MetallicaMaster Of Puppets

Label:

Music For Nations – MFN 60

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Heavy Metal

Tracklist

A1 Battery 5:10
A2 Master Of Puppets
Soloist, Guitar [1st Solo]Hetfield*
8:38
A3 The Thing That Should Not Be 6:32
A4 Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 6:28
B1 Disposable Heroes 8:14
B2 Leper Messiah 5:38
B3 Orion
Soloist, Bass [4th Solo]Burton*
Soloist, Guitar [2nd Solo]Hetfield*
8:12
B4 Damage, Inc. 5:08

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Music For Nations
  • Copyright ©Creeping Death Music
  • Licensed FromMegaforce Records
  • Published ByCreeping Death Music
  • Recorded AtSweet Silence Studios
  • Mixed AtAmigo Studios
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound

Credits

  • Arranged ByUlrich*
  • Bass, Backing VocalsCliff Burton
  • Design Concept [Cover Concept]Peter Mensch
  • DrumsLars Ulrich
  • EngineerFlemming Rasmussen
  • Illustration [Cover]Don Brautigam
  • Lead GuitarKirk Hammett
  • Lyrics ByHetfield*
  • ManagementQ-Prime, Inc.*
  • Management [Agency Representation]Marsha Vlasic
  • Mastered ByGeorge Marino
  • Mixed ByMichael Wagener
  • Mixed By [Assistant]Mark Wilzcak*
  • Photography By [Back Cover - Cliff]Rich Likong
  • Photography By [Back Cover - Lars]Rob Ellis*
  • Photography By [Inner Sleeve, Back Cover - Kirk & James]Ross Halfin
  • ProducerMetallica
  • Rhythm Guitar, VocalsJames Hetfield
  • Written-ByUlrich*

Notes

The runout(s) of this release combine the cat# & runout of the UK release.
(examples in links)

Similar to Master Of Puppets but with different runouts.
Similar to Master Of Puppets but with white lettering on back sleeve.
Similar to Master Of Puppets but without barcode, pressing rings etc.

Inner sleeve with lyrics, credits and photos.
Merchandise leaflet with 1986 European tour dates.

Recorded, Sept.-Dec. 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mixed at Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA.
Mastered at Sterling Sound.

Issued under license from Megaforce Records.
℗ 1986 Music For Nations.
© 1985 Creeping Death Music. ASCAP.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): ̶ ̶R̶R̶ ̶9̶9̶1̶7̶ MFN 60-A7
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): RR 9717 MFN-60-B3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): RR 9717MFN 60 A3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): RR 9717 MFN 60 B3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): RR 9717 ̶ ̶R̶R̶ ̶9̶9̶1̶7̶ MFN-60-A-4
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): MFN 60 B10
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): ̶R̶R̶ ̶9̶9̶1̶7̶ RR 9717 C MFN-60-A.4
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): MFN 60 B10 C
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): RR 9717 MFN 60 A3 D
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): MFN-60 . B.6
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): MFN 60/RR 9717 A/5 JA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): MFN-60.B.6 ^
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): MFN-60-A-3 ̶ ̶R̶R̶ ̶9̶9̶1̶7̶ RR 9717
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): MFN 60 B10
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): MFN-60-A-3 ̶ ̶R̶R̶ ̶9̶9̶1̶7̶ RR 9717
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): MFN-60-B-3 ̶ ̶R̶R̶ ̶9̶9̶1̶7̶ RR 9717
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): TA RR 9717 MFN 60 A3 ( )
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): .MFN - 60 . B.6
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10): MFN -60 A7 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 10): MFN-60 B3 ̶ ̶R̶R̶ ̶9̶9̶1̶7̶ RR 9717
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 11): MFN-60-A.4 ̶ ̶R̶R̶ ̶9̶9̶1̶7̶ RR 9717 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 11): MFN 60 B10 B

Other Versions (5 of 596)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Master Of Puppets (LP, Album) Music For Nations RR 9717 Europe 1986
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Master Of Puppets (Cassette, Album, SR) Elektra 9 60439-4, 60439-4 US 1986
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Master Of Puppets (LP, Album) Elektra 96 04391 Canada 1986
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Master Of Puppets (LP, Album) Elektra MFN 60 UK 1986
Master Of Puppets (Cassette, Album) Music For Nations TMFN 60 UK 1986

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Reviews

  • olosh's avatar
    olosh
    I have and listening that edition for 36 years, it's sound like a jumbo-jet. Perfect on average equipement !
    • marvjoyce's avatar
      marvjoyce
      Can anyone explain the difference between this version having MFN 60 in WHITE and the same UK pressing having MFN 60 in BLACK on the rear covers???
      • steves22's avatar
        steves22
        This pressing, mine is variant 3 of those listed above, sounds good and ballsy. Cliff's base is good and meaty and the whole thing sounds really good even on average equipment!
        • Unclephil51's avatar
          Unclephil51
          On a real note, someone really typed this is a quiet pressing? Get a 2008 remastered version and tell me what you hear then. You will beg to listen to this copy. I have heard the DMM ‘87 version, Specialty white label promo, Specialty, Allied, Columbia house, all the blackened garbage, both Warner versions, 2004 box set version and this is a really solid copy. I’d say it comes 3rd place next to Columbia house and Specialty press. The DMM version is a league of its own and I’m still unsure if it’s my preferred way of listening. This pressing gets an A from me.
          • Unclephil51's avatar
            Unclephil51
            I don’t understand the trash talk on this pressing. It is a heavy hitter. You guys really need to type your equipment I.E “hot pink crosley cruiser with red Jensen speakers” like come on. Sansui 8080, Rega P1, Cerwin Vega LS-12 and Klipsch Forte II
            • Maslakoff's avatar
              Maslakoff
              Am I the only person here who thinks that this version sounds plainly terrible ? It's quietly recorded, noisy and very tiresome to listen to (due to very muted dynamics). I have a French original of Kill'em All that is a complete opposite of this nonsense.
              • henderson4819's avatar
                henderson4819
                Edited 7 years ago
                I bought a Master of Puppets vinyl at Best Buy a month ago. And, The record opening is on the top instead of on the right side. They had other Master of Puppets vinyls that were stamped different years on the back i/e copyright 1991, 2014, 2017. Anyways, I found one that had copyright 1986. So, I purchased that one. My question is, ."Is it possibly a first pressing or a error or just one of the few that was stamped 1986? They only had one that was stamped 1986.
                • spook666's avatar
                  spook666
                  My copy matches the descriptors above - no barcode, no country on labels, all white text on back cover. However, the hand-etched matrix is: MFN 60/RR 9717 A15, MFN 60 B-6. Does anyone have this version or any info??
                  • killingstrings's avatar
                    killingstrings
                    Can't really find out what version I have. It has all texts on the cover on white, Music For Nations MFN 60 with no countries on labels. But the Matrix is RoadRunner: RR 9717 A1 [] Timtom/ RR 9717 B1 - bought it second hand so if there was a tour leaflet is long gone...
                    • marcodallo89's avatar
                      marcodallo89
                      I have a copy with 2 serial, one is deleted :
                      rr9917(delete) rr9717 mfn-60 a.4
                      ????
                      Why ? Has it more value?

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