Vinyl pressings

Master Of Puppets

by Metallica · 1986

146 pressings22 countriesThrashSpeed MetalRock

Master Of Puppets was first pressed on vinyl in 1986. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.

How to spot a first pressing of Master Of Puppets

22 pressings came out in 1986, the album's first year, in 7 countries. Compare the label and catalog number on your copy, then the codes etched or stamped in the runout groove (the dead wax around the label): they are the surest sign of an early pressing.

US

February 21, 1986

Label and catalog number

Elektra 60439-1Elektra 9 60439-1

Format

LP, Album, Stereo · Specialty Pressing

Runout / matrix

STE-60439-A-DMM-1, SP0-1 SM1-2, Sterling Sound - Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1Runout, A-side, etched, Variant 1

STE-60439-B-DMM-1, SP0-1 SM1-2, Sterling Sound-Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1Runout, B-side, etched, Variant 1

STE-60439-A-DMM-1, SP0-1 SM1-3, Sterling Sound - Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1 3Runout, A-side, etched, Variant 2

STE-60439-B-DMM-1, SP0-1 SM1-1, Sterling Sound-Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1Runout, B-side, etched, Variant 2

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US

March 3, 1986

Label and catalog number

Elektra 60439-1Elektra 9 60439-1

Format

LP, Album · Allied Pressing

Runout / matrix

STE-60439-A-DMM-1, B-22841, Sterling Sound - Dmm-1, Δ 11835 ɑ, ED M1 SF1 SM4Runout Groove Side A

STE-60439-B-DMM-1, Δ 11835-X ɑ, Sterling Sound-Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM4, B-22842Runout Groove Side B

ST-E-60439-1-A-ARLabel Side A

ST-E-60439-1-B-ARLabel Side B

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US

March 3, 1986

Label and catalog number

Elektra 60439-1Elektra 9 60439-1

Format

LP, Album · Allied Pressing

Runout / matrix

STE-60439-A-DMM-1 B-22841 Sterling Sound - DMM-1 Δ 11835 0- ED M1 SM4Side A etched

STE-60439-B-DMM-1 Δ 11835-X 0-SM1- Sterling Sound-DMM-1 0-SM1-1 ED M1 SF1 SM4Side B etched

ST-E-60439-1-A-ARLabel Side A

ST-E-60439-1-B-ARLabel Side B

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US

March 3, 1986

Label and catalog number

Elektra 60439-1Elektra 9 60439-1

Format

LP, Album, Promo · AR - Allied Pressing

Runout / matrix

STE-60439-A-DMM-1 B-22841 Sterling Sound -DMM-1 △11835 0- ED M1 SF1 SM4A runout etched

STE-60439-B-DMM-1 △00011835-X 0- Sterling Sound-DMM-1 ED M1 SF1 SM4 B-22842B runout etched

ST-E-60439-1-A-ARA label matrix

ST-E-60439-1-B-ARB label matrix

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US

1986

Label and catalog number

Elektra 60439-1Elektra 9 60439-1

Format

LP, Album, Promo · SP - Specialty Pressing

Runout / matrix

STE-60439-A DMM-1 SPO-1 SM1-2 Sterling Sound ED M1SF1 SM1A runout etched, variant 1

STE-60439-B DMM-1 SPO-1 SM1-2 Sterling Sound ED M1SF1 SM1B runout etched, variant 1

STE-60439-A DMM-1 SPO-1 SM1-2 Sterling Sound-DMM-1 ED M1SF1 SM1A runout etched, variant 2

STE-60439-B DMM-1 SPO-1 SM1-2 Sterling Sound-DMM-1 ED M1SF1 SM1B runout etched, variant 2

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UK

March 1986

Label and catalog number

Music For Nations MFN 60

Format

LP, Album

Runout / matrix

̶ ̶R̶R̶ ̶9̶9̶1̶7̶ MFN 60-A7Runout side A, variant 1

RR 9717 MFN-60-B3Runout side B, variant 1

RR 9717MFN 60 A3Runout side A, variant 2

RR 9717 MFN 60 B3Runout side B, variant 2

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Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.

All 146 vinyl pressings

By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.

