| 1. |
Mayking/Music For Nations France
1983 white label test press dated 10/12/83 (12KUT 105)* |
| Note: |
* Only two
or three copies exist "Mayking" is the name of the company
that makes the metal plates vinyl records are pressed in. |
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| 2. |
Music For Nations France 1984
first label with red MFN logo on back cover. The cover is also
much darker (12KUT 105)* |
| Note: |
*The first
pressing of this 12" is very unusual the darker coloration may have
been caused by the use of thin quality paper initially used for the
cover all later copies have noticeably stiffer covers the first labels
are brown and have "made in France" printed on them. |
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| 3. |
Music For Nations France 1984
first label with red MFN logo on back cover (12KUT 105) |
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| 4. |
Music For Nations France 1984
first label with white MFN logo on back cover (12KUT 105) |
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| 5. |
Music For Nations England 1984
second label (12KUT 105)* |
| Note: |
*The second
labels are red/yellow and have no country of origin listed. |
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| 6. |
Music For Nations England 1984
second label mislabeled with side a labels on both sides (12KUT 105)* |
| Note: |
*only one
known copy of this mislabel exists. |
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| 7. |
Music For Nations England 1984
third label with barcode no address on back cover (12KUT 105) |
| Note: |
*The third labels are red/yellow and have
"made in England" listed on them. |
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| 8. |
Music For Nations England 1984
third label with barcode no address on back cover sticker & sew on
patch (12KUT 105XP)* |
| Note: |
*sticker
says "limited edition Metallica includes free sew on patch
12kut-105xp" This pressing is very rare as most copies were opened
years ago and played only a handful of sealed copies exist. |
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| 9. |
Music For Nations England 1984
red vinyl first press (CV12 KUT 105)* |
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| 10. |
Music For Nations England 1984
red vinyl second press with barcode no address on back cover (CV12 KUT
105)* |
| Note: |
*Some red
vinyl copies say made in England on the label and some don't. |
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| 11. |
Roadrunner Holland 1984 with
black border around cover (RR 125518)* |
| Note: |
*This record
has greyish-white Roadrunner labels they are meant to be this colour
they are not promo labels. |
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| 12. |
Music For Nations England 1986
clear vinyl test press of uncut picture disc (PKUT 105)* |
| Note: |
* Only three
or four known copies exist. |
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| 13. |
Music For Nations England 1986
uncut picture disc first press (PKUT 105)* |
| Note: |
*far rarer
than the second press only one copy exists. |
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| 14. |
Music For Nations England 1986
uncut picture disc second press with barcode on back (PKUT 105)* |
| Note: |
*Some uncut
copies were distributed with the commercial shaped release there are
approximately 50 - 80 copies. |
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| 15. |
Music For Nations England 1986
shaped picture disc first press (PKUT 105) |
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| 16. |
Music For Nations England 1986
shaped picture disc second press with barcode on back (PKUT 105) |
| Note: |
The
Jump In The Fire shaped picture discs are often listed as being released in 1983 or 1984 when in fact
they were pressed in early to mid 1986 at around the same time as the
MFN picture discs of "Master Of Puppets" & "Ride The
Lightning". |
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| 17. |
Phonogram/Vertigo Australia 1990
re-issue with spaceship labels & album sized cover (872 973-1) |
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| 18. |
Phonogram/Vertigo England 1990
test pressing with plain white labels (METAL 312)* |
| Note: |
* Only one
known copy exists the labels are plain and it comes housed in the normal
UK cover. |
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| 19. |
Phonogram/Vertigo England 1990
re-issue with yellow labels (METAL 312) |
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| 20. |
Phonogram/Vertigo Europe 1990
with yellow labels no logo (872 973-1) |
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| 21. |
Phonogram/Vertigo Korea 1990 with
blue labels lyrics insert & album sized cover (SEL-RP 2044)* |
| Note: |
*This EP
combines all the tracks from the two MFN era singles some people list
this under "Creeping Death"
this record is one of only three Metallica releases to print the lyrics
for "Am I Evil?" & "Blitzkrieg" for some reason
all other "Creeping Death/Jump In The Fire" EPs have the
"Creeping Death" artwork on the front. |
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| 22. |
Polygram/Vertigo Brazil 1991 with
black border around cover & album sized cover (872 973-1)* |
| Note: |
*This Brazilian
12" is the same as the copy in the brazil box set, they were
released separately. |
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Bootlegs
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| 23. |
"Music
For Nations" "England" white label bootleg "test
press" 12" on red vinyl (12KUT 105)* |
| Note: |
*A fairly
common bootleg with hand written "test press" labels made in Germany
circa `92/`93 many people list this as being official but there are
hundreds of copies the vinyl is too dark and the numbers & letters
in the matrix are not as neat as on the original & is missing the
word "timtom". |
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| 24. |
"Phonogram/Vertigo"
"USA" 2002 bootleg 12" picture disc (0428729731005)* |
| Note: |
*This
has the Creeping Death artwork & tracks on side two. This bootleg
copy first appeared in early 2002 and was probably made in Germany. |
