Metallica Seven Inch Singles;

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"MASTER OF PUPPETS", original seven inch single;

  1. MPO/New Electric Way/Music For Nations France 1986, white label test pressing dated 05/May/86 (11575)
  2. New Electric Way/Music For Nations France 1986, backed with "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (11575)
    Notes;
    One copy of the test pressing known, located in ???, owned by ???
    Test pressing comes in a normal sleeve with custom MPO labels on
    First ever Metallica 7", allegedly limited to 500 copies only, labels are black with a large center hole
    Matrix detail; MPO - MU - 11575 - A / MPO - MU - 11575 - B
    The exact release date of this single is unknown, butsome time in early July, see notes below;
    My copy has a white sticker on the back cover and a stamp from a radio station;
    Radio Landes Tel (58) 46.53.54 Radio France, the date stamped on the sticker is `02 Juil 1986`
    Marc in france has a copy dated 04.07.86 on the cover in pen and this copy came direct from a radio station in france

    This release has been heavily bootlegged, see details below


"MASTER OF PUPPETS", bootleg 7" singles;

  1. "New Electric Way/Music For Nations" "France", first copy circa 1992/1993 (11575)
    Notes;
    This is the only bootleg that can be mistaken for an original (** see entry below for new info), this is a very close copy and has a sleeve which is printed on thinner card unlike the later copies
    Differences;
    Matrix on 1st fake copy; MIL - 11575 - A / MIL - 11575 - B
    1st fake copy has thin card, label is glossy dark black (original is very dark grey)
    Sleeve is thicker card (on 2nd, 3rd & 4th copies listed below), sleeve is colored more "brown" then the original "purple", all lettering is slightly blurred
    The labels are black with a large center hole, label has reads "MUSICDISC" not "MUSIDISC"
    The gap between the label & the grooves is too big, originals are 1cm, bootlegs are 1.9cm

  2. "New Electric Way/Music For Nations" "France", second copy circa 1995, blue vinyl (11575)
  3. "New Electric Way/Music For Nations" "France", second copy circa 1995, purple vinyl (11575)
  4. "New Electric Way/Music For Nations" "France", second copy circa 1995, wine red vinyl (11575)
  5. "New Electric Way/Music For Nations" "France", second copy circa 1995, yellow vinyl (11575)
    Notes;
    Numerous other colors available, all colored vinyl versions (2nd, 3rd & 4th copies) have the matrix number scratched out, labels are black with a SMALL center hole
    Click here to view the differences between the original covers & the fake covers, the cover variant detail on the side opening of the fakes & all the colored vinyl variants i have (8)
    ** NEW INFO; this 2nd copy has recently (05/06) been discovered on black vinyl, this may be a new repress or simply a a color no one had seen before, it`s easy to spot the difference as the centre hole is smaller and the label is glossy instead of dull paper

  6. "New Electric Way/Music For Nations" "France", third copy circa 1996, orange marbled vinyl, test press labels (11575)
  7. "New Electric Way/Music For Nations" "France", third copy circa 1996, olive green marbled vinyl, test press labels (11575)
    Notes;
    Numerous colors available, the labels are white with "Enchantillon" (french for `sample`) on them

  8. "New Electric Way/Music For Nations" "France", fourth copy circa 1997, pale blue vinyl, plain white labels (11575)
  9. "New Electric Way/Music For Nations" "France", fourth copy circa 1997, clear orange vinyl, plain white labels (11575)
    Notes;
    Numerous colors available, labels are plain white with a small center hole

  10. "New Electric Way/Music For Nations" "France", fifth copy circa 1998, picture disc (no cat#)
    Notes;
    All bootleg copies were probably made in Germany, all copies except the first copy are very common


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