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Metallica
Master Of Puppets
1986 Vinyl Specialty Pressing
Thrash
Speed Metal
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
Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation
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 Allied Record Company pressing, see here:
Master Of Puppets
Barcode: 0 7559-60439-1 (Print)
Barcode: 075596043915 (Scanned)
Matrix / Runout: ST-E-60439-1-A-SP (Label Side One)
Matrix / Runout: ST-E-60439-1-B-SP (Label Side Two)
Matrix / Runout: STE-60439-A-DMM-1, SP0-1 SM1-2, Sterling Sound - Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1 (Runout, A-side, etched, Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: STE-60439-B-DMM-1, SP0-1 SM1-2, Sterling Sound-Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1 (Runout, B-side, etched, Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: STE-60439-A-DMM-1, SP0-1 SM1-3, Sterling Sound - Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1 3 (Runout, A-side, etched, Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: STE-60439-B-DMM-1, SP0-1 SM1-1, Sterling Sound-Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1 (Runout, B-side, etched, Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: STE-60439-A-DMM-1, SP0-2 SM1-2, Sterling Sound - Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1 (Runout, A-side, etched, Variant 3)