Metallica Singles on Vinyl;

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"CREEPING DEATH", 12" single;
(release date, music for nations; 23/11/84)

  1. Music For Nations France 1984, white label test press with proof cover (12KUT 112)
    Notes;
    Six known copies exist;
    One copy located in England, owned by Hector w/ proof cover
    One copy located in Switzerland, owned by Sikkie, w/ proof cover
    One copy located in England, owned by Chris Harmer, w/ proof cover
    One copy located in Usa, owned by Usa Collector, w/ proof cover
    One copy located in Germany, owned by Andreas , w/ plain white cover
    One copies location currently unknown, w/ normal cover
    All copies have plain white labels and at least three have the catalogue number written on the inner sleeve
    "Proof" cover is basically a test press of the cover, this is the only known Metallica record with a proof cover
    The cover has a spelling mistake; "BlitzkrEIg", this was corrected for the commercial release 
  2. Music For Nations France 1984, first label (12KUT 112)
  3. Music For Nations France 1984, first label, dark red vinyl (12KUT 112)
  4. Music For Nations France 1984, first label, red vinyl (12KUT 112)
  5. Music For Nations France 1984, first label, solid green vinyl (12KUT 112)
  6. Music For Nations France 1984, first label, transparent green vinyl (12KUT 112)
  7. Music For Nations France 1984, first label, clear vinyl (12KUT 112)
  8. Music For Nations France 1984, first label, white vinyl (12KUT 112)
  9. Music For Nations France 1984, first label, blue vinyl (12KUT 112)
    Notes;
    Records #2 - #9 all bear the original label; brown with a bold `METALLICA` logo and says; "Made In France"
    The red vinyls have two distinct variations, `dark red` copies are much clearer then the normal red copies
    There are probably only a few copies of #6 as i suspect they were somewhat of a misprint which occurred during the change of color from the green vinyl copies (#5) and the clear vinyl copies (#7), certainly the transparent green vinyl copies are much harder to find than the solid green versions
    There may be some "transparent white" vinyl copies that were pressed during the change from clear to white
    The blue vinyl copies are also quite rare, however they are not as expensive as the other french colored vinyls as blue was later released in england but in a much larger print run
    The english blue vinyl was limited to 5,000 - 10,000 copies, the french blue was maybe 500
    One copy of the french blue vinyl has a `cracked` b-side label, located in Germany, owned by Jochen
    Many of these singles come in covers that say "Made In England" on the back cover
    Due to this they are often listed as being english, the french covers have no country listed on the cover
    NEW INFO;
    Some company in germany has just make counterfeits of these (July/2007), the new copies are available on white, red, green, blue & yellow vinyl - these mostly appear to have some `swirls` in them and sell for $20-$30 or 20-25Euros, the labels are darker and have a more prominent `dished` effect 

  10. Bernett/MPO France 1984, white label test press dated 22/11/1984 (19036)
    Notes;
    One known copy exists, located in England, owned by Hector
    White label test pressing with MPO test pressing labels, date & catalogue number are stamped on the label, `Metallica` is hand written, comes with a plain inner sleeve with the tracklist hand written on it, `Echantillon` means sample in french
  11. Bernett France 1984, with misspelt "BlitzkrEIg" on the back cover (SB 19036)

  12. Roadrunner Holland 1984, with misspelt "BlitzkrEIg" on the back cover (RR 125503)

  13. Music For Nations England 1984, plain black vinyl test pressing, no labels (12KUT 112)
    Notes;
    One known copy exists, located in England, owned by Hector
    This was pressed without labels on either side as an early sample, has the same matix detail as the normal black vinyl copies 
  14. Music For Nations England 1984, second label (12KUT 112)
  15. Music For Nations England 1984, second label, misslabeled with side-B labels on both sides (12KUT 112) 
  16. Music For Nations England 1984, second label with barcode on the back cover (12KUT 112)

  17. Music For Nations England 1984, solid pale blue vinyl (CV 12 KUT 112)
  18. Music For Nations England 1984, clear darker blue vinyl (CV 12 KUT 112)
  19. Music For Nations England 1984, clear darker blue vinyl, barcode on the back cover (CV 12 KUT 112)
  20. Music For Nations England 1984, clear darker blue vinyl, unlabelled on side A (CV 12 KUT 112)
  21. Music For Nations England 1984, clear darker blue vinyl, has no text on B-side label (CV 12 KUT 112)
  22. Music For Nations England 1984, clear darker blue vinyl with anniversary labels (CV 12 KUT 112)
  23. Music For Nations England 1984, clear darker blue vinyl with anniversary labels, miss labeled w/ regular label on side B (CV 12 KUT 112)

