MetallicaRide The Lightning

Label:

Music For Nations – MFN 27

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Heavy 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
Written-ByUlrich*
8:52

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Music For Nations Ltd.
  • Licensed FromMegaforce Records
  • Recorded AtSweet Silence Studios
  • Mixed AtSweet Silence Studios
  • Mastered AtCBS Studios, London
  • Pressed ByMPO
  • Published ByTake Out Music

Credits

  • BassCliff Burton
  • Booking [Agency Representation]The Agency*
  • Cover, DesignAd Artists
  • Crew [Sonic Decapitation Team]Tim Sweeney (2)
  • Design Concept [Cover Concept]Metallica
  • DrumsLars Ulrich
  • EngineerFlemming Rasmussen
  • Lacquer Cut ByTY*
  • Lead GuitarKirk Hammet*
  • ManagementCrazed Management*
  • Mastered ByTim Young
  • Photography By [Backcover - Cliff]Harold O*
  • Photography By [Backcover - James & 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

Notes

Inner sleeve with credits photos etc.
Merchandise leaflet.

Similar to Metallica - Ride The Lightning but with the following differences:
- Space between "Made in " and credits in both side A and B labels.
- "Metallica" logo has no distance from the hole in both side A and B labels.
- Inner sleeve doesn' t have a pocket cut.

Pressing plant info taken from the Matrix / Runout area.
Track A3: Typo on the back sleeve, "For whom the bells toll", instead of "For whom the bell tolls".

Recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark during spring 1984.
Mastered at C.B.S. London.
Made in .

℗ 1984 Music For Nations Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): MPO MFN 27 A¹ TY
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): MPO MFN 27 B¹ TY

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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