Metallica - Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning Deluxe Box Sets

METALLICA TO REISSUE KILL ‘EM ALL AND RIDE THE LIGHTNING AS DELUXE BOX SETS

Metallica has announced that they will reissue their first two albums Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning on April 15th.  Both albums have been remastered for the most advanced sound quality and will be available in three formats - CD, vinyl, and Deluxe Box set. Both Deluxe Box sets include original source material from the band's personal collection with many never before heard or seen recordings, along with a book including rare photos and essays from those who were there.

The deluxe numbered box set of Kill 'Em All includes four vinyl records, five CDs, one DVD, a deluxe book including rare photos and a patch while the deluxe numbered box set of Ride the Lightning includes four vinyl records, six CDs, one DVD, a deluxe book including more of those unseen photos, a mini-book of lyrics handwritten by James Hetfield and a set of three posters. The Deluxe Box sets are limited edition collectors' items.

Fans can preorder both Deluxe Box sets at the Met Store now and all six new items will, of course, also be available at your local record store on Friday, April 15th, just in time for Record Store Day.



Kill ‘Em All tracklisting:

CD/Vinyl
“Hit The Lights”
“The Four Horsemen”
“Motorbreath”
“Jump In The Fire”
“(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth”
“Whiplash”
“Phantom Lord”
“No Remorse”
“Seek & Destroy”
“Metal Militia”

Vinyl – Live At Espace Balard, Paris, France – February 9th, 1984 (2LP) – Previously Unreleased
“The Ecstasy Of Gold”
“Hit The Lights”
“The Four Horsemen”
“Jump In The Fire”
“Phantom Lord”
“No Remorse”
“Ride The Lightning”
“Motorbreath”
“(Anaesthesia) – Pulling Teeth”
“Whiplash”
“Seek & Destroy”
“Metal Militia”

“Phantom Lord”:

Vinyl – Jump In The Fire (Picture Disc)
“Jump In The Fire”
“Seek & Destroy” (“Live” at The Automatt)
“Phantom Lord” (“Live” at The Automatt)

CD – Interview & Radio IDs
Metal Forces Interview with Lars, January 1984
Radio IDs with Lars, James, and Cliff from 1984

CD – Rough Mixes From Lars’ Vault, Bootleg Tracks and Whiplash Remix EP
“Motorbreath” (Rough Mix)
“Hit The Lights” (Rough Mix)
“(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth” (Rough Mix)
“Seek & Destroy” (Rough Mix)
“Whiplash” (Rough Mix)
“The Four Horsemen” (Rough Mix)
“Seek & Destroy” (NOT Live from The Automatt)
“Phantom Lord” (NOT Live from The Automatt)
“Jump In The Fire”
“Whiplash” (Special Neckbrace Remix)
“Seek & Destroy” (“Live” at The Automatt)
“Phantom Lord” (“Live” at The Automatt)

CD – Live At J Bees Rock III, Middletown, NY – January 20th, 1984 – Previously Unreleased
“The Four Horsemen”
“Jump In The Fire”
“Fight Fire With Fire”
“Ride The Lightning”
“Phantom Lord”
“Seek & Destroy”
“Whiplash”

CD – Live At The Keystone, Palo Alto, CA – October 31st, 1983 – Previously Unreleased
“Hit The Lights”
“The Four Horsemen”
“Jump In The Fire”
“Fight Fire With Fire”
“Ride The Lightning”
“Phantom Lord”
“When Hell Freezes Over (The Call Of Ktulu)”
“Seek & Destroy”
“(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth”
“Whiplash”
“Creeping Death”
Guitar Solo
“Metal Militia”

DVD – Metallica Live At The Metro In Chicago On August 12th, 1983 – Previously Unreleased Except “No Remorse” and “Metal Milita”
“Hit The Lights” (Video Only/No Audio)
“The Four Horsemen” (Video Only/No Audio)
“Jump In The Fire” (Video Only/Partial Audio)
“Phantom Lord”
“No Remorse”
“(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth”
“Whiplash”
“Seek & Destroy”
Guitar Solo
“Metal Militia”



Ride The Lightning tracklisting:

CD/Vinyl
“Fight Fire With Fire”
“Ride The Lightning”
“For Whom The Bell Tolls”
“Fade To Black”
“Trapped Under Ice”
“Escape”
“Creeping Death”
“The Call Of Ktulu”

