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Folder 331

UK

18166213 (UK, 12EMG 79, 12EM 79): same sleeve, same barcode 5 099920 304805, and Discogs lists the same two run-out pairings. Discogs notes Different cat nr on label 12EM 79. Both labels of this copy read 12EMG 79, so it is not that one.

Catalogue
12EMG 79
Label
EMI
Released
1988
Confidence
Confirmed
Why this grade

UK gatefold 12" on EMI, 12EMG 79 on the rear sleeve and on BOTH labels, and that pair of labels is what pins it. Three rows in the master share 12EMG 79 and the same barcode, so neither decides anything: Discogs separates them by the number printed at the right of each label. 18166213 is noted Different cat nr on label 12EM 79, 20039236 is noted Catalog number 12EMG 79 on side A label and 12EM 79 on side B., and only 381966 lists 12EMG 79 alone. This copy reads 12EMG 79 on side A and on side B, which leaves 381966. The run-outs agree with it: 12-EM-79-A-1U-1-1 and 12-EM-79-B-1U-1-1, the pairing Discogs records on 381966 as its variant 2, and the -1 ending on side B is a second strike against 20039236, which Discogs records only with a side B ending 1U-1-2. Not everything Discogs records was photographed: the Sterling it lists in the side A run-out is not in any frame, and no inner sleeve was shot. The version list is never complete, so an uncatalogued label pairing can't be excluded.

Reference
Discogs 381966
Median sale
DKK 198
Sale range
DKK 45-315
On sale now
11, from DKK 134
Last sold
28 September 2026
A photograph of pressing 331, UK

What the record says

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

Both sides photographed. Side A: 12-EM-79-A hand-etched, then 1U-1-1 machine-stamped with stamped bar separators (IMG_7711.jpeg, IMG_7712.jpeg, with 12-EM- again in close-up in IMG_7713.jpeg). Side B: 12-EM-79-B hand-etched, then 1U-1-1 machine-stamped the same way (IMG_7715.jpeg to IMG_7718.jpeg); the stamped 1U-1-1 also shows in the dead wax beside the 12EM 79B label in IMG_7710.jpeg. A stamped D stands alone in the dead wax in two further frames, IMG_7714.jpeg (shot after the side A frames) and IMG_7719.jpeg (shot after the side B frames); neither frame shows which side it is on. The Sterling that Discogs lists in the side A run-out of 381966 was not found in any frame: the frames cover only part of each band.

Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 12 of them

Front of the sleeve: Derek Riggs painting of Eddie's split head with the third eye, IRON MAIDEN logo down the left edge and THE CLAIRVOYANT down the right. No sticker, no price label, no promo stamp

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Rear of the sleeve, whole: SIDE 1 / THE CLAIRVOYANT (LIVE) / (S HARRIS) / 4·24, SIDE 2 / THE PRISONER (LIVE) / (A SMITH/S HARRIS) / 6·07 / HEAVEN CAN WAIT (LIVE) / (S HARRIS) / 7·08; centre block ALL TRACKS RECORDED LIVE AT MONSTERS OF ROCK, DONINGTON PARK / 20TH AUGUST 1988 / PRODUCED BY TONY WILSON & MARTIN BIRCH / RELEASED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH 'THE FRIDAY ROCK SHOW' ON RADIO 1. / BBC ENTERPRISES LIMITED.; red EMI box bottom left; a SEVENTH TOUR OF A SEVENTH TOUR panel of UK dates for NOVEMBER: and DECEMBER: bottom right

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Rear of the sleeve, foot: SLEEVE ILLUSTRATION: DEREK RIGGS / PHOTOGRAPHY: ROSS HALFIN / DESIGN: THE COMPLETE WORKS / ℗ BBC 1988, UNDER EXCLUSIVE LICENCE TO EMI RECORDS LTD. / © 1988 IRON MAIDEN HOLDINGS LTD.

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Rear of the sleeve, top right corner: catalogue number 12EMG 79 above a white barcode box reading 5 099920 304805. No second catalogue number, no rights-society box and no price code beside it

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The sleeve opened flat: a gatefold, the inside a collage of blue-keylined live photographs over a fireworks shot, with no text in the photographed part

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Side A label, black with silver print: IRON MAIDEN logo, 12EM 79A / STEREO / ℗ 1988 Original sound recording made by EMI Records Ltd at the left, 45 r.p.m. / 12EMG 79 at the right, THE CLAIRVOYANT / ('Live') 4.24 / (S. Harris) / Zomba Music Publishers Ltd / Produced by Tony Wilson & Martin Birch / All tracks engineered by David Dade / Donington Park, 20 August, 1988, boxed EMI logo at the foot, rim text including MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED

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Side B label, same design: 12EM 79B / STEREO / ℗ 1988 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd at the left, 45 r.p.m. / 12EMG 79 at the right, 1. THE PRISONER ('Live') 6.07 / 2. HEAVEN CAN WAIT ('Live') 7.08 / 1. (A. Smith/S. Harris) 2. (S. Harris), rim text including MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED. The stamped 1U-1-1 of the run-out shows in the dead wax at the top left of the frame

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Run-out groove, side A (the 12EM 79A label is in frame): hand-etched 12-EM-79-A, then machine-stamped 1U-1-1 with stamped bars between the groups

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Run-out groove close-up of the hand-etched 12-EM-, sitting under the BROADCA stretch of the label's rim text, where the side A etching sits in IMG_7711.jpeg

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Run-out groove, a lone machine-stamped D. No label text in frame, so the side is not shown; the frame follows the side A run-out shots

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Run-out groove, side B (the 12EM 79B label is in frame in IMG_7715.jpeg): hand-etched 12-EM-79-B, then machine-stamped 1U-1-1 with stamped bars between the groups. The last group is a 1, read at native resolution in two frames

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Run-out groove, a lone machine-stamped D just outside the label edge, under the rim text OF THE OWNER. That rim text is on both labels, so the side is not shown; the frame follows the side B run-out shots

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The photographs

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The object, and what marks it out

Sleeve, labels and inserts

  • Gatefold picture sleeve, 12", opening to a collage of live photographs. No sticker on the front or the rear.
  • Black vinyl, 45 r.p.m., with black EMI labels printed in silver on both sides.
  • One track on side A and two on side B, all live from Donington, 20 August 1988.
  • No inner sleeve was photographed, so whether the black die-cut card inner Discogs notes on this pressing is still with it is not known.

What distinguishes this pressing

  • 18166213 (UK, 12EMG 79, 12EM 79): same sleeve, same barcode 5 099920 304805, and Discogs lists the same two run-out pairings. Discogs notes Different cat nr on label 12EM 79. Both labels of this copy read 12EMG 79, so it is not that one.
  • 20039236 (UK, 12EMG 79, 12EM 79): same sleeve and barcode. Discogs notes Catalog number 12EMG 79 on side A label and 12EM 79 on side B. and records only a side B run-out ending 1U-1-2. Side B of this copy reads 12EMG 79 on the label and 1U-1-1 in the run-out.
  • 1854018 (UK, 12 EM 79): Discogs lists barcode 5099920304867 and no gatefold. This sleeve is a gatefold printed 12EMG 79 with barcode 5 099920 304805.
  • 2112786 (Europe, 060-20 3048 6): Discogs lists GEMA STEMRA and LC 0542. Neither is on this copy, whose labels read MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED.
  • Every 7" row in the master (EM 79, EMS 79, EMP 79 and the reissues) is a different disc size with a different catalogue number.
Three tracks, two sides, and the recording credits

Side A

  1. AThe Clairvoyant (Live)

Side B

  1. B1The Prisoner (Live)
  2. B2Heaven Can Wait (Live)

The studio Clairvoyant produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch. The live tracks were recorded at the Monsters Of Rock festival, Donington Park, on 20 August 1988, produced by Tony Wilson and engineered by Dave Dade, and released by arrangement with Radio 1's Friday Rock Show; phonographic copyright BBC under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd. Illustration by Derek Riggs; design by The Complete Works; photography by Ross Halfin. Published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.

Credits are sourced from Discogs release 1288135, the UK 7" EM 79, and apply to the recording rather than to this pressing; the UK 12" is release 381966 (12EMG 79). 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 on 381966 by the labels: 12EMG 79 at the right of side A and of side B, where Discogs puts 12EM 79 on both labels of 18166213 and on the side B label of 20039236. The run-outs 12-EM-79-A-1U-1-1 and 12-EM-79-B-1U-1-1 match the second pairing Discogs records for 381966. Two things would firm it further: a frame of the rest of the side A run-out, where Discogs lists Sterling, and a shot of the inner sleeve.