Folder 315

Europe

Ring EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 followed by a 1-1-20-NL stamper code rather than a six-digit date code: the 2000 original metalwork, against EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010417 and similar on the 2001 repress 10138411 and EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010420 on the Ukrainian 9423770.

Catalogue: 7243 5 26605 2 0
Label: EMI
Released: 2000
Confidence: Likely
Why this grade
2000 European EMI CD, glass mastered at EMI Uden: the ring reads EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 with a 1-1-20-NL stamper code and the IFPI L047 mastering code, and the rear inlay carries 7243 5 26605 2 0, UK: 526 6052 and F:PM520. That ring style is EMI Uden's original 2000 metalwork, which puts out every later row on the master: the 2001 repress 10138411 and the Ukrainian 9423770 carry a six-digit date code (010417, 010420 and so on) after @ 1 instead of an X-X-X-NL stamper code, the UK row 370469 has an EMI UK ring and IFPI L042, and the IMS (7700458) and optimal media (5209454, 6471956) reissues have their own rings. Two 2000 Europe rows are left. Discogs records EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-20-NL with IFPI L047 for 1355871 (pressed at Uden) as variants 19 and 22, and records it for no other row. The only rival is 6038398, the Italian pressing from EMI Caronno Pertusella, whose own Discogs notes say it was pressed with stampers previously used by EMI Uden -- its recorded rings overlap 1355871's (1-1-15-NL, 1-3-1-NL, 1-3-12-NL appear on both), though none of its fourteen recorded variants is 1-1-20-NL. The two are told apart by the mould SID on the clear hub (IFPI 15xx at Uden, IFPI 25xx at Caronno). The owner turned the disc a full circle under raking light and photographed the hub in six frames: there is no mould SID code on it. That fits 1355871's variant 19, recorded with this ring and no mould SID entered. It is Likely rather than Confirmed because three of 6038398's recorded variants also carry no mould SID, so an Italian disc from the same 1-1-20-NL stamper with a blank hub is not ruled out -- only unrecorded. The Russian unofficial row 7653684, which copies this ring with a 1-4-5-NL code, records a different stamper and a 12-page booklet; the booklet is not photographed here. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued pressing cannot be excluded.
Reference: Discogs 1355871
Median sale: DKK 45
Sale range: DKK 9-119
On sale now: 67, from DKK 11
Last sold: 4 November 2026

What the record says

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

The inner mirror ring was photographed under raking light in three frames. IMG_7274.jpeg shows the glass-master text EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1. IMG_7275.jpeg shows the separate stamper code etched in the mirror band, 1-1-20-NL. IMG_7277.jpeg is a close crop of the mastering SID code IFPI L047, kept out of the ring string because Discogs files it as a separate identifier. Read together, in the order the frames were taken, the ring is EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-20-NL; the two parts sit in different frames, so their relative position on the disc is not shown. No mould SID code is visible in any of those frames, including the hub in IMG_7271.jpeg. The clear hub was then photographed all the way round under raking light in six more frames, image1.jpeg to image6.jpeg: they show the ring text again and no mould SID code anywhere on the clear plastic. The only other mark on the hub is a small moulded notch at the edge of the centre hole, with no characters.

EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-20-NL — this copy's ring matches 2 of the 38 matrix entries Discogs records — Variant 19 and Variant 22 — which record the same string, so it cannot be narrowed to one.

Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout

As Discogs records them for release 1355871. Green: in my collection (2 of 38). Red: missing.

Run-out: this copy matches variants 19 and 22 on every side Discogs lists for them.

✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 1)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-5-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 2)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-28-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 3)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-10-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 4)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-25-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 5)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-13-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 6)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-31-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 7)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-4-5-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 8)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-4-11-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 9)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-4-12-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 10)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-12-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 11)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-18-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 12)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-4-8-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 13)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-15-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 14)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-7-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 15)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-12 NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 16)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-11 NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 17)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-19-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 18)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-1-NL`
✓	Matrix / Runout (Variant 19)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-20-NL` — this copy
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 20)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-6-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 21)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-24-NL`
✓	Matrix / Runout (Variant 22)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-20-NL` — this copy
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 23)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-12-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 24)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-4-7-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 25)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-17-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 26)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-22-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 27)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-20-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 28)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-1-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 29)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-21-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 30)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-1-23-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 31)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-6-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 32)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-27-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 33)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-6-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 34)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-20-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 35)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-32-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 36)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-14-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 37)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-2-NL`
✗	Matrix / Runout (Variant 38)	`EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 1-3-27-NL`

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 10 of them

Front of the jewel case: Brave New World cover, IRON MAIDEN logo and BRAVE NEW WORLD in gold over the cloud-Eddie and the future-London cityscape

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Rear inlay, whole: tracklist 01 The Wicker Man to 10 The Thin Line Between Love & Hate, Produced by Kevin Shirley. Co-produced by Steve Harris., band photograph, barcode box, and at the foot (P) 2000 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd. under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd. (C) 2000 Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd.

