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Metallica Master Of Puppets
1986 Vinyl Allied Pressing
Thrash
Speed Metal

Main image
Elektra, Elektra
arranged by James Hetfield
arranged by Lars Ulrich
bass, backing vocals Cliff Burton
cover [cover concept] Metallica
cover [cover concept] Peter Mensch
drums Lars Ulrich
engineer Flemming Rasmussen
engineer [assistant mixing engineer] Mark Wilczak
illustration [cover] Don Brautigam
lead guitar Kirk Hammett
lyrics by [all lyrics] James Hetfield
mastered by George Marino
mixed by Michael Wagener
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] Robert Ellis
photography by [inner sleeve pix] Ross Halfin
producer Flemming Rasmussen
producer Metallica
rhythm guitar, vocals James Hetfield
written-by James Hetfield
written-by Lars Ulrich
Recorded At Sweet Silence Studios
Mixed At Amigo Studios
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Mastered At Sheffield Lab Matrix
Pressed By Allied Record Company
Pressed By Allied Record Company
Published By Creeping Death Music
Copyright (c) Elektra/Asylum Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) Elektra/Asylum Records
℗© 1986 Elektra/Asylum Records, a division of Warner Communications
Manufactured by Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a division of Warner Communications
All songs published by Creeping Death Music, ASCAP
Recorded September-December 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mixed at Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Mastered at Sterling Sound

Cat # on vinyl labels: 60439-1
Cat # on spine: 9 60439-1

Includes inner sleeve with lyrics
Red/black Elektra labels

For Specialty Records Corporation pressing, see here: Master Of Puppets
Barcode: 0 7559-60439-1 (Print)
Barcode: 075596043915 (Scan, Format: UPC_A)
Matrix / Runout: ST-E-60439-1-A-AR (Label Side A)
Matrix / Runout: ST-E-60439-1-B-AR (Label Side B)
Matrix / Runout: STE-60439-A-DMM-1, B-22841, Sterling Sound - Dmm-1, Δ 11835 ɑ, ED M1 SF1 SM4 (Runout Groove Side A)
Matrix / Runout: STE-60439-B-DMM-1, Δ 11835-X ɑ, Sterling Sound-Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM4, B-22842 (Runout Groove Side B)