I think Walmart and Target carrying vinyl is probably turning a lot of people onto records that didn’t realize they were still (or ever) a thing. Which, in the end, is good for all of us.
I appreciate you being truthful about Walmart's Vinyl , most record shops shame us for buying music at Wal-Mart saying it hurts them everytime we give money to the big stores. But a deal is a deal, thankyou .
Ok true story - this just freaking happened: I called up Walmart to hold one of the two copies until I could make my way through the snowstorm to get there. They said sure. I finally get there - roads are nearly un-drivable and yep, you guessed it...THEY CANT FIND IT! They spent a half hour looking for it. I looked immediately for the second copy when I first arrived but I did not see it - I assumed they set that one aside as well. After all that, I decided to look one more time in the albums..and there it was! It was hiding under Beetles Revolver album. That awesome vinyl green ...and justice for all...looks great surrounded by hills of snow.
I've had similar issues with walmart where site said only one left and called to hold it , nobody knew what I was talking about when I got there after an hour drive , luckily it was still on rack (gnr appetite hologrove vinyl btw)
I work at a Walmart and I work in Electronics and I stock the vinyls and when these came in I was excited I purchased a couple (RTL,MOP & AJFA) when we first put up the vinyls managers would look through them daily sometimes to see what we have. It’s pretty cool
Walmart is the only brick-and-mortar store or I can actually purchase vinyl in my area. Just bought a Walmart exclusive Santana's greatest hits and it sounded great came in on milky white vinyl.
Part of the reason why I buy vinyl these days is to support local business. Will not buy from big stores even if they have pretty colors. You did a great job with review. It looks like these big stores can't resist closing in on the record business. If it wasn't for this review, I would not have even known that vinyl is being pimped out at the big store.
These big stores also offer reasonable pricing. You can beat your chest all you want about supporting record stores , but most of them have outrageous prices, which, btw , take just as much of an advantage of your attitude and the vinyl craze as 'the big stores.' You think small shops don't like making money? They'd stay small if they started selling a million a year? Sure.
My closest shop is over two hours away. So I'm glad Walmart has them. I work in the pharmacy, so I walk past the vinyl section every day (on purpose, lol)
@@DaveAnchovies Dude, why would I wait a week or more to get an album I could pick up at work? You’re an idiot. I’ll buy albums Walmart doesn’t sell at a record store anyway: their selection isn’t that big, and most collectors already have those classic albums. Get over it. If a record store can’t compete with Walmart’s limited selection, then it’s a shitty record store.
I’d rather just go to the Walmart 15 minutes away in the town I live rather than drive an hour for an independent shop or wait multiple days to ship it too me. If the independent shop has the lower prices, then I will buy them, if they have higher prices, screw them, I’m going to Walmart.
i would only buy if they grew brains enough to return jason's bass for finally delivering a proper version of and justice for all,...thankfully and justice for jason exists via youtube
I'm starting to notice a pattern. A great deal of the inserts were yellow on black background. 72 seasons is the same, but finally a full record cover.
I got my ...and Justice for all at Wal-Mart.... Double LP.... green.. and I'm So Happy with it. AND COOL SIDE NOTE: On the etched dead wax..it says, "...AND VINYL FOR ALL.."
Just picked up Justice. Sounds great. You mentioned the dust sleeve upgrade. That may have been done by Furnace Record Pressing. I worked for them for a short time working on the Justice Box Set and pressed records for a few months. It was commonplace to have records sent to be resleeved. You will also notice Furnace is handling the download codes so makes sense.
If they can remaster the first 4 albums, there's no reason why they can't fix the brick walled disaster that Rick Rubin left us on Death Magnetic. The new iTunes version is said to be better, but they need to just go all in and finally remaster the physical copy versions as well.
It is my understanding that the only reason they remastered the first four were for the box set reissues they have done recently. I’m also assuming they will remaster the black album upon its release in box set form soon as well. Not sure if they have plans for box sets of Load/Reload because they haven’t released any info on it yet, but if they do, I’m sure those will get remastered as well. Also, remember that it’s a completely different mastering process for digital format and vinyl. Just wanted to be clear and that may be why you are hearing some differences on digital platforms.
How did Metallica / Rick Rubin listen to that loudness war clipped garbage and think it was good? For the millions they probably paid him he sure fucked it up.
