Metallica – Ride The Lightning
Label: |
Banzai Records – BRC 1909 |
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Country: |
Canada |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Heavy Metal |
Tracklist
| This Side | |||
| A1 | Fight Fire With Fire | 4:44 | |
| A2 | Ride The Lightning | 6:36 | |
| A3 | For Whom The Bells Toll | 5:10 | |
| A4 | Fade To Black | 6:56 | |
| That Side | |||
| B1 | Trapped Under Ice | 4:03 | |
| B2 | Escape | 4:23 | |
| B3 | Creeping Death | 6:36 | |
| B4 | The Call Of Ktulu | 8:52 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Polygram Inc.
- Distributed By – Polygram Distribution Inc.
- Printed By – Ever Reddy
- Copyright © – Megaforce Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Megaforce Records
- Recorded At – Sweet Silence Studios
- Mixed At – Sweet Silence Studios
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
- Lacquer Cut At – Disques SNB Ltée.
Credits
- Bass – Cliff Burton
- Cover [Concept] – Metallica
- Crew [Drums] – Tim Sweeney (2)
- Crew [Guitars] – Dan Lee (2)
- Design [Cover] – Metallica
- Drums – Lars Ulrich
- Engineer – Flemming Rasmussen
- Engineer [Concert Sound] – Mark Whitaker
- Lacquer Cut By – EL*
- Lead Guitar – Kirk Hammet*
- Photography By [Back Cover - Cliff] – Harold O
- Photography By [Back Cover - Kirk, James] – Rick Brackett
- Photography By [Back Cover - Lars] – Pete Cronin
- Photography By [Inner - B&W Group] – Fin Costello
- Photography By [Inner - Dressing Room] – Robert Hoetink
- Photography By [Inner - Live Pix Group] – Anthony D. Sommella
- Producer – Metallica
- Producer [Assisted] – Mark Whitaker
- Production Manager – Mark Whitaker
- Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – James Hetfield
- Tour Manager – Gem "Fat Bastard" Howard
Notes
Side A label is white on this version.
A similar version with a black side A label is here: Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Runout matrices are etched on both sides.
℗ 1984 Megaforce
© 1984 Megaforce
Recorded and mixed Copenhagen, Denmark during spring 1984.
Back cover bottom right: ER [encircled Ever Reddy logo]
Track A3 is misspelled as "For Whom The Bells Toll"
A similar version with a black side A label is here: Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Runout matrices are etched on both sides.
℗ 1984 Megaforce
© 1984 Megaforce
Recorded and mixed Copenhagen, Denmark during spring 1984.
Back cover bottom right: ER [encircled Ever Reddy logo]
Track A3 is misspelled as "For Whom The Bells Toll"
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout; variant 1): BRC-1909A THIS SNB 230 EL DM 18
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout; variant 1): BRC-1909B THAT SNB 230 EL DM 18
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout; variant 2): BRC-1909A -THIS SNB 230 EL DM 16
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout; variant 2): BRC-1909B -THAT-SNB 230 EL DM 19
Other Versions (5 of 570)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Ride The Lightning (LP, Album) | Roadrunner Records | RR 9848 | Europe | 1984 | |||
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Ride The Lightning (LP, Album) | Megaforce Records | MRI 769 | US | 1984 | ||
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Ride The Lightning (LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Specialty Pressing) | Megaforce Records, Inc. | 9 60396-1, 60396-1 | US | 1984 | ||
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Ride The Lightning (LP, Album) | Music For Nations | MFN 27 | UK | 1984 | ||
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Ride The Lightning (Cassette, Album) | Music For Nations | T MFN 27, TMFN 27 | UK | 1984 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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This is the only "orig" pressing that sounds good. Beat any remaster including the 45rpm which I sold because my Banzai kicked its ass. I have high end stuff, not crosley. The difference is huge. -
Amazing pressing. I am very happy to have found a NM copy of this. Sounds so much better than my MFN copy.
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Very happy to find this copy. This version sounds amazing. So much better than my 2008 pressing. Also very rare. Metallica dropped Megaforce for Elektra just 3 weeks after the release.
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"For Whom the Bell Tolls" is printed "For Whom the Bells Toll" on the label and the back of the jacket. White labels are first pressings however the 2nd pressing black labels are rarer as Elektra acquired the rights to Metallica's early catalogue from Megaforce thus ending any further pressings with Banzai.
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