Thursday, February 21, 2008

308. Metallica / Beyond The Wall Of Sound [Bootleg]. 1987. 5/5

This is one of the better bootlegs (that I have) of the Master Of Puppets tour, A- sound quality. The emotion and raucousness is all there though, of a band arguably at their absolute peak. This is not long after Jason Newsted had joined the band, and his bass work is exceptional on this.
All the classics are here – “Master Of Puppets”, “For Whom The Bell Tolls”, “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)”, “Ride The Lightning”, “Whiplash”, “The Thing That Should Not Be”, “The Four Horsemen”, “Am I Evil”, “Damage Inc” and “Blitzkrieg”. Not a weak song amongst them.
James is very vocal throughout, as per usual. Kirk slays. Lars hammers. Jason rocks.
Rating: As bootlegs go, it doesn’t get much better than this. 5/5.

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