Dio LP Discography, October 1982-May 1983

Holy Diver A: Stand Up And Shout Holy Diver Gypsy Caught In The Middle Don't Talk To Strangers B: Straight Through The Heart Invisible Rainbow In The Dark Shame On The Night
Mercury 27152, Argentina, 1983 - Titled as Buzo Sagrado on the sleeve - Click for front cover picture
Mercury 27152, Argentina, 1983 - Titled as Buzo Sagrado on the sleeve - Promo release
Mercury 811 021-1, Australia, 1983
Mercury 811 021-1, Australia, February? 1983 - Promo release, includes a 2-sided press release sheet - Similar labels and sleeve as on the first printing
Mercury 811 021-1, Australia, 1983
Dionet-01311 Mercury 811 021-1, Australia, 1983 - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Mercury 811 021-1, Brazil, 1983 - Includes an insert
Warner Bros 92 38361, Canada, May 1983 - Labels have horizontal lines and shorter text on the bottom circle - Most likely the first printing
Warner Bros 92 38361, Canada, 1983 - Different label design than on the original release - Most likely reissue from late 1983
Warner Bros 92 38361, Canada - "Watermark" Warner Bros labels, longer text on the bottom circle - Reissue
Dionet-01982 Warner Records/Rhino RPD1 23836/603497843169, Canada, 2021-11-26 - Record Store Day release - Limited edition of 7500 copies - Picture disc in a die-cut sleeve - Includes two stickers on the sleeve - Misprinting: Includes sticker for The Last In Line picture disc on the front sleeve. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side A picture. - Click here for side B picture.
Dionet-01789 Universal Music/Vertigo 0736918, Czech Republic, 2021-01-22 - Reissue, remastered - Includes a coupon with a code to download the songs as MP3s - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side B picture.
Universal Music/Vertigo 0042281102110, EU, November 11th, 2008 - Reissue, has an insert and a sticker - Remastered release - Includes a coupon with a code to download the songs as MP3s - Click here for front sleeve picture.
Mercury 811 021-1, Finland, 1983 - Blue/White Mercury labels
Philips/Mercury 811 021-1, Finland, 1983 - Blue/silver Philips labels
Mercury 811 021-1, France, May 1983
Mercury 811 021-1Q, Germany, June 17th, 1983 - Blue Mercury labels - No bar code on the back sleeve
Mercury 811 021-1Q, Germany, 1983 - Black Mercury labels - Includes a bar code on the back sleeve - Most likely a reissue
Mercury 811 021-1Q, Germany, 1983 - Promo release, includes an insert - Click here for back side of the insert
Mercury 811 021-1, Greece, 1983 - Blue PolyGram copyright text on the back sleeve. - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Mercury 811 021-1, Greece, 1983 - Black PolyGram copyright text on the back sleeve.
Mercury 811 021-1, Greece, 1983 - Black PolyGram copyright text on the back sleeve. - Different text than on the other black text version, otherwise identical
Dionet-00269 Mercury 811 021-1, Greece, 1983 - Test pressing with catalog number hand-written on labels
Mercury 811 021-1, Holland, May 1983
Mercury 811 021-1, Holland, 1983 - Includes a Heavy Metal sticker
Mercury 811 021-1, Holland, 1983 - Promo release, promo sticker on back sleeve and on label
Mercury 811 021-1, Holland, 1983 - Misprinting, both sides had the A side label
Mercury 811 021-1, Holland, 1983 - White label test pressing
Israel, 1983
Mercury 811 021-1, Italy, 1983
Mercury 811 021-1, Italy, 1983 - Black labels
Mercury 25PP-87, Japan, 1983 - Includes a orange/black/white title strip and lyric sheet - Includes a black & silver sticker sheet
Mercury 25PP-87, Japan, 1983 - Includes a red/black/white title strip and lyric sheet - Includes a black & silver sticker sheet - Click here to see picture of the label - Click here to see picture of the sticker sheet
Mercury 25PP-87, Japan, 1983 - Includes a red/black/white title strip and lyric sheet - Promo release - Click here to see picture of the label
Mercury 25PP-87, Japan, 1983 - White label test pressing
Mercury 20PP-92, Japan, 1983 - Includes a title strip and lyric sheet - Reissue, release year not known - Click here for label picture
Mercury 20PP-92, Japan, 1983 - Includes a title strip and lyric sheet - Reissue, release year not known - Slightly different label design than on the other printing - no (R) after the Mercury logo, different text on the label rim - Ebay prices: - 24.06.2007 $26 - 24.10.2007 $27
Mercury 20PP-92, Japan, 1983 - Includes a title strip and lyric sheet - Reissue, release year not known - Promo release, existence not confirmed
Mercury LPR 19079, Mexico, 1983
Mercury LPR 19079, Mexico, 1983 - Slightly different label design than on the other printing.
