Folder 97
Brazil
SONOPRESS etched into the inner mirror ring - the discriminator, and a clean one, because it is on the disc itself rather than in the print. The three Brazilian rows carrying this catalogue number name three different manufacturers - Sonopress-Rimo da Amazônia (30974035), VAT (6086904) and EMI Records Ltd (5780131) - and only one of them matches what the hub says. The printed rim carries the same FABRICADO POR SONOPRESS credit, so the object states it twice.
What the record says
Every line below was read off a native-resolution crop of the photograph named beside it.
Read by the owner directly off the disc on 2026-09-27 - this supersedes any earlier reading below: SONOPRESS 7902582 6493/96 IFPI L029 IFPI 1101.
Mirror ring photographed and read. The hub of IMG_1807 carries an etched string; mirrored and enlarged at native resolution it reads SONOPRESS. That is the plant, read off the disc rather than off the print, and it is what makes this identification rest on the object. No further characters of the ring resolve, so no full matrix string is claimed: Discogs records CDP 7 90258 2 AR.@ 2 + with a machine-stamped : 7 : 6 and mould SID IFPI 1111 for this row, and those are named from Discogs, not read here.
SONOPRESS 7902582 6493/96 — not among the 2 matrix entries Discogs records: an undocumented stamper.
Barcode and Other Identifiers: Matrix / Runout
As Discogs records them for release 30974035. Green: in my collection (0 of 2). Red: missing.
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout | CDP 7 90258 2 AR.@ 2 + |
| ✗ | Matrix / Runout (Machine-stamped) | : 7 : 6 |
Every line of small print, and the photograph it came from — 8 of them
Rear inlay, manufacturer block at native resolution: DISTRITO INDUSTRIAL over MANAUS, a C.G.C. registration number, DISTRIBUIDO POR EMI-ODEON FONOG... and, closing the block, INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA MADE IN BRAZIL. The block is small and soft at the edges; only the words quoted here resolve
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Rear inlay, top corner at native resolution: a white sticker applied over the printed inlay, reading 370 790258 2 above barcode 0 77779 02582 4. The inlay itself carries no printed barcode
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Disc face at native resolution: 790258 2 over the SPARS code ADD, beside the boxed EMI logo and a COMPACT DISC DIGITAL AUDIO device; around the rim, ...UIDO POR EMI-ODEON F.I.E. LTDA. ROD. PRES. DUTRA, S/N, KM 229,8 - P. 11 VILA AUGUSTA, GUARULHOS...
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Disc face rim: the distributor line, of which a native crop resolves P. 11 VILA AUGUSTA, GUARULHOS - SP - CGC 33.249... and, further round the same ring, ...R EMI-ODEON F.... The rest of the line, including the FABRICADO POR SONOPRESS credit, is legible only in the whole-frame view and is not quoted here as a native reading; the mirror ring below carries the same plant name and is quoted instead
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Inner mirror ring, at native resolution and mirrored to read: the etched hub carries SONOPRESS
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Disc face rim, Portuguese rights notice: TODOS OS DIREITOS DO PRODUTOR FONOGRÁFICO E DO PROPRIETÁRIO DA OBRA GRAVADA SÃO RESERVADOS. A REPRODUÇÃO, A LOCAÇÃO, EXECUÇÃO PÚBLICA E RADIOTELEDIFUSÃO DESTE DISCO ESTÃO PROIBIDAS.
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Front of the case with the album artwork and no sticker or overprint
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Booklet and inlay in the open case
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The photographs
IMG_1802.jpg1 of 7READ FROM
The object, and what marks it out
Sleeve, labels and inserts
- Standard jewel case, opened, with a booklet.
- The barcode is on a sticker, not printed. The inlay was printed without one and a white label carrying
370 790258 2and the EAN was applied over the corner. This is the single most useful physical fact about the copy. - Two country statements, both explicit:
INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA MADE IN BRAZILon the inlay andMADE IN BRAZILon the disc. - Manaus manufacturing block - the inlay names
DISTRITO INDUSTRIALandMANAUS, which is where Sonopress-Rimo da Amazônia pressed.
What distinguishes this pressing
SONOPRESSetched into the inner mirror ring - the discriminator, and a clean one, because it is on the disc itself rather than in the print. The three Brazilian rows carrying this catalogue number name three different manufacturers - Sonopress-Rimo da Amazônia (30974035), VAT (6086904) and EMI Records Ltd (5780131) - and only one of them matches what the hub says. The printed rim carries the sameFABRICADO POR SONOPRESScredit, so the object states it twice.- No printed barcode - 30974035 records
Barcode | none, which is what this inlay shows; the EAN reaches the object on a stuck-on label. 5780131 records a printed0 77779 02582 4. - SPARS code
ADD- recorded on 30974035 and on 6086904, not on 5780131. It narrows, and the manufacturer finishes the job. DISTRIBUIDO POR EMI-ODEON F.I.E. LTDA.and the Guarulhos address - 30974035 recordsDistributed By EMI-Odeon Fonográfica, Industrial e Eletrônica Ltda.; 6086904 records Fonobrás as its distributor instead.℗ 1994- places the copy in 30974035's and 5780131's year rather than 6086904's 1991. Corroboration.
Eight tracks, and the recording credits
Tracks 1-4
- 1Moonchild
- 2Infinite Dreams
- 3Can I Play With Madness
- 4The Evil That Men Do
Tracks 5-8
- 5Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- 6The Prophecy
- 7The Clairvoyant
- 8Only 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. 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.
- Case/inlay: general handling wear with some edge and corner softening; no cracks or splits visible in these shots.
- Disc: light surface marks and handling sheen catch the light. No visible deep scratches or disc-face 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
Settled because the disc names its own plant. Three Brazilian rows share 790258 2, and the thing that separates them is not a number but a sentence: this disc's rim says it was made by Sonopress, and only one of the three rows agrees. Two further details fall the same way - the SPARS ADD and the fact that the printed inlay has no barcode at all, which is exactly what 30974035 records and 5780131 does not.
The barcode sticker is worth keeping in view rather than dismissing: it means the EAN on this object was applied after printing, so matching on it would have matched the wrong things. The reason this copy is Confirmed is that the identification never rested on it.
The mirror ring is what lifts this above the printed evidence. The hub of IMG_1807 is etched SONOPRESS, so the plant is stated on the disc and not only in the rim print. What is still open is the stamper: 30974035 records CDP 7 90258 2 AR.@ 2 + with a machine-stamped : 7 : 6 and mould SID IFPI 1111, and 6086904 records CDP 7 90258 2 AR.@ 2:7:6 +. Those two are close enough that a sharper raking-light frame would still be worth having, but neither could now outweigh the plant name on the hub.
Standing caveat: the version list is incomplete by construction, and Brazilian repressings are among the least completely catalogued.