Vinyl releases

EMI, EMC 3400 / 0C 062-07 608, black vinyl, repress

    - BARCODE: none

    - RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: 1  EMC 3400 A-2  62  GIVE IT SOME HEADBUTTS 

                          side B, full runouts: 1  EMC 3400 B-2  62  NICKZ

                          side A, etched: GIVE IT SOME HEADBUTTS 

                          side B, etched: NICKZ  

                          side A, stamped: 1  EMC 3400 A-2  62

                          side B, stamped: 1  EMC 3400 B-2  62

    - NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

    - VINYL: cut by Nick Webb and pressed by EMI in Hayes, UK

    - CENTER LABELS: picture labels with text on side B only, 

                                    ℗ 1982 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.,

                                    MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED,

                                    EMC 3400, EMC 3400B

    - COVER: simple cardboard cover printed by Garrod & Lofthouse in the UK,

                    ℗ 1982 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.,

                    EMC 3400,  0C 062-07 608, ✲,

                    TM 8203 GL,

                    spine: IRON MAIDEN     THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST     EMC 3400

    - INNERSLEEVE: printed cardboard innersleeve with rounded corners (the original innersleeve),

                                EMC 3400 (I)

    - RELEASED: Probably some early UK repress from around '82-'83 based on the runouts.

                          Originally released in 1982.

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EMI, EMC 3400 / 0C 062-07 608, black vinyl, repress

    - BARCODE: none

    - RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: 2  EMC 3400 A-2  50  GIVE IT SOME HEADBUTTS 

                          side B, full runouts: 1  NICKZ  EMC 3400 B-4  1∵ ∵

                          side A, etched: GIVE IT SOME HEADBUTTS 

                          side B, etched: NICKZ  

                          side A, stamped: 2  EMC 3400 A-2  50

                          side B, stamped: 1  EMC 3400 B-4  1∵ ∵

    - NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

    - VINYL: cut by Nick Webb and most likely pressed by CBS at their Aston Clinton pressing plant

    - CENTER LABELS: picture labels with text on side B only, 

                                    ℗ 1982 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.,

                                    MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED,

                                    EMC 3400, EMC 3400B

    - COVER: simple glossy cardboard cover printed by Garrod & Lofthouse in the UK,

                    ℗ 1982 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.,

                    EMC 3400,  0C 062-07 608, ✲,

                    TM 8203 GL,

                    spine: IRON MAIDEN     THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST     EMC 3400

    - INNERSLEEVE: printed cardboard innersleeve with rounded corners (the original innersleeve),

                                EMC 3400 (I)

    - RELEASED: Probably some UK repress from around '82-'83 based on the runouts and the merchant ad.

                          Originally released in 1982.

    - OTHER: Includes merchant ad.

    - NOTE: Based on the thinner sound quality, slightly different runouts, the different looking logo on the B side center label and shade differences of the cover and center

                  labels compared to the release right above I strongly believe this was not pressed by EMI but more likely CBS at their Aston Clinton pressing plant in the UK.

                  The two groups of three dots in the shape on letter A on the B side runouts strongly point towards CBS Aston Clinton as the weakly stamped latter A was

                  commonly used by them.  

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EMI, 1C 064-07 608 / 1A 064-07608, black vinyl, repress

    - BARCODE: none

    - RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: 07608-A1  36  1 

                          side B, full runouts, stamped: 07608-B1  32  2

    - NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

    - VINYL: most likely cut at and pressed by EMI in Uden, Holland

    - CENTER LABELS: picture labels with text on side B only, 

                                    ℗ 1982 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.,

                                    1A 064-07608, (1A 064-07608-B) (side B), BIEM/STEMRA, LC 0542, Made in EEC.

    - COVER: simple cardboard cover,

                    ℗ 1982 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.,

                    Marketed, manufactured and distributed by EMI

                    PRINTED IN HOLLAND,

                    1C 064-07 608, LC 0542, 

                    no embossed EMI logo on the lower right corner of the back cover,

                    spine: IRON MAIDEN     THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST     1C 064-07 608

    - INNERSLEEVE: printed paper innersleeve, no rounded corners (the original innersleeve),

                                 07608

    - RELEASED: Most likely a repress of the first German edition made in Holland. 

                          Originally released in 1982.

