All 2 pressings

Folder 323

Europe

Bilingual English/German label rim ending "MADE IN EEC." rules out 31024051, 4469941 and 9348664 (German-only rim, "MADE IN GERMANY")

Catalogue
1C K 062-07 534 Z
Label
EMI Electrola
Released
1981
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

EMI Electrola 12" with the "MADE IN EEC" rim. Five Euro / German rows in the master share 1C K 062-07 534 Z and the same stamped run-outs, 07534-A2 Z / 07534-B1 Z. Three are out on the labels: 31024051, 4469941 and 9348664 all carry German-only rim text ending "MADE IN GERMANY", and both labels here run the English "ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER ..." text alongside the German and end "MADE IN EEC." That leaves 4454907 and 479204, which Discogs separates only by the sleeve: "thin paper sleeve" for 4454907, "thick top-opening cardboard sleeve" for 479204. The photographs show the sleeve only flat, so the owner checked it in hand (2026-11-11): it is thin paper, opening at the top. Discogs states no opening edge for 4454907, so a top opening does not count against it; the material is what the two notes contrast, and thin paper is 4454907. A faint ghost of "07534 B1" pressed into the side-2 label rim is something Discogs notes against 479204 ("Some copies may have an extra matrix"), but it is a stamper fault on presses both releases share, not a feature 4454907 lacks. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued pressing cannot be excluded.

Reference
Discogs 4454907
Median sale
DKK 138
Sale range
DKK 65-225
On sale now
13, from DKK 89
Last sold
16 May 2026
A photograph of pressing 323, Europe

What the record says

Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photo named beside it, except where the source column says otherwise - those rows come from the record itself, by reading it or by playing it, and each says which.

A: 07534-A2 Z (Z hand-etched, faint extra mark after it) ; B: 07534-B1 Z (Z hand-etched, faint extra mark after it)

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 11 of them

Front cover: "IRON MAIDEN", "MAIDEN JAPAN" with kanji, yellow corner band "\"SPECIAL LIVE EP\""

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Back cover top left: "EMI ELECTROLA" logo block and the EMI disc logo; top right catalogue "1C K [062-07 534] Z" with the number boxed

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Back cover tracklist "Side One 1. RUNNING FREE 2. REMEMBER TOMORROW / Side Two 1. KILLERS 2. INNOCENT EXILE"; credits "All tracks recorded live at the Kosei Nenkin Hall, Nagoya, on May 23 1981. Mixed at Nimbus 9, Toronto."; foot "THIS RECORD IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE HEAD BANGERS, EARTHDOGS AND METAL MERCHANTS AROUND THE WORLD."

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Side 1 label, cream: "1 C K 062-07 534 Z A", "(P) 1981 EMI Records Ltd.", "LC 0542", "ST 45 STEREO", boxed "GEMA", "STEMRA", "Seite 1", "1. Running Free 2:41 / 2. Remember Tomorrow 5:17"

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Side 1 label rim, native crop: English "ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE WORK REPRODUCED RESERVED. UNAUTHORIZED COPYING, HIRING, LENDING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING OF THE RECORD PROHIBITED." followed by German "ALLE URHEBER- UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE VORBEHALTEN ... SENDUNG!" and "MADE IN EEC." -- the bilingual rim that rules out the three German-only "MADE IN GERMANY" rows

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Side 2 label: "1 C K 062-07 534 Z B", "Seite 2", "1. Killers (Steve Harris/Paul Di' Anno) 4:38 / 2. Innocent Exile (Steve Harris) 3:37", same bilingual rim with "MADE IN EEC."

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Side A run-out: stamped "07534-A2" then a hand-etched "Z", with a faint small hand-etched mark after the Z that does not resolve into a character

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Side B run-out: stamped "07534-B1" then a hand-etched "Z", again with a faint small hand-etched mark after it

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Side 2 label edge: a faint uninked impression of "0 7 5 3 4 B 1" pressed into the label paper under "REPRODUCED RESERVED" -- the extra label-edge matrix Discogs notes for 479204

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Sleeve shown only flat, front and back, plus close corner shots of the back; no edge-on, spine or opening shot, so thin paper vs thick cardboard construction cannot be read from the photographs

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Sleeve checked in hand by the owner, 2026-11-11: thin paper, opening on the top edge. Not photographed

owner's reading, not a photograph

The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Single 12-inch sleeve, glossy, "SPECIAL LIVE EP" band printed on the front; corners show light wear
  • Black vinyl, 45 RPM, cream EMI Electrola labels with red rim text and red EMI box at the foot
  • No inner sleeve, insert or hype sticker photographed

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Bilingual English/German label rim ending "MADE IN EEC." rules out 31024051, 4469941 and 9348664 (German-only rim, "MADE IN GERMANY")
  • Side 1 label carries the black-printed text, so it is not the 4454907 sub-variant Discogs mentions with only red copyright text and the EMI logo on side A -- though that variant sits inside the same release, so it decides nothing
  • Run-outs 07534-A2 Z / 07534-B1 Z are shared by both survivors and do not separate them
  • Thin paper sleeve (checked in hand): 4454907; 479204 is the thick cardboard sleeve
Four tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1Running Free
  2. A2Remember Tomorrow

Side B

  1. B1Killers
  2. B2Innocent Exile

Recorded live at the Kosei Nenkin Hall, Nagoya, on 23 May 1981, on the Killer World Tour. Produced and mixed by Doug Hall and Iron Maiden; mixed at Nimbus 9, Toronto. Written by Steve Harris, with Paul Di'Anno co-credited on Running Free, Remember Tomorrow and Killers. Group photography by Hiro Ohno; live shots by Rod Smallwood. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Credits are sourced from Discogs release 1406000, the UK original 12" EP (12EMI 5219), and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing. The tracklist above is that 4-track edition; US and some other editions add Wrathchild. Where this copy's own packaging carries the 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.

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 sleeve, checked in hand: thin paper is 4454907; 479204 is thick cardboard.