I think they increased the limit on the edition :^) I am not really a fan of Metallica but I got Ride the Lightning and Master of Pupets because I remember them from my adolecense especially MOP which I first heard on a walkman in the back seat of mom's rental car driving through Queens, NY. They sound great.
Funny story about these is that I went to Walmart to simply get out of the house the day these were released. I had forgotten they'd be in stores on that day, but luckily I was able to get the last (or only) Kill 'Em All record.
Nothing wrong with buying vinyl from wal mart and target. I have bought the majority of my records from mom and pop shops, but I want these records because they look dope. Fuck all these vinyl elitists, buy what you want and listen to what you want
I'm not a vinyl guy but my local Walmart recently started selling vinyl and it's the first I'd ever heard about them selling vinyl at all so this piqued my curiosity. I really like your style of video and your approach. Very natural and welcoming. Definitely got a new fan!
I didn’t even know these existed until I came across your video. I went out the next day and found 5 in one store and the other in another. Must have gotten lucky because I have not seen any others. I enjoy your channel. Thanks for your work!
Well today was my lucky day! I have called endless Walmarts near me trying to find the earlier albums. Today I walk in and there were 4 (Kill, Ride, Puppets and Justice) just sitting there. I couldn’t believe it. They weren’t there a couple days ago thats for sure. Puppets is going for almost 100 friggin bucks now on EBay.
Hey man. Thank you for this. I stumbled upon this video months ago. I 100% blame you for me running out and buying all these and starting down the vinyl community adventure! Thank you! 🤘🏻
The Metallica Walmart exclusives are great quality and sound amazing!!! I do have issues with other Walmart exclusives like Ozzy Diary of a Madman & Dio Holy Diver 2LP remix version. They sound ok but the quality is shit. Also I have the Walmart Kiss Destroyer resurrected which has the same issues. None of them play flat. But all my Walmart Metallica records play flat. Now the second batch isn’t as good. They do seem a bit cheaper. Walmart just distributes these exclusives they are manufactured by the same companies that do the other versions. So I really can’t blame Walmart for the lack of quality for any of these titles.
I don't see anything wrong with the new records I absolutely love them I feel like a teenager buying the first six CDs for the first time the are great to look at and sound just like anything original.....worth it if you collect or are a fan I already own ride the lightning, the black album, and justice, and reload.....not only do I have Walmart exclusives I also have a see thru smoke grey and black war if ages lp to each there own I say....
I live in a small town and we have 3 Walmart stores. Right now all of these Metallica albums are in stock and plenty of copies. I like Metallica but am not a die-hard fan and most of their stuff I have already on CD so I don't need it again. However, I did grab the green AJFA over the weekend. Love that album, I remembering buying it on cassette back in the day when it was first released. We drove from Tennessee to Michigan to visit family and I played it on my walk-man the whole trip. I also remember bringing it on a church trip and all of us guys listened to it on a weekend retreat, everyone loved it. So i decided to pick it up on green vinyl, actually not a bad price for $28 bucks. if I was a huge fan I definitely would've picked up every single album but I see no reason to own something I already have on CD.
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I was lucky and my birthday was like a week before these came out in stores, so my mom preordered them as a gift. I went in the actual Walmart randomly like 2 days before they were set to release, and they had 19 of the colored vinyl. A lot of black and kill. Couple justice, couple ride, one master. They didn’t have any hardwired tho
Amazon, Walmart, any big box selling Records is a win and good thing for the hobby, Anyone who sticks to the hobby will eventually find their way into local record shops looking for what big box doesn't offer.
I need to find these albums! Kill ‘Em All - Four Horsemen Ride The Lightning - Trapped Under Ice Master of Puppets - Battery ...And Justice For All - Eye of the Beholder Black Album - Through The Never (30 years. Jeeze, I bought this freshman year of college) Hardwired... to Self-Destruct - Spit Out The Bone
Just found this vid and it reminded me I wanted Justice on green vinyl. Went out and grabbed it from local walmart and letting my neighbors hear it at about a 1000 watts right now. \m/
I figured that would be the case. I am totally okay with that because I only ever bought "Master Of Puppets" from the Blackened reissues. I have the Warner reissues from around 2008 or so, but those are before the remasters. Stoked.
New to your channel, but glad I found you. Here in the UK, we don't have Walmart's, so can't obtain theses issues, as a bid Metallica fan would love to add these to my collection, I have subscribed!!