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EMI / EMI Electrola, 1C 038 15 7693 1 / 1C 038-15 7693 1 / 038 15 7693 1 DMM, black vinyl, DMM, reissue, misprinted center label

    - BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 5 099915 769312

    - RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: 1576931-A  07608-A1  7

                          side B, full runouts: 1 57 693 1-B  07608-B1  2 

                          side A, etched: 7

                          side B, etched: 2

                          side A, lightly stamped: 1576931-A  

                          side B, lightly stamped: 1 57 693 1-B  

                          side A, stamped: 07608-A1

                          side B, stamped: 07608-B1 

    - NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

    - VINYL: most likely cut by EMI in Uden, Holand, and pressed by EMI Electrola GmbH in Köln, Germany (the German EMI plant)

    - CENTER LABELS: white label with black text on side A, beige label with black and red text on side B, 

                                    ℗ 1982 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.,

                                    1C 038-15 7693 1 A (side A) / 1C 038-15 7693 1 B (side B), LC 0542, GEMA STEMRA, MADE IN EEC.

    - COVER: simple cardboard cover,

                    ℗ 1982 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.,

                    Printed in Germany by 4P NICOLAUS GMBH, Köln,

                    1C 038 15 7693 1 DMM, LC 0542,

                    embossed EMI logo on the lower right corner of the back cover,

                    spine: IRON MAIDEN · THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST     038 15 7693 1 DMM

    - INNERSLEEVE: thin white paper innersleeve, all corners clipped (may be the original innersleeve),

                                DRG MALAGO     British Patent No. 1125555     321 B     6/89     MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN

    - RELEASED: Supposedly released in 1987 (DMM pressings were most common in mid to late 80s).

                          Originally released in 1982.

    - NOTE 1: The center label on side A has only the black text printed on it but no beige background colour nor the red text rim and the red EMI logo.

    - NOTE 2: Supposedly the EMI Köln and Uden plants had very similar runouts but it seems the German EMI printed covers usually have embossed EMI logo which is

                     missing from the Dutch EMI covers. In addition the rights society supposedly reveals weather one or both plants were involved in manufacturing of any release:

                     GEMA STEMRA means both plants had some part in manufacturing a release while GEMA only means the release was manufactured by EMI Köln.

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EMI, 10C 066-007.608, black vinyl, repress

    - BARCODE: none

    - RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: 1  066 007608-A-I  MG

                          side B, full runouts: 1  066 007608-B-I  GR

                          side A, etched: 066 007608-A-I

                          side B, etched: 066 007608-B-I

                          side A, stamped: 1  MG

                          side B, stamped: 1  GR

    - NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

    - VINYL: pressed by Fabricsa in Barcelona, Spain

    - CENTER LABELS: picture labels with text on side A only,

                                    ℗ 1982 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.,

                                    Fabricado por:

                                    FABRICSA

                                    Polig. Ind. Manso Maleu

                                    El Prat de Liobregat

                                    (Barcelona),

                                    10C 066-007.608, S.G.A.E., Dep. Legal B: 9628-1982 ℗

    - COVER: simple cover with album and song titles printed in Spanish and English, 

                    ℗ 1982 Grabación sonora original hecha por EMI Records Ltd. 

                    © 1982 EMI Records Ltd.,

                    [Fabricsa logo] Polig. Ind. Manso Mateu-El Praf de Llobregat (Barcelona)-1.982*,

                    Editado por EMI-Odeon, S.A. Via Augusta, 2 Bis. Barcelona. Mod. 5593 Dep. Legal: B. 9628-1982 ℗

    - INNERSLEEVE: printed paper innersleeve (the original innersleeve),

                                10C 066-007.608, 

                                [Fabricsa logo] Polig. Ind. Manso Mateu-El Praf de Llobregat (Barcelona)-1.982*,

                                Editado por EMI-Odeon, S.A. Via Augusta, 2 Bis. Barcelona. Mod. 5593 Dep. Legal: B. 9628-1982 ℗

    - RELEASED: Early repress pressed from the first Spanish cut based on the runouts.

                          Most likely made and released sometime between 1982 and 1984 (Fabricsa only existed between June 1981 and late 1984).

                          Originally released in 1982.

    - NOTE: The center labels are in opposite order than in most of the other known editions of the time: the Eddie-head label is on the B-side and the Eddie-lamp post label

                  is on the A-side.

