Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Battery	5:13
2	Master Of Puppets Guitar [First Solo] – James Hetfield	8:35
3	The Thing That Should Not Be	6:36
4	Welcome Home (Sanitarium)	6:26
5	Disposable Heroes	8:16
6	Leper Messiah	5:39
7	Orion Guitar [Second Solo] – James Hetfield	8:27
8	Damage, Inc.	5:31

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Manufactured By – Sony Music Japan International Inc.

Credits

• Bass – Cliff Burton
• Drums – Lars Ulrich
• Guitar [Lead] – Kirk Hammett
• Liner Notes – 有島博志*
• Liner Notes [対訳] – Hatsumi Sakoda
• Mastered By – George Marino
• Mixed By – Michael Wagener
• Producer – Metallica
• Producer, Engineer – Flemming Rasmussen
• Vocals, Guitar [Rhythm] – James Hetfield

Notes

Recorded Sept.-Dec. 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mixed at Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA.
Mastered at Sterling Sound.

Gatefold cover.
1st Mini LP pressing of the album.
Unlike other issues, this has the original mastering

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 547366 012941
• Barcode (Scanned): 4547366012941
• Matrix / Runout: DP-706-1 2
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L274
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 453B
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
60439-1, 9 60439-1	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra, Elektra	60439-1, 9 60439-1	US	1986
none	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Metallica)	none	Russia	Unknown
838 141-4	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(Cass, Album)	Vertigo	838 141-4	Philippines	1986
none	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Metallica)	none	Bulgaria	Unknown
838 141-1	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(LP, Album, RE, Unofficial, Blu)	Vertigo	838 141-1	UK & Europe	Unknown

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