Folder 322

Europe

Run-out pair 1575931-A1-D / 1575931-B1-D is 609375's variant 2; no 13223106 variant has B1-D, all of them pair with B2-D

Catalogue: 1C 038-15 7593 1
Label: EMI
Released: 1985
Confidence: Confirmed
Why this grade
European 1985 DMM reissue on cream EMI Electrola labels, pinned down by its run-outs: 1575931-A1-D / 1575931-B1-D. 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 deadwax does. Side B reads B1-D, and Discogs lists B1-D only under 609375 (variant 2, paired with A1-D, exactly as here); every 13223106 variant has B2-D on side B. The run-out pair is carried by one survivor only, so the grade is Confirmed. The label layout (the DMM logo printed above LC 0542 and the catalogue line) is left as corroboration rather than proof, because 13223106's own Discogs notes contradict themselves on where its DMM logo sits. No debossed stamp shows beside the back-cover DMM logo in these photographs, which fits a copy without 13223106's listed EMI deboss but is not proof of absence. 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

What the record says

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

A: 1575931-A1-D; B: 1575931-B1-D

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 9 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; no debossed stamp visible beside the DMM logo

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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 1:44 to Innocent Exile 3:41, 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 4:57 to Drifter 4:47, 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-A1-D, no crossed-out digit, no separate hand-etched digit found after the D

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Run-out side B: stamped 1575931-B1-D; the digit after the B is a single-stroke 1, not a 2; 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; the spine's catalogue print shows faintly along the top edge

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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; creasing and surface cracks across the back, edge and corner 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

Run-out pair 1575931-A1-D / 1575931-B1-D is 609375's variant 2; no 13223106 variant has B1-D, all of them pair with B2-D
Label layout (DMM above the LC / catalogue / (P) block) matches the layout folder 320 was settled on for 609375, but 13223106's Discogs notes contradict themselves on this point, so it corroborates only

Ten tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

A1The Ides Of March
A2Wrathchild
A3Murders In The Rue Morgue
A4Another Life
A5Genghis Khan
A6Innocent Exile

Side B

B1Killers
B2Prodigal Son
B3Purgatory
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 side-B run-out B1-D. A photograph of the inner sleeve would show whether this copy has the Fame-series printed inner Discogs says some 609375 copies carry, and a raking-light shot of the back cover would confirm the absence of the debossed EMI stamp listed on 13223106.