MetallicaRide The Lightning

Label:

Megaforce Records – MRIT-769

Format:

Cassette , Album

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Speed Metal

Tracklist

A1 Fight Fire With Fire
Written-ByUlrich*
4:44
A2 Ride The Lightning
Written-ByUlrich*
6:36
A3 For Whom The Bell Tolls
Written-ByUlrich*
5:10
A4 Fade To Black
Written-ByUlrich*
6:56
B1 Trapped Under Ice
Written-ByUlrich*
4:03
B2 Escape
Written-ByUlrich*
4:23
B3 Creeping Death
Written-ByUlrich*
6:36
B4 The Call Of Ktulu
Bass [Lead]Cliff Burton
Written-ByUlrich*
8:52

Companies, etc.

  • Marketed ByImportant Record Distributors, Inc.
  • Manufactured ByImportant Record Distributors, Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Precious Metal Music
  • Copyright ©Precious Metal Music
  • Recorded AtSweet Silence Studios
  • Mixed AtSweet Silence Studios
  • Mastered AtFrankford/Wayne Mastering Labs

Credits

  • BassCliff Burton
  • Cover [Concept]Metallica
  • Design [Cover]Ad Artists
  • DrumsLars Ulrich
  • EngineerFlemming Rasmussen
  • Engineer [Concert Sound], Management [Production Manager]Mark Whitaker
  • Lead GuitarKirk Hammet*
  • ManagementCrazed Management*
  • Management [Agency Representation]Neil Warnock
  • Management [Tour]Gem "Fat Bastard" Howard
  • Mastered ByTom Coyne
  • Photography By [Backcover, Cliff]Harold O*
  • Photography By [Backcover, James]Rick Brackett
  • Photography By [Backcover, Kirk]Rick Brackett
  • Photography By [Backcover, 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
  • ProducerMetallica
  • Producer [Assistant]Mark Whitaker
  • Rhythm Guitar, VocalsJames Hetfield
  • Technician [Drums]Tim Sweeney (2)
  • Technician [Guitars]Dan Lee (2)

Notes

Cassette shell has △ within a circle top-left

℗ © 1984 Precious Metal Music/ASCAP
Manufactured and marketed by Important Record Distributors, Inc.
Jacket and sleeve made in Canada
Recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark during spring 1984
Mastered at Frankford Wayne, NYC
"For Whom The Bells Toll" on cassette. Not the same as Tracklist posted.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Other (Timing Strip): O 5O O

Other Versions (5 of 570)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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, White Label) Banzai Records BRC 1909 Canada 1984
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Ride The Lightning (LP, Album) Music For Nations MFN 27 UK 1984

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