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Side A MatrixSTE-60396-A-3 MASTERDISK
Side B MatrixSTE-60396-B-3 MASTERDISK
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Metallica - Ride The Lightning (1984, Elektra) VG+/G+

Metallica - Ride The Lightning (1984, Elektra) VG+/G+
Record: VG+Cover: G+
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Album Details
TitleRide The Lightning
FormatVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
LabelElektra
Year1984
Catalog Number60396-1
CountryUS
GenreRock
EditionReissue
Era1980s
Total Runtime47:20
Credits
ProducersMetallica, Flemming Rasmussen, Mark Whitaker
Condition Details

Record: VG+ — Light Scratches

Cover: G+ — Ring Wear (Light), Ring Wear (Medium), Dirt Spots, Edge Fraying (Light), Corner Compression (Light), and Creasing (Light)

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Description / Track List

Metallica's Ride The Lightning, a thrash and speed metal album from 1984 on Elektra Records. This US reissue pressing includes an advertising inner sleeve, original company inner sleeve, printed inner sleeve, and song-sheet insert. Produced by Metallica and Flemming Rasmussen.


Condition

Record shows Light Scratches. Cover shows Ring Wear (Light), Ring Wear (Medium), Dirt Spots, Edge Fraying (Light), Corner Compression (Light), and Creasing (Light). Inner sleeve shows wrinkling.

Record graded VG+, sleeve graded G+.


Tracklist

  1. Fight Fire With Fire (4:44)
  2. Ride The Lightning (6:36)
  3. For Whom The Bell Tolls (5:10)
  4. Fade To Black (6:56)
  5. Trapped Under Ice (4:03)
  6. Escape (4:23)
  7. Creeping Death (6:36)
  8. The Call Of Ktulu (8:52)
Handling & Shipping

Visually graded using our structured condition checklist.

Stored in a protective sleeve.

Shipped in a proper LP mailer with protective padding.