|
Master of Puppets (2 LP Vinyl) | 
 enlarge | Artist: Metallica
Label: WEA/Reprise
Category: Music
List Price: $29.98
Buy New: $28.48
You Save: $1.50 (5%)
New (17) from $25.47
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 84841
Format: Deluxe Edition
Media: LP Record
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 12.4 x 1.6
UPC: 093624986874
EAN: 0093624986874
ASIN: B0017WCG48
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
| |
| Tracks:
| • | Battery (5:10) | | • | Master Of Puppets (8:38) | | • | The Thing That Should Not Be 6:32 | | • | Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (6:28) | | • | Disposable Heroes (8:14) | | • | Leper Messiah (5:38) | | • | Orion (Instrumental) (8:12) | | • | Damage, Inc. (5:08) |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Kill Em All, the debut album from Metallica and in anticipation of the band's ninth studio album
later this year Warner Bros. Records, under direct supervision from the band, are reissuing
their early albums, Kill Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, ...And Justice
For All, and Metallica (aka The Black Album) as both standard and deluxe vinyl editions. Ranked eighth on the list of the biggest selling
groups in history, and one of the most influential bands in music, Metallica proved
its mettle with these groundbreaking albums. Master Of Puppets was Hailed as a masterpiece
by critics far outside heavy metal s core audience, Master
Of Puppets sold over half a million copies at its time of
release without any major video/radio airplay, making it
the band s first record to be certified Gold by the RIAA. It
has since sold over six million copies in the U.S. alone. It
was the last album the band recorded with bass player
Cliff Burton before his death later that year. The album
has also frequently been tagged by critics as one of the
most influential heavy metal albums of all time.
Yet by bookending the album with two slices of thrash
mayhem ( Battery and Damage, Inc. ), the band reigns
triumphant through sheer force of sound, of will, of malice.
The arrangements are thick and muscular, and the material
varies enough in texture and tempo to hold interest through
all its twists and turns. Some critics have called Master Of
Puppets the best heavy metal album ever recorded; if it
isn t, it certainly comes close. (All Music Guide)
The Deluxe vinyl package
features two 45 rpm 180g vinyl discs pressed at RTI in
Stoughton gatefold jacket with universal Louder Faster
Heavier branded bellyband. The pressing was half-speed
mastered from the original analog tapes at Mobile Fidelity
for the ultimate audiophile listening experience.
Album Description
The Deluxe vinyl edition package features two 45 rpm 180g vinyl discs pressed at RTI inStoughton gatefold jacket with universal Louder FasterHeavier branded bellyband. The pressing was half-speedmastered from the original analog tapes at Mobile Fidelity for the ultimate audiophile listening experience. Ranked eighth on the list of the biggest selling groups in history, and one of the most influential bands in music, Metallica proved its Metal with this groundbreaking album. The 1986 album, Master Of Puppet, was hailed as a masterpiece by critics far outside Heavy Metal's core audience. Master Of Puppets sold over half a million copies at its time of release without any major video/radio airplay, making it the band s first record to be certified Gold by the RIAA. It was the last album the band recorded with bass player Cliff Burton before his death later that year.
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Not as Hifi as I hoped December 16, 2008
I bought this album with great expectations. Hearing what Analog Productions and Music Matters have done with 50 year old master tapes on their spate of blue note 45 RPM reissues, I thought this set was a cinch for best reproduction quality in my collection. Unfortunately, this reissue falls flat. The acoustic bits at the beginning of "Battery" are downright holographic and lifelike. This teaser of what could be is short-lived. Once the boys rip into the meat of the track (and into the rest of the album), I feel like it is 1992 and I'm listening to the cassette version of this in the tape deck of my 1978 Volare. Everything sounds compressed, flat and lacking in dynamics. The drums don't pop and the bass doesn't slam. In fact, these rhythmic and punctuative instruments are scarcely audible over the guitars and vocal. Well, perhaps that is a bit of hyperbole. Maybe this is an artifact of my decidedly mid-fi system, which is reasonably well suited to jazz listening (Vpi scout w/ Denon DL-103 cart; MC stepup is achieved with a pair of UTC a-11 trafos feeding a creek OBH-8 for RIAA correction). This purchase was meant for me to see what my system could do with a rock album. I have never heard Metallica sound so anemic. Honestly, 50 year old acoustic jazz recordings (e.g., Art Blakey on Music Matters' A Night in Tunisia or Analog Productions' Moanin') sizzle, pop and slam more than 20 year old Metallica. If you want Metallica on vinyl, I'd save my cash and buy the Mofi 33rpm pressing or maybe a preowned copy from your local used record dealer. I haven't heard either, but they can't be worse and you'll spend less.
 Not a 3 LP Vinyl October 21, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this because it said 3 LP Vinyl.... and it was just 2 when it arrived.... Shame on you Amazon!!!! Nevertheless it's MASTER OF PUPPETS, so you can't miss....
 Master of puppets 2lp August 29, 2008
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
I've bought the Master of puppets lp from amazon.
The package skould be changed so if you buy one lp it sholud be snuggly fitted inside the package not as this one was, falling around in a big box.
But when it comes to the record itself i find that MoFi has done a little poor job when mixing up the record. This can also be said with kill en all and ride the lightning that the tweeter is much to high. The record sounds great but the tweeter levels are just to damn loud it cuts to the ears and sounds really bad after a while.
Damn you MoFi...
22 yrs after initial release, Master of Puppets still stands out July 21, 2008
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I own the CD of MoP and in comparison to the CD, I'd say the 1/2 speed mastered vinyl release, done by the originators of "audiophile" vinyl in the late 70s into the 80s, Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs, breathes a different kind of life into the album.
Comparing this vinyl release to the CD, I have to say the CD does a very nice job in recreating the original sound and feel of the recording. If you're looking for a "WOW" factor from vinyl, then I don't believe the Metallica vinyl are the LPs for you to invest in.
However, if you're looking for audiophile quality vinyl recordings, knowing that what you're hearing is as close to being in the studio as you can get, you can't find better than this! MoP was done using a 1/2 speed mastering system from the original analog recordings. What this means is that the master vinyl created is given more time to accurately form the audio, pulling every tiny detail from the analog source. To facilitate a cleaner sound, it is then etched on virgin 180g vinyl. The heavier vinyl, less noise (hiss) is heard from the record itself. Playback is set at 45 RPM, allowing for more of the vinyl per song, which means better playback from your turntable. Mo-Fi Sound Labs really has this down to a science.
Why re-release on vinyl? Because this is the format "audiophiles" supposedly prefer, given the original recording is unmolested with dynamic range compression or cut off at the knees by the 44khz sampling rate. Vinyl makes an album sound closer to the music as it was played (on a good system).
On a decent audio system the music is allowed a better dynamic range that really shines. On the same system the CD also sounds really good.
As far as the album itself, more than likely you've heard all of the tracks considered true classics in the metal scene. Master of Puppets, Battery, The Thing That Should Not Be and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) aren't just Metallica classics, they are metal classics that stand the test of time. What of the other tracks then? They are classics that most non-fans don't know. Orion stands as a marvelous sounding, well written and perfectly executed musical and on this album there are nuances you hear, such as more accurately reproduced cymbals and snare that actually gives the vinyl an edge over the CD (if you have a good sound system).
So should you invest in Metallica on vinyl? The answer to that question is... it depends. If you have a moderately priced audio system and a good turn table, I'd say you would do worse than picking this album up. If all you have is tiny surround speakers connected to a budget priced surround system, purchasing this album won't sound better than the CD.
|
|
|
Copyright 2006 - CD Shopper | |
