Creeping Death
Music For Nations, 12 KUT 112, 45RPM black vinyl
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: MPO 12KUT 112 A1 tim tom cbs
side B, full runouts, etched: MPO 12KUT 112 B1 TY
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 3 (1/2)
- VINYL: cut by Tim Young at CBS studios and pressed by MPO in France
- CENTER LABELS: beige center labels with old Music for Nations logo (small man holding a small red flag),
© 1984 MUSIC FOR NATIONS
MADE IN FRANCE
- COVER: simple cover without copyright info
- INNERSLEEVE: plain white polylined paper innersleeve, upper corners clipped (probably not the original innersleeve)
- RELEASED: Probably one of the first Music for Nations UK editions released in late 1984 or early 1985.
- NOTE 1: Due to the French manufacturer this is VERY often said to be French edition but French editions of Metallica releases were released by different labels.
This is actually a UK edition made in France by a UK label for the UK market.
- NOTE 2: This one sounds much softer and even somewhat muffled compared to the release right below.
Roadrunner Records, RR 125503, 45RPM black heavyweight vinyl
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: RR 125503-A//56147-1
side B, full runouts, stamped: RR 125503-B//56148-1
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 3 (1/2)
- VINYL: pressed by EMI Uden in the Netherlands in late 1984 or early 1985 based on the runouts
- CENTER LABELS: beige center labels with red and black text,
© 1984 Roadrunner Productions B.V.,
MADE IN HOLLAND,
STEMRA
- COVER: simple cover,
© 1984 Roadrunner Productions B.V., P.O.B. 53013, 1007 RA Amsterdam. Licensed from Music For Nations.
Manufactured in The Netherlands
- INNERSLEEVE: plain white paper innersleeve, die-cut only from the other side (may be the original innersleeve)
- RELEASED: Probably the first Roadrunner edition released in late 1984 or early 1985.
- NOTE: This one sounds a lot more open and higher frequency oriented than the MPO pressed edition right above.
Music For Nations, 12 KUT 112, 45RPM picture disc, reissue
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: STERLING [the rest is too faint to be read]
side B, full runouts: [all too faint to be read]
side A, stamped: STERLING
side B, stamped: [too faint to be read]
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 3 (1/2)
- VINYL: cut at Sterling Sound int he US and pressed somewhere in the UK
- CENTER LABELS: red/yellow Music for Nations labels,
© 1984 Music For Nations,
Made in England
- COVER: transparent plastic sleeve
- RELEASED: Reissue probably released in the late 80s
- NOTE 1: This is a very funny picture disc with standard center labels and a gold-coloured cardboard pressed in the place of the usual pictures.
- NOTE 2; The runouts are VERY shallow and impossible to read with the exception of faint STERLING stamp.
- NOTE 3: This is commonly being sold as unofficial release due to "completely missing runouts" but this is an official release judging from the STERLING stamp.
Creeping Death
Music For Nations, 12 KUT 112, 45RPM black vinyl
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: MPO 12KUT 112 A1 tim tom cbs
side B, full runouts, etched: MPO 12KUT 112 B1 TY
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 3 (1/2)
- VINYL: cut by Tim Young at CBS studios and pressed by MPO in France
- CENTER LABELS: beige center labels with old Music for Nations logo (small man holding a small red flag),
© 1984 MUSIC FOR NATIONS
MADE IN FRANCE
- COVER: simple cover without copyright info
- INNERSLEEVE: plain white polylined paper innersleeve, upper corners clipped (probably not the original innersleeve)
- RELEASED: Probably one of the first Music for Nations UK editions released in late 1984 or early 1985.
- NOTE 1: Due to the French manufacturer this is VERY often said to be French edition but French editions of Metallica releases were released by different labels.
This is actually a UK edition made in France by a UK label for the UK market.
- NOTE 2: This one sounds much softer and even somewhat muffled compared to the release right below.
