Metallica Ride The Lightning
1984 Vinyl
Thrash
Speed Metal

Main image
Megaforce Records
bass Cliff Burton
cover [concept] Metallica
design [cover] Ad Artists
drums Lars Ulrich
engineer Flemming Rasmussen
engineer [concert sound], management [production manager] Mark Whitaker
lacquer cut by [runout etching ¢] Tom Coyne
lead guitar Kirk Hammett
management Crazed Management Inc.
management [agency representation] Ian Sales
management [agency representation] Neil Warnock
management [tour] Gem "Fat Bastard" Howard
mastered by Tom Coyne
photography by [backcover, cliff] Harald Oimoen
photography by [backcover, james] Rick Brackett
photography by [backcover, kirk] Rick Brackett
photography by [backcover, lars] Pete Cronin
photography by [inner, b&w group] Fin Costello
photography by [inner, dressing room] Robert Hoetink
photography by [inner, live pix group] Anthony D. Sommella
producer Metallica
producer [assistant] Flemming Rasmussen
producer [assistant] Mark Whitaker
rhythm guitar, vocals James Hetfield
technician [drums] Tim Sweeney
technician [guitars] Dan Lee
Marketed By Important Record Distributors, Inc.
Manufactured By Important Record Distributors, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Precious Metal Music
Copyright (c) Precious Metal Music
Recorded At Sweet Silence Studios
Mixed At Sweet Silence Studios
Mastered At Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Lacquer Cut At Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Pressed By Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd.
℗ © 1984 Precious Metal Music/ASCAP
Manufactured and marketed by Important Record Distributors, Inc.
Jacket and sleeve made in Canada
Recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark during spring 1984
Mastered at Frankford Wayne, NYC

Including a printed inner sleeve with lyrics and photos.
Some copies came with mail-in merchandise flyer.

Promo copies have a post-manufacture hot-foil gold stamp on the back of the sleeve: Loaned For Promotion Only. Not for sale. Ownership and all rights reserved.

Silver center labels with label address printed on.

Track A3 is misspelled as For Whom The Bells Toll on the back cover.
Matrix / Runout: MRI-769-A ᐉ MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK ¢ L.I.✩ A-1 (Variant 1, Side A)
Matrix / Runout: MRI-769-B ᐉ A-1 (Variant 1, Side B)
Matrix / Runout: MRI-769-A ᐉ MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK ¢ L.I.✩ A-2 (Variant 2, Side A)
Matrix / Runout: MRI-769-B ᐉ A-1 (Variant 2, Side B)
Matrix / Runout: MRI-769-A ᐉ MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK ¢ L.I.✩ A-2 (Variant 3, Side A)
Matrix / Runout: MRI-769-B ᐉ A-2 (Variant 3, Side B)
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