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Harvest, ST-12202, black vinyl, repress

    - BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 0 7777-12202-1

    - RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: ST-1-12202  G-9  [SRC logo]  I-I  [E signature on top of MASTERED BY CAPITOL] MASTERED BY CAPITOL

                          side B, full runouts: ST-2-12202  G-14  [SRC logo]  I-I  [E signature on top of MASTERED BY CAPITOL] MASTERED BY CAPITOL

                          side A, etched: ST-1-12202  G-9  I-I  [E signature]

                          side B, etched: ST-2-12202  G-14  I-I  [E signature]

                          side A, stamped: [SRC logo]  MASTERED BY CAPITOL

                          side B, stamped: [SRC logo]  MASTERED BY CAPITOL 

    - NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

    - VINYL: cut by Eddy Schreyer at Capitol Mastering in the US and pressed by Specialty Records in the US

    - CENTER LABELS: picture labels with text mainly on side B, side A label has only side identifier printed on it,

                                    ℗ 1982 EMI Records Limited 

                                    © 1982 EMI Records Limited,

                                    MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES-EMI, INC., U.S.A. ...,

                                    E A S T embossed around the center hole on the B-side center label, 

                                    ST-12202

    - COVER: simple cover,

                    ℗ 1982 EMI Records Limited |© 1982 EMI Records Limited,

                    MANUFACTURED, MARKETED & DISTRIBUTED BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC. A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES-EMI, INC., HOLLYWOOD & WINE STREETS,

                         HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. AND FACTORIES: LOS ANGELES, CALIF., JACKSONVILLE, ILL., WINCHESTER, VA. PRINTED IN U.S.A.,

                    spine: IRON MAIDEN • THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST     ST-12202

    - INNERSLEEVE: clear plastic innersleeve (probably not the original innersleeve)

    - RELEASED: One of the US represses based on the runouts.

                          Originally released in 1982.

    - OTHER: Originally released sealed.

    - NOTE 1: Based on the runouts this is the first SCR pressing pressed from the Capitol cut lacquers though this was also and AFAIK more commonly pressed by Capitol at

                     their Jacksonville and Winchester plants. This is probably a contract pressing due to growing demand. 

     - NOTE 2: At least two US cuts are known to exist: Wally Traugott cut with F lathe (VMS-66 Neumann solid state lathe) and Eddy Schreyer cut with G lathe (Neumann

                      solid state lathe). Supposedly a third cut by Eugene Thompson with G lathe exists as well though I haven't yet seen one. 

                      (source for the lathe info: Pink Floyd Archives).

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Harvest, ST-12202, black vinyl, repress

    - BARCODE: none

    - RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: ST·12202·A-#1  TLC-A·  nc  DM 5  [Capitol target logo]

                          side B, full runouts: ST·12202·B-2  TLC-A  nc.  DM 5  [Capitol target logo]

                          side A, etched: ST·12202·A-#1  TLC-A·  nc  DM

                          side B, etched: ST·12202·B-2  TLC-A  nc.  DM

                          side A, stamped: 5  [Capitol target logo]

                          side B, stamped: 5  [Capitol target logo]

    - NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

    - VINYL: cut by Neil Carter at The Lacquer Channel in Toronto, Canada, and pressed by CBS Canada at their plant in Don Mills, Toronto, Canada 

    - CENTER LABELS: picture labels with text only on side B, side A label has only a picture,

                                    ℗1982 EMI Records Limited 

                                    ©1982 EMI Records Limited, 

                                    ...MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA UNDER LICENSE BY CAPITOL RECORDS-EMI OF CANADA LIMITED.,

                                    ST-12202

    - COVER: simple and quite heavy cardboard cover,

                    ℗ 1982 EMI Records Limited |© 1982 EMI Records Limited,

                    ... MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA UNDER LICENSE BY CAPITOL RECORDS - EMI OF CANADA Limited, 3109 AMERICAN DRIVE, MISSISAUGA,

                         ONTARIO L4V 1B2. ...,

                    spine: IRON MAIDEN • THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST     ST-12202

    - INNERSLEEVE: printed paper innersleeve with upper corners slightly rounded (the original innersleeve),

                                ST-12202

    - RELEASED: This is a Canadian repress pressed sometime between 1984 and August 1988.

    - OTHER: Includes merchant ad.

    - NOTE 1: This is a later Canadian pressings from Don Mills plant based on the runouts most likely pressed between 1984 and August 1988 as the Don Mills plant 

                      stopped pressing vinyl in August 1988. Originally pressed by Capitol Records as indicated by the Capitol target logo on the runouts (Capitol Records-EMI of

                      Canada had an operating vinyl pressing plant only between 1977-1984).  

    - NOTE 2: The center labels are in opposite order than in most of the other known editions of the time: the Eddie-head label is on the B-side and the Eddie-lamp post label

                     is on the A-side.

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