The vinyl subscription club for Metallica took some time to get rolling. Plagued with delays and miscommunication, what was supposed to be a series of four 7 inch records that were to be delivered throughout 2020, turned into a clusterfuck as I received my first record at the end of November. With record number two hitting my mailbox recently, I'm hopeful that it is a sign that the Covid and holiday delays are behind us, and they can start cranking out the rest of the series.
The first 7 inch in the series gave us a couple of live songs from '87, and with the Motherload record we jump ahead for two live tracks from '96.
The story here is that MTV ran some contest, and the winner had Metallica show up in their hometown, hang out and play a small show for him and his friends at a local bar. Sad But True and Whiplash are captured here. It is a bit strange that this was recorded while Metallica were on the Load tour (hence the name "Motherload") but this record doesn't include any songs from that record. It would have been cool to include Ain't My Bitch or King Nothing here...but maybe Metallica were just playing older hits at this small show for the contest winner. Still, it would have been nice to hear at least one song that really placed this in '96.
Record two in the series and numbered. Too bad that Metallica couldn't have organized it so that subscribers received the same number for each release.
Once again, the packaging for this 7 inch is top quality. Nice heavy cardstock cover with a nice picture dust sleeve, and this one comes with a sheet of stickers. Solid.
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