Awesome video detailing the quality of the pressings! But as of now the three that I really wanted are no longer available. I snoozed, I lost! So I'm throwing my hat in for the codes. My faves are: No Remorse For Whom The Bell Tolls Disposable Heroes Dyers Eve My Friend Of Misery and Spit Out The Bone Win or lose, thanks for the informative vid!
They still have some in the stores. I had to go to a couple to find them though. Fyi Brickseek is off.the store i went to that Brickseek said had them, they didn't, and stores that it said had no inventory, had them.
@@lossratioband Thanks for the tips! Sadly I'm pretty much housebound at the moment so I'll just hope for reasonable prices on discogs. No worries! Thanks again!
@@BillyHurst Question : Does anybody have any information about the Black Album 30th anniversary special edition with the extra live albums and goodies as the rest of the albums before it?
My wife got me Ride the lightening, master & justice as gifts for Valentine’s Day. Couldn’t be happier with these colored variants of my favorite Metallica records.
The people who complain about others buying vinyl at Walmart are the same ones who complained about people buying records at Kmart, Sears and Montgomery Ward back in the day.
Great video! Thanks for posting! Favorite songs: Four Horsemen, Fade to Black, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Eye of the Beholder, Of Wolf and Man, Now that We're Dead
Imagine someone starting to collect vinyl because of the Limited Edition LP's and then going to record stores, people don't see the benefit for the hobby in general
I still have all my vinyl from the 70s/80s. From the mid-80s I was buying at least one piece of vinyl a week, 90% of which I bought from a local independent shop.
The main thing you hit on, and the one thing that I totally agree with is there might be people who can't cruise into a local record shop and grab stuff. So Walmart/Target etc is the only place they can get the records. Also, once people realize it isn't Walmart pressing the records and it is the labels, the quality issues fall on them, not Walmart/Target etc.
Thanks for making this video. I placed an order about a week ago on eBay for the set of six. Patiently waiting for them to arrive here in the UK. Just like you, i am a fanatical collector of Metallica and more. Just subscribed.
Kill em All: The Four Horsemen Ride the Lighting: Creeping Death Master of Puppets: Master of Puppets ... And Justice for All: One The Black Album: Nothing else Matters Hardwired to Selfdestruct: Spit out the Bone
Awesome video showing these albums! I actually got these in the mail today. They are indeed Blackened pressings from Metallica. If you look in the dead wax you will see “Made on the Metalipress”. Kill em all also says “Vinyl Up Your Ass” 🤣. I’ve listened to the first 2 and they sound great to me. Wish I lived near your store, I’d be there weekly! Great stuff Billy!
These were definitely pressed by Metallica. If you look at the etch information they have the telltale “made on the metallipress” etching. Each I e has an Easter egg etched into it also, for example kill em all says : vinyl up your ass!
I preordered the box set. I was originally only going to buy Master of Puppets, ...And Justice for All and either the Black album or Hardwired To self Destruct. I’m so glad I bought the box set. Mine came on the 4th and they all sound great!
The right 6 Albums for this. Man i am jealous. I want these super cool pressings. But here in Germany, no Chance to get it.thats sad but true😉you did a fine Video. Thx a lot. My fave Songs. 1. The Four Horsemen 2. Creeping Death 3. Disposable Heroes 4.And Justice For All 5. The God That Failed 6.Spit Out The Bone
Thanks for tuning in. It sucks you guys can’t get your hands on these, especially considering that they were pressed in your country. Best of luck in the drawing!
BILLY, WHATEVER YOU DID, IT'S FIXED! YOU ARE COMING ACROSS LOUD AND CLEAR! WAY TO GO! YOU'RE REALLY SHOWING SOME REAL INTEGRITY BY COMPLIMENTING THE WALMART EXCLUSIVES. I PERSONALLY EVEN LIKE THE LABELS ON THOSE METALLICA RECORDS. AND MAN, YOUR STORE SURE LOOKS LIKE A PARADISE FOR ALL OF US COLLECTORS. AND NOW YOUR VIDEOS SOUND AS GOOD AS DILLON'S OVER AT NOBLE RECORDS. GLAD TO HELP OUT. YOU LOOK LIKE A PROUD OWNER.
Thanks for the heads up on the sound issues. I spoke with Dillon and asked what he did to correct his problem and it worked like a charm. Thank you for the kind words on the shop. Have a great night!