Mercury 811 021-1, New Zealand, 1983 - Includes an insert (normal inner sleeve but as an insert) - New Zealand not mentioned anywhere on the release and back sleeve mentions Australasia, but this printing is nevertheless from New Zealand. - Click here for side B label picture.
Peru, 1983
Mercury 811 021-1, Philippines, 1983
Mercury SEL-RP 617, South Korea, March 24th, 1984 - Includes an insert - Blue labels - Version 1
Mercury SEL-RP 617, South Korea, March 24th, 1984 - Includes an insert - Dark blue labels, identical with version 1, 2 and 3 - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Version 2
Mercury SEL-RP 617, South Korea, March 24th, 1984 - Includes an insert - Includes a sticker on the sleeve - Dark blue labels, identical with version 1, 2 and 3 - Click here for the sticker picture - Click here for the back sleeve picture - Version 3
Mercury SEL-RP 617, South Korea, March 24th, 1984 - Includes an insert - Different labels than on versions 1, 2 or 3 - Different back sleeve than on versions 1, 2 or 3 - Click here for the back sleeve picture - Version 4
Mercury SEL-RP 617, South Korea, 1984 - Promo release - Includes an insert, stickers on sleeve and label - Click here to see picture of the front cover - Click here to see picture of the back cover - Promo version 1
Mercury SEL-RP 617, South Korea, 1984 - Promo release, "price tag" type promo sticker on the label - Includes an insert - Different label design than on other stock or promo versions - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Promo version 2
Dionet-00457 Mercury SEL-RP 617, South Korea, 1984 - Promo release - Has red/white promo sticker on the back sleeve and on the label - Includes an insert - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Dionet-00985 Mercury SEL-RP 617, South Korea, 1984 - Promo release - Has red/white promo sticker on the front sleeve and on the side A label - Slightly different back sleeve copyright text than on Dionet-00457. - Includes an insert - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture.
Mercury 811 021-1, Spain, 1983 - Back sleeve has a wrong catalog number in the top right corner - Labels have wrong catalog number ("812 021-1") - Existence not confirmed
Mercury 811 021-1, Spain, 1983 - Back sleeve has a red sticker with the catalog number, number 146 in a circle and word STEREO on it, the sticker most likely is glued over a wrong catalog nubmer - Labels have wrong catalog number ("812 021-1") - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Mercury 811 021-1, Spain, 1983 - Slightly different labels, no sticker on back sleeve - Correct catalog numbers on the back sleeve and labels - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Mercury 811 021-1, Spain, 1983 - Similar label design with the 2nd version - Correct catalog numbers on the back sleeve and labels - Different label profile than on the 2nd version, no "rim" on the label edge - Identical sleeves with the 2nd version
Dionet-01180 Mercury 811 021-1, Spain, 1988 - Reissue, "1988" printed as the release year on the back sleeve - Identical labels with the 1983 version with correct catalog numbers - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve detail picture.
Mercury 811 021-1, Spain, 1991 - Reissue, "1991" printed as the release year on the back sleeve - Identical labels with the 1983 version with correct catalog numbers
Vertigo VERS 5, UK, May 25th, 1983 - Reached #13 on the UK charts.
