At the start of 2020, Metallica made an announcement that they were rolling out a subscription vinyl club. This subscription will include four 7 inch records, exclusive to members that have signed up, and were scheduled to ship throughout the year. Then COVID hit and it all went to hell. There were numerous delays at the pressing plant, and then the postal system compounded those issues causing tons of stress as invalid tracking numbers were emailed out, and then records continued to sit at their warehouse and sporadically ship out. Some people started to receive their first record by the middle of October, while mine didn't arrive until late in November. What a shit show.
Once the record arrived, all the stress and frustration melted away and it was all worth it. Two songs, For Whom The Bell Tolls and Leper Messiah, recorded live at Doningon from '87. This record is amazing. Say what you want about Metallica, but they certainly have delivered quality when it came to this record subscription. The record cover is made of a nice thick stock with some great artwork, and even the dust sleeve is nice and sturdy and covered in some amazing live photos.
The package even comes with a little poster of the band from the day of the Donington fest.
Each record is numbered, which is both kind of pointless and cool at the same time. It would be nice if they can keep the numbers the same for each release, but I imagine that would be difficult to manage, so it probably isn't the case. Also included in this first package is my membership card that has my name printed on the backside. Great package, and I'm looking forward to the second one in the series!
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