I'm one of those people that lives somewhere that there's no local mom and pop shop, I really really really wish there were but the nearest one for me would be an hour and a half drive each way like 74 miles each direction. So I pretty much have to depend on Walmart for many things because that's all their is, or I order online when I don't get price gouged or shipping doesn't cost a freaking fortune! When you live in rural appalachia where it used to be tiny coal boom towns and most of the population is very poor you take what you can get. There's zero difference in the Walmart vinyl and what comes from mom n pops except you can't find vintage or used vinyl at walmart. THeir records aren't pressed in China by kids in a sweat shop, they're pressed the same places all stores get them Walmart just has the money to broker deals to get X amount in certain colors and therefore call them exclusives.
It’s not a new remaster. I’m assuming that will come with the new box set that is hopefully coming later this year. Only the first four albums are the newer remasters.
@@alexanderlee896 Chris Bellman's initials are in the deadwax of the 2014 Blackened pressings as well. What I was saying is this is not any different. We are only speaking of the black album here, just so we are clear.
Not really. Our Wal Mart keeps tons of all these in stock. Here no one buys them. One day Wal Mart put 30% off stickers on Ride and Kill....yes they were colored. I saw 6 copies of And justice.they are just too expensive at regular price. Seriously? 22.97 for a record?? 👎
@@godwillguideme.3773 I can see the Ebay price gouging already. These are cool but I have all their vinyl on the old box set with the first 8 albums plus a Garage Inc and the Creeping Death Single with the printed vinyl.
I've had many problems with walmart limited edition vinyl. Bubbles in the vinyl, and super warped. I hope that others have had better experiences than I have had.
wow a loaded question. ok here we go from kill em all- Whiplash from ride the lightning- for whom the bell tolls from master of puppets- disposable heroes from And justice- harvester of sorrow from metallica- Enter sandman from hard wired to self destruct- spit out the bone those would be my six favorites. great video my friend. hope the record store is going strong brother. and keep on putting out great content. your canadian friend mike m
I have 4 3 I got from the local Walmart 1 I bought online through Walmart what pisses me off is people are re selling these records through eBay for double if not triple the price what Walmart sells for I am missing kill em all and puppets how dumb do you have to be to re sell I hope these people face lawsuits
I bought a few colored vinyl records from walmart, they sound great, but my Ozzy osbourne Diary of a mad man, was warp. I called my friend who works in the electronic department and told me to bring it over for another copy. The other copy was straight and the sound was great. I wonder if the warp came from the pressing or if the vinyl records were stored in a hot warehouse or truck.
Thanks Melinda. I’m still a collector at heart, but I have to look at it from a business ownership perspective as well. In the end, more vinyl in more places is good for the industry as a whole. I’m. It sure if they will restock it. This has to be the best selling vinyl they have ever had.
Great to see you, Billy. I grabbed the last round of these reissues because of the Chris Bellman laquer cuts. I think they sound great. I don't feel compelled to grab these since I think they used those same plates. They are beautiful looking, though. I think other than the color variants, they are exactly the same. Even the download cards. Thanks for shedding some light on these. Wal Mart does not equal bad. Take care. TB
Being an old school Metallica fan, the whole "walmart exclusive Metallica vinal" is a joke. This is the exact thing the guys in Metallica would have made fun of back in the day. Your band would have been called a sell out
"Sellout... I'm not crazy about the word. We're all entrepreneurs. To me, I don't care if you own a furniture store or whatever - the best sign you can put up is SOLD OUT." - Bill Withers
@@joellindelof how about hypocritical. The only reason I mention the word "sell out" is because in the early days Metallica would roast any band that had "exclusive walmart color vinyl ". Me personally ? I agree that when you set out to do something you try to take to the highest level you can. Put it this way. If the Metallica of 30 years ago would have seen the Metallica of today they would trash talk them mercilessly
As store owner said, yes it's a bummer he can't sell this stuff. Same time, there are people in this "vinyl community" whom are snobby towards selling in anywhere other than a record store. That said ,I prefer the experience of being in a record shop flipping through racks of L.P's, which is what I grew up calling these discs.
I agree...to an extent. How much would you expect a person to shell out for a nice condition original?? I’d venture to say that it will be a LOT more than $23, and the fact is that some collectors cannot or will not ever spend that much on any record. Why discourage anyone from experiencing great music, especially when it’s affordable and accessible? Just curious.
@@BillyHurst As a seller myself ( in Australia ), 90% of my stock is quality old stock, My average price per album is $10. though I frequently sell sought-after items for as much as $60 to 70. I find it amazing how much keen teenagers are willing to spend on what I enjoyed when I was their age.
I bought the Warner Bros. press copies of the first four albums that were released back in late 2000’s, around when Death Magnetic was about to release and they sound bad-ass! Good find on the colored vinyl l, good sir 🫡 🤘🏻
1. Kill ‘Em All : Seek & Destroy 2. Ride The Lightning: Fade To Black 3. Master Of Puppets: Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 4. ...And Justice For All!: One 5. The Black Album: The Unforgiven 6. Hardwired... To Self-Destruct: Halo On Fire
I think it would'vd been cool if Metallica's people found and sold these directly to the small record stores. They have the time, they have the resources. Fuck Walmart
I have the Metallica Black album that Chris Bellman remastered several years ago, which I imagine was used for this limited colored pressing. It is one of the best sounding records I own! - Russ
Why won't the band remix Jason back in so you can hear it? Very selfish of them because it's no secret everyone wants to hear it. If they love their fans they should
Irony: Metallica sues Napster for free downloads. Metallica sells out to Walmart, reissues a few albums with downloads included. Guy on TH-cam gives away downloads for free.
Also a little different to PAY for an album that you could digitize yourself anyway and get a “free” download with it. Lots of bands doing this, tons of vinyl releases with download cards. You are still financially supporting the band, they just reward you by cutting out the hassle of using your usb turntable
I think Walmart and Target carrying vinyl is probably turning a lot of people onto records that didn’t realize they were still (or ever) a thing. Which, in the end, is good for all of us.
Thank you! You hit it on the head.
walmart is where i got my very first record, And Justice For All. got a couple at FYE as well!
Last year was the first year in a long time vinyl out sold CD. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 long live records
Or 2019 was I think. I forget its 2021. Sorry
Until they discover disogs and create scarcity
I appreciate you being truthful about Walmart's Vinyl , most record shops shame us for buying music at Wal-Mart saying it hurts them everytime we give money to the big stores. But a deal is a deal, thankyou .
I would never Shane anyone for buying vinyl anywhere, or what they play their vinyl on for that matter.
They should've put Garage Days Re-Revisited instead of Hardwired
It was just done in 2018.
Yep, I got it, it was orange, I think.
Ok true story - this just freaking happened: I called up Walmart to hold one of the two copies until I could make my way through the snowstorm to get there. They said sure. I finally get there - roads are nearly un-drivable and yep, you guessed it...THEY CANT FIND IT! They spent a half hour looking for it. I looked immediately for the second copy when I first arrived but I did not see it - I assumed they set that one aside as well. After all that, I decided to look one more time in the albums..and there it was! It was hiding under Beetles Revolver album. That awesome vinyl green ...and justice for all...looks great surrounded by hills of snow.
So glad you were at least able to get the one copy of that sweet beautiful green vinyl of And Justice For All.
Revolver and justice: two of my favorite albums, period
I've had similar issues with walmart where site said only one left and called to hold it , nobody knew what I was talking about when I got there after an hour drive , luckily it was still on rack (gnr appetite hologrove vinyl btw)
town i live in the only two places you can get any vinyl is wal mart and target. so your point is definitely true.
These are all done at the Metallica pressing plant. Walmart definitely was only for distribution.
Totally agree that it’s not a bad thing. If there was a Walmart near me I would probably stroll in and add some of these to the collection
I work at a Walmart and I work in Electronics and I stock the vinyls and when these came in I was excited I purchased a couple (RTL,MOP & AJFA) when we first put up the vinyls managers would look through them daily sometimes to see what we have. It’s pretty cool
So they did Hardwired, but they didn't do a white vinyl for Death Magnetic? That's such a great album!
Neither were good in my opinion. I just miss old metallica 😞
As a kid we bought our records from department stores. I don't see a problem with doing the same now.
Agree. Sears and Montgomery Ward had big record sections. So did K Mart and Venture.
Walmart is the only brick-and-mortar store or I can actually purchase vinyl in my area. Just bought a Walmart exclusive Santana's greatest hits and it sounded great came in on milky white vinyl.
Gotta love the jizz color variant
I have that album. It sounds good
Part of the reason why I buy vinyl these days is to support local business. Will not buy from big stores even if they have pretty colors. You did a great job with review. It looks like these big stores can't resist closing in on the record business. If it wasn't for this review, I would not have even known that vinyl is being pimped out at the big store.