Vertigo VERS 5, UK, May 25th, 1983 - Misprinting, blank Vertigo label on B side
Dionet-01427 Vertigo VERS 5, UK, 1983 - Most likely a misprinting with blank white labels (with faint shadow of "DIO" from the regular label), but might be a test pressing as well - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Vertigo VERS 5, UK, 1983 - Promo release, promo stamp on cover
Vertigo VERS 5, UK, 1983 - White label test pressing - No picture sleeves
Vertigo PRICE 117, UK, 1983 - Reissue
Dionet-00124 Back To Black/UMG Recordings 0600753265802, UK/Czech Republic, June 28th, 2010 - Reissue, remastered - Picture disc - No picture sleeves, comes in a plastic sleeve - Includes a sticker on the sleeve as well as a coupon to download the LP contents as MP3 files - Manufactured in Czech Republic but for mainly UK sales - Click here for sleeve picture. - Click here for back side picture.
Warner Bros 23836-1, USA, May 1983 - Reached #56 in the US charts, received platinum award
Warner Bros 23836-1, USA, 1983 - Promo release, promo stamp on sleeve
Warner Bros 23836-1, USA, 1983 - Promo release, promo stamp on sleeve - Includes a press release kit with photo
Warner Bros/Columbia House W1-23836, USA, 1983 - Columbia House record club release
Warner Bros W1-23836, USA, 1983 - Record club release test pressing with special labels
Dionet-00194 Niji Entertainment Group/Warner Bros/Rhino Entertainment NEG003 (NEG 093010), USA, November 23rd 2010 - Reissue - Picture disc - No picture sleeves, comes in a plastic sleeve with a sticker - Includes a randomly picked tour pass sticker from a previous tour - Click here for sleeve picture. - Click here for back side picture.
Dionet-01393 Rhino RCV1 23836, USA, January 9th 2018 - Remastered reissue, released in the "Start Your Ear Off Right" series - Includes two stickers on the front sleeve - Translucent red vinyl - Includes original inner sleeve reproduction as insert - Limited edition of 3500 copies - Click here for side A label picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Mercury 90.034, Venezuela, 1983
Dionet-01184 Mercury 90.034, Venezuela, 1983 - Different labels and slightly different sleeve color shade than on the other Venezuelan pressing - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture.

Holy Diver A: Stand Up And Shout Holy Diver Gypsy Caught In The Middle Don't Talk To Strangers B: Straight Through The Heart Invisible Rainbow In The Dark Shame On The Night C: Interview with Ronnie James Dio D: Interview with Ronnie James Dio
Dionet-00238 Back To Black BOBV267LP, UK, July 30th, 2010 - Remastered - Red vinyls - Gatefold sleeves - Includes a sticker on the sleeve - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for gatefold sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for side C label picture. - Click here for side D label picture.
Dionet-00186 Back To Black BOBV267LP, UK, July 2010 - Remastered - Test pressing on black vinyl - No picture sleeves, has writing and sticker on blank sleeves - Includes a cutting sheet insert - Click here for insert picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for side C label picture. - Click here for side D label picture.
Dionet-00843 Back To Black BOBV267LPLTD, UK, 2013-04-20 - Remastered - Multicolor vinyls - Gatefold sleeves - Includes a sticker on the sleeve - Limited edition of 500 copies for 2013 Record Store Day - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side A label picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for side C label picture. - Click here for side D label picture.

Holy Diver A: Stand Up And Shout Holy Diver Gypsy Caught In The Middle B: Don't Talk To Strangers Straight Through The Heart Invisible C: Rainbow In The Dark Shame On The Night Evil Eyes (bonus, B side version) D:

Dionet-01992 Rhino Entertainment R1 653888 (603497844654), Canada, 2022-07-08 - Remixed by Joe Barresi & Wyn Davis - 2nd LP is one-sided with Dio logo and Murray etched on the side D. - Gatefold sleeves - Sticker on the sleeve - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side D picture. - Click here for side B label picture. - Click here for side C label picture. - Click here for side D label picture.