Folder 40
Australasia
Applied demonstration stickers on both the labels and the sleeve. The master lists no separate Australasian promotional entry, so this is the standard pressing with promotional stickers applied rather than a distinct release - which is a different fact from a printed promo overprint, and is recorded that way here.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Run-out photographed. Both sides carry PB - EMIDISC - DMM engraved, matching the string Discogs records against this release for sides A and B alike.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 539430. Green: in my collection (5 of 5). Red: missing.
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Label Side A) | EMC 790258A — this copy |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Label Side B) | EMC 790258A — this copy |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Engraved Side A) | EMC 790258 A — this copy |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Engraved Side B) | EMC 790258 B — copy 13 |
| ✓ | Matrix / Runout (Engraved Side A & B) | PB - EMIDISC - DMM — this copy |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 9 of them
Label: EMC 790258, EMC 790258A, SIDE 1, 33⅓ RPM
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Label: (Mushroom) as publisher after every track
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Label rim: MANUFACTURED BY THE EMI MUSIC GROUP — AUSTRALASIA
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Label rim: ALL RIGHTS OF RECORD PRODUCER & OWNER OF THE WORK RECORDED RESERVED
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Label sticker: DEMONSTRATION RECORD — NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE — FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING OR CASTING — PROPERTY OF THE RECORD OWNER
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Run-out, engraved: PB - EMIDISC - DMM
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Rear sleeve sticker: MANUFACTURER'S PROPERTY NOT FOR SALE
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Rear sleeve: EMC.790258 and Manufactured by the EMI Music Group — Australasia
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Insert: blue double-sided lyric and credit sheet
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Outer sleeve - standard artwork, carrying an applied MANUFACTURER'S PROPERTY NOT FOR SALE sticker on the rear.
- Insert - a blue printed lyric sheet.
- Labels - cream with black text and a red EMI logo, each carrying an applied DEMONSTRATION RECORD sticker. The sticker is applied over the printing, not printed as part of it.
- Vinyl - black.
What distinguishes this pressing
- Applied demonstration stickers on both the labels and the sleeve. The master lists no separate Australasian promotional entry, so this is the standard pressing with promotional stickers applied rather than a distinct release - which is a different fact from a printed promo overprint, and is recorded that way here.
PB - EMIDISC - DMMengraved in the deadwax. Discogs caches it as a matrix value; calling it a plant code is an interpretation and nothing here rests on it.(Mushroom)credited as publisher after every track, the Australasian licensing arrangement.- The same release as folder 13, so the collection holds the Australasian pressing twice - one retail, one a demonstration copy.
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
Confirmed. The master holds exactly one Australasian vinyl entry and this copy matches it on two independent values:
How the other candidates were ruled out
| Candidate | Verdict |
|---|---|
539430 - EMC.790258 | Matches. The catalogue number and the Mushroom publishing credit agree, and the engraved PB - EMIDISC - DMM is recorded by Discogs against both sides of this release. |
A single surviving candidate is not proof, so the plant code carries real weight here: it is a value that had to be read off the deadwax and compared, rather than a catalogue number that was already the basis of the match.
On the promotional stickers. They are applied labels, not printing, and Discogs records no Australasian promo release, so this entry does not invent one: the copy is the standard pressing, stickered. But note what that reasoning cannot do. With only one candidate there is nothing to discriminate from, and the standing caveat below has real force here: an Australasian promotional variant absent from Discogs would look exactly like this. The grade rests on the catalogue number, the Mushroom credit and the plant code all agreeing with the one entry that exists - not on having ruled a promo out.
Standing caveat: this method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.