Roadrunner Records, RR 125503, 45RPM black heavyweight vinyl
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: RR 125503-A//56147-1
side B, full runouts, stamped: RR 125503-B//56148-1
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 3 (1/2)
- VINYL: pressed by EMI Uden in the Netherlands in late 1984 or early 1985 based on the runouts
- CENTER LABELS: beige center labels with red and black text,
© 1984 Roadrunner Productions B.V.,
MADE IN HOLLAND,
STEMRA
- COVER: simple cover,
© 1984 Roadrunner Productions B.V., P.O.B. 53013, 1007 RA Amsterdam. Licensed from Music For Nations.
Manufactured in The Netherlands
- INNERSLEEVE: plain white paper innersleeve, die-cut only from the other side (may be the original innersleeve)
- RELEASED: Probably the first Roadrunner edition released in late 1984 or early 1985.
- NOTE: This one sounds a lot more open and higher frequency oriented than the MPO pressed edition right above.
Music For Nations, 12 KUT 112, 45RPM picture disc, reissue
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: STERLING [the rest is too faint to be read]
side B, full runouts: [all too faint to be read]
side A, stamped: STERLING
side B, stamped: [too faint to be read]
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 3 (1/2)
- VINYL: cut at Sterling Sound int he US and pressed somewhere in the UK
- CENTER LABELS: red/yellow Music for Nations labels,
© 1984 Music For Nations,
Made in England
- COVER: transparent plastic sleeve
- RELEASED: Reissue probably released in the late 80s
- NOTE 1: This is a very funny picture disc with standard center labels and a gold-coloured cardboard pressed in the place of the usual pictures.
- NOTE 2; The runouts are VERY shallow and impossible to read with the exception of faint STERLING stamp.
- NOTE 3: This is commonly being sold as unofficial release due to "completely missing runouts" but this is an official release judging from the STERLING stamp.
Creeping Death
Music For Nations, 12 KUT 112, 45RPM black vinyl
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: MPO 12KUT 112 A1 tim tom cbs
side B, full runouts, etched: MPO 12KUT 112 B1 TY
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 3 (1/2)
- VINYL: cut by Tim Young at CBS studios and pressed by MPO in France
- CENTER LABELS: beige center labels with old Music for Nations logo (small man holding a small red flag),
© 1984 MUSIC FOR NATIONS
MADE IN FRANCE
- COVER: simple cover without copyright info
- INNERSLEEVE: plain white polylined paper innersleeve, upper corners clipped (probably not the original innersleeve)
- RELEASED: Probably one of the first Music for Nations UK editions released in late 1984 or early 1985.
- NOTE 1: Due to the French manufacturer this is VERY often said to be French edition but French editions of Metallica releases were released by different labels.
This is actually a UK edition made in France by a UK label for the UK market.
- NOTE 2: This one sounds much softer and even somewhat muffled compared to the release right below.
Roadrunner Records, RR 125503, 45RPM black heavyweight vinyl
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: RR 125503-A//56147-1
side B, full runouts, stamped: RR 125503-B//56148-1
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 3 (1/2)
- VINYL: pressed by EMI Uden in the Netherlands in late 1984 or early 1985 based on the runouts
- CENTER LABELS: beige center labels with red and black text,
© 1984 Roadrunner Productions B.V.,
MADE IN HOLLAND,
STEMRA
- COVER: simple cover,
© 1984 Roadrunner Productions B.V., P.O.B. 53013, 1007 RA Amsterdam. Licensed from Music For Nations.
Manufactured in The Netherlands
- INNERSLEEVE: plain white paper innersleeve, die-cut only from the other side (may be the original innersleeve)
- RELEASED: Probably the first Roadrunner edition released in late 1984 or early 1985.
- NOTE: This one sounds a lot more open and higher frequency oriented than the MPO pressed edition right above.
