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Good Time to be a metal fan with a turntable

What a great time it is to be a metal fan. In the past two months I have picked up Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets remastered at 45 rpm, Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same re-done by Jimmy Page,Iron Maiden Somewhere Back in Time: 1980-1989, Ac/DC Let There Be Rock, Rush Permanent Waves re-mastered(with Moving Pictures coming out in the fall), amd The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bullocks(yeah I know they we're technically punk but this album should be in any metal heads collection).

So my question is what would you guys like to see re-issued?

I know for myself I would like to see re-issues of the first two Ozzy albums, and Judas Priest-Screaming for Vengeance.
nrostov

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nrostov OP
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Go4vinyl,

Oh God I forgot about Alice Cooper. Actually I do consider them metal. Billion Dollar Babies is a classic. In fact all of the early ones should be re-released.
nrostov OP
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Aquabahn,

Have they reissued Motorhead? I'll have to check it out. I know Reign In Blood was re-released on Lp

What about early Megadeth(especially the first album)?
nrostov OP
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You Motorhead fans will love this
http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=41009

I love it. 666 copies!!!!
nrostov OP
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Audeiofeil, you got it dead on.

Glory, go listen to NWA's Straight Outta Compton...now that's some "filling your house with DEATH", and we're not talkin' Heavy Metal Devil and Demons "DEATH". We're talkin' real life, glorification of "DEATH" So strap up your gat, let's go on a hoot ride, and pull a 187 on some punk ass bitchs. :)

Xiekitchen, Machine Head and Black Sabbath Volume 4 have been reissued and are available.

The only reason I didn't put Black Sabbath(the originators of real heavy metal) on the list is because all of their albums have been re-released on 180g LP's. Same for AC/DC.
nrostov OP
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I saw Metallica in '86 opening for Ozzy. They blew him away. They we're incredible. I also saw the in'89 for the Monsters of Rock show. They we're better than anyother bank there.
nrostov OP
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Tvad,

Yes there is a big difference between the original Master of Puppets and the 5 rpm re-issue. There are subtleties in the interplay between the two guitars that you can't hear on the original. Also, it just sounds more "live". Same goes for Ride the Lightning.
nrostov OP
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Tvad,

It's so funny I just bought "Toys in the Attic" on CD and I was wishing that they would re-issue it on LP.

Justin
nrostov OP
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Van Halen I being released September 9 2008. Not really a metal band but hey it's Eddie Van Halen.
nrostov OP
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Glory,

Are you a fundametalist Christian?
nrostov OP
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Erfeller,

I have both the Metallica boxed sets and the new re-issues. The re-issues are better. I wouldn't say they are night and day better, but they are certainly a big improvement.
nrostov OP
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Yeah but Jethro Tull aren't metal so they don't count. :)

Do you guys remember that year they one best heavy metal band at the Grammy's? I mean WTF. I mean that's like saying George Bush Jr. is a Nobel Laureate.
nrostov OP
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Maril,

You totally lost me on your reply. What are you talking about?

First off I saw a lot of metal bands during the 80's and they sounded amazing. Second some metal bands albums didn't sound great because they didn't have a lot of money. A perfect example is Ride the Lightning. That is why the re-issue is so great.

All I was saying is this post is about metal and I don't consider Jethro Tull a metal band.
nrostov OP
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Maril,

A. I agree with what you are saying. My collection includes rock, jazz, classical, funk, country, blue grass etc.

B. I don't think that is a fair thing to say about Metal. There are a lot of garbage metal bands(and I agree about the new ones), but there are/were a lot of talented ones as well like Metallica. Saying they are like the "WWF" is insulting to what they have done musically.
nrostov OP
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Maril,

Yes that's true. The metal bands that I really liked when I was growing up were not of the hair band variety. Bands like Iron Maiden, and Rush from 1980-1982 really did interesting things within the context of the genre.

The Hair Band stuff was all garbage in my opinion.
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