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The Number Of The Beast

I've got nine pressings of this record, from four countries. Every one's been read off the copy itself: seven pinned down and two likely.

Have a look How each was pinned down

Nine copies on my shelf

The Number Of The Beast, 1982.

9Copies
4Countries
7Confirmed
2Likely
0Still up in the air

8 Vinyl ยท 1 CD

Collection worth DKK 1,850

Median of completed Discogs sales, read 2026-10-03. Nine priced against the release it was pinned to.

The collection

Each tile shows the part of that copy where these pressings actually differ — the label on a record, the shell or the packaging on a cassette or CD — because the sleeve artwork is the same on nearly all of them. Every one links to its own page with the full photographs and evidence.

9 pressings

Four countries, one shelf

3 countries plotted4 copies from Europe, which name a region rather than a place43 more countries carry a pressing the shelf doesn't have13 more versions pressed under Singapore, Malaysia & Hong Kong, Worldwide, UK & Europe, USA & Canada and Australasia, which name a region rather than a place, and aren't on the shelf either4 more versions pressed somewhere the master's own listing names no single country for: Australia & New ZealandA ring marks one I haven't got

How rare is any of this?

Every other number on this page describes a record I own. These describe the world around it: for each version Discogs lists, how many collectors say they own one and how many are still after it. Real counts, not guesses — but not a pressing run either, and no proof that a record is rare. They count only collectors who log their records online, and those aren't spread evenly across the world. Read it as demand against supply, and trust Want per owner over the raw number of owners.

8 held 515 still out there
wanted →owned →

523 of the 523 versions carry Discogs community counts. Lit dots are ones I have.

The figures, version by version
What is on the shelf, starting with the least owned. Each rank compares a copy only with other versions in the same format.
CopyCatalogue Owners Wanted by Want per owner Scarcity rank
265 Colombia 11902 28 434 15.5 52 of 181
263 Brazil 07608 66 373 5.7 85 of 181
264 Italy 54 1076081 744 487 0.7 149 of 181
280 Italy 54 1076081 744 487 0.7 149 of 181
242 Europe 1C 038 15 7693 1 1,050 527 0.5 153 of 181
230 Europe 7243 4 96918 0 3 1,106 316 0.3 140 of 150
266 Italy 3C 064-07608 1,290 620 0.5 155 of 181
267 Europe 1C 038 15 7693 1 3,695 603 0.2 170 of 181
271 Europe 1C 064-07 608 6,680 968 0.1 177 of 181

The least-owned of them all

These are the six least owned of the 78 CD and vinyl pressings of this record from 1982 and 1983. Any copy the shelf already has is marked.

  1. Spain 10C 066-007608 Test Pressing 1 owner, 178 want it
  2. Mexico SLEM-1059, 33C 062-07608 4 owners, 343 want it
  3. Portugal 1076081 5 owners, 143 want it
  4. UK EMC 3400 White Label 6 owners, 339 want it
  5. Yugoslavia LSEMI 11002, EMC 3400 6 owners, 188 want it
  6. France 0687608 Test Pressing 11 owners, 505 want it

What the grades mean

One candidate left standing isn't proof. Discogs lists what collectors have catalogued, and nobody's catalogued every pressing ever made, so I can't rule out one that was never listed.

Confirmed
Country and catalogue number match, and so does at least one mark that belongs to this release alone: a barcode, a printer code, a legal-deposit number, a label matrix.
Likely
One candidate matches on country and catalogue number, and nothing else in the photographs was legible enough to check it a second way.
Still up in the air
Two or more editions still fit. Each page names the ones left standing, and the one photograph that would settle it.