Folder 44
South Korea
OLE-716 - the Oasis Records catalogue number, carried by no other Korean entry in the master.
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.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 6880137. Green: in my collection (0 of 2). Red: missing.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side A runout) | OLE 716 A [backwards "K"] |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Side B runout) | OLE 716 B [backwards "K"] |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 8 of them
Label: OLE-716, 33⅓ RPM, EMI in box
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Label rim: MANUFACTURED BY OASIS RECORD CO UNDER LICENCE…
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Label rim: MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION REGISTRATION NO. 16
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Label, THIS SIDE block: 8805 - L2847 ~ L2850, ℗ Jun.3.1988, 88-506(88, (EMD 1006)
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Label, OTHER SIDE block: 8805 - L2851 ~ L2854, ℗ Jun.3.1988
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Rear sleeve: OLE-716 (EMD 1006) and ⊙ EMD 1006, TCEMD 1006, UK: CDEMD 1006
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Company inner sleeve with an EMI device
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Rear sleeve: ℗ 1988 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd
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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. The rear carries the Korean catalogue number alongside the retained UK one.
- Inner sleeve - a company sleeve, not a printed lyric bag.
- Labels - the eye/Eddie artwork, with the Korean catalogue number, the approval numbers and the Oasis credit set into the rim.
- Vinyl - black.
What distinguishes this pressing
OLE-716- the Oasis Records catalogue number, carried by no other Korean entry in the master.- Both K.E.C.P.P. approval blocks on one label:
8805 L2847 ~ L2850for one side's tracks and8805 L2851 ~ L2854for the other. Discogs records both against this release. REGISTRATION NO. 16in the label rim - a Ministry of Culture and Information number, and one of the few genuinely state-issued identifiers on any record here.- The same release as folder 24, so the collection holds the Korean pressing twice.
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. Korea and OLE-716 are certain. The master lists three South Korean vinyl entries and only one carries this catalogue number:
How the other candidates were ruled out
| Candidate | Verdict |
|---|---|
6880137 - OLE-716, EMD-1006 | Matches. Catalogue number, the Oasis manufacturing credit, and both approval blocks Discogs records. |
14961753 - 567 | Different catalogue number. |
12601402 - HM 67 | Different catalogue number. |
A correction this copy forced. Folder 24's entry says Discogs lists two approval blocks “and this copy carries the second.” That was reading half a label: the design prints both blocks, one beside each side's tracklist, and folder 24 was simply photographed on the side that shows L2851 ~ L2854. Both copies carry both. Folder 24's dossier has been corrected.
The same photographs settle the registration number, which folder 24's entry deliberately omitted because it had only been read at contact-sheet size, where it appears to say NO. 14. At native resolution both copies read NO. 16.
Standing caveat: this method cannot exclude a pressing absent from Discogs.