1980s61 pressings

Year	Country	Label and catalog number	Format
1986	Unknown	Music For Nations MFN 60LP, Picture Disc, Test Pressing · Test pressing, Picture disc	LP, Picture Disc, Test Pressing · Test pressing, Picture disc
1986	Canada	Elektra E1 60439LP, Album, Club Edition · Club edition	LP, Album, Club Edition · Club edition
1986	Canada	Elektra 96 04391First yearLP, Album	LP, Album
1986	Canada	Elektra E1 60439LP, Album, Club Edition · Club edition	LP, Album, Club Edition · Club edition
1986	Europe	Roadrunner Records RR 9717 / Music For Nations RR 9717First yearLP, Album	LP, Album
1986	Europe	Music For Nations RR 9717 / Music For Nations MFN 60First yearLP, Album, Stereo	LP, Album, Stereo
1986	Europe	Roadrunner Records RR 9717 / Music For Nations MFN 60First yearLP, Album, White Label	LP, Album, White Label
1986	Europe	Music For Nations RR 9717 / Music For Nations MFN 60First yearLP, Album, Stereo	LP, Album, Stereo
1986	France	New Electric Way 2320LP, Album, Repress	LP, Album, Repress
1986	France	Music For Nations 2320 / New Electric Way 193201LP, Album, Repress	LP, Album, Repress
1986	South Korea	CBS/Sony 28AP 3169 / CBS/Sony HM 26LP, Album, Unofficial Release · Unofficial	LP, Album, Unofficial Release · Unofficial
1986	UK	Music For Nations MFN 60 / Elektra MFN 60First yearLP, Album	LP, Album
1986	UK	Music For Nations MFN 60PFirst yearLP, Album, Picture Disc · Picture disc	LP, Album, Picture Disc · Picture disc
1986	UK	Music For Nations MFN 60LP, Album, Test Pressing, White Label · Test pressing	LP, Album, Test Pressing, White Label · Test pressing
1986	US	Elektra 60439-1 / Elektra 9 60439-1LP, Album, Club Edition · Club edition	LP, Album, Club Edition · Club edition

All 61 pressings from the 1980s

1990s15 pressings

Year	Country	Label and catalog number	Format
1990	Brazil	Vertigo 838 141-1LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1990	Colombia	Vertigo 838141-1LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1990	Ecuador	Vertigo 31023LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1990	Ecuador	Vertigo 31023LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1990	Ecuador	Vertigo 31023LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1990	Mexico	Vertigo 838 141-1 / Vertigo LPR-23066LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1990	Venezuela	Vertigo 838141-1 / Vertigo 20.076-LLP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1991	Argentina	Vertigo 29298 / Vertigo 836.415-1LP, Album	LP, Album
1991	Argentina	Vertigo 836.415-1 / Vertigo 29298LP, Album, Promo, Reissue · Promo	LP, Album, Promo, Reissue · Promo
1991	Czechoslovakia	Popron 50 107-1 / Vertigo 50 107-1LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1991	Spain	Vertigo 838 141-1LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1992	Greece	Vertigo 838 141-1 / Vertigo 838141-1LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo	LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1993	UK	Vertigo 838 141-1LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1993	Venezuela	Sono-Rodven S.R.-210200LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
1996	UK	Music For Nations MFN60LP, Album, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Colored vinyl	LP, Album, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Colored vinyl

2000s12 pressings

Year	Country	Label and catalog number	Format
2001	Europe	Vertigo 838 141-1LP, Album, Reissue	LP, Album, Reissue
2002	Germany	Vertigo 838 141-3 / Phonogram PG 901LP, Album, Picture Disc, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Picture disc	LP, Album, Picture Disc, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Picture disc
2006	Germany	Music For Nations MFN 60LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Colored vinyl	LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Colored vinyl
2008	Europe	Universal Music Group International 042283814110LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered	LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2008	Europe	Universal 060075310116212", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered	12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2008	Europe	Vertigo 838 141-1 / Phonogram 8381411LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial	LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial
2008	Europe	Universal 060075310116212", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing · Test pressing	12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing · Test pressing
2008	US	Warner Bros. RecordsLP, Album, Test Pressing · Test pressing	LP, Album, Test Pressing · Test pressing
2008	US	Warner Bros. Records12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing · Test pressing	12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing · Test pressing
2008	US	Warner Bros. Records 470908-112", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo	12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2008	US	Warner Bros. Records 470844-1 / Warner Bros. Records 1-343612 (#1)LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered	LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2008	US	Warner Bros. Records 470844-1 / Warner Bros. Records 1-343612 (#1)LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered	LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered

