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Mould SID ifpi 153C in the clear hub -- rules out 7463269 and 2646484, both noted by Discogs as having no mould SID, and together with the ring matches 14292015's Variant 2 exactly.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
The play side was photographed close up under raking light from several angles. The inner black band carries a laser-etched dot-matrix string read as CDP 746363 2 AR @ 5 (IMG_7283, IMG_7284, IMG_7285 agree on every character; the @ is a boxed, @-like glyph, transcribed as Discogs transcribes it). After the 5 a few faint specks follow on IMG_7285 and IMG_7283, but none resolves as a character, so nothing is claimed past the 5. Separately, a finer engraved string in the clear band reads 1-2-8-NL (IMG_7287), sharp and unambiguous. Read together in the order Discogs records them, the ring is CDP 746363 2 AR @ 5 1-2-8-NL. The clear hub carries a moulded inscription in two groups (IMG_7288), illegible in that frame. A later raking-light close-up (image1.jpeg) reads it as the IFPI script logo ifpi followed by 153C; the final glyph is round and open on the right, read as C, the code Discogs records for this ring. It is the mould SID, kept out of the ring string because Discogs files it as a separate identifier.
CDP 746363 2 AR @ 5 1-2-8-NL — this copy's ring IS Variant 2 of the 4 matrix entries Discogs records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 14292015. Green: in my collection (1 of 4). Red: missing.
Run-out: this copy matches variant 2 on every side Discogs lists for it.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 1) | CDP 746363 2 AR @ 5 1-2-9-NL |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 2) | CDP 746363 2 AR @ 5 1-2-8-NL — this copy |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 3) | CDP 746363 2 AR @ 5 1-1-12-NL |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Variant 4) | CDP 746363 2 AR @ 5 1-2-2-NL |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 10 of them
Front: the standard Piece Of Mind cover with IRON MAIDEN in red and Piece of Mind in gold script, in a standard jewel case
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Rear inlay through the case: tracklist 1 Where Eagles Dare 6.10 to 9 To Tame A Land 7.25, ℗1983 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd., ©1983 Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd., the EMI UNITED KINGDOM box logo, and a barcode block at upper right
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Barcode block at native resolution: 0777 746363 2 2 above the bars, 0 7777 46363 2 2 below; I: with nothing after it, F: PM516, UK:CDEMS 1540, Printed in Holland; printed vertically, Place of manufacture as stated on label / Marketed and Distributed by EMI beside an EMI box
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Disc face at native resolution: EMI / UNITED KINGDOM, IRON MAIDEN, DIGITAL MASTERING/AAD, LC 0542, a box reading STEREO ¦ 7 46363 2 ¦ BIEM/ STEMRA ¦ Made in Holland, ℗1983 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd., Zomba Music Publishers Ltd., the nine titles, Piece of Mind and the COMPACT disc DIGITAL AUDIO logo; the tray under it is black
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Mirror ring under raking light, laser-etched dot-matrix: CDP 746363 2 AR @ 5, followed by faint specks that do not resolve as characters
IMG_7283.jpeg, IMG_7284.jpeg, IMG_7285.jpeg
Engraved string in the clear inner band: 1-2-8-NL
IMG_7287.jpeg
Moulded inscription in the clear hub, two groups of characters with dot-like marks above the first and a round last glyph in the second; illegible at native resolution in this frame, so presence only, no reading
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Clear hub close up under raking light: the moulded IFPI script logo ifpi followed by 153C -- the mould SID; the final glyph is round and open on the right, read as C
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Booklet page 5, printed Page 5 at the foot: lyrics to The Trooper (Harris) 4.10 and Still Life (Murray/Harris) 4.37, with an Eddie-in-chains drawing
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Booklet page 8, printed Page 8 at the foot: lyrics to Quest For Fire (Harris) 3.40 and Sun and Steel (Dickinson/Smith) 3.25, with an Eddie-in-chains drawing
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Jewel case -- a standard jewel case with a black tray. The front lid is clean; the rear of the case carries heavy scuffing and long white scratches across the tracklist side, which is on the plastic, not the inlay: the inlay itself, photographed with the case open, is clean.
- Booklet -- the cover is in the lid; inside, page numbers are printed at the foot of each page, and pages 5 and 8 carry the band's own lyrics with Eddie-in-chains drawings. The total page count was not photographed.
- Disc -- silver, printed in black on a light grey ground: the EMI United Kingdom box, the logo, the tracklist and
Piece of Mindin script. The play side shows no damage in the ring close-ups.
What distinguishes this pressing
- Mould SID
ifpi 153Cin the clear hub -- rules out 7463269 and 2646484, both noted by Discogs as having no mould SID, and together with the ring matches 14292015's Variant 2 exactly. - The ring
CDP 746363 2 AR @ 5 1-2-8-NL-- recorded only on 14292015, paired there withifpi 153C; ring numbers recur across this cluster, so the ring corroborates and the mould SID decides. F: PM516on the inlay -- rules out 19549489, whose note says it has no French price code.BIEM/ STEMRA,Made in Holland,Printed in Holland, the@ 5ring -- rule out the Swindon-pressed and ItalianCDEMS 1540rows (6297942, 3386885, 15316485, 22807133).- Booklet pages 5 and 8 -- Iron Maiden lyrics (
The Trooper,Still Life,Quest For Fire,Sun and Steel), which rules out the Roxy Music misprint 2787018.
Nine tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-5
- 1Where Eagles Dare
- 2Revelations
- 3Flight Of Icarus
- 4Die With Your Boots On
- 5The Trooper
Tracks 6-9
- 6Still Life
- 7Quest For Fire
- 8Sun And Steel
- 9To Tame A Land
Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead guitar · Adrian Smith - lead guitar · Steve Harris - bass guitar · Nicko McBrain - drums.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch, assisted by Dennis Halliburton and Frank Gibson (engineering) and Bruce Buchhalter (mixing). Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau; mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York; lacquer cut at Utopia Studios. Sleeve concept and design by Derek Riggs, Iron Maiden and Rod Smallwood; sleeve illustrations by Derek Riggs, art continuation by Keith Peacock for the Artful Dodgers. Photos by Simon Fowler. Management by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor for Sanctuary Music. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.; copyright Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd.
Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1839842, the UK original (EMI, EMA 800, 1983) 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. The mould SID ifpi 153C and the ring CDP 746363 2 AR @ 5 1-2-8-NL together match 14292015's Variant 2 exactly; the mould SID excludes the two rows Discogs records without one, and booklet pages 5 and 8 exclude the misprint 2787018. Standing caveat: the method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.