  24. Music For Nations England 1984, gold vinyl with anniversary labels, no sleeve (12KUT 112)
  25. Music For Nations England 1984, gold vinyl, misslabeled with side-A labels on both sides (12KUT 112) 
  26. Music For Nations England 1984, gold vinyl, misslabeled with side-B labels on both sides (12KUT 112)
  27. Music For Nations England 1984, gold vinyl, misspressed without `gold` color on one side (12KUT 112) 
    Notes;
    Records #13 - #27 all bear the second label, red & yellow with "Made In England" on them
    One copy of the black vinyl double b-side misslabel exists, i forget who has it though
    (Nearly) all English blue vinyls are marbled, hold them up to a strong light to see what i mean
    The French blue vinyl is not marbled, it is one perfect shade of blue
    Record #17 is a much lighter shade of blue, this may have been part of an early run and the color was later changed
    Very few copies of the `solid pale blue` vinyl exsist
    One copy of the blue vinyl w/ missing text on the b-side exists, location unknown
    One known copy of the blue vinyl w/ missing a-side label exists, located in England, owned by Hector, b side label is correct but side A is completely blank, this was pressed like this and has not been altered
    One copy of the blue vinyl w/ anniversary label on side A and regular label on side B exists, located in Italy, owned by Giuliano
    Records #22/23 is probably a misslabel, probably less then 50 exist
    One copy of the normal England blue vinyl has a b-side label off-set about 1 cm. located in France, owned by The Sniper
    One copy of the France blue vinyl has a `cracked` b-side label, located in England, owned by Chris
    Records #24-27 was a re-issue to celebrate the single selling 100,000 copies, it was limited to 3,000 copies
    One known copy of the gold vinyl double a-side misslabel exists, located in Germany, owned by Andreas
    Two known copies of the gold vinyl double b-side misslabel exist, one copy located in England, owned by Hector
    One copy located in Greece, owned by Vangelis
    One known copy of the gold / black vinyl misspress exists, located in Norway, owned by Henning

  28. Music For Nations England 1984, picture disc, first press (P12 KUT 112)
  29. Music For Nations England 1984, picture disc, part of picture on side A missing (P12 KUT 112)
    Notes;
    This 1st press picture disc has a section of the front picture missing
    One known copy exists, located in Germany, owned by Jochen
  30. Music For Nations England 1984, picture disc, second press with barcode (P12 KUT 112)
  31. Music For Nations England 1984, picture disc, mispressed without picture on side B (P12 KUT 112)
    Notes;
    Only one known copy of the mispressed picture disc exists, located in England, owned by Hector
  32. Music For Nations England 1984, picture disc, top part of picture on side B missing (P12 KUT 112)
    Notes;
    This 2nd press picture disc has a section of the back picture missing at the top, this cuts off the catalogue number
    Eight known copies exist;
    Two copies located in England, owned by Hector, one copies back picture is also offset slightly
    One copy located in Germany, owned by Andreas
    One copy located in Holland, owned by Matthijs, the front picture is also offset slightly
    One copy located in Sweden, owned by Snoppen, this also has a large tear on the front picture
    One copy located in France, owned by B_Gregory
    One copy located in Belgium, owned by Les Wouters
    One copy owned by Jouni is `torn` at the top, the first seven above all have the picture folded back underneath the picture
  33. Music For Nations England 1984, picture disc, bottom part of picture on side B missing (P12 KUT 112)
    Notes;
    Unlike most other versions this has a section at the bottom of the back picture missing, also unlike most others this appears to have been ripped off during the manufacturing process
    One copy located in England, owned by Hector - Here are all four of my miss pressed versions

  34. Phonogram/Vertigo Australia 1990, with lp sized cover (872 975-1)

  35. Phonogram/Vertigo England 1990, with yellow labels, single sized cover (METAL 412)

  36. Phonogram/Vertigo Europe 1990, with yellow labels, single sized cover (872 975-1)

  37. Polygram/Vertgio Brazil 1991, with lp sized cover (872 975-1)
    Notes;
    This Brazilian 12" is the same as the copy in the Brazil box set, they were released seperately

    Bootleg Copies;

  38. "Vertigo" Korea unknown year, bootleg triple 12" set in `Creeping Death` cover (583-1/6)
    Notes;
    This Korean bootleg set contains bootleg 12"`s of Creeping Death, The $5.98 e.p. & the Anniversary live e.p.

  39. "Music For Nations" "France" 2007, bootleg copy on colored vinyl (12 KUT 112)
    Notes;
    New bootleg released mid 2007, the labels are a little darker and all copies come in `Made In England` covers
    Actual colors; dark green, dull red, bright dull blue, greyish/white and lime green/yellow vinyl, most copies have marbling or streaks in them 
  40. "Music For Nations" "France" 2008, bootleg copy on colored vinyl, cover artwork colors reversed (12 KUT 112)
    Notes;
    Artwork colors have been reversed on purpose, 50 copies allegedly, first appeared October 2008 on marbled pink vinyl

  41. "Music For Nations" "France" 2008, bootleg 7" copy on colored vinyl, two tracks only (7 KUT 112)
    Notes;
    first appeared late October 2008 on red vinyl closely followed by pale brown vinyl then pale blue vinyl in early 2009, other colors sure to follow, copied from the france press


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