This listing is an original Megaforce Records release of the Ride The Lightning album by Metallica, released in 1984 Catalog # MRI-769. This is an extremely rare and hard to find Original Pressing of Metallicas second studio album. One even more rare quality about this album is that it includes the original marketing order form that came in these releases! Anger, Elektra Garage Inc. Death Magnetic and Hardwired to Self-Destruct. Please check out all my auctions to find some other great original releases and great additions to your Metallica collection. I will be listing all together over 90 different Metallica Albums with many rare and uncommon releases. In my collection days, I focused on some of the rarest titles I could find and of course in the best condition I could find as well. With Metallica being my biggest focus in collecting, I have amassed a pretty big collection including some rare promotional albums along with just about all their albums as original releases. In total my Metallica collection consists of 98 records and box sets which will be listed on auctions in the upcoming days. Another big focus of mine was for the band Kiss which my sister turned me on to back when I was just a wee lad and I have also amassed a pretty good collection of including 19 rare and many original and 100% complete albums. I also focused a little on the band DIO, mostly with his reissues but I do have one original release of Holy diver as well. All in all, my DIO auctions will consist of 9 Rare Albums including some on colored vinyl re-release. Another focus of mine was some very high-end metal box sets from some of the metal masters like Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Megadeth and Guns N Roses. These are rare and highly collectible box sets and include Black Sabbath Ten Year War, Ozzy Osborne See you on the other side, Slayer Vinyl Conflict, Megadeth hand signed Death by Design Box Set and Guns N Roses Locked and Loaded! To achieve this, I have only found one grading scale that really does this and that is the one that Discogs uses. Here are how the records will be graded in my listings. M: Vinyl : Perfect in every way. Never been played and possibly even still sealed. Sleeve : Perfect, no wear, marks or any other imperfections. M- or NM: Vinyl A nearly perfect record with no obvious signs of wear. VG+: Vinyl: Record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. Sleeve : May have slight wear, marks indentations or ring wear as well as a possible cut out hold for promotional items. Vinyl : Noticeable groove wear and light scratches. Surface noise will not overpower the music. Sleeve : will have more wear, marks, and indentations than a VG+. Also, may have slight fading, small rips or tears and potentially some writing. G+ or G: Vinyl : Can play without skipping, will have significant scratches and surface noise and groove wear. Well worn, marked, more obvious indentations, fading, writing, than a VG and possibly a more significant tear or rip. All Box Sets will be packaged in boxes with extra protection such as bubble wrap/foam peanuts. The item “METALLICA RIDE THE LIGHTNING MEGAFORCE Original In Srink withPrice Sticker” is in sale since Friday, July 3, 2020. This item is in the category “Music\Records”. The seller is “rare_games_low_prices_buy_today” and is located in Belton, Missouri. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay, Russian federation.
- Record Size: 12″
- Custom Bundle: No
- Non-Domestic Product: No
- Record Label: Megaforce Records
- Modified Item: No
- Edition: First Pressing
- Release Year: 1984
- Duration: LP
- Genre: Metal
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Style: Glam/Hair Metal
- Artist: Metallica