MetallicaMaster Of Puppets

Label:

Music For Nations – MFN 60

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Thrash

Tracklist

A1 Battery
Written-ByUlrich*
5:10
A2 Master Of Puppets
Soloist, Guitar [1st Guitar Solo]Hetfield*
Written-ByUlrich*
8:38
A3 The Thing That Should Not Be
Written-ByUlrich*
6:32
A4 Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Written-ByUlrich*
6:28
B1 Disposable Heroes
Written-ByUlrich*
8:14
B2 Leper Messiah
Written-ByUlrich*
5:38
B3 Orion
Soloist, Bass [4th Solo/Bass]Burton*
Soloist, Guitar [2nd Guitar Solo]Hetfield*
Written-ByUlrich*
8:12
B4 Damage, Inc.
Bass [Intro/Bass]Burton*
Written-ByUlrich*
5:08

Companies, etc.

  • Licensed FromMegaforce Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Roadrunner Productions B.V.
  • Copyright ©Creeping Death Music
  • Pressed ByCBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
  • Published ByCreeping Death Music
  • Recorded AtSweet Silence Studios
  • Mixed AtAmigo Studios
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound

Credits

  • Arranged ByUlrich*
  • Bass, Backing VocalsCliff Burton
  • Design Concept [Cover Concept]Peter Mensch
  • DrumsLars Ulrich
  • EngineerFlemming Rasmussen
  • Illustration [Cover Illustration]Don Brautigam
  • Lead GuitarKirk Hammett
  • Legal [Legal Representation]Peter Paterno
  • Lyrics ByHetfield*
  • ManagementQ-Prime, Inc.*
  • Management [ing, For Siegel & Feldstein]Joni Schneider
  • Management [ing]Siegel & Feldstein
  • Management [Agency Representation: Fair Warning]John Jackson (18)
  • Management [Agency Representation: ICM]Marsha Vlasic
  • Mastered ByGeorge Marino
  • Mixed ByMichael Wagener
  • Mixed By [Assistant Mixing Engineer]Mark Wilzcak*
  • Photography By [All Inner Sleeve Pix]Ross Halfin
  • Photography By [Back Cover Photos, Cliff]Rich Likong
  • Photography By [Back Cover Photos, James]Ross Halfin
  • Photography By [Back Cover Photos, Kirk]Ross Halfin
  • Photography By [Back Cover Photos, Lars]Rob Ellis*
  • ProducerMetallica
  • Rhythm Guitar, VocalsJames Hetfield

Notes

Released with printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.

Some issues contain a pictured promo sheet.

Cat# RR 9717 on labels and insert, Cat# MFN 60 on sleeve.

Runout variant 3, letters C and F stamped lying down.

Pressing plant not on release, identified by the runout number.

Recorded between September and December 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.

All lyrics © 1985 Creeping Death Music, ASCAP.
℗ 1986 Roadrunner Productions B.V.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, MFN 60 A3 D, etched, variant 1): RR 9717 MFN 60 A3 D
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, MFN 60 B3 D, etched, variant 1): RR 9717 MFN 60 B3 D
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, MFN 60 A3 C, etched, variant 2): RR 9717 MFN 60 A3 D
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, MFN 60 B3 C, etched, variant 2): RR 9717MFN 60 B3 D
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, MFN 60 A3 C, etched, variant 3): RR 9717 MFN 60 A3 C
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, MFN 60 B3 C F, etched, variant 3): RR 9717 MFN 60 B3 C F
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, stamped, MFN-60-A.4 etched, variant 4): RR 9717 MFN-60-A.4
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, stamped, MFN 60 B3 etched, variant 4): RR 9717 MFN 60 B3
  • Rights Society (Publishing): ASCAP

Other Versions (5 of 596)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Master Of Puppets (LP, Album) Music For Nations RR 9717 Europe 1986
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Master Of Puppets (Cassette, Album, SR) Elektra 9 60439-4, 60439-4 US 1986
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Master Of Puppets (LP, Album) Elektra 96 04391 Canada 1986
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Master Of Puppets (LP, Album) Elektra MFN 60 UK 1986
Master Of Puppets (Cassette, Album) Music For Nations TMFN 60 UK 1986

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