Folder 314
UK
Ring "793995 2 3 - 1 - 1 EMI SWINDON" with no "CDP" prefix and no "AR": the repress layout, not the 1990 "CDP 793995 2 AR" one
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Mirror ring photographed close up under raking light, one segment per frame. IMG_7260 shows a solid square block, then '793995 2', then a few specks, then '3'; IMG_7263 continues from that '3' with '- 1 - 1' and then 'EMI'; IMG_7265 shows 'EMI SWINDON' followed by another square block. Read as one string: '793995 2 3 - 1 - 1 EMI SWINDON'. The specks between '2' and '3' in IMG_7260 cannot be told apart from dust at native resolution, so no separator dot is recorded, although Discogs prints one for 7037526. A bright speck above the second dash in IMG_7263 sits off the character line and is read as dust. IMG_7266 shows, in the clear hub, a moulded logo followed by '1404' -- the mould SID number; the logo itself is too blurred to read as letters, and it is left out of the ring because Discogs files mould SIDs as a separate identifier.
793995 2 3 - 1 - 1 EMI SWINDON — this copy's ring IS Variant 2 of the 6 matrix entries Discogs records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 7037526. Green: in my collection (1 of 6). Red: missing.
Run-out: this copy matches variant 2 on every side Discogs lists for it.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 1) | 793995 2 . 3 : 1 : 4 EMI SWINDON |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 2) | 793995 2 . 3 - 1 - 1 EMI SWINDON — this copy |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 3) | 793995 2 . 3 : 1 : 5 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 4) | 793995 2 . 3 - 1 - 3 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 5) | 793995 2 . 3 : 1 : 5 EMI SWINDON |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 6) | 793995 2 . 3 1 - 2 EMI SWINDON |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 9 of them
Front insert: "IRON MAIDEN" logo over the Running Free live art; First Ten Years badge reading "THE FIRST TEN YEARS", "RUNNING FREE (Live)", "RUN TO THE HILLS (Live)", "VII", "UP THE IRONS"
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Back inlay: tracklist "RUNNING FREE", "SANCTUARY", "MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE", "RUN TO THE HILLS", "PHANTOM OF THE OPERA", "LOSFER WORDS (BIG 'ORRA)", "LISTEN WITH NICKO! PART VII"; "TRACK 7 WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY N. McBRAIN"; EMI logo
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Back inlay barcode block, native crop: "0 077779 399529", "CDP 79 3995 2", "UK: CDIRN 7"
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Booklet front (live photo): "UK: CDIRN 7", "CDP 79 3995 2", EMI logo; spine card "CDP 79 3995 2" "IRON MAIDEN"
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Disc face, native crop: "UK: CDIRN 7", "CDP 793 995 2", "LC 0542", "BIEM / MCPS", "Made in U.K.", "STEREO", "All tracks published by ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD", "TRACKS 1-6 (P) 1985 TRACK 7 (P) 1990", "(C) 1990 EMI RECORDS LTD."
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Mirror ring, raking light: solid square block, "793995 2", then "3" -- no "CDP" prefix and no "AR"
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Mirror ring, raking light: "3", "- 1 - 1", "EMI"
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Mirror ring, raking light: "EMI SWINDON" followed by a solid square block
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Clear hub, close up: moulded logo followed by "1404" (mould SID number)
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Standard jewel case with a grey tray; front insert in the Running Free live artwork with the First Ten Years badge, booklet front a live stage photo with the red "IRON MAIDEN" logo
- Back inlay printed with the mountain-and-cloud landscape, barcode on a cream panel
- Black picture disc printed with the red logo and a cream Eddie silhouette, tracklist and credits on the face
- No hype sticker or voucher sticker visible on the case
What distinguishes this pressing
- Ring "793995 2 3 - 1 - 1 EMI SWINDON" with no "CDP" prefix and no "AR": the repress layout, not the 1990 "CDP 793995 2 AR" one
- Mould SID number 1404 in the hub, the code Discogs lists for the "3 - 1 - 1" variant
Seven tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-4
- 1Running Free
- 2Sanctuary
- 3Murders In The Rue Morgue
- 4Run To The Hills
Tracks 5-7
- 5Phantom Of The Opera
- 6Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
- 7Listen With Nicko! Part VII
All six live tracks produced by Martin Birch. Running Free, Sanctuary and Run To The Hills were recorded at the Long Beach Arena, California, in March 1985; Murders In The Rue Morgue, Phantom Of The Opera and Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, in October 1984. Manufactured by EMI Swindon. Discogs lists no sleeve or packaging credits for this release beyond those.
Credits are sourced from Discogs release 383860, the UK CD IRN 7, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing. 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 ring: no 'CDP'/'AR' and '3 - 1 - 1' fit only 7037526 (its variant 2) among the fetched releases, and the hub's '1404' matches the mould SID Discogs gives that variant. Discogs gives 7037526 no release year, so the year is left open.