Special releases and box sets
- CBS/Sony, 1989 (Japan) Contains a T-shirt, Justice CD, wristband and more. Only 500 were made.
- Vertigo, 1990 (U.K.) 12" single and EP collection. Contained: "Jump In The Fire," "Creeping Death," "Garage Days," "Harvester," "One," "6 1/2 Anniversary live EP," and poster.
- Vertigo, 1991 (U.K.) 12" single set with "Enter Sandman," "Holier Than Thou" demo, "Stone Cold Crazy," "Sandman" demo in box with 4 photos. [METBX 712]
- Polygram, 1993 (Australia) Made for Virgin record stores. Contains gold CD with gold embossed autographs, T-shirt, "Roam" digipak, and snake candy.
- Vertigo, 1993 (U.K.) Limited to 35,000. Contained live video sampler, T-shirt, "Metallica" Australian gold CD and certificate of authenticity.
- Polygram, 1992 (Australia) Only 100 made. Contains "Kill", "Ride", "Puppets", "Metallica", and "Live at Wembley" Freddie Mercury tribute.
- Vertigo, 1992 (U.K.) Contains "Sandman", "Unforgiven", "Matters","Roam" and "Live at Wembley" CDs, as well as 4 photos.
- Vertigo? 1993? (Netherlands) Black Box with circular grey "One" and faces from Metallica album CD inlay. 1000 made. Contained "One" singles, live and demo(?) a watch, banner, and other items. (Does anyone know about this? I saw it once, but I cannot remember what was in it. It was $350 or I would have bought it!)
- Vertigo? 1992? (International) Only 500 made. Black coffin with brass handles, numbered plaque, and snake on lid. Contained long-sleeved shirt, baseball cap, bone/stone skull, deck of black and white cards, 4 unreleased photos in an envelope, "Enter", "Unforgiven", "Nothing", "Roam" and "Sad" CD's (German) "Roam", digipak (U.K.) "Sad" (Dutch) CD, and "Sad" (U.K.) picture disc.
- Vertigo? ?? (??) Limited to 1000. 4 colour photos, "Enter", "Unforgiven", "Nothing Else, Roam", and "Sad" CD singles.
- Vertigo? ?? (??) 4 photos, 5 CD singles, may be the same as the "Roam" box set.
- Vertigo? ?? (??) Limited box set conatined 30'' X 40'' colour tapestry, tour t-shirt, colour patch, Metallica badge, calendar, "Sandman", "Unforgiven", "Nothing Else", and "Sad" CD singles.
- Vertigo? ?? (??) Contained 3 CD singles, interview picture CD, calendar, t-shirt, necklace, 4 stickers, button, and limited tour book.
- CBS/Sony 1991? (Japan) Numbered, limited to 2500 Black and silver iron skull mask with a back recess to hold the Japanese "Metallica" CD.
- Vertigo? 1991 (??) Limited to 4000. Contained 2 patches, skull badge, logo necklace, 3 stickers and "Harvester, "One", "Creep/Jump", "Garage Days", and "Sandman" CD's
- Elektra, 1992 (U.S.) Limited to 2000 copies. Contained "Metallica" picture CD, tour shirt, "Don't Tread On Me" orange bandana, and 2ft rubber snake.
- CBS/Sony 1992? (Japan) Same as above, only with the Japanese "Metallica" CD.
Live Shit: Binge And Purge
- Elektra, 1993 (U.S.) Contained 3 live CD's OR 2 cassettes, 3 videos, a 72 page book, snakepit pass, and "Scary Guy" stencil.
