Metallica Master of Puppets Vinyl

Master of Puppets is the third album by Metallica released on March 3, 1986. The album features singles: "Master of Puppets", "Battery", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)". This was my first Metallica album. I became a huge fan, and have never looked back. This album, like the 2 before it is a great metal album, that needs to be experienced in it's pure form, on vinyl. There is a picture disc + a few other rare versions of this vinyl, and the most common version you will find around in shops and on ebay is the 2008 re-release. Get it already!

Tracks:

1. Battery
2. Master Of Puppets
3. The Thing That Should Not Be
4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
5. Disposable Heroes
6. Leper Messiah
7. Orion
8. Damage Inc.

Metallica …And Justice for All Vinyl

…And Justice for All is the fourth album by Metallica released on August 25, 1988. This is the first Metallica studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted, after former bassist Cliff Burton died. Highlights for me are "One", "Harvester Of Sorrow", and the title track ".. And Justice For All". Newsted brought a different sound to the band. On the original release of this album, and the original release of the vinyl Newsted was mixed very low...quite the insult to their new bass player. This album is very heavy, and dark. The band was getting through a tough time, take a look at the mug shots on the back sleeve. Still a great album, and worth purchasing to hear the track one, if for nothing else.

Tracks:

1. Blackened
2. ... And Justice For All
3. Eye Of The Beholder
4. One
5. The Shortest Straw
6. Harvester Of Sorrow
7. The Frayed Ends Of Sanity
8. To Live Is To Die
9. Dyers Eve

Metallica Black Album Vinyl

Metallica or The Black Album is the fifth album by band released August 13, 1991. The album features songs that are considered today as Metallica's most well-known tracks, with songs such as "Enter Sandman", "The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters". This album is the band's best-selling album to date, with over 15 million copies sold in the United States and over 25 million copies worldwide. This is the album that brought Metallica to the masses, with songs like Enter Sandman having genuine main stream radio playability. It's hard to argue that this album isn't great, so owning it on vinyl is a must for any collector.

Tracks:

1. Enter Sandman
2. Sad But True
3. Holier Than Thou
4. The Unforgiven
5. Wherever I May Roam
6. Don't Tread On Me
7. Through The Never
8. Nothing Else Matters
9. Of Wolf And Man
10. The God That Failed
11. My Friend Of Misery
12. The Struggle Within

Metallica Load Vinyl

Load is the sixth studio album by Metallica, released June 4, 1996. It was a change in direction for the band, with all members of the band getting hair cuts, and the album was more of an alternative rock album, rather than metal. Because of the the band were criticized by some. The highlight tracks for me are "Hero of the day" and "Bleeding me". I enjoy Metallica as an alternative rock band, and this album showcases more range from the band. The album cover is pretty disgusting, and is a combination of semen and cows blood. The vinyl is a little nothing too spacial, and there aren't any variants, singles, or colour versions, as vinyl for the main stream had well and truly been replaced by CD at this point.

Tracks:

1. Ain't my bitch
2. 2X4
3. House that Jack built
4. Until it sleeps
5. King nothing
6. Hero of the day
7. Bleeding me
8. Cure
9. Poor twisted me
10. Wasting my hate
11. Mama said
12. Thorn within
13. Ronnie
14. Outlaw thorn

Metallica Colour Vinyl

There is a good range of colour vinyl, many of which are official releases, + some bootlegs. There are some really nice and rare releases. Here a quick snapshot of some of those I have seen for sale of ebay from time to time:

• Jump into fire - Orange/Red
• Creeping Death Green
• Until it Sleeps 10"
• METALLICA Fade To Black Green
• METALLICA The Unforgiven - Clear
• Creeping Death - Gold
• Frankfurt 1984 Bootleg

Here is some of the Colour Vinyl Images I have collected over the years:

Metallica Vinyl Box Sets

There are a few official Metallica Vinyl Box sets. The first is a numbered set released 26 th October 2004. It includes: "Kill 'Em All", "Ride The Lightning", "Creeping Death Single", "Master Of Puppets", "The $5.98 E.P. Garage Days Re-Revisited", and "...And Justice For All". Death Magnetic was released as a box set also.

Metallica Vinyl Picture Discs

There is a huge range of picture disc vinyl. Some are offical releases, many are bootlegs. A quick walk through some where like Camden market in London will uncover many different options if exploring vinyl bootlegs is your thing. I have collected a few images over the years for you to browse though, many are Ebay auctions...not many of which I bid on.

Pictures:

Metallica Reload Vinyl

ReLoad is the seventh album by Metallica, released November 18, 1997. Highlights for me include "The Memory Remains" and "The Unforgiven II". Reload was a follow up album to Load, which was originally intended to be a double album release. As with Load, this album has much more of an alternative rock sound. If you are looking for something different I suggest trying to find a Japanese import of this album. My copy sounds great.

Tracks:

1. Fuel
2. The Memory Remains
3. Devil's Dance
4. The Unforgiven II
5. Better Than You
6. Slither
7. Carpe Diem Baby
8. Bad Seed
9. Where The Wild Things Are
10. Low Man's Attitude
11. Attitude
12. Fixxxer

Metallica St Anger Vinyl

St. Anger is the eighth studio album by Metallica, released on June 5, 2003. The first 3 tracks are the best on this album, but this has to be my least favorite Metallica album. The band was going through another transitional period, as Newsted departed after Reload. For this album the band recorded with producer Bob Rock playing Bass, and then hired Robert Trujillo to tour the album. The drama that surrounded the recording of the album was made into a movie available on DVD name "Some Kind of Monster". Vinyl-vise the album features some pretty cool artwork, a bit more metal. The sound of this album was more of a metal sound, but the mixing is very unusual, very rough sound. Even though the music on this album is not Metallica's finest, it is still a Metallica album, and is a nice addition to any vinyl collection.

Tracks

1. Frantic
2. St. Anger
3. Some Kind Of Monster
4. Shoot Me Again
5. Sweet Amber
6. Unnamed Feeling
7. Dirty Window
8. Invisible Kid
9. My World
10. Purify
11. All Within My Hands

Metallica Death Magnetic Vinyl

Death Magnetic is the ninth album by Metallica, released on September 12, 2008. This album was hailed as a true return of the band band to Metal. The band makes no attempt to be anything other than a heavy metal band on this album, and it features rich lengthy solos, and a very dark heavy sound. There is a very nice vinyl box set for Death magnetic (See images below), and I have put up some German vinyl releases, which I suspect may be bootlegs, but they look pretty cool anyway, you can find all of them on Ebay.

Tracks:

1. That Was Just Your Life
2. The End Of The Line
3. Broken, Beat & Scarred
4. The Day That Never Comes
5. All Nightmare Long
6. Cyanide
7. The Unforgiven 3
8. The Judas Kiss
9. Suicide & Redemption
10. My Apocalypse