All 7 pressings

Folder 320

Europe

Label layout: DMM logo above the LC / catalogue / (P) block with outlined Iron Maiden logo lettering, where 13223106's Discogs notes put the DMM logo underneath and describe different lettering

Catalogue
1C 038-15 7593 1
Label
EMI
Released
1985
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

European 1985 DMM reissue on cream EMI Electrola labels, the cut whose labels print the DMM logo ABOVE the LC box and catalogue line, with the Iron Maiden logo lettering. Both labels read 1C 038-15 7593 1 A / 1 B with LC 0542, boxed GEMA, STEMRA and MADE IN EEC., and the back sleeve carries 038 15 7593 1, barcode 5 099915 759313 and Printed in Germany by 4P NICOLAUS GmbH, Koln. That leaves two vinyl rows on the master, 609375 and 13223106, both Europe 1985 with the same catalogue number, barcode, label code and rights societies, so none of those separates them. The run-outs don't either: side A reads 1575931-A12-D with the 1 apparently struck through by a second stroke, side B 1575931-B2-D, and a struck-through A-side pairing with B2-D turns up under both rows (609375 variant 3, 13223106 variant 2). The labels do. 13223106's Discogs notes put the DMM logo underneath the LC / catalogue / (P) block and call its Iron Maiden lettering different from 609375's; here the DMM logo sits above LC 0542 and the band name is in the outlined logo lettering, which is 609375's layout and not 13223106's. That layout is carried by one survivor only, so the grade is Confirmed. One loose end: the back sleeve has a debossed rectangular stamp beside the DMM logo whose lettering isn't legible in these photographs. Discogs lists a debossed EMI stamp on 13223106 and says nothing either way for 609375, so it doesn't contradict the label reading, but it doesn't support it either. The small separate hand-etched digits that split 609375's variants were not found in the run-out photographs. The version list is incomplete, so an uncatalogued variant can't be excluded.

Reference
Discogs 609375
Median sale
DKK 167
Sale range
DKK 52-482
On sale now
76, from DKK 60
Last sold
11 October 2026
A photograph of pressing 320, Europe

What the record says

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

A: 1575931-A12-D (the 1 apparently struck through); B: 1575931-B2-D

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

Back sleeve top right: 038 15 7593 1, cassette logo then 1C 238 15 7593 4, barcode 5 099915 759313

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Back sleeve lower right: Direct Metal DMM Mastering logo with TM, EMI ELECTROLA box, LC 0542, EMI Electrola GmbH - All rights reserved, Printed in Germany by 4P NICOLAUS GmbH, Koln

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Back sleeve, left of the DMM logo: a debossed rectangular stamp, lettering not legible even contrast-enhanced

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Back sleeve lower left: road crew thanks, UP THE HAMMERS, (P)1981 ORIGINAL SOUND RECORDINGS MADE BY EMI RECORDS LTD, IRON MAIDEN NOW AVAILABLE LIVE ON VIDEO CASSETTE (VHS EVH 25002) (Beta EVX 45002), ALSO AVAILABLE ON CASSETTE

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Back sleeve: live stage photo, red tracklist The Ides Of March to Drifter, five band portraits plus Martin Headmaster Birch, credits PRODUCED, ENGINEERED AND BULLIED BY MARTIN "HEADMASTER" BIRCH, RECORDED AT BATTERY STUDIOS, LONDON

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Side 1 label: cream EMI label, outlined Iron Maiden logo lettering, DMM logo with TM ABOVE the LC 0542 box, then 1C 038-15 7593 1 A and (P)1981 EMI Records Ltd., Seite 1, ST 33 STEREO, boxed GEMA, STEMRA, KILLERS, tracks 1-6 The Ides Of March to Innocent Exile, All tracks written by Steve Harris, Produced by Martin Birch, rim text MADE IN EEC. with English and German rights warnings, red EMI box at the foot

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Side 2 label: same layout, DMM above LC 0542, 1C 038-15 7593 1 B, Seite 2, tracks 1-4 Killers to Drifter, All tracks written by Steve Harris except** written by Paul Di'Anno and Steve Harris

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Run-out side A: stamped 1575931-A12-D, the 1 after the A carrying an extra crossing stroke; no separate hand-etched digit found after the D

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Run-out side B: stamped 1575931-B2-D; a scuffed patch around the dash before the D, no separate hand-etched digit found

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Front sleeve: standard Killers artwork with the red Fame script under the Killers title, no hype sticker

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Glossy outer sleeve with the Fame script on the front and barcode on the back; scuffing and paper loss on the lower left of the back, a crease at the top right corner, edge wear
  • Black vinyl LP with cream EMI labels, DMM logo, GEMA/STEMRA boxes and MADE IN EEC. rim text
  • No hype sticker visible on the front
  • No inner sleeve photographed

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Label layout: DMM logo above the LC / catalogue / (P) block with outlined Iron Maiden logo lettering, where 13223106's Discogs notes put the DMM logo underneath and describe different lettering
  • Run-outs 1575931-A12-D (struck-through 1) / 1575931-B2-D fit 609375 variant 3 and 13223106 variant 2 alike, so they corroborate rather than discriminate
Ten tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1The Ides Of March
  2. A2Wrathchild
  3. A3Murders In The Rue Morgue
  4. A4Another Life
  5. A5Genghis Khan
  6. A6Innocent Exile

Side B

  1. B1Killers
  2. B2Prodigal Son
  3. B3Purgatory
  4. B4Drifter

Paul Di'Anno - vocals · Dave Murray - guitar · Adrian Smith - guitar · Steve Harris - bass · Clive Burr - drums.

Produced and engineered by Martin Birch, assisted by Nigel Hewitt; the release's own credit lists him as producer, engineer, and, in Discogs' wording, "bullied by". Recorded at Battery Studios, London; lacquer cut at The Town House. Sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; photography by Robert Ellis. Management by Rod Smallwood for Sanctuary. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Phonographic copyright and copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1538759, the UK original (EMI EMC 3357, 1981) 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.

  • 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

Settled by the label layout. A raking-light photograph of the back-sleeve deboss would show whether it reads EMI (Discogs lists that stamp only on 13223106, without saying 609375 lacks it), and a close look for lightly hand-etched 1 / 2 digits in the run-outs would pin which of 609375's variants this is.