Folder 58
Argentina
INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA on both shell faces, with FAB. Y DIST. POR EMI-ODEON S.A.I.C. and a Buenos Aires street address beneath. This is a manufacturing statement read off the object, not an inference - the strongest form of country evidence available to a cassette.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 5 of them
Inlay front and spine: standard cover artwork; the title given in Spanish as "SEPTIMO HIJO DE UN SEPTIMO HIJO" over IRON MAIDEN, with 20044 printed twice down the spine, an EMI logo and a Dolby device
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Inlay, foot: side timings and Spanish titles - FAZ A: 19'22 Hijo de la luna - Sueños infinitos - Puedo jugar con la locura - El mal que el hombre hizo, and FAZ B: 23'26
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Shell, side 1: boxed Spanish tracklist "SEPTIMO HIJO DE UN SEPTIMO HIJO" IRON MAIDEN / 1) HIJO DE LA LUNA – 2) SUEÑOS INFINITOS – 3) PUEDO JUGAR CON LA LOCURA – 4) EL MAL QUE EL HOMBRE HIZO, with boxed 20044, an EMI logo, 1, M.R. and INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA
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Shell, side 1 foot: Reservados los derechos de los autores, intérpretes y productores fonográficos sobre las obras reproducidas en este cassette. Prohibida su reproducción, su alquiler y su ejecución pública o radiodifusión. FAB. Y DIST. POR EMI-ODEON S.A.I.C. SAN MARTIN 3590 - FLORIDA - BS. AS., ℗ 1988 EMI RECORDS Ltd., and boxed SADAIC-BIEM and AADI-CAPIF
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Shell, side 2: the same label carrying 2 and side B's four Spanish titles - 1) SEPTIMO HIJO DE UN SEPTIMO HIJO – 2) LA PROFECIA – 3) LA CLARIVIDENTE – 4) SOLO LOS BUENOS MUEREN JOVENES
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The photographs
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The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Shell - white plastic,
EMImoulded into the top edge, printed directly in brown ink on both faces rather than labelled. - Inlay - paper J-card, Spanish throughout, printed in purple and yellow.
- Condition - shell faces lightly soiled with the ink rubbed thin along the foot of side 2; every string still legible. Inlay creased at the spine.
What distinguishes this pressing
INDUSTRIA ARGENTINAon both shell faces, withFAB. Y DIST. POR EMI-ODEON S.A.I.C.and a Buenos Aires street address beneath. This is a manufacturing statement read off the object, not an inference - the strongest form of country evidence available to a cassette.SADAIC-BIEMandAADI-CAPIF- the Argentine rights societies. Corroborates the country and nothing else: every Argentine release of the period carries them.- Catalogue number
20044- the match axis, boxed on both shell faces and twice on the spine. It returns exactly one row. - Spanish-language edition - title, tracklist and rights notices all translated, and the sides labelled
FAZ A/FAZ Brather thanLADO. 4469224's note records the Spanish title and tracklist, so this corroborates the row; it does not separate it from anything. - No plant, printer or date code is visible on the surfaces these photographs cover. The inner shell faces and the hubs are not among them.
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.
- Case/inlay: general handling wear with some edge and corner softening; no cracks or splits visible in these shots.
- Shell: light surface marks and handling wear are visible. No visible warping, tape spillage or shell damage in these photographs.
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
The country is beyond doubt; the row is merely unopposed. INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA and the EMI-Odeon Buenos Aires address are printed on the cassette itself, and 20044 is boxed on both shell faces - so country and catalogue number are both read rather than inferred.
What is missing is a discriminator. The master holds one Argentine cassette, and a single surviving candidate is not proof: the version list is incomplete by construction, so an uncatalogued Argentine pressing cannot be excluded. Everything legible here - the Spanish titles, the rights societies, the ℗ line - is a property of the Argentine issue as a class, not of one submission.
What would settle it: a plant or date code on a surface not yet photographed (the inner shell faces, the hubs), or a second Argentine row appearing in the master to test this one against.