Folder 32
South Africa
EMCJ(L) 7902581 - the South African catalogue prefix. Nothing else in the master's 343 entries uses EMCJ except the matching cassette.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Run-out photographed. Side A reads EMCJ 7902581 A-1. Discogs records no run-out for this release, so there is nothing to compare it against; it is logged as an observation, not as a match.
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 9 of them
Label: EMCJ (L) 7902581 A
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Label: Musicpiece and 33,3 RPM - the speed set with a comma
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Label: track times with comma decimals - 5,39, 6,09, 3,31, 4,33
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Label: ℗ Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Limited, red EMI logo
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Rear sleeve: EMCJ(L) 7902581 and Available on Cassette: L4 EMCJ(N) 7902584
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Rear sleeve barcode: 5 099979 025812
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Run-out, side A, etched: EMCJ 7902581 A-1
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Insert: colour band photograph card with personnel credits
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Plain white inner sleeve
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Outer sleeve - standard artwork with a South African rear.
- Insert - a colour card carrying a band photograph and the personnel credits.
- Inner sleeve - plain white, unprinted.
- Labels - cream with black text and red rim text, red EMI logo. Not the eye/Eddie artwork.
- Vinyl - black.
What distinguishes this pressing
EMCJ(L) 7902581- the South African catalogue prefix. Nothing else in the master's 343 entries usesEMCJexcept the matching cassette.- Barcode
5099979025812, which matches Discogs digit for digit. Musicpieceand33,3 RPM- an unusual label wording, with the speed and every track time set using a comma as the decimal separator.- A cream text label, shared in style with the Greek reissue (folder 25) but not with any other territory here.
Eight tracks, two sides, and the recording credits
Side A
- A1Moonchild
- A2Infinite Dreams
- A3Can I Play With Madness
- A4The Evil That Men Do
Side B
- B1Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- B2The Prophecy
- B3The Clairvoyant
- B4Only The Good Die Young
Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar, synth · Steve Harris - bass, string synth · Nicko McBrain - drums.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York. Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich. Sleeve illustration, concept and design by Derek Riggs (with Rod Smallwood). Inner-sleeve photograph by Ross Halfin. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
Personnel and studio credits are sourced from Discogs release 576952, the UK original, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing. The producer, publisher and copyright lines are independently corroborated by this copy's own label, quoted 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
Confirmed. EMCJ is unique to South Africa within this master: a search across all 343 entries returns only this LP and its matching cassette, L4 EMCJ (N) 7902584.
How the other candidates were ruled out
| Candidate | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 3610281 | Matches. Catalogue number, the cassette cross-reference printed on the rear sleeve, and the barcode 5099979025812 all agree. Discogs records it as marketed and distributed by EMI Music South Africa (Pty.) Ltd. |
Two values were checked rather than one. The barcode alone would be weak evidence - this project has measured a single barcode carried by ten different releases across six countries - but here it corroborates a catalogue number that is already unique, rather than carrying the identification on its own.
Standing caveat: this method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.