Vinyl – Live At The Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA – March 10th, 1985 (2LP) – Previously Unreleased
“The Ecstasy Of Gold”
“Fight Fire With Fire”
“Ride The Lightning”
“Phantom Lord”
“(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth”
“For Whom The Bell Tolls”
“No Remorse”
“Fade To Black”
“Seek & Destroy”
“Creeping Death”
“Am I Evil?”
“Motorbreath”

Vinyl – Creeping Death (Picture Disc)
“Creeping Death”
“Am I Evil?”
“Blitzkrieg”

CD – Metallica Interviews
Metal Forces Interview with Lars, November 1984
WUSC Cleveland Radio Interview with Cliff and Kirk – February 1985
Metal Madness Interview with Lars, March 1985

CD – Demos And Rough Mixes From Lars’ Vault – Previously Unreleased
“Ride The Lightning” (Studio Demo)
“When Hell Freezes Over (The Call Of Ktulu)” (Studio Demo)
“Creeping Death” (Studio Demo)
“Fight Fire With Fire” (Studio Demo)
“Ride The Lightning” (Garage Demo)
“When Hell Freezes Over (The Call Of Ktulu)” (Garage Demo)
“Fight Fire With Fire” (Garage Demo)
“Ride The Lightning” (Boom Box Demo)
“Blitzkrieg” (Rhythm Track Rough Mix)
“Am I Evil?” (Rhythm Track Rough Mix)

“Ride The Lightning” (Garage Demo):



CD – Live At Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, CA – March 15th, 1985 – Previously Unreleased
“Fight Fire With Fire”
“Ride The Lightning”
“Phantom Lord”
“The Four Horsemen”
“(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth”)
“For Whom The Bell Tolls”
“No Remorse”
“Fade To Black”
“Creeping Death”
Guitar Solo
“Am I Evil?”
“Motorbreath”

CD – Live At The Lyceum Theatre, London, UK – December 20th, 1984
“Phantom Lord”
“The Four Horsemen”
“(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth”
“For Whom The Bell Tolls”
“No Remorse”
“The Call Of Ktulu”
“Seek & Destroy”
“Whiplash”
“Creeping Death”
Guitar Solo
“Metal Militia”

CD – Live At Castle Donington, UK – August 17th, 1985 – Previously Unreleased
“Creeping Death”
“Ride The Lightning”
“For Whom The Bell Tolls”
“The Four Horsemen”
“Fade To Black”
“Seek & Destroy”
“Whiplash”
“Motorbreath”

DVD – Live At The Metal Hammer Festival In St. Goarshausen, Germany – September 14th, 1985
“Creeping Death”
“Ride The Lightning”
“Disposable Heroes”
“No Remorse”
“(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth”
“For Whom The Bell Tolls”
“The Four Horsemen”
“Fade To Black”
“Seek & Destroy”
“Whiplash”
“Fight Fire With Fire”
Guitar Solo
“Am I Evil?”
“Motorbreath”

Live At MTV’s Day On The Green At Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA – August 31st, 1985
“Creeping Death”
“Ride The Lightning”
“For Whom The Bell Tolls”
MTV Day On The Green Interview with Lars and James

Danish TV – Previously Unreleased
Lars Ulrich When He Was Young (Lars’ first television interview)
SPOT – Lars Ulrich

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Sounds over priced which is a shame because I would like these 

Boris2008 wrote:

Sounds over priced which is a shame because I would like these 

Same here.

If I get one, it will be the Kill Em All Box Set. I have literally every live thing from the Ride The Lightning box set, plus I have the Gold C.D that they issued years ago for that album. I've listened to "Phantom Lord" now three times from that 1984 Paris show. It sounds killer! That show was one of the famous Seven Dates of Hell shows with Venom. All the boots that came from those shows are beyond terrible, so this would be awesome to have. I don't have the Palo Alto show from 1983 or the Middletown show from 1984 either.

I remember reading about them asking fans for some old rare photos and such for the "deluxe" editions that would be coming out someday. I had no idea it would be this elaborate (or expensive). I was really hoping for the usual two or three disc "Legacy Editions" in the digi pack with the clear plastic sleeve. I love those things.

A few thoughts:

There is a ton of rare and unreleased stuff on these deluxe editions but, it's from the first few years of the bands existence before they were household names, so I wonder if they had the means to record these properly? Or is the rare, coolness, collectability factor the draw for the Metallica fan with too much money?

Are these guys having money problems after the way their concert movie documentary bombed?

