Folder 37
UK
EMD 1006 - the British catalogue number, and the same release as folder 1, so the collection holds the UK original twice.
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.
Run-out photographed, and read in full by eye by the owner (2026-10-06). Side A EMD-1006-A-2-1-1- "VERY DIRECT METAL" Sterling DD; side B EMD-1006-B-3U-1-1- "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT BOLLOCKS" Sterling DD. The photograph of side B (image00183) shows EMD-1006-B-3U-1-1-; an earlier reading of it as -2-1-1- was wrong.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 576952. Green: in my collection (7 of 15). Red: missing.
Run-out: side A matches variants 3 and 6; side B matches variant 5. No single Discogs variant has this combination, so it is an undocumented pairing.
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Side B label) | EMD 1006B — copy 1, this copy, copy 300 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1) | EMD-1006-A "VERY DIRECT METAL" Sterling -2-1-1- DD |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1) | EMD-1006-B "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT BOLLOCKS" Sterling -3U-1-1- DD |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2) | EMD-1006-A "VERY DIRECT METAL" Sterling -3U-1-1- DD |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2) | EMD-1006-B "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT BOLLOCKS" Sterling -3U-1-1- DD |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3) | EMD-1006-A-2-1-1- "VERY DIRECT METAL" Sterling DD — copy 1, this copy |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3) | EMD-1006-B-3U-1- "IF YOU DON`T LIKE IT BOLLOCKS" Sterling D |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4) | EMD-1006-A-3U-1-1- "VERY DIRECT METAL" Sterling DD |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4) | EMD-1006-B-2-1-1- "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT BOLLOCKS" DD — copy 300 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5) | EMD-1006-A-3U-1- "VERY DIRECT METAL” Sterling D |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5) | EMD-1006-B-3U-1-1- "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT BOLLOCKS" Sterling DD — copy 1, this copy |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6) | EMD-1006-A-2-1-1- "VERY DIRECT METAL" Sterling DD — copy 1, this copy |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6) | EMD-1006-B-2-1-1- "IF YOU DON`T LIKE IT BOLLOCKS" DD — copy 300 |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7) | EMD-1006-A-2-1-2 "VERY DIRECT METAL" Sterling D |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7) | EMD-1006-B-2-1-1- "IF YOU DON`T LIKE IT BOLLOCKS" DD — copy 300 |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 9 of them
Label: EMD 1006 / (EMD 1006-B)
image00192, image00193
Label rim: MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED
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Label: the eye/Eddie artwork, fully printed
image00193
Run-out, side B, etched: EMD-1006-B-3U-1-1-
image00183
Run-out, hand etched: IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT B…
image00178, image00179
Run-out, hand etched: Sterling
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Rear sleeve: ⊙ EMD 1006, TCEMD 1006, UK: CDEMD 1006, boxed 79 0258 1 and barcode 0 77779 02581 7
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Insert: blue double-sided lyric and credit sheet
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Both run-outs, off the record itself, quoted as written: Side A - EMD-1006-A-2-1-1- "VERY DIRECT METAL" Sterling DD / Side B - EMD-1006-B-3U-1-1- "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT BOLLOCKS" Sterling DD
read by eye by the owner, 2026-10-06; filed in this folder as runout - eye.txt
The photographs
image00177.jpg1 of 24READ FROM
The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Outer sleeve - standard artwork.
- Insert - a blue printed lyric sheet.
- Labels - the eye/Eddie artwork, fully printed.
- Vinyl - black.
What distinguishes this pressing
EMD 1006- the British catalogue number, and the same release as folder 1, so the collection holds the UK original twice.- Run-outs
EMD-1006-A-2-1-1-/EMD-1006-B-3U-1-1-, both Sterling DD. Discogs records seven run-out variants against this release; side A matches variants 3 and 6, side B matches variant 5, and no single listed variant pairs them -- the same undocumented pairing as folder 1. Sides are cut from separate stampers, so this does not change the release. - Fully printed labels, which is what excludes the UK test pressing.
- A
Sterlingetching in a stylised hand, which reads as a Cyrillic string at contact-sheet size and resolves to the mastering house's name only in the native-resolution crop.
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.
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
Confirmed. The UK carries three vinyl entries under an EMD 1006-shaped number and two of them are excluded by what this copy plainly is:
How the other candidates were ruled out
| Candidate | Verdict |
|---|---|
576952 - EMD 1006, April 1988 | Matches. Catalogue number, UK rim text, and both run-outs, each of which Discogs records against this release. |
| 8529299 - Test Pressing | Discogs: “plain black labels and A4 sized test pressing report attached to front of sleeve.” This copy's labels are the fully printed eye/Eddie design. |
1348869 - EMDP 1006 | The picture disc, a different catalogue number. |
The run-out corroborates. Side A EMD-1006-A-2-1-1- and side B EMD-1006-B-3U-1-1-, both Sterling DD, read by eye by the owner and visible in the photographs, are each listed by Discogs for 576952 (side A in variants 3 and 6, side B in variant 5), though not as one listed pair. An earlier version of this dossier read side B as -2-1-1- and reasoned from that; the photograph and the owner's reading both show -3U-1-1-. The catalogue number on the label, EMD 1006 against the Fame reissue's FA 3247, remains what identifies the release.
Not read: the rear-sleeve printer code, which Discogs gives as SP8804JU. It would have been a second independent check and the photographs do not show it.
Standing caveat: this method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.