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
Elegy
CD releases
Relapse Records, promo in transparent plastic sleeve
- barcode: none
- matrix: W.O. 106277-2 S.O. 69352 DISC MFG., INC. IFPI L801
- SID codes: IFPI L801, IFPI 2F66
- glass mastered and pressed by Disc Manufacturing Inc in US
- 11 songs
- ℗&© 1996 RELAPSE RECORDS INC. [plastic sleeve] / ℗&© 1996 Relapse Records, Inc. [CD]
- in transparent plastic sleeve with folded rough surfaced cover paper, "For promotion only. Not for sale." note printed on the CD
- NOTE 1: without the printed promo note this CD might be mistaken as retail edition
- NOTE 2: this is possibly the first promo edition
Relapse Records, promo in cardboard sleeve
- barcode, as printed (CD): 7 81676 69352 8
- barcode, as printed (cassette): 7 81678 69354 2
- matrix: W.O. 106277-2 S.O. 69352 DISC MFG., INC. IFPI L801
- SID codes: IFPI L801, IFPI 2F65
- glass mastered and pressed by Disc Manufacturing Inc in US
- 11 songs
- ℗&© 1996 RELAPSE RECORDS INC. [cardboard sleeve] / ℗&© 1996 Relapse Records Inc. [CD]
- in cardboard sleeve, the cardboard sleeve is printed in Canada, "For promotion only. Not for sale." note printed on the CD
- NOTE 1: without the small printed promo note this CD might be mistaken as retail edition
- NOTE 2: this is possibly a reissued promo edition
Relapse Records, RR 6935-2
- barcode, as printed: 7 81676 69352 8
- matrix: W.O. 106277-2 S.O. 69352 DISC MFG., INC. IFPI L801
- SID codes: IFPI L801, IFPI 2F55
- glass mastered and pressed by Disc Manufacturing Inc in US
- 11 songs
- ℗&© 1996 RELAPSE RECORDS INC.
- black and white picture printed on the CD, in standard clear jewel case with stapled booklet and merchant ad
- probably a repress of the first US edition since the merchant ad has copyright year as 1997 (Disc Manufacturing was sold in March 1997 after which Disc
Manufacturing no longer appeared on the CD matrixes so this can not have been glass mastered and pressed after March 1997 assuming the mould SID codes were
changed to match the new owner of the plant)
Vinyl releases
Nuclear Blast, NB 141-1, black vinyl with white labels, test pressing
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: NB 141-1 A SST
side B, full runouts, etched: NB 141-1 B SST
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 11 (5/6)
- VINYL: cut by Christa Brüggemann at SST in Germany and pressed by Pallas in Germany
- CENTER LABELS: rough-surfaced white labels
- INNERSLEEVE: thin white paper innersleeve
Nuclear Blast, NB 141-1, black vinyl
- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 27361 61411 9
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: NB 141-1 A SST
side B, full runouts, etched: NB 141-1 B SST
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 11 (5/6)
- VINYL: cut by Christa Brüggemann at SST in Germany and pressed by Pallas in Germany
- CENTER LABELS: rough-surfaced black labels with silver text on side A only and picture on side B
- COVER: simple cardboard cover,
℗&©1996 RELAPSE RECORDS INC. PUBLISHED BY RELEASE RELAPSE MUSIC (BMI)/PROPHECIES PUBLISHING (GEMA). ...
UNDER LICENSE TO NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
LC 7027
spine: amorphis E L E G Y NB 141-1
- INNERSLEEVE: printed paper innersleeve (the original innersleeve)
- NOTE 1: Based on the rarity of this record probably no more than 500-1000 copies were ever pressed.
- NOTE 2: This is a very low volume cut but otherwise an excellent quality cut. Unfortunately my copy is slightly warped.
This one sounds more detailed than the release right below, I prefer this one slightly more than the release right below.
Relapse Records, RR6635, two black vinyl, reissue limited to 2150 copies
- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 81676 66351 4
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: 121410E1/A RELAPSE RECORDS- RR6635 - 1A
side B, full runouts, stamped: 121410E2/A RELAPSE RECORDS- RR6635 - 1B
side C, full runouts, stamped: 121410E3/A RELAPSE RECORDS - RR6635 - 1C
side D, full runouts, stamped: 121410E4/A RELAPSE RECORDS- RR6635 - 1D
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 15 (4/4+3/4)
- VINYL: pressed by GZ
- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist
- COVER: gatefold cover,
℗ & © 1996, 2004, 2015 Relapse Records Inc, P.O. Box 2060, Upper Darby, PA 19082 U.S.A.
spine: amorphis E L E G Y R R 6 6 3 5
- INNERSLEEVES: plain white paper innersleeves, die-cut from both sides to show the center labels and upper corners clipped (the original innersleeves)
- RELEASED: 24th or February 2015 (source: Relapse Records' website).
- OTHER: Limited to 2150 copies on black standard gram vinyl (source: Relapse Records' website).
Originally not released sealed, comes in thin clear plastic sleeve with a sticker on the front.
Includes a download code for the whole album (just a small piece of paper really, can easily get lost).
- NOTE 1: Also released on Relapse Records mailorder exclusive silver vinyl limited to 250 copies and clear vinyl limited to 100 copies (source: Relapse Records website).
- NOTE 2: Like normally for GZ made vinyl nowadays, the vinyl are hard to get in to the gatefold cover because the gatefold cover is just a little too small.
- NOTE 3: This is a high volume cut but the release right above sounds more detailed and because of that I like more of the release right above.
This was definitely cut from a remaster.
