Ride the Lightning (deluxe edition)

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Annotation

Limited deluxe edition (30,000 units):

  • 3 LPs (remastered album, live, picture disc EP).
  • 6 CDs (remastered album, interviews, demos, live).
  • DVD (live, interviews).
  • Lyric book.
  • 3 posters.
  • 72-page hardcover book.
  • Includes 3 cards for digital downloads of vinyl content.
Annotation last modified on 2025-11-30 10:53 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl: Ride the Lightning (remastered)
2▶12" Vinyl: Live at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA - March 10th, 1985 (disc 1)
3▶12" Vinyl: Live at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA - March 10th, 1985 (disc 2)
4▶12" Vinyl: Creeping Death EP
5▶CD: Ride the Lightning (remastered)
6▶CD: Metallica Interviews
7▼CD: Demos & Rough Mixes From Lars' Vault
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1Ride the Lightning (studio demo)
bass:
Cliff Burton (on 1983-10-29)
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (on 1983-10-29)
guitar:
Kirk Hammett (on 1983-10-29) and James Hetfield (on 1983-10-29)
vocals:
James Hetfield (on 1983-10-29)
recorded at:
The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1983-10-29)
recording of:
Ride the Lightning (on 1983-10-29)
lyricist:
James Hetfield
composer:
Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich
publisher:
Creeping Death Music
6:48
2When Hell Freezes Over ("The Call of Ktulu") (studio demo)
bass:
Cliff Burton (on 1983-10-29)
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (on 1983-10-29)
guitar:
Kirk Hammett (on 1983-10-29) and James Hetfield (on 1983-10-29)
vocals:
James Hetfield (on 1983-10-29)
recorded at:
The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1983-10-29)
recording of:
The Call of Ktulu (on 1983-10-29)
composer:
Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich
publisher:
Creeping Death Music
version of:
When the Hell Freezes Over
8:42
3Creeping Death (studio demo)
bass:
Cliff Burton (on 1983-10-29)
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (on 1983-10-29)
guitar:
Kirk Hammett (on 1983-10-29) and James Hetfield (on 1983-10-29)
vocals:
James Hetfield (on 1983-10-29)
recorded at:
The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1983-10-29)
recording of:
Creeping Death (on 1983-10-29)
lyricist:
Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield
composer:
Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
publisher:
Creeping Death Music and Take Out Music Ltd.
is based on:
Die By His Hand
7:11
4Fight Fire With Fire (studio demo)
bass:
Cliff Burton (on 1983-10-29)
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (on 1983-10-29)
guitar:
Kirk Hammett (on 1983-10-29) and James Hetfield (on 1983-10-29)
vocals:
James Hetfield (on 1983-10-29)
recorded at:
The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1983-10-29)
recording of:
Fight Fire With Fire (on 1983-10-29)
lyricist:
James Hetfield
composer:
Cliff Burton, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
publisher:
Creeping Death Music
5:01
5Ride the Lightning (garage demo)
recorded in:
El Cerrito, California, United States (in 1983)
bass:
Cliff Burton (in 1983)
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (in 1983)
guitar:
Kirk Hammett (in 1983) and James Hetfield (in 1983)
vocals:
James Hetfield (in 1983)
recorded at:
The Carlson House (Garage at The Carlston House, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.) in El Cerrito, California, United States (in 1983)
recording of:
Ride the Lightning (in 1983)
lyricist:
James Hetfield
composer:
Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich
publisher:
Creeping Death Music
7:34
6When Hell Freezes Over ("The Call of Ktulu") (garage demo)
recorded in:
El Cerrito, California, United States (in 1983)
bass:
Cliff Burton (in 1983)
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (in 1983)
guitar:
Kirk Hammett (in 1983) and James Hetfield (in 1983)
vocals:
James Hetfield (in 1983)
recorded at:
The Carlson House (Garage at The Carlston House, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.) in El Cerrito, California, United States (in 1983)
recording of:
The Call of Ktulu (in 1983)
composer:
Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich
publisher:
Creeping Death Music
version of:
When the Hell Freezes Over
9:22
7Fight Fire With Fire (garage demo)
recorded in:
El Cerrito, California, United States (in 1983)
bass:
Cliff Burton (in 1983)
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (in 1983)
guitar:
Kirk Hammett (in 1983) and James Hetfield (in 1983)
vocals:
James Hetfield (in 1983)
recorded at:
The Carlson House (Garage at The Carlston House, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.) in El Cerrito, California, United States (in 1983)
recording of:
Fight Fire With Fire (in 1983)
lyricist:
James Hetfield
composer:
Cliff Burton, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
publisher:
Creeping Death Music
5:28
8Ride the Lightning (boom box demo)
recorded in:
El Cerrito, California, United States (in 1983)
bass:
Cliff Burton (in 1983)
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (in 1983)
guitar:
Kirk Hammett (in 1983) and James Hetfield (in 1983)
vocals:
James Hetfield (in 1983)
recorded at:
The Carlson House (Garage at The Carlston House, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.) in El Cerrito, California, United States (in 1983)
recording of:
Ride the Lightning (in 1983)
lyricist:
James Hetfield
composer:
Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich
publisher:
Creeping Death Music
7:44
9Blitzkrieg (rhythm track rough mix)
recorded in:
Sausalito, California, United States (on 1984-10-24)
engineer:
Jeffrey "Nick" Norman
producer:
Metallica and Mark Whitaker
bass:
Cliff Burton (on 1984-10-24)
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (on 1984-10-24)
guitar:
Kirk Hammett (on 1984-10-24) and James Hetfield (on 1984-10-24)
vocals:
James Hetfield (on 1984-10-24)
instrumental cover recording of:
Blitzkrieg (on 1984-10-24)
writer:
Brian Smith (UK metal vocalist for Blitzkrieg), Ian Jones (UK metal guitarist for Blitzkrieg) and Jim Sirotto
publisher:
Men From The North Ltd, Neat Music and Neat Music Publishing
3:38
10Am I Evil? (rhythm track rough mix)
recorded in:
Sausalito, California, United States (on 1984-10-24)
engineer:
Jeffrey "Nick" Norman
producer:
Metallica and Mark Whitaker
bass:
Cliff Burton (on 1984-10-24)
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (on 1984-10-24)
guitar:
Kirk Hammett (on 1984-10-24) and James Hetfield (on 1984-10-24)
vocals:
James Hetfield (on 1984-10-24)
recording of:
Am I Evil? (on 1984-10-24)
writer:
Sean Harris (Diamond Head lead vocalist) and Brian Tatler
publisher:
Happy Face Music Ltd., Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC and Zomba Music
8:06
8▶CD: Live at the Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, CA - March 15th, 1985
9▶CD: Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK - December 20th, 1984
10▶CD: Live at Castle Donington, UK - August 17th, 1985
11▶DVD: Live at Metal Hammer Festival in St. Goarshausen, Germany - September 14th, 1985 / Live at Day on the Green at Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA - August 31st, 1985 / MTV News Interview with Lars & James / Lars' First Television Interview - DR TV / Lars Interview Segment - DR TV

