Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Vinyl rip @ 24-bit/192kHz (presented as 24/96) | FLAC | m3u & Tech Log, no cue
HQ Artwork | DR Analysis | 1.06 GB incl. 5% recovery | Thrash Metal | 1984
Megaforce Records MRI 769 ~ Original USA Pressing

Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on July 27, 1984 through the independent record label Megaforce Records. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on November 5, 1987 and was most recently certified 5x platinum on June 9, 2003. Ride the Lightning is considered a classic thrash metal album by fans, critics and band members themselves and is considered one of the greatest metal albums of all time.

Ride the Lightning contains the speed of Kill 'Em All on songs like "Trapped Under Ice" and "Fight Fire with Fire", but also contains the first of Metallica's longer, more intricate tracks, such as "Fade to Black" and the nearly 9-minute closing instrumental "The Call of Ktulu". It was the last Metallica album to credit former lead guitarist, Dave Mustaine.

The album was listed at number 3 on a list compiled by metal-rules.com of the Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time and #5 by IGN Music on the Top 25 Metal Albums.

Q magazine (Summer/01, p. 127) - 5 stars out of 5 - "Reaffirms their status as the pre-eminent metal band of the modern era....They broke with the conventions of thrash metal to record the genre's first power ballad in 'Fade to Black'."

Kerrang! (p. 50) - "[The album included] melody, maturity and musical intelligence. It was these traits which helped them broaden metal's scope."

Track Listing

1. Fight Fire with Fire 4:45
2. Ride the Lightning 6:36
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls 5:09
4. Fade to Black 6:57
5. Trapped Under Ice 4:05
6. Escape 4:23
7. Creeping Death 6:36
8. The Call of Ktulu 8:53

Released July 27, 1984
Recorded February 20-March 14, 1984 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Thrash metal
Length 47:27
Label Megaforce, Music for Nations, Elektra, Vertigo
Producer Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen, Mark Whitaker

Vinyl Ripping Notes

Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Megaforce Records MRI 769
Original US Pressing
24-bit / 96kHz Vinyl Rip by pbthal and Dr. Robert

RAW 192 kHz Vinyl Capture by Pbthal
Special thanks to Pbthal for sharing this HR rip
Vinyl condition: Excellent +

Pbthal ripping specs:
VPI Scoutmaster turntable with Trans-Fi Terminator Air Bearing Linear Tracing Tonearm
Audio-Technica AT33PTG Moving Coil Cartridge
Pro-Ject TubeBox phono preamp
E-MU 1212 soundcard

Doc Rob workflow:
Mac Pro Dual Zeon 2.66 GHz
Bias Peak Pro 6.2 recording software
Click Repair 3.4.1 for de-click (manual mode only)
iZotope RX Advanced 2.0 for 24/96 and Redbook conversion
xACT 1.71 for Redbook SBE correction and redbook FLAC
XLD Version 20110703 (135.1) for 24/96 FLAC conversion

RCM - TT - AT33PTG - TubeBox preamp - ADC - Mac Pro - Peak Pro @ 24/192 - analyze (no clipping, DC Bias offset correction, each side gain adjusted to -0.3 dB) - split into individual tracks - Click Repair 3.4.1 used in manual mode, 20~30 Rev, Pitch Protection, X2 - FLAC encoded Level 8 with XLD

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All de-clicking software used in full manual mode to preserve musical transients.
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