Music For Nations, 12 KUT 112, 45RPM picture disc, reissue
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: STERLING [the rest is too faint to be read]
side B, full runouts: [all too faint to be read]
side A, stamped: STERLING
side B, stamped: [too faint to be read]
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 3 (1/2)
- VINYL: cut at Sterling Sound int he US and pressed somewhere in the UK
- CENTER LABELS: red/yellow Music for Nations labels,
© 1984 Music For Nations,
Made in England
- COVER: transparent plastic sleeve
- RELEASED: Reissue probably released in the late 80s
- NOTE 1: This is a very funny picture disc with standard center labels and a gold-coloured cardboard pressed in the place of the usual pictures.
- NOTE 2; The runouts are VERY shallow and impossible to read with the exception of faint STERLING stamp.
- NOTE 3: This is commonly being sold as unofficial release due to "completely missing runouts" but this is an official release judging from the STERLING stamp.
Autiotalo
Kräk!, KRÄMX 49, 45 RPM black vinyl, (repress?)
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: KRÄMX 49 A [II, ie roman numeral 2] Fx
side B, full runouts, etched: KRÄMX 49 B [II, ie roman numeral 2] Fx
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 1 (1/1)
- VINYL: cut at Finnvox in Helsinki, Finland
- CENTER LABELS: standard Kräk! labels with black text,
MADE IN FINLAND
℗ 1984 Finnlevy,
KRÄMX 49, n©b TEOSTO
- COVER: simple cardboard cover that opens on top,
℗1984 Finnlevy,
016 in a rectangular box (price code though it's not explicitly mentioned on this release)
- INNERSLEEVE: Plain white paper innersleeve, die-cut from the other side only to show the center label (probably the original innersleeve).
- RELEASED: Probably originally released in 1984 though based on the runouts this might be a repress.
- NOTE: This is a excellent quality though slightly stuffy sounding vinyl.
In fact this is one of the best quality (if not even THE best quality) Finnish made vinyl I have ever played.
Kahdeksas ihme
CD releases
Kahdeksas ihme
CD releases
Aknepop
CD Releases
Poko Rekords, POKOCD 64, reissue, red prints on the CD
- BARCODE: none
- MATRIX: POKOCD 64 [DCM logo] 13052515
- SID CODES: none
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 14 (the last song, which is not even numbered on this edition, is just a remark from Martti)
- CD: glass mastered on 25th of May 1993 by DCM in Sweden and most likely also pressed by DCM in Sweden,
BIEM/n©b
℗ Unitor Oy 1978
© Jee-Jee Music Oy, paitsi 6. © Love Kustannus
- BACK COVER PAPER: Poko Rekords on Unitor OY:n omistama levymerkki,
POKO REKORDS/UNITOR OY, PL 483, 33101 TAMPERE
- PACKING: standard clear jewel case with black tray
- RELEASED: Originally released on 19th of May 1978 (source: the bands official website www.eppunormaali.fi).
This one is a reissue glass mastered in 1993 based on the matrix.
Since there are no SID codes this was most likely also pressed around 1993 (SID codes were introduced in 1994).
- OTHER: Folding two-page booklet.
- NOTE: It's rumoured Aknepop was first released on CD in the early 90s and, as a consequence, sold gold in Finland in 1994, 16 years after its original release date.
Supposedly the first CD release was made by DanDisc, has red CD prints and has no barcode meaning this is of the second (or possibly even later) CD release.
However, due to the absence of the SID codes this can not have been made many years after 1994.
Poko Rekords, POKOCD 64, reissue, repress, black prints on the CD
- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 6 417459 106421
- MATRIX: POKOCD 64 [DCM logo] 13052515
- SID CODES: none
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 14 (the last song, which is not even numbered on this edition, is just a remark from Martti)
- CD: glass mastered on 25th of May 1993 by DCM in Sweden and most likely also pressed by DCM in Sweden,
BIEM/n©b
℗ Unitor Oy 1978
© Jee-Jee Music Oy, paitsi 6. © Love Kustannus
- BACK COVER PAPER: Poko Rekords on Unitor OY:n omistama levymerkki,
POKO REKORDS/UNITOR OY, PL 483, 33101 TAMPERE
- PACKING: standard clear jewel case with black tray
- RELEASED: Originally released on 19th of May 1978 (source: the bands official website www.eppunormaali.fi).
