Metallica Vinyl Albums;

back to the main page

"METALLICA", lp;
(release date, elektra & vertigo; 12/08/91)

  1. polygram/vertigo argentina 91, with promo labels (29344-5)
  2. polygram/vertigo argentina 91, (29344-5)
    NOTES;
    tracklist on the back cover & labels on the argentina lp`s is in spanish, back sleeve is also different

  3. polygram/vertigo brazil 91, with promo sticker on back sleeve & inner sleeves (510 022-1)
    NOTES;
    promo sticker; "advertencia: produto invendavel amostra tributa exclusivamente promocional"
  4. polygram/vertigo brazil 91, with inner sleeves (510 022-1)

  5. phillips/vertigo colombia 91, gatefold sleeve with lyrics on grey background (510 022-1)
    NOTES;
    front cover has a smaller metallica logo & no snake, labels have blue & white vertigo spirals

  6. vertigo ecuador 91, single lp, different metallica logo on cover, no inner sleeve, 1st press? (LP 31026)
  7. vertigo ecuador 91, single lp, different metallica logo on cover, no inner sleeve, 2nd press? (LP 31026)
  8. vertigo ecuador 91, single lp, different metallica logo on cover, no inner sleeve, 3rd press? (LP 31026) 
  9. vertigo ecuador 91, single lp, different metallica logo on cover, no inner sleeve, 4th press? (LP 31026) 
    NOTES;
    1st press labels have black text and say metallica above the centre hole
    2nd press labels have grey text and say metallica above the centre hole
    3rd press labels have grey text and misspell metaLica below the centre hole
    4th press labels have grey text and say mertallica below the centre hole
    some sleeves have `rounded` corners on the top & bottom right hand sides, some don`t
    this album has vertigo spaceship labels instead of the usual vertigo spiral labels
    many of the tracks have been faded out at the end to fit on a single lp, a fourth version of the labels exists but i forgot the details :)

  10. vertigo england 91, with three page biography, 8"x10" promo photo & inner sleeves (510 022-1)
  11. vertigo england 91, with sticker & inner sleeves (510 022-1)
    NOTES;
    sticker; "includes enter sandman, nothing else matters, the unforgiven & sad but true", later press?
    these last two records do not say made in england but the press release in #9 identifies it as probably english

  12. polygram/vertigo greece 91, white label test press with hand written label (510 022-1) 
    NOTES;
    two known copies;
    one copy owned by Angelos, located in Australia, comes in a regular greek sleeve with the catalog number written on the label & an tracklist insert
    one copy owned by Henning, located in Norway
  13. polygram/vertigo greece 91, with inner sleeves (510 022-1)

  14. vertigo holland 91, with inner sleeves (510 022-1)
  15. vertigo holland 91, with inner sleeves, side four misslabelled (510 022-1)
    NOTES;
    side four bears an extra very offset label upside down
    one copy known, located in England, owned by Hector
  16. vertigo holland 91, with inner sleeves, lp one has plain white labels (510 022-1)
    NOTES;
    the first lp of this set has plain white labels for some reason, maybe a test pressing that slipped out of the factory?, this was pressed like this and has not been altered, very odd
    one known copy, located in England, owned by Hector
  17. vertigo holland 91, with inner sleeves, labels on side two & four missing (510 022-1)
    NOTES;
    this copy was somehow pressed with only the vertigo `swirl` labels on sides one & three,the tracklist labels are missing entirely
    one cknown copy, located in Italy

  18. mcc/vertigo hungary 91, with inners (PL MCC 9125)

  19. polygram/vertigo korea 91, with grey snake on sleeve, blue labels & different inner sleeves (RP 2266)

  20. polygram/vertigo mexico 91, with space labels (LPE-1221)

  21. polygram/vertigo portugal 91, with inner sleeves (510 022-1)

  22. polygram/vertigo spain 91, with inner sleeves (510 022-1)
  23. polygram/vertigo spain 91, with inner sleeves & `sticker` (510 022-1)
    NOTES;
    sticker is printed as part of the cover and is similar to the usa sticker;
    "over 62 minutes of music including `enter sandman`"

  24. vertigo south africa 91, with logo sticker on cover (STARL 5856)
    NOTES;
    does not have a country of origin listed, bears the `teal trutone music` logo which identifies it as being from south africa

