![]() Unfortunately, it doesn’t get any better when listening via headphones. Perhaps the best way to explain it is the speakers don’t disappear and the sense of being in the studio with the band is gone as you’re not enveloped in sound. While the thrash elements come through loud and clear, and everything is where it should be in the mix, this vinyl reissue has a concealed sound that results in a more restricted soundstage lacking in depth and character. Such a stupid decision, but we all make mistakes! Hence, when I got back into collecting music, following an exodus that lasted too many years, I was determined to pick up a copy of all my beloved Metallica records and with my Project Debut Carbon turntable at the ready, I immediately picked up the Blackened Recordings 2014 vinyl reissues but was immediately disappointed. Unfortunately, I don’t own the CD anymore as it ended up being sold on eBay after ripping the album to the MP3 format. I used to even carry additional AA batteries with me as silence was more deafening than Metallica rearranging my brain. Just as vinyl fans talk about the playback ritual, I can assure you, dear reader, the memories I have of swapping Metallica CDs on the bus, on a train, or before leaving for the next destination are incredible as the CD would snap onto the spindle and spin with the authority that only Metallica could demand. Ride The Lightning has always been one of my favourite Metallica albums and in the 90s the 1996 reissue on Vertigo/Mercury - Cat: 838 140-2 CD went everywhere with me as I was fortunate enough to own a portable CD player. Released in 1984, Ride The Lightning would go on to sell over 5 million copies and become beloved amongst fans myself included! ![]() Find us on social media: | For current & accurate updates: or /mandymatney Support Our Mission: /support-the-show Support the Reporting: fitsnews.While Metallica Killed ‘Em All with their first album, they were determined to Ride The Lightning on the second a record that has not only stood the test of time but remains one of the greatest thrash metal albums ever recorded. Listen on any streaming service or visit to learn more. Follow along with Matney's reporting in real time from South Carolina as her exclusive sources guide listeners on a journey to expose the truth wherever it leads. Matney's podcast, ranked #1 globally in 2021, provides unmatched insight into the horrific deaths, botched investigations and newly-uncovered crimes that are all interconnected. The now-infamous Murdaugh family is surrounded by seven criminal investigations into fraud, obstruction of justice, the 2021 double homicides of Paul Murdaugh and his mother Maggie, the 2015 murder of young Stephen Smith, the suicide-for-hire plot of family patriarch Alex Murdaugh, and a vast insurance scheme that preyed on the region's most vulnerable citizens. ![]() Award-winning journalist Mandy Matney of has been investigating the Murdaugh family since that fateful night in 2019. For nearly 100 years, one family traded influence and held power in the South Carolina lowcountry until a fatal boat crash involving an allegedly intoxicated heir-apparent shed sunlight on a true crime saga like no-other.
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