Metallica Vinyl Singles;

1. mayking/music for nations france 83, white label test press dated 10/12/83 (12KUT 105)
   NOTES;
   six copies exist
   one copy located in England, owned by Hector, signed by Cliff Burton, James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich in `85!!
   one copy located in Holland. owned by Matthijs
   one copy located in England, owned by Chris Harmer
   one copy located in Norway, owned by Henning
   one copy located in Usa, owned by Usa Collector
   one copy located in Holland
   "mayking" is the name of the pressing plant that made these test pressings
   these are the first ever copies of jump in the fire pressed on vinyl
2. music for nations france 84, first label with red mfn logo on back cover, cover is much darker (12KUT 105)
3. music for nations france 84, first label with red mfn logo on back cover (12KUT 105)
4. music for nations france 84, first label with white mfn logo on back cover (12KUT 105)
   NOTES;
   the first pressing (#2) of this 12" is quite unusual, the darker coloration may have been caused by the use of thin quality paper initially used for the cover, all later copies have noticably stiffer covers
   the first labels are brown and have "made in france" printed on them
   
   
5. music for nations england 84, second label (12KUT 105)
6. music for nations england 84, second label, miss labelled with side a labels on both sides (12KUT 105)
   NOTES;
   four known copies of this mislabel exist;
   one copy located in England, owned by Hector
   one copy located in Poland, owned by Jarek
   one copy located in Portugal, owned by Tiago
   one copy located in Usa, owned by MetCollector
7. music for nations england 84, third label with barcode, no address on back cover (12KUT 105)
8. music for nations england 84, third label with barcode, no address on back cover, sticker & sew on patch (12KUT 105XP)
   NOTES;
   sticker; "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
   the second labels are red/yellow and have no country of origin listed
   the third labels are red/yellow and have "made in england" listed on them
   
   
9. music for nations england 84, white label test press, red vinyl w/ missing a-side label (CV12 KUT 105)
   NOTES;
   this comes in a plain cover and is missing the label on side a, the b-side label has `anthrax anti-social` written on it by some dumbass previous owner
   one copy located in England, owned by Hector
10. music for nations england 84, white label test press, red vinyl w/ hand written sleeve (CV12 KUT 112)
    NOTES;
    this copy has two labels on the b-side, the top label is not stuck down fully
    this also has a bend on one edge, possibly from the pressing process, as this is in fairly poor condition it may have been a scrapped test press
    one copy located in England, owned by Hector
11. music for nations england 84, red vinyl first press (CV12 KUT 105)
12. music for nations england 84, red vinyl, first press, pressed with both labels upside down (CV12 KUT 105)
    NOTES;
    this record has both labels printed upside down, tracklist details can be seen clearly back to front!
    one copy located in England, owned by Hector
13. music for nations england 84, red vinyl, first press with severely offset a-side label (CV12 KUT 105)
    NOTES;
    four known miss labeled copies exist, label is 5cm off center!!;
    one copy located in England, owned by Hector and is housed in a first press cover
    two copies located in Germany, owned by Jochen both housed in first press covers, one 5cm offset one 3 cm offset
    one copies location is currently unknown
    some red vinyl copies say made in england on the label and some don`t, one red vinyl copy has two labels on side b
14. music for nations england 84, red vinyl, first press w/ plain white label on the a-side (CV12 KUT 105)
    NOTES;
    one copy located in England, owned by Hector
15. music for nations england 84, red vinyl, first press with side a label missing (CV12 KUT 105)
    NOTES;
    one copy located in Germany, owned by Chris Heinke
    this was pressed like this and has not been altered
16. music for nations england 84, red vinyl second press with barcode, no address on back cover (CV12 KUT 105)
    
    
17. roadrunner holland 84, with black border around cover (RR 125518)
    NOTES;
    this record has greyish-white roadrunner labels, some people have mistaken these for promo labels
    
    
18. music for nations england 86, clear vinyl test press of uncut picture disc (PKUT 105)
    NOTES;
    five known copies exist
    one copy located in England owned by Hector
    one copy located in England, owned by Chris Harmer
    one copy located in Scotland, owned by Michael
    one copy located in Norway, owned by Henning
    one copy located in England, owned by Philip
    my copy comes in a plain white inner sleeve with; metallica, beast, clear written on the cover, this also has lots of black speckles in the clear vinyl
19. music for nations england 86, uncut picture disc, first press without barcode (PKUT 105)
    NOTES;
    two known copies exist;
    one copy located in Italy, owned by Riccardo
    one copy located in Norway, owned by Henning
20. music for nations england 86, uncut picture disc, second press with barcode on back (PKUT 105)
    NOTES;
    some uncut copies were distributed with the commercial shaped release. pretty rare, approximately 50 - 80 copies
21. music for nations england 86, shaped picture disc, first press (PKUT 105)
22. music for nations england 86, shaped picture disc, second press with barcode on back (PKUT 105)
    NOTES;
    these picture disc pressings are often listed as being released in `83 or `84, they were in fact pressed in early - mid `86 at around the same time as the mfn picture discs of "master of puppets" & "ride the lightning"
    
    
23. music for nations england 88, miss pressed, plays W.A.S.P. - `animal f**k like a beast` tracks (12KUT 105)
    NOTES;
    very unusual miss pressing, the two tracks on this single are from the W.A.S.P. 12" from 1988 which has a similar catalogue number; (12KUT 109), this 12" has the `made in england` labels and the cover has a barcode on the back
    one copy located in England, owned by Hector
    
    
24. phonogram/vertigo australia 90, re-issue with spaceship labels & album sized cover (872 973-1)
    
    
25. phonogram/vertigo england 90, re-issue with yellow labels (METAL 312)
26. phonogram/vertigo england 90, re-issue with yellow labels, double a-side miss label (METAL 312)
    NOTES;
    two known copies exist;
    one copy located in England, owned by Hector
    one copy located in Germany, owned by Ralf
    
27. phonogram/vertigo england 90, re-issue with yellow labels, double b-side miss label (METAL 312)
    NOTES;
    one known copy exists;
    one copy located England, owned by Hector
    these miss labeled copies have been pressed like this and have not been altered
    
    
28. phonogram/vertigo europe 90, with yellow labels, no logo (872 973-1)
    
    
29. phonogram/vertigo korea 90, with blue labels, lyrics insert & album sized cover (SEL-RP 2044)
    NOTES;
    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" ep`s have the "creeping death" artwork on the front
    
    
30. polygram/vertigo brazil 91, with black border around cover & album sized cover (872 973-1)
    NOTES;
    this brazilian 12" is the same as the copy in the brazil box set, they were released seperetly
    
    bootleg copies;
    
    
31. "music for nations" "england", white label bootleg "test press" 12" on red vinyl (12KUT 105)
    NOTES;
    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
    vinyl is too dark and the numbers & letters in the matrix are not as neat as on the original & is missing the word "timtom", labels have two distinctive circles around the center hole
    
    
32. "phonogram/vertigo" "usa" 02, bootleg 12" picture disc (872973-15)
    NOTES;
    has creeping death artwork & tracks on side two
    bootleg copy which first appeared in early 2002, probably made in germany
    
    
33. "music for nations" "england" 2008, bootleg 7" copy on colored vinyl, two tracks only (7 KUT 105)
    NOTES;
    first appeard late october 2008 on pale blue vinyl closely followed by clear red vinyl, other colors sure to follow, copied from the england press