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IRON MAIDEN / SOMEWHERE IN TIME

1986  CAPITOL  1st USA PRESS

••••• ESSENTIAL EIGHTIES METAL. Fierce and tight shredding with powerhouse fist pumping Bruce Dickinson vocals including "Wasted Years." 

• 1986 true first USA pressing
• thick semi rigid heavy 122g vinyl weight
• *DMM Direct Metal Mastering
• STERLING SOUND
• 1" press ring with S T E STAMP
• the dead wax is etched "SJ-1-12524-Z1 / SJ-2-12524-Z1"  "STERLING SOUND DMM" "IT WERE SO LOUD / EVEN QUIET BITS WERE LOUD"
• cover is color printed glossed cardboard
• printed inner sleeve is semi glossed color printed paper stock

CONDITION:
VINYL =    VG+     Sleeve scuff, light unfeelable hairlines or play marks or signs of handling visible under bright halogens. The labels are EX- with spindle wisp marks.

PLAY GRADE =    STRONG VG+  Hiss/crackle between tracks, and occasionally subdominant in a quiet background, random pop or tick,  POWERFUL LOUD MUSIC MOSTLY OVERPOWERS WITH HUGE BOLD DEEP BOOMING FIDELITY.

COVER =   EX   Very mild storage or handling indications, exceptionally light ring rub, a few very mild creases near edges, COLORFUL CLEAN GLOSSY BOLD BRIGHT.  The edge seams are tight and are ROCK SOLID NO SPLITS THROUGH, SPINE LEGIBLE.  Corners have very mild rub.  Inner sleeve shows signs of aging/some rubbing and has some splits & creasing etc.

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Iron Maiden ?– Somewhere In Time

Label: Capitol Records ?– SJ-12524, EMI ?– SJ-12524 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country: US Released: 1986 Genre: Rock Style: Heavy Metal

Tracklist 

A1 Caught Somewhere In Time 7:22 A2 Wasted Years 5:06 A3 Sea Of Madness 5:42 A4 Heaven Can Wait 7:24 B1 The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner 6:31 B2 Stranger In A Strange Land 5:43 B3 Deja Vu 4:55 B4 Alexander The Great 8:35

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Capitol Industries-EMI, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
• Published By – Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Recorded At – Compass Point Studios
• Recorded At – Wisseloord Studios
• Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios

Credits

• Bass, Synthesizer [Bass Synth] – Steve Harris
• Drums – Nicko McBrain
• Engineer [2nd] – Bruce Buchalter
• Engineer [Assistant] – Albert Boekholt, Ronald Prent, Sean Burrows
• Illustration [Sleeve Illustration] – Derek 'Master Of The Universe' Riggs* 
• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer [Guitar Synth] – Dave Murray (2)
• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer [Guitar Synth], Backing Vocals – Adrian Smith (2)
• Management – Andy 'Razzle Dazzle' Taylor*, Rod 'Rufus The Red' Smallwood*, Sanctuary Music (Overseas) Ltd., Sanctuary Music Ltd.
• Mastered By – George Marino
• Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Aaron Rapoport
• Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Martin 'Masa' Birch* 
• Sleeve [Sleeve Concept], Design – Derek Riggs, Rod Smallwood
• Sleeve [Sleeve Preparation] – The Artfull Dodgers* 
• Tape Op – Marvin Birch* 
• Vocals – Bruce Dickinson

Notes

Comes with paper innersleeve bag with the lyrics, credits and color photo of the band.
Cover artwork's Pizza Hut is altered to Pizza Hot

All songs published by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
Recorded in Europe
? 1986 EMI Records Ltd.
© 1986 Iron Maiden (Holdings) Ltd.
© 1986 by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd
Printed in U.S.A.
Manufactured by Capitol Records Inc. A subsidary of Capitol industries-EMI, Inc.

Bass, bass synth and drum tracks recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas.
Guitar, vocals and guitar synth recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland.
Mixed at Electric Ladyland Studios, New York.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY.

Playing time 51:18 Minutes

Direct Metal Mastering [DMM].

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7777-12524-1 9
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 1): ?/3445 B-24515-2 SJ-1-12524-Z1-Dmm AL-SP It Were So Loud 0-1 Sterling Sound SP 0-1 sm2-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 1): ?/3445-X Sterling Sound 1f 1-6 0-35m1-2 EVEN QUIET BITS WERE LOUD AL-SP SJ-2-12524-Z1-Dmm B-24516-Z1
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 2): ?13445 B-24515-Z1 SJ-1-12524-Z1-Dmm It Were So Loud Sterling Sound 2-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 2): ?13445-X Sterling Sound ? 1-1 Even Quiet Bits Were Loud SJ-1-12524-Z1-Dmm B-24516-Z1
• Rights Society: ASCAP

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