Is this vinyl a 7 or a 12-inch?

[Lord of Wolves 78]

Sorry about this, but I can't seem to contact the seller. I'm just wondering if this Iron Maiden vinyl is a 7 or a 12-inch. The seller doesn't specify which it is. I'm not interested in it if it's a 7-inch. I want to get the 12-inch of 'Run to the Hills' because I have the First Ten Years version, but I reckon the artwork is a lot clearer and sharper on the 12-inch. Thanks in advance.

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[srfc]

Judging by the amount of space the track takes up, definitely a 7 inch. Also, hard to see but looks like a UK catalogue number, and the UK version was a seven inch and a seven inch picture disc. The 12 maxi singles were from Europe.

 

[chaosapiant]

EMI 5263 (zoomed into the record to see the catalog number) is the 7" version of the single from 1982.

 

[The_7th_one]

Probably is scratched.

 

[chaosapiant]

If you're looking for a particular version of the album, you can maybe check Iron Maiden's entry on the Encylopedia Metallum, and then look for that specific vinyl on Discogs.com. Discogs also has full discographies, but I find their data a little hard to parse unless I know exactly what I'm looking for.

Encyclopedia Metallum: https://www.metal-archives.com/

Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/

 

[Lord of Wolves 78]

Thanks very much, everyone. I'm still looking for the 12-inch version of 1980 Running Free, Purgatory, Number of the Beast (single), and of course Run to the Hills. I have The First Ten Years of all those singles, but I would prefer to have the original 12-inch versions instead though.

 

[Diesel 11]

Judging by the amount of space the track takes up, definitely a 7 inch. Also, hard to see but looks like a UK catalogue number, and the UK version was a seven inch and a seven inch picture disc. The 12 maxi singles were from Europe.

Yeah I found a copy of “Run to the Hills” in a bookstore last year. Actual German maxi-single pressing from the ‘80s, had to get it.

(The bookstore was American.)

 

[srfc]

Thanks very much, everyone. I'm still looking for the 12-inch version of 1980 Running Free

I don't think there is a 12 inch of Running Free from 1980. Certainly only a 7 inch in the UK.

EDIT: Purgatory I think was only a seven inch too. There was only 12 inch maxi singles in Europe I think for the early albums, and not for every single.