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.
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Poko Rekords, PÄLP 91, black vinyl
- BARCODE: none
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: PÄLP-91-A CS-B-[III ie Roman numeral 3]
side B, full runouts, etched: PÄLP-91-B CS-B-[III ie Roman numeral 3]
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 9 (5/4)
- VINYL: DMM cut by Christian Stegmaier at Teldec-Studio, Berlin, Germany
- CENTER LABELS: yellow labels with black text,
℗ Unitor Oy 1988
© Jee-Jee Music Oy,
PÄLP 91, BIEM/n©b
- COVER: simple and quite thin cardboard cover printed by Uudenmaan Ammattipaino Ky in Finland,
PÄLP 91
045 in a rectangular box (a price code though it's not mentioned on this release).
Uudenmaan Ammattipaino Ky is printed on the lower right corner of the back cover.
spine: POKO REKORDS EPPU NORMAALI/IMPERIUMIN VASTAISKU PÄLP 91
- INNERSLEEVE: Printed matt-surfaced black and white paper innersleeve with lyrics (the original innersleeve).
PÄLP 91
- RELEASED: Originally released in 1988.
- NOTE 1: For a long time I wondered about the somewhat brighter-than-usual tone of this record but apparently this record was DMM cut which explains it.
Because of the brightish sound quality I have never really loved the sound quality of this record and therefore I prefer the 2021 black vinyl more than this one.
- NOTE 2: In this case the meaning of the Roman numeral III is known, it stands for the number of the cutting room / lathe at Teldec-Studio, Berlin.
Backstage Rock Shop, BRS-015, 160g black vinyl, reissue, remastered, limited to 350 unnumbered copies
- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 6 430078 290128
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, laser etched: BRS 015 - A
side B, full runouts, laser etched: BRS 015 - B
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 9 (5/4)
- VINYL: ???
- CENTER LABELS: yellow labels with black text,
© Backstage Rock Shop Ltd 2021,
BRS-015, BIEM/n©b
- COVER: simple cardboard cover,
(c) Backstage Rock Shop Oy 2021.
Lisensoitu Universal Music Finlandilta.
Alkuperäinen julkaisu 1988,
Poko Rekords, PÄLP91.
spine: EPPU NORMAALI IMPERIUMIN VASTAISKU BRS-015
- INNERSLEEVE: Black polylined paper innersleeve, die-cut to show the center labels and no corners clipped (the original innersleeve).
- RELEASED: Reissue released on 14th of January 2022 (source: Backstage Rock Shop webshop).
Originally released in 1988.
- OTHER: Includes black and white paper sheet with lyrics.
Originally not released sealed, comes in a clear plastic sleeve with a glue flap.
Remastered by Samu Oittinen at Fantom Studio, Akun Tehdas (source: Backstage Rock Shop webshop).
Limited to 350 copies on black vinyl (source: Levykauppa X).
- NOTE 1: The cover is identical for 2022 black and yellow vinyl editions.
- NOTE 2: The pressing quality is very good with only slightly warped and somewhat off-centered record but the mastering is definitely more accurate, bassy and tube like
than in the 88 edition. Due to the somewhat bright sound quality of the original 1988 vinyl above I prefer to play this one instead.
Backstage Rock Shop, BRS-015, 160g yellow vinyl, reissue, remastered, limited to 150 numbered copies
- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 6 430078 290128
- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, laser etched: BRS 015 - A
side B, full runouts, laser etched: BRS 015 - B
- NUMBER OF SONGS: 9 (5/4)
- VINYL: ???
- CENTER LABELS: yellow labels with black text,
© Backstage Rock Shop Ltd 2021,
BRS-015, BIEM/n©b
- COVER: simple cardboard cover,
(c) Backstage Rock Shop Oy 2021.
Lisensoitu Universal Music Finlandilta.
Alkuperäinen julkaisu 1988,
Poko Rekords, PÄLP91.
spine: EPPU NORMAALI IMPERIUMIN VASTAISKU BRS-015
- INNERSLEEVE: Black polylined paper innersleeve, die-cut to show the center labels and no corners clipped (the original innersleeve).
- RELEASED: Reissue released on 14th of January 2022 (source: Backstage Rock Shop webshop).
Originally released in 1988.
- OTHER: Comes with numbered infosticker on the front on clear plastic sleeve. Includes black and white paper sheet with lyrics.
Originally not released sealed, comes in a clear plastic sleeve with a glue flap.
Remastered by Samu Oittinen at Fantom Studio, Akun Tehdas (source: Backstage Rock Shop webshop).
Limited to 150 numbered copies on yellow vinyl.
- NOTE 1: The cover is identical for 2022 black and yellow vinyl editions.
- NOTE 2: The pressing quality is very good with slightly warped and slightly off-centered record.
This one clearly sounds softer and less accurate than the black vinyl edition right above.