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Metallica Master Of Puppets
1986 Vinyl Specialty 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
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)