This one is a reissue glass mastered in 1993 based on the matrix and the one with red prints on the CD is most likely an earlier pressing.
Since there are no SID codes this was most likely also pressed around 1993 (SID codes were introduced in 1994).
- OTHER: Folding two-page booklet.
- NOTE: It's rumoured Aknepop was first released on CD in the early 90s and, as a consequence, sold gold in Finland in 1994, 16 years after its original release date.
Supposedly the first CD release was made by DanDisc, has red CD prints and has no barcode meaning this is of the third (or possibly even later) CD release.
However, due to the absence of the SID codes this can not have been made many years after 1994.
Vinyl releases
Poko Rekords, PÄLP 2 / PÄLP-2, black vinyl with pink/green center labels
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: PÄLP21 A 2 [M with line on top] R GP 1
side B, full runouts: PALP21 B 2 [M with line on top] R GP 1
side A, lightly etched: 2 [M with line on top] R
side B, lightly etched: 2 [M with line on top] R
side A, stamped: PÄLP 1 A 2 GP 1
side B, stamped: PÄLP 1 B 2 GP 1
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 14 (7/7, the last song on B-side is just a remark from Martti)
- VINYL: cut at Grammoplast in Sweden
- CENTER LABELS: pink center label with black text on side A and green center label with black text on side B,
℗ Unitor Oy
© Eppu Normaali, paitsi A6. Love Kustannus Oy ja B1. Tiger Music
PÄLP-2, n©b
- COVER: simple and quite thin cardboard cover without any mention of printing company,
045 in a rectangular box (a price code though it's not mentioned on this release).
spine: PÄLP 2 EPPU NORMAALI/AKNEPOP POKO REKORDS
- INNERSLEEVE: White polylined paper innersleeve, die-cut from one side only to show the center label and all corners clipped (may be the original innersleeve).
- RELEASED: This edition with pink/green center labels is most often said to be the first one though no one has been able to give any reliable source for that information.
Originally released on 19th May 1978 (source: the bands official website www.eppunormaali.fi).
- OTHER: Some copies come with "Kamikaze hinta" sticker on the front cover.
- NOTE 1: The number 1 on the runouts has been crossed over and number 2 hand-etched beside it. According to the Eppu Normaali history book by Santtu Luoto
this is because Epe Helenius (the founder and the head of Poko Rekords at the time) expected more sales from the Teddy & the Tigers debut album Bobbin' than
from the Eppu Normaali debut album Aknepop and so Boppin' was released as Poko's very first album release with cat# PÄLP 1 despite Aknepop being actually
released before Boppin'. Epe was right as Boppin' sold a lot more than Aknepop in its release year (Aknepop sold only around 2000 copies back then) but as the
years went by it turned out Teddy & the Tigers wasn't such a long lasting and successful band as Eppu Normaali.
- NOTE 2: This was definitely pressed from the same cut as the release right below as the runouts are undeniably identical.
Poko Rekords, PÄLP 2 / PÄLP-2, black vinyl with pink/green center labels, repress, mispress
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: PÄLP21 A 2 [M with line on top] R GP 1
side B, full runouts: PALP21 B 2 [M with line on top] R GP 1
side A, lightly etched: 2 [M with line on top] R
side B, lightly etched: 2 [M with line on top] R
side A, stamped: PÄLP 1 A 2 GP 1
side B, stamped: PÄLP 1 B 2 GP 1
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 14 (7/7, the last song on B-side is just a remark from Martti)
- VINYL: cut at Grammoplast in Sweden
- CENTER LABELS: pink matt-surfaced center label with black text on side A and green matt-surfaced center label with black text on side B,
℗ Unitor Oy
© Eppu Normaali, paitsi B1. Tiger Music
PÄLP-2, n©b
The A-side center label is not from this album, it's a B-side label from the album J. Karjalainen - Doris which was originally released in 1985.
