Folder 313
Europe
Disc 1 mastered at EMI Uden (IFPI L047) with a hand-etched outer-band code ending "NL"; disc 2 at EMI Swindon (IFPI L042)
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Both mirror rings photographed close up under raking light, one segment per frame. Disc 1: the inner ring reads 'EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1' in one frame (IMG_7246); the '@' is the dot-matrix encircled glyph EMI Uden uses. A separate frame (IMG_7249) shows 'IFPI L047' in the same inner band, and in the clear outer band beside it a hand etching ending '-NL'; IMG_7250 shows that outer etching as mirror-image characters reading '1-1-4' next to 'NL' with 'IFF' of the IFPI code at the edge. Because the outer etching is reversed in the frame and its order against the inner ring is not settled by the photographs, it is left out of the ring; Discogs files a disc 1 variant as 'EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-1-4-NL' (5656803, variant 3), which this etching would fit. IMG_7249 and IMG_7250 do not themselves show which disc they are; they are taken as disc 1 because they sit between the disc 1 frames and IFPI L047 is the Uden code. Disc 2: '496923 0 . 2' (IMG_7251), ':1:3' (IMG_7252, IMG_7253) and 'EMI SWINDON' (IMG_7253), read as one string '496923 0 . 2 :1:3 EMI SWINDON'. A second bright speck near the separator dot in IMG_7251 sits off the character line and is read as dust. IMG_7254 shows 'IFPI L042' in a narrow outer band; the frame does not show which disc it is, and it is taken as disc 2 because disc 1 already carries IFPI L047. No mould SID (lower-case 'ifpi' code) is legible in any frame.
Disc 1: EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 — this copy's ring IS Disc 1, variant 1 of the 15 matrix entries Discogs records.
Disc 2: 496923 0 . 2 :1:3 EMI SWINDON — this copy's ring IS Disc 2, variant 3 of the 15 matrix entries Discogs records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 5656803. Green: in my collection (2 of 15). Red: missing.
Run-out: disc 1 matches variant 1; disc 2 matches variant 3.
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 1) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 — this copy |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 2) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-2-4-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 3) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-1-4-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 4) | 496922 2.1:2:14 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 5) | 496922 2.1:2:6 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 6) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-2-4-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 7) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-2-4-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 8) | EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1 1-2-1-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 1) | 496923 0.2 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 2) | EMI 4969230 |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 3) | 496923 0.2 :1:3 EMI SWINDON — this copy |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 4) | 496923 0.2 :1:1 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 5) | 496923 0.2:1:15 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 6) | 496923 0.2:1:7 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 7, 8) | 496923 0.2:1:17 EMI SWINDON |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 11 of them
Front: "IRON MAIDEN", "LIVE AFTER DEATH", spine "2 DISC" badge and "enhanced CD" logo on the spine card
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Back inlay: tracklist "CD1" 13 tracks / "CD2" 5 tracks, "SPECIAL MULTIMEDIA SECTION: Special enhanced CD for use on your PC or Macintosh", "Digitally remastered (P) 1998", "(C) 1998 EMI Records Ltd.", EMI logo
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Back inlay barcode block, native crop: "7243 4 96921 0 7", "7 24349 69210 7", "I:", "F: PM 617", "UK: 496 9210", "Printed in E.U.", "Place of manufacture as stated on label", "Marketed and Distributed by EMI"
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Tray card under the discs: "7243 4 96921 0 7" printed top right; spine "2 DISC"; double jewel case with a hinged second tray
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Inner card behind the tray: Eddie-and-gravestone art, "IRON MAIDEN" and "enhanced CD" logo on the spine strip
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Disc 1 picture face (Eddie with the gravestone): "EMI" "STEREO", rim text "(C) 1998 IRON MAIDEN HOLDINGS LTD. ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE WORK REPRODUCED RESERVED"; catalogue lines partly under the tray read "...6921 0 7" and "...6922 2"
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Disc 2 picture face (graveyard and city art): "bel BIEM" rights-society roundel, "EMI" "STEREO", "7243 4 96921 0 7", "(4 96923 0)"
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Disc 1 mirror ring, raking light: "EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1"
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Disc 1 mirror ring, raking light: "IFPI L047" in the inner band; outer clear band hand etching "-NL", seen mirror-reversed as "1-1-4" beside "NL"
IMG_7249.jpeg, IMG_7250.jpeg
Disc 2 mirror ring, raking light: "496923 0 . 2", ":1:3", "EMI SWINDON"
IMG_7251.jpeg, IMG_7252.jpeg, IMG_7253.jpeg
Mirror ring, raking light: "IFPI L042" in a narrow outer band (disc not shown in frame; taken as disc 2)
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Double jewel case with a hinged second tray, holding two picture discs in full-colour Derek Riggs artwork: disc 1 shows Eddie with the Lovecraft gravestone, disc 2 the graveyard and city skyline
- Front insert, back inlay with the barcode block printed on, and a tray/inner card carrying the "enhanced CD" logo on its spine strip
- No hype sticker visible on the case
What distinguishes this pressing
- Disc 1 mastered at EMI Uden (IFPI L047) with a hand-etched outer-band code ending "NL"; disc 2 at EMI Swindon (IFPI L042)
- Disc 2 Swindon ring ends ":1:3", the only ":1:3" disc 2 recorded for this catalogue number
Twelve tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-6
- 1Aces High
- 22 Minutes To Midnight
- 3The Trooper
- 4Revelations
- 5Flight Of Icarus
- 6Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
Tracks 7-12
- 7Powerslave
- 8The Number Of The Beast
- 9Hallowed Be Thy Name
- 10Iron Maiden
- 11Run To The Hills
- 12Running Free
Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar · Steve Harris - bass · Nicko McBrain - drums.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Recorded at Hammersmith Odeon and Long Beach Arena using the Rolling Stones Mobile and the Record Plant Mobile, Los Angeles; assistant engineers Charlie McPherson and Mick McKenna (Hammersmith), Ricky Delena and Nick Basich (Long Beach). Mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles. Mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol Records. Sleeve concept by Derek Riggs and Rod Smallwood; sleeve design by Steve Joule; sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; sleeve preparation by The Artful Dodgers. Photography by Ross Halfin. Management by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor for Sanctuary Music Ltd. and Sanctuary Music (Overseas) Ltd. Tour manager and booklet liner notes by Tony Wigens. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.
Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1298821, the UK original vinyl LP, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing. The tracklist above is the ORIGINAL 1985 single-disc edition (Discogs release 3445699), a twelve-track abridged cut of the show, not the full eighteen tracks the vinyl and cassette carry. It does NOT cover later 2xCD remasters (e.g. WPCR-80017/8), which carry a different, fuller twenty-four-track programme -- a copy of one of those needs its own tracklist, not this one. 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
Settled by the rings: 'EMI UDEN 4969222 @ 1' on disc 1 and '496923 0 . 2 :1:3 EMI SWINDON' on disc 2 each appear only under 5656803 among the fetched releases. A legible mould SID on either disc would pin the exact variant within that entry (Discogs lists ifpi 15A0 for the 1-1-4-NL disc 1 and IFPI 1432 for the ':1:3' disc 2), but it would not change the release.