2010s15 pressings

2020s6 pressings

Year	Country	Label and catalog number	Format
2020	US	Blackened BLCKND005R-1LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress	LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress
2021	US	Blackened BLCKND005R-1WLP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · Limited, Colored vinyl	LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · Limited, Colored vinyl
2022	USA & Canada	Blackened BLCKND005R-1LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered	LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2023	US	Blackened BLCKND005R-1WLP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · Limited, Colored vinyl	LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · Limited, Colored vinyl
2024	Europe	Blackened BLCKND005R-1 / Blackened BLCKND005R-1ULP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · Limited, Colored vinyl	LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · Limited, Colored vinyl
2025	US	Blackened BLCKND005R-1LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · Limited	LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · Limited

Year unknown37 pressings

All 37 pressings from unknown years

Tracklist

A1Battery5:10
A2Master Of Puppets8:38
A3The Thing That Should Not Be6:32
A4Welcome Home (Sanitarium)6:28
B1Disposable Heroes8:14
B2Leper Messiah5:38
B3Orion8:12
B4Damage, Inc.5:08

Questions

How many vinyl pressings of Master Of Puppets are there?

146 vinyl pressings of Master Of Puppets are listed here, from 22 countries, released between 1986 and 2025.

When was Master Of Puppets first released on vinyl?

The earliest pressings are from 1986, in US, UK, Canada, Europe and more. One of them is Elektra 60439-1, released February 21, 1986.

How do I tell if my copy of Master Of Puppets is a first pressing?

Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use 60439-1, MFN 60, MFN 60P, 96 04391) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, STE-60439-A-DMM-1, SP0-1 SM1-2, Sterling Sound - Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1 and STE-60439-B-DMM-1, SP0-1 SM1-2, Sterling Sound-Dmm-1, ED M1 SF1 SM1. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.

How much is Master Of Puppets on vinyl worth?

It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.

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Year	Country	Label and catalog number	Format
2010	US	Warner Bros. Records 1-470908-4512", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing · Test pressing	12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing · Test pressing
2010	US	Warner Bros. Records 470908-145 RPM, 12", Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · Limited, Colored vinyl	45 RPM, 12", Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · Limited, Colored vinyl
2013	Europe	Blackened 1-470844LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Test Pressing · Test pressing	LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Test Pressing · Test pressing
2014	UK & Europe	Music For Nations MFN 60LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial	LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial
2014	US	Blackened BLCKND005-1LP, Album, Reissue, Repress	LP, Album, Reissue, Repress
2015	UK & Europe	Music For Nations MFN 60LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Colored vinyl	LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Colored vinyl
2015	UK & Europe	Music For Nations MFN 60LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Colored vinyl	LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Colored vinyl
2015	Europe	Blackened BLCKND005-1 / Blackened 00602547242952LP, Album, Reissue, Repress	LP, Album, Reissue, Repress
2017	US	Blackened BLCKND005R-1LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered	LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2017	Europe	Blackened BLCKND005R-1 / Blackened 00602557382594LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered	LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2017	Europe	Blackened BLCKND005RD-1 / Blackened 00602557385182Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, LP, Album, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, CD, Compilation, Cassette, DVD, DVD-Video, Multichannel, NTSC · Limited, Numbered	Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, LP, Album, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, CD, Compilation, Cassette, DVD, DVD-Video, Multichannel, NTSC · Limited, Numbered
2017	Europe	Blackened BLCKND005RD-1 / Blackened 00602567167082LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, LP, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, CD, Cassette, DVD, DVD-Video, Multichannel, NTSC, Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered · Limited, Numbered	LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, LP, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, CD, Cassette, DVD, DVD-Video, Multichannel, NTSC, Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered · Limited, Numbered
2017	US	Blackened BLCKND005RD-1Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, LP, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, CD, Reissue, Remastered, CD, Compilation, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Cassette, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, DVD, DVD-Video, Multichannel, NTSC, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition · Limited, Numbered	Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, LP, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, CD, Reissue, Remastered, CD, Compilation, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Cassette, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, DVD, DVD-Video, Multichannel, NTSC, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition · Limited, Numbered
2017	Japan	Blackened UICR-9041 / Blackened UICR-1133/5LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, LP, CD, Reissue, Remastered, CD, Cassette, DVD, DVD-Video, Multichannel, NTSC, Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered · Limited, Numbered	LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, LP, CD, Reissue, Remastered, CD, Cassette, DVD, DVD-Video, Multichannel, NTSC, Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered · Limited, Numbered
2018	Europe	Music For Nations MFN 60PLP, Album, Picture Disc, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Picture disc	LP, Album, Picture Disc, Reissue, Unofficial Release · Unofficial, Picture disc

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