Garage Inc. [Vinyl 3LP]

Triple vinyl LP repressing of this 1998 album from the Metal maestros. Metallica is easily one of the best, most influential Heavy Metal bands of the '80s. Responsible for bringing the genre back to Earth, the bandmates looked and talked like they were from the street, shunning the usual rockstar games of Metal musicians during the early '80s. They expanded the limits of Thrash, using speed and volume not for their own sake, but to enhance their intricately structured compositions.

Disc one recorded at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California in September & October 1998. Disc two recorded at various locations between 1984 and 1998. Includes liner notes by David Fricke. "Whiskey In The Jar" won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. Anybody who's anybody in rock has been in a cover band. Although "cover" has a negative connotation, it is the playing of others' material that forges the identity and agenda of future superstars. They combine to give fans a glimpse into the wide variety of influences that have shaped metal's mightiest band. Disc one is the new material, and Metallica place their undeniable stamp on each track. Transforming Bob Seger's midtempo "Turn the Page" into a real rocker, and converting Nick Cave's "Loverman" into sheer brutality. Closer to the mark of Metallica's style, a Mercyful Fate medley retains the spirit of the original. James Hetfield's growls give an extra dose of attitude to Thin Lizzy's "Whiskey In The Jar," while an acoustic radio station jam of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" is a southern delight. Disc 2 contains GARAGE DAYS RE-REVISITED, which had been out of print and heavily bootlegged. Rounding out the package are B-sides and one-offs including four Motorhead covers the band rehearsed for Lemmy's birthday party. 

Tracks
1 Free Speech for the Dumb (Discharge)
2 It's Electric (Diamond Head)
3 Sabbra Cadabra (Black Sabbath)
4 Turn the Page (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band)
5 Die, Die My Darling (Misfits)
6 Loverman (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)
7 Mercyful Fate (Mercyful Fate)
8 Astronomy (Blue Oyster Cult)
9 Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy)
10 Tuesday's Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
11 The More I See (Discharge)
12 Helpless (Diamond Head)
13 The Small Hours (Holocaust)
14 The Wait (Killing Joke)
15 Crash Course in Brain Surgery (Budgie)
16 Last Caress/Green Hell (Misfits)
17 Am I Evil? (Diamond Head)
18 Blitzkrieg (Blitzkrieg)
19 Breadfan (Budgie)
20 The Prince (Diamond Head)
21 Stone Cold Crazy (Queen)
22 So What (The Anti-Nowhere League)
23 Killing Time (Sweet Savage)
24 Overkill (Motorhead)
25 Damage Case (Motorhead)
26 Stone Dead Forever (Motorhead)
27 Too Late Too Late (Motorhead)