- Elektra, January, 1996. (U.S.) Available ONLY to Metallica Club members. (Limited to one per member.) Contained a CD of studio outtakes, a video, Donington T-Shirt, black bottle opener/keychain with "Metallica" printed in white. Art for the CD and Video covers was done by Jaymz. Came in a silver painter's can. [FC- 001]
- Elektra, (U.S.) Made available to order in January 1997 Released in September of 1997. Only available to Metallica Club Members. This set contains: "Week And A Half In The Life of Metallica video, A 45 min CD of live stuff recorded at the San Francisco Slim's Club, members-only show, June 9th and 10th, 'Loadapalooza' crew t-shirt, door hanger, and luggage tag in a silver painters can. (Limited to One per Member.) [FC-002]
- Released Jan 4, 2000
Videos
Released: Dec 4, 1987
- Elektra, 1987 (U.S.)
- CBS/Sony, 1987 (U.S.) Laser disc.
- Polygram Video, 1987? (U.K.)
- Polymedia, 1987? (Germany)
- Elektra, 1989 (U.S.) Contained both versions of the video and an interview with Larz
- CBS/Sony, 1989 (Japan) On Laser disc.
- Polygram, 1989? (U.K.)
- Polygram, 1989? (U.K.) In cardboard cover.
- Polymedia, 1989? (Germany)
- Polymedia? 1989? (Germany) CD-Video 5 inch laser disc.
- Vertigo, 1988 (U.K./Europe) Same as "Two of One."
A Year And A Half
In The Life Of Metallica
- Elektra, 1992 (U.S.) Parts 1 and 2. Sold together or separately.
- Elektra, 1992 (U.S.) Deluxe box set with 3 laser discs.
- Vertigo, 1992 (International) Same as above.
- CBS/Sony, 1992 (Japan) 2 laser disc set. Titled: "THE COMPLETE SCENES OF METALLICA"
- Elektra, 1993 (U.S.) Interviews with Lars, Jaymz, Wayne Isham and Michael Salomon. 10/14/93.
- Elektra, 1993 (U.S.) 3 Videos as part of the live box set. (See Part 4)
- Vertigo, 1993 (U.S.) Same as above.
- CBS/Sony? 1993? (Japan) Japanese version of Live Shit. Two versions. Some had T-shirts.
- No info yet.
- No info yet.
- Released...?
- Relased in North America in January of 1997.
- Released 12/08/1998. Entire Concert from May 1997 Ft Worth Texas concert as part of the Poor Touring Me tour. Also includes interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.
- Released 2/1/2000 on VHS and DVD.
Picture Discs
7 inch
- ?? ??(??) Without bar code.
- Vertigo, 198? (U.K.) "Enter"/"Stone Cold Crazy" picture disc. [METAL 7]
- Mercury, 1996 (International) Picture disc with "Ain't My Bitch" live.
- Megaforce, 1983? (U.S.) red title.
- Music For Nations, 1986 (U.K.) blue title. [MFN 7P]
- Music For Nations, 1986? (U.K.) mispressing: one side is black.
- Megaforce, 1987 (U.S.) [MRS-04]
- Music For Nations, 1986 (U.K.) [MF 27P]
- Music For Nations, 1984 (U.K.) [P12 KUT]
- Music For Nations, 1986 (U.K.) Uncut picture disc. [PKUT]
- Music For Nations, 1986 (U.K.) Shaped disc. [PKUT]
- Music For Nations 1986 (U.K.) [MFN60P]
- Vertigo, 1988 (U.K.) 10" with cardboard back and lyrics. [METPD 50]
- Vertigo, 1988? (U.K.) 10" mispressing: one side is black.
Miscellaneous
Stuff that just doesn't fit anywhere.
- Demo tape, 1982 (U.S.) 1st demo with 7 tracks.
- Live Demo tape, 1982 (U.S.) 1st live tape.
- Metal Blade, 1982(?) (U.S.) Compelation of L.A. area bands. Features an early version of "Hit The Lights." [3984-14021-2]
- ? 1994 (U.S.) Re-release with "Hit The Lights"
My thanks to those who contributed to this Discography:
(DW) Dan Walpole, (PL) Pontius Löf (JK) Jerry Kappatos (CR) Chris Renner (CB) Chuck Bennett
Additions and Corrections
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