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Metallica’s “Ride The Lightning”; Striking Hard At 30 Years (1984-2014)

Metallica’s “Ride The Lightning”; Striking Hard At 30 Years (1984-2014)

Released just over a year after their “Kill ‘Em All” debut album, Metallica’s sophomore effort “Ride The Lightning” was delivered to their growing fan base on this day thirty years ago. Where has the time gone? Now I think that I mentioned in my Milestone for the band’s first album that around this time I was NOT the biggest Metallica fan out there. There were a few reasons for this and the…

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Metallica Takes Ownership Of Masters, Launches “Blackened Recordings”

The Press Release:
Metallica announced today that they have taken ownership of all their master recordings including all music and long form videos, a move almost unprecedented for musicians signed to recording contracts. Under provision of their renegotiated joint venture agreement with the Warner Music Group in 1994, all masters revert back to the band as of today, November 30, 2012.
“We would…

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