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               THE ENCYCLOPEDIA METALLICA NEWSLETTER                  
                         ISSUE #6, 4 July 1998

                     http://home.sol.no/~shadland

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EDITORIAL. In last issue I asked about the "Bay are thrashers" disc
which is released the the company called "Ranch life". I got a lot 
of replies on that one, and can in this issue present the whole
story so far. Also if anyone of you have any news, gig-reports, 
backstage stories, reviews of bootlegs, videos, official stuff or 
whatever, please send it to me, and I'll post it here (With your 
name on it). Enjoy the issue.

      Sem Hadland
      (Editor)
      mailto:sem@asterisk.no




=== "BAY ARE THRASHERS" story so far ==============================
Metallica Fight Early Bootleg Release

Metallica have sent cease-and-desist letters to a number of distri-
butors in an attempt to halt the release of an early bootleg recording 
of their music entitled Bay Area Thrashers.

The album, created from a 1982 demo recording by an early version of 
the band featuring ex-guitarist Dave Mustaine, was described by 
several sources as a low-quality recording.

Lars Ulrich said it was a poorly recorded demo tape tricked up with 
additional stage patter and fake audience noise," said band lawyer 
Howard King of L.A. firm King, Purtich, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner. 
The disc is the "No life 'til leather" demo tape with crowd noice and
song intros from the first Metallica homevideo "Cliff 'em all".

King said the firm has sent cease-and-desist letters to several 
persons who they believe are responsible for attempting to distribute 
the recording in the United States and Europe. 

Didi Bingham of Cargo Records America, a domestic distributor of 100s
of independent labels, said Cargo had received an import version of the 
album last summer from a British label called Outlaw Records. "We've 
listened to it," Bingham said, "and it's not the best recording." 

At least one Bay Area record store, Aquarius Records,had copies of the 
Outlaw Records version of the album in stock, although a clerk said
they were down to their last copy.

Outlaw Records could not be reached for comment.

"The band objects to this because it's a bad record, and if it's 
promoted as something that Metallica has endorsed, that's bad for 
their reputation," King said. "You can say a lot of things about 
Metallica, but they do release quality music, and there are people out 
there trying to trade on their good name with lousy material." 

King said the band's management has already contacted the British 
Phonograph Institute and its American equivalent, the Recording 
Industry Association of America, to help stop the distribution of Bay Area
Thrashers. 

  From:SonicNet
       http://www.sonicnet.com/station/





=== GARAGE DAYS NEWS ===============================================
The "Metal Edge" magazine website reports that starting Sept. 21, the 
band will spend three weeks in the studio recording several new cover 
songs for their new Garage Days" release which will feature every cover
the band has ever done. The record will be released Nov. 17. 
Source: http://www.metshrine.com/


== GIG REPORT =======================================================
Friday, July 03
Molson Amphitheatre
Toronto, ON


the toronto show was just toooooo sweeeet!  it kicked off with days of the
new and from there to jerry and they got the crowd ready for the boys.
Metallica entered into a sold out molson amphitheater and started right in
to helpless. It was not until after the long master of puppets that james
spoke to the crowd. kirk played his little solo and then metallica fed us
the "fuel" with huge fire pots to match. james got us singing the memroy
remains" and then öf wolf and man", "nothing else matters", and "the thing
that should not be" the unplugged part of the show was great the new "four
horsemen"was excellent and "motorbreath"was good as well. after fucking
around with us metallica plugged back in and played "one followed by
"where ever i may rome" and  "Enter Sandman"james made us beg for
"creeping Death"and then it was over. "so let it be written so let it be
done"
 
set list
    intro 
    helpless
    master of puppets
    fuel 
    the memory remains
    of wolf and man
    nothing else matters
    the thing that should not be
    unplugged the four horsemen, 
              low mans, 
              motorbreath
    one
    where ever i may rome
    enter sandman
    creeping death





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