Folder 325
USA & Canada
Catalogue number 538906451 on the rear fine print is carried by one version-list row only, 33131745 (BMG, USA & Canada, 2025). That row lists a second number, 405053890655, one digit short of the 4050538906455 printed on this sleeve twice.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
No run-out groove photograph exists in this folder.
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 6 of them
Front sleeve under shrink: the standard Seventh Son cover artwork with the IRON MAIDEN logo across the top and SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON along the foot, and a round black hype sticker upper left reading THE STUDIO COLLECTION / ORIGINALLY RELEASED / 1988 (in red) / REMASTERED. Wrap creases fan out from the top-right corner
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Rear sleeve under shrink: MOONCHILD • INFINITE DREAMS • CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS • THE EVIL THAT MEN DO / SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON • THE PROPHECY • THE CLAIRVOYANT • ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG / Produced, Engineered and Mixed By Martin Birch., a white barcode box top right, and a BMG logo with the Sanctuary S device bottom right. No EMI or Parlophone logo anywhere on the rear
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Rear sleeve, left edge, a dot-matrix stamp running up the sleeve: MADE IN CANADA, then two two-digit groups that do not resolve cleanly at native resolution (the second begins 0), then 1127 and a lone 1
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Rear sleeve barcode box, top right: barcode 4 050538 906455, with the shrink wrap bunched and creased over the corner above it
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Rear sleeve fine print, bottom right, in yellow: BMG and Sanctuary logos, then Original ℗ 1988. Remaster ℗ 2015. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Iron Maiden LLP / under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company / © 2025 Iron Maiden LLP. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. / All rights of the manufacturer and the owner of the recorded work reserved. / Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of the work prohibited. / 538906451 / 4050538906455 www.ironmaiden.com
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Shrink wrap intact over the sleeve: bunched film at the rear top-left and top-right corners, a seam down the rear left edge, and the film edge lifting at the bottom-right corner over the fine print
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Single sleeve in shrink wrap, still sealed, with a round black "The Studio Collection / Originally Released 1988 / Remastered" hype sticker on the front, upper left.
- Record, labels and inner sleeve not seen: the wrap is intact and nothing inside has been photographed.
- A dot-matrix "MADE IN CANADA" stamp with a run of digits runs up the left edge of the rear, over the artwork.
What distinguishes this pressing
- Catalogue number 538906451 on the rear fine print is carried by one version-list row only, 33131745 (BMG, USA & Canada, 2025). That row lists a second number, 405053890655, one digit short of the
4050538906455printed on this sleeve twice. - The
© 2025 Iron Maiden LLPline and the 538906451 number separate it from the two 2014 BMG LPs, 6344204 (US) and 26304833 (Germany), both BMG14017V. - BMG / Sanctuary branding with no Parlophone logo separates it from the 2024 Parlophone Europe LP, 31438295 (5054197784392).
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
Sealed: the sleeve pins it to 33131745 by catalogue number, and the MADE IN CANADA stamp fits that row's territory. The labels and the run-out on both sides stay unread until the shrink is opened. The owner's note, Sealed, matches the wrap in the photographs and decided nothing the catalogue number had not already settled.