3Listen With Nicko! Part 1

Running Free, Sanctuary, Drifter and I've Got The Fire produced by Wil Malone; Burning Ambition produced by Gary Edwards; Listen With Nicko! Part I produced by Nicko McBrain. Drifter and I've Got The Fire were recorded live at the Marquee Club, London, on 3 April 1980. Pressed by EMI Swindon. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Credits are sourced from Discogs release 383571, the UK CD IRN 1, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing; the UK double 12" is release 1124813 (IRN 1). 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

Pinned down to 1124813 by catalogue number, barcode and run-out together. Which of Discogs' three stamper variants this is stays open: the side B, C and D run-outs and the D match Variant 3, but side A reads IRN 11 A-2-1-2 where Variant 3 has -1. A sharp, square-on raking-light shot of side A's last digit would decide between Variant 3 and an unrecorded combination. Release 1124813's JSON was fetched from the Discogs API on 2026-11-07 for this entry but is not cached in the repo. Standing caveat: the method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.