Credits

Release

art direction:Marc Reiter (art director, product manager, manager, executive-producer & interviewer)
Alex Tenta
legal representation:Peter Paterno
liner notes:"Big Mick" Hughes (Metallica live audio engineer)
"Metal Joe" Chimienti (Old Bridge Militia Foundation)
Michael Alago (music produer)
Ken Anthony (childhood friend of Lars Ulrich)
Sam Bernett
Cliff Burnstein (Q Prime Inc.)
Dave Constable (Shades Records and Metal Forces)
K.J. Doughton (author)
Kelv Hellrazer (Shades Records)
Gem Howard-Kemp (formerly of Music for Nations)
Ken "3AM" Jacobsen (film, TV, videogame composer; guitarist for Unleashed Power)
Peter Paterno
Flemming Rasmussen
Dave Reynolds (journalist)
Ursula Limanets Rohr (Disctrade)
Mike Shannon (owner of Shades Records)
Hank Shermann
Alec von Tavel (Disctrade)
miscellaneous support:Lindsay Chase (task: mastering coordinator)
Willie LaRose (task: business management)
Dan Nykolayko (task: project coordinator)
Eleni Psaltis (task: product management)
Eric Wasserman (Managing partner and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based office business management firm of WG&S, LLP.) (task: business management)
Brant Weil (task: product management)
engineer:Greg Fidelman (Greg Fields, US producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter) (task: audio fixes)
Kent Matcke (task: audio fixes)
executive producer:Greg Fidelman (Greg Fields, US producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter)
mastering:Chris Bellman (mastering engineer)
Reuben Cohen
Vlado Meller
Mark Santangelo
remastering:Howie Weinberg (mastering engineer)
design:Ad Artists (task: cover design)
Metallica (task: cover concept)
manufactured by:Blackened Recordings Inc. (copyrights holder, do not use as label!)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Blackened Recordings Inc. (copyrights holder, do not use as label!) (from 1983 until 1985)
mastered at:Bernie Grundman Mastering (Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Lurssen Mastering in Burbank, California, United States
Masterdisk in New York, New York, United States
The Mastering Palace in Harlem, New York, New York, United States
Vlado Meller Mastering in Charleston, South Carolina, United States
remastered at:Howie Weinberg Mastering in Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:Metallica - Remastered Deluxe Box Set series (order: 2)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/8438437 [info]
ASIN:US: B01BUX7YPO [info]