- COVER: simple and quite thin cardboard cover without any mention of printing company,
045 in a rectangular box (a price code though it's not mentioned on this release)
spine: PÄLP 2 EPPU NORMAALI/AKNEPOP POKO REKORDS
- INNERSLEEVE: White polylined paper innersleeve, die-cut from one side only to show the center label and all corners clipped (may be the original innersleeve).
- RELEASED: This one is a repress from the mid 80s since the Doris album was originally released in 1985.
Originally released on 19th May 1978 (source: the bands official website www.eppunormaali.fi).
- NOTE 1: The number 1 on the runouts has been crossed over and number 2 hand-etched beside it. According to the Eppu Normaali history book by Santtu Luoto
this is because Epe Helenius (the founder and the head of Poko Rekords at the time) expected more sales from the Teddy & the Tigers debut album Bobbin' than
from the Eppu Normaali debut album Aknepop and so Boppin' was released as Poko's very first album release with cat# PÄLP 1 despite Aknepop being actually
released before Boppin'. Epe was right as Boppin' sold a lot more than Aknepop in its release year (Aknepop sold only around 2000 copies back then) but as the
years went by it turned out Teddy & the Tigers wasn't such a long lasting and successful band as Eppu Normaali.
- NOTE 2: This was definitely pressed from the same cut as the release right above as the runouts are undeniably identical.
Poko Rekords, PÄLP 2, black vinyl with black center labels, repress
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: PÄLP21 A 2 [M with line on top] R GP 1
side B, full runouts: PALP21 B 2 [M with line on top] R GP 1
side A, lightly etched: 2 [M with line on top] R
side B, lightly etched: 2 [M with line on top] R
side A, stamped: PÄLP 1 A 2 GP 1
side B, stamped: PÄLP 1 B 2 GP 1
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 14 (7/7, the last song on B-side is just a remark from Martti)
- VINYL: cut at Grammoplast in Sweden
- CENTER LABELS: black center labels with white text,
℗ Unitor Oy
© Eppu Normaali, paitsi A6. Love Kustannus Oy ja B1. Tiger Music
PÄLP 2, n©b
- COVER: simple cardboard cover printed by Kirjapaino Erkki Kuronen in Finland,
Red Kirjapaino Erkki Kuronen logo printed on the lower right corner of the back cover.
045 in a rectangular box (a price code though it's not mentioned on this release)
spine: PÄLP 2 EPPU NORMAALI/AKNEPOP POKO REKORDS
- INNERSLEEVE: White paper innersleeve, not die-cut to show the center labels and no corners clipped (may be the original innersleeve).
- RELEASED: This edition with black center labels is often said to be a repress from the 80s though no one has been able to give any reliable source for that information.
Originally released on 19th May 1978 (source: the bands official website www.eppunormaali.fi).
- OTHER: Many copies come with "Kamikaze hinta" sticker on the front cover.
- NOTE 1: The number 1 on the runouts has been crossed over and number 2 hand-etched beside it. According to the Eppu Normaali history book by Santtu Luoto
this is because Epe Helenius (the founder and the head of Poko Rekords at the time) expected more sales from the Teddy & the Tigers debut album Bobbin' than
from the Eppu Normaali debut album Aknepop and so Boppin' was released as Poko's very first album release with cat# PÄLP 1 despite Aknepop being actually
released before Boppin'. Epe was right as Boppin' sold a lot more than Aknepop in its release year (Aknepop sold only around 2000 copies back then) but as the
years went by it turned out Teddy & the Tigers wasn't such a long lasting and successful band as Eppu Normaali.
- NOTE 2: This was definitely pressed from the same cut as the two releases right above as the runouts are undeniably identical.