  25. elektra/speciality usa 91, white label test press dated 15/07/91 (EK 61113) 
    NOTES;
    four known copies exist;
    one copy located in Norway, owned by Henning, lp 1 dated 11/07/91, lp 2 dated 15/07/91
    one copy located in Sweden, owned by Snoppen
    one copy located in Usa, owned by Usa Collector
    one copies location unknown but only contains lp 2, this is dated 15/07/91
  26. elektra usa 91, with inner sleeves, with sticker (9 61113-1)
    NOTES;
    sticker; "over 62 minutes of music including `enter sandman`", has black elektra labels

  27. sonographica/vertigo venezuela 91, single album with spaceship labels (20.079-L)

  28. rtb/vertigo yugoslavia 91, with black labels (320 125)

  29. vertigo zimbabwe 91, with large silver snake on cover & odd labels (DARL 3032) 
    NOTES;
    for some reason the labels on side one are white with the correct catalog number listed, the labels on side two are blue with STARL5856 listed on them

  30. AnTrop russia 93, three sided album with gatefold sleeve, first press? with 1st labels (30077)
  31. AnTrop russia 93, three sided album with gatefold sleeve, second press? with 2nd labels (30077)
  32. AnTrop russia 93, three sided album with gatefold sleeve, third press? with 2nd labels (30077)
    NOTES;
    first press sleeve has a gold snake on the front & gold text on the back, gatefold inner is black
    second press has no gold text at all, gatefold inner is grey
    third press sleeve has no `AnTRop` logo on cover or gatefold, inner is light grey
    first labels are white with blue circles & RED track list
    second labels are white with black circles & BLUE track list
    side four all three albums is totally blank exept for the label
    recent information has revealed the record label for these records is in fact AnTrop which is an abreviation of the name Andrei Tropillo who founded the label, this album is probably a bootleg

  33. polygram/rodven/vertigo venezuala 93, single album with white, orange & pink labels (210.002) 

  34. simply vinyl/vertigo holland 2000, promo double album with "simply vinyl" sleeve, labels & title sticker (SVLP 207) 
  35. simply vinyl/vertigo holland 2000, limited edition 180gr vinyl with silver stickers, insert & lyrics insert (SVLP 207)
  36. simply vinyl/vertigo holland 2000, limited edition 180gr vinyl with gold stickers & lyrics insert (SVLP 207)
    NOTES;
    silver sticker; "simply vinyl, limited edition vinyl lp, classic albums, 180g virgin vinyl pressings, heavy quality sleeves"
    gold sticker; "simply vinyl, S180 vinyl lp, classic albums, 180g virgin vinyl pressings, heavy quality sleeves"
    gold sticker also adds the website address as does the later plastic sleeve
    these lp`s have long been thought to be uk pressings but according to a source at the record label all records from 2000 onwards were pressed in holland (and should have a matrix starting `08`), also the promo copies may have been test pressings!

  37. universal/vertigo eu 2001, re-issue double lp on 180 gram vinyl with inner sleeves (510 022-1)
    NOTES;
    released on 18/06/01, inner sleeves bear the new metallica fanclub address in san rafael, labels are similar to the original vertigo swirl labels

  38. warner bros. usa 08, double lp 180 gram re-issue w/ sticker (????)
  39. warner bros. usa 08, four lp 180 gram delux box set re-issue w/ gatefold sleeve, bellyband & sticker (????)
    NOTES;
    re-issued on november 24 2008 in usa

    bootleg copies;

  40. lauro records bolivia 92, bootleg single lp w/ eight tracks only, `sandman` is live (usa/lil 30.117)

  41. "vertigo" "japan" 98, bootleg single album picture disc (PLP 5100220)
    NOTES;
    bootleg picture disc with tacky artwork, says made in japan but actually made in germany

  42. "phonogram/vertigo" germany 02, bootleg picture disc with die cut cover (510 022-3)
    NOTES;
    most of the bootleg pictures discs are available as deliberate `miss-pressings`, i.e. copies are available with the same picture on both sides, one picture missing completely, both pictures missing (these are `white` vinyl) or even with the wrong music on


back to main page

END