Iron Maiden Piece Of Mind
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Iron Maiden
Piece Of Mind
EMI 1983
These come up very rarely. This is the Italian first pressing of Piece Of Mind. One of a handful of pressings that slipped through the net with the last song on Side 2 listed as ‘Dune’ rather than ‘To Tame a Land’. Most of these rarities disappeared into the hands of collectors very early on.
The original title of ‘To Tame a Land’ was all set to be ‘Dune’ but permission was not given by the author of ‘Dune’ on which the song is based as he didn’t like rock bands ‘...and especially not bands like Iron Maiden’.
the misprint occurs on the back of the sleeve and on the label of the vinyl itself.
not only was the song name printed incorrectly, the time was too - 7.37 instead of 7.26
Interestingly on the inside of the gatefold, all details for the track are correct.
This copy is in excellent condition. The gatefold sleeve is more matt than its UK counterpart which has a glossier finish. Aside from very minor handling wear, the sleeve is in great shape and easily rates as Excellent.
The inner sleeve is plain white but in excellent condition.
The vinyl itself is in Excellent+ condition and has clearly seen very little play. It has the date 22-4-83 etched on the runout which would be the pressing date - the album was released the following month in May 1983.
Discogs details for this pressing:
Recorded at Compass Point, Nassau.
Misprint: "Dune"timing 7:37 on label instead of "To Tame A Land" timing 7:26 on cover.
? 1983 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd
© 1983 Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd
''And God shall wipe away all tears from their eves; and there shall be no more Death. Neither sorrow, nor crying.
Neither shall there be anymore Brain;
for the former things are passed away''
Revelations Ch.XXI V4
The center labels have 'SIAE' printed (SIAE = Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori, an italian royalty collection society)
Matte gatefold sleeve.
Generic inner sleeve.
Similar to Piece of mind but with the writing "grapyche magica 2000 milano" on the bottom left of the back cover, different labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Rights Society: SIAE
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): 07724-A 22-4-83 I? MM.
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): 07724-B 22-4-83 I? MM
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