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Rear inlay barcode box at native resolution: 7243 5 26605 2 0 above the bars, 7 24352 66052 0 beside them, UK: 526 6052, F:PM520, Place of manufacture as stated on label. Marketed and distributed by EMI. Printed in EU, and a vertical EMI logo

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Disc face: picture disc with IRON MAIDEN and BRAVE NEW WORLD over the Eddie face, EMI with a small circled rights mark beneath it that is too small to read with certainty, and rim text (P) 2000 Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd. All rights of the producer and of the owner of the work reproduced reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, renting, public performance of the recorded work prohibited. Stereo. LC 0542. Made in EU; the rest of the rim text after Made in EU is too faint to read. The disc sits in a clear tray

IMG_7271.jpeg

Inlay front panel seen from inside the open case, with 7243 5 26605 2 0 printed at the foot of the band photograph; the tray is clear

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Open case with the disc removed: clear tray over the cloud artwork printed on the inside of the rear inlay

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Mirror ring under raking light: EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1

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Mirror band under raking light, etched stamper code: 1-1-20-NL

IMG_7275.jpeg

Close crop of the ring's mastering SID code: IFPI L047

IMG_7277.jpeg

Clear hub under raking light, turned through a full circle: EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1, 1-1-20-NL and IFPI L047 around the ring, and no mould SID code anywhere on the clear plastic

image1.jpeg, image2.jpeg, image3.jpeg, image4.jpeg, image5.jpeg, image6.jpeg

The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

Standard jewel case with a clear tray; the rear inlay is printed on both sides, with cloud artwork behind the tray.
Single picture disc with the Eddie face artwork, EMI logo and Made in EU in the rim text.
The booklet's inner pages are not photographed, so the 20-page booklet both candidates list is not checked.

What distinguishes this pressing

Ring EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 followed by a 1-1-20-NL stamper code rather than a six-digit date code: the 2000 original metalwork, against EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010417 and similar on the 2001 repress 10138411 and EMI UDEN 5266052 @ 1 010420 on the Ukrainian 9423770.
IFPI L047 mastering code, against IFPI L042 on the UK row 370469 and IFPI LV03 / LV04 / L573 / L574 on the IMS and optimal media reissues.
Stamper 1-1-20-NL is recorded by Discogs only for 1355871 (variants 19 and 22); none of 6038398's fourteen recorded variants carries it, though its notes say the Italian pressing reused Uden stampers.
No mould SID code on the clear hub, as on 1355871's variant 19 -- but also as on three of 6038398's variants, so the blank hub agrees with 1355871 without separating the two on its own.

Ten tracks, and the recording credits

Tracks 1-5

1The Wicker Man
2Ghost Of The Navigator
3Brave New World
4Blood Brothers
5The Mercenary

Tracks 6-10

6Dream Of Mirrors
7The Fallen Angel
8The Nomad
9Out Of The Silent Planet
10The Thin Line Between Love And Hate

Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - guitar · Adrian Smith - guitar · Janick Gers - guitar · Steve Harris - bass, keyboards · Nicko McBrain - drums.

Produced by Kevin Shirley; co-produced by Steve Harris. Engineered and mixed by Kevin Shirley, with Denis Caribaux as second engineer and Nicolas Meyer and Rory Romano assisting. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York. Recorded at Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris. Front cover artwork by Derek Riggs and Steve Stone; sleeve design by Peacock. Band photography by Dean Karr. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.

Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 370469, the UK CD and this master's main release, 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 to Likely by the stamper: 1-1-20-NL is recorded by Discogs only for 1355871, and the blank hub agrees with its variant 19. A hub with no mould SID cannot tell Uden from Caronno, so nothing more on this disc can raise it to Confirmed; a 6038398 copy documented with a 1-1-20-NL stamper would reopen it. Standing caveat: the method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.