I really would have liked there to be a new Metallica album instead of a collectible version of the glory days.

Whatever happened to the No Life Til Leather CDs and vinyl that were promised for last year?

the sentinel wrote:

 it's from the first few years of the bands existence before they were household names, so I wonder if they had the means to record these properly?

It doesn't take big money for a decent soundboard recording, I've got a few from bands much smaller than Metallica were then, it will be a really bad idea on their part if they are crappy boots at this price!

Witchfinder wrote:

Whatever happened to the No Life Til Leather CDs and vinyl that were promised for last year?

That's what I want to know. All we got was the crappy cassette tape.

Box sets look cool. Doubt I'll be able to afford them.

Too expensive..

So, how's that new album coming along?

Interesting, but obviously too expensive for me.

The $150 price tag is for these super deluxe sets with all the bells & whistles, but maybe they'll release a more reasonable-priced, scaled-down version. Like just the album and bonus live disc. That's something I might get. I've no use for vinyl.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Interesting, but obviously too expensive for me.

The $150 price tag is for these super deluxe sets with all the bells & whistles, but maybe they'll release a more reasonable-priced, scaled-down version. Like just the album and bonus live disc. That's something I might get. I've no use for vinyl.

That's what I am hoping for.

Way too rich for my blood...

Boris2008 wrote:

the sentinel wrote:

 it's from the first few years of the bands existence before they were household names, so I wonder if they had the means to record these properly?

It doesn't take big money for a decent soundboard recording, I've got a few from bands much smaller than Metallica were then, it will be a really bad idea on their part if they are crappy boots at this price!

Good point, but sometimes these guys worry me.

Boris2008 wrote:

Sounds over priced which is a shame because I would like these 

Quote :

Kill 'Em All includes four vinyl records, five CDs, one DVD, a deluxe book including rare photos and a patch

Definitely not overpriced. How much should someone pay for all that from one of the biggest bands on the planet?

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Sounds over priced which is a shame because I would like these 

Quote :

Kill 'Em All includes four vinyl records, five CDs, one DVD, a deluxe book including rare photos and a patch

Definitely not overpriced. How much should someone pay for all that from one of the biggest bands on the planet?

Kinda what I was thinking. For me, they're not too much, I'm just too damn broke.

However, I have my fill of this band whenever I spin the original releases. Don't need much more than that, even a remaster.

No I guess for what you're getting it's not that costly, it's just something out of my price range. This kind of stuff is pretty good for the more hardcore collectors. I'm not one of them so I'm not sweating over getting it. The original releases are good enough for me.

There's so much new metal I haven't heard - to buy -
Satan Court in Act - came in - and Killers,DiAnno - thanks Witchfinder -
and Vengence cd - Feb. listening - thanks power metal suggestion !

corplhicks wrote:

I'm just too damn broke.

"I can't even afford to pay attention"

Wow, these are pretty darn cool box sets. Hopefully availability won't be limited to just the box set.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Sounds over priced which is a shame because I would like these 

Quote :

Kill 'Em All includes four vinyl records, five CDs, one DVD, a deluxe book including rare photos and a patch

Definitely not overpriced. How much should someone pay for all that from one of the biggest bands on the planet?

I don't know, but it's more than I'm going to pay for absolutely no new songs.

Boris2008 wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Sounds over priced which is a shame because I would like these 

Quote :

Kill 'Em All includes four vinyl records, five CDs, one DVD, a deluxe book including rare photos and a patch

Definitely not overpriced. How much should someone pay for all that from one of the biggest bands on the planet?

I don't know, but it's more than I'm going to pay for absolutely no new songs.

But what about the 30 year old out dated interviews and the same 10-12 songs per concert just in different venues?

the sentinel wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Sounds over priced which is a shame because I would like these 

Quote :

Kill 'Em All includes four vinyl records, five CDs, one DVD, a deluxe book including rare photos and a patch

Definitely not overpriced. How much should someone pay for all that from one of the biggest bands on the planet?

I don't know, but it's more than I'm going to pay for absolutely no new songs.

But what about the 30 year old out dated interviews and the same 10-12 songs per concert just in different venues?

That's it really, I wouldn't mind hearing the live shows but that's it for me. I have the vinyl already and the interviews don't appeal. There isn't enough there to interest me at that price although there is quite a lot of stuff.

I would just want a CD version. I don't have a turntable.

Het unveiling Kill 'Em All: