180 Gram vinyl reissues of 5 classic Metallica albums.

[KidEgo]

I went to a neighborhood music store the other day, and I was looking at the new vinyl, and I saw vinyl reissues of Metallica's legendary first 5 albums:Kill 'Em All, Right The Lightning, Master of Puppets, And Justice For All, even The Black Album is reissued on vinyl. Each vinyl has two versions. Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning and Master of Puppets have a single LP version, and a double LP version (the latter supposed to be played at 45 RPM speed), and And Justice For All and The Black Album have a 2 LP version, and a 4 LP version (the latter supposed to be played at 45 RPM, just like the 2 LP versions of Kill, Lightning and Puppets). I decided to get Master of Puppets, because that was the first Metallica CD I ever bought. And the center hole is not wide enough to fit smoothly onto the turntable spindle, which I hate, and this is not the first time it's happened with an LP record for me, and I have no clue how to fix this. One thing I don't understand about these reissues is why they're released by Warner Bros. instead of Elektra, which is where all 5 albums except Kill and Lightning were originally released on (Kill was originally released on Megaforce, and Lightning on Music for Nations). And how come they have two editions for each album exactly? Why make 45 RPM versions of the albums when you can just get the 33 1/3 RPM version? That's why I bought the single LP version of Puppets. I just bought And Justice For All (2 LP version) from Amazon.com last night. I don't think I'm gonna collect every single one of these LPs though.

[KidEgo]

Shit, I accidentally wrote Right The Lightning instead of Ride somewhere in the original post. My bad.

[Kevmaster]

If I was a Metallica-fan, I'd probably find this awesome.

But I am not and never was.

[Farlo]

put out on warner music group, cause elektra is under their corporate umbrella.