All 10 pressings

Folder 324

Europe

Labels read 1C 164 rather than the 1C 162 found on the other German-printed copies

Catalogue
1C 2LP 162 24 0426 3
Label
EMI
Released
1985
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

The German-printed European gatefold, in its 1C 164 label variant. The sleeve's 1C 2LP 162 24 0426 3 and barcode 5 099924 042635 are shared by eight 1C 2LP-family entries on the master, so they only corroborate. Two things pin it to 609397. First, all four labels carry 1C 164 - 24 0426 1 A / B and 1C 164 - 24 0427 1 A / B with GEMA boxed beside STEMRA -- exactly the label cat#s and boxed GEMA that 609397 lists, where 1682272, 16157809 and 3344185 give 1C 162- on the labels. Second, the stamped run-outs read 2404261-A3-C, 2404261-B3-C, 2404271-A3-C, 2404271-B3-C, which is 609397's run-out set; the only other A3 cut on the master, the mispress 3344185, has 064-1192071A / B on sides C and D instead. Every other candidate (1682272, 8504636, 14729345, 4494961, 16157809, 30368555, the test pressing 13471065) lists only A1/A2/B1/B2 cuts. Small extra stamped characters, upside down and partly legible (something like C, A, 5, 1), sit beside the matrix on several sides; they look like 609397's variant-2 extras (CI CA5, CAI), but they were not needed and are not read as a match. The version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued pressing with the same labels and run-outs can't be ruled out.

Reference
Discogs 609397
Median sale
DKK 269
Sale range
DKK 112-703
On sale now
29, from DKK 90
Last sold
3 November 2026
A photograph of pressing 324, Europe

What the record says

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

A: 2404261-A3-C | B: 2404261-B3-C | C: 2404271-A3-C | D: 2404271-B3-C (plus small extra stamped characters, partly legible)

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 13 of them

Rear sleeve top right: '1C 2LP 162' with boxed '24 0426 3', cassette logo '1C 2MC 298 24 0426 5', barcode '5 099924 042635'; no price code beside the barcode

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Rear sleeve foot: 'LC 0542', 'EMI Records Ltd.', 'Marketed, manufactured and distributed by EMI', 'Printed in Germany by 4P NICOLAUS GmbH, Köln'; '© 1985 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.', '©1985 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd.'

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Side one label: '1C 164 - 24 0426 1 A', 'STEREO 33⅓ RPM', 'LC 0542', boxed 'GEMA' then '/STEMRA', 'SIDE ONE'; rim 'MADE IN EEC.'

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Side two label: '1C 164 - 24 0426 1 B', boxed 'GEMA' '/STEMRA', 'SIDE TWO'

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Side three label: '1C 164 - 24 0427 1 A', boxed 'GEMA' '/STEMRA', 'SIDE THREE'

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Side four label: '1C 164 - 24 0427 1 B', boxed 'GEMA' '/STEMRA', 'except * published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd', 'SIDE FOUR'

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Run-out side one, stamped: '2404261-A3-C'

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Run-out side two, stamped: '2404261-B3-C'

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Run-out side three, stamped: '2404271-A3-C'

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Run-out side four, stamped: '2404271-B3-C'

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Extra small stamped characters in the run-out bands, upside down or rotated and only partly legible -- shapes like 'C', '∧'/'A', '5', '1'; not used for the match

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Printed inner sleeve with band credits, catalogue number '24 0427 1' top right

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Front cover: 'IRON MAIDEN', 'LIVE AFTER DEATH'

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Gatefold sleeve, German print (4P Nicolaus, Köln), no price code or sticker beside the barcode
  • Printed inner sleeve with credits (the 24 0427 1 sleeve photographed); the 8-page booklet was not photographed
  • Two black vinyl LPs, Eddie gravestone labels with boxed GEMA, all four matrices stamped A3/B3

What distinguishes this pressing

  • Labels read 1C 164 rather than the 1C 162 found on the other German-printed copies
  • A3/B3 cuts on all four sides; only 609397 lists that set
Eighteen tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. A1aIntro: Churchill's Speech
  2. A1bAces High
  3. A22 Minutes To Midnight
  4. A3The Trooper
  5. A4Revelations
  6. A5Flight Of Icarus
  7. B1Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
  8. B2Powerslave
  9. B3The Number Of The Beast

Side B

  1. C1Hallowed Be Thy Name
  2. C2Iron Maiden
  3. C3Run To The Hills
  4. C4Running Free
  5. D1Wrathchild
  6. D222 Acacia Avenue
  7. D3Children Of The Damned
  8. D4Die With Your Boots On
  9. D5Phantom Of The Opera

Bruce Dickinson - vocals · Dave Murray - lead and rhythm guitar · Adrian Smith - lead and rhythm guitar · Steve Harris - bass · Nicko McBrain - drums.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. Recorded at Hammersmith Odeon and Long Beach Arena using the Rolling Stones Mobile and the Record Plant Mobile, Los Angeles; assistant engineers Charlie McPherson and Mick McKenna (Hammersmith), Ricky Delena and Nick Basich (Long Beach). Mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles. Mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol Records. Sleeve concept by Derek Riggs and Rod Smallwood; sleeve design by Steve Joule; sleeve illustration by Derek Riggs; sleeve preparation by The Artful Dodgers. Photography by Ross Halfin. Management by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor for Sanctuary Music Ltd. and Sanctuary Music (Overseas) Ltd. Tour manager and booklet liner notes by Tony Wigens. Phonographic copyright EMI Records Ltd.

Personnel, production and artwork credits are sourced from Discogs release 1298821, the UK original (EMI, RIP 1 / ES 24 0426 3, gatefold) 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: the 1C 164 labels with boxed GEMA and the A3/B3 run-outs on all four sides fit only release 609397.