These big stores also offer reasonable pricing. You can beat your chest all you want about supporting record stores , but most of them have outrageous prices, which, btw , take just as much of an advantage of your attitude and the vinyl craze as 'the big stores.' You think small shops don't like making money? They'd stay small if they started selling a million a year? Sure.
They were pressed by Blankened Records. It said on their website that they pressed them for sale at Walmart.
My closest shop is over two hours away. So I'm glad Walmart has them. I work in the pharmacy, so I walk past the vinyl section every day (on purpose, lol)
Yes!! 🤘🏼🔥
most small shops will do mailorder...stop justifying buying records at WalMart. do you get a discount??? Metal Church owns them, anyway.
@@DaveAnchovies Dude, why would I wait a week or more to get an album I could pick up at work? You’re an idiot. I’ll buy albums Walmart doesn’t sell at a record store anyway: their selection isn’t that big, and most collectors already have those classic albums. Get over it. If a record store can’t compete with Walmart’s limited selection, then it’s a shitty record store.
@@73685 the guy has been very silent since you answered lol
I’d rather just go to the Walmart 15 minutes away in the town I live rather than drive an hour for an independent shop or wait multiple days to ship it too me. If the independent shop has the lower prices, then I will buy them, if they have higher prices, screw them, I’m going to Walmart.
i would only buy if they grew brains enough to return jason's bass for finally delivering a proper version of and justice for all,...thankfully and justice for jason exists via youtube
I'm starting to notice a pattern. A great deal of the inserts were yellow on black background. 72 seasons is the same, but finally a full record cover.
I got my ...and Justice for all at Wal-Mart....
Double LP.... green.. and I'm So Happy with it.
AND COOL SIDE NOTE:
On the etched dead wax..it says,
"...AND VINYL FOR ALL.."
Just picked up Justice. Sounds great. You mentioned the dust sleeve upgrade. That may have been done by Furnace Record Pressing. I worked for them for a short time working on the Justice Box Set and pressed records for a few months. It was commonplace to have records sent to be resleeved. You will also notice Furnace is handling the download codes so makes sense.
Thanks for the info and for tuning in.
If they can remaster the first 4 albums, there's no reason why they can't fix the brick walled disaster that Rick Rubin left us on Death Magnetic. The new iTunes version is said to be better, but they need to just go all in and finally remaster the physical copy versions as well.
It is my understanding that the only reason they remastered the first four were for the box set reissues they have done recently. I’m also assuming they will remaster the black album upon its release in box set form soon as well. Not sure if they have plans for box sets of Load/Reload because they haven’t released any info on it yet, but if they do, I’m sure those will get remastered as well. Also, remember that it’s a completely different mastering process for digital format and vinyl. Just wanted to be clear and that may be why you are hearing some differences on digital platforms.
How did Metallica / Rick Rubin listen to that loudness war clipped garbage and think it was good? For the millions they probably paid him he sure fucked it up.
It’s sad because Death Magnetic is a great album
Always nice to see somebody know how to handle LP’s properly. Thanks for the review.
I think they increased the limit on the edition :^) I am not really a fan of Metallica but I got Ride the Lightning and Master of Pupets because I remember them from my adolecense especially MOP which I first heard on a walkman in the back seat of mom's rental car driving through Queens, NY. They sound great.
Funny story about these is that I went to Walmart to simply get out of the house the day these were released. I had forgotten they'd be in stores on that day, but luckily I was able to get the last (or only) Kill 'Em All record.
Nothing wrong with buying vinyl from wal mart and target. I have bought the majority of my records from mom and pop shops, but I want these records because they look dope. Fuck all these vinyl elitists, buy what you want and listen to what you want
I'm not a vinyl guy but my local Walmart recently started selling vinyl and it's the first I'd ever heard about them selling vinyl at all so this piqued my curiosity.
I really like your style of video and your approach. Very natural and welcoming.
Definitely got a new fan!
Pressed by Pallas USA, who did the Black and the vinyl LP special box edition from a few years ago. So same quality. Same mastering.
I didn’t even know these existed until I came across your video. I went out the next day and found 5 in one store and the other in another. Must have gotten lucky because I have not seen any others.
I enjoy your channel. Thanks for your work!
Well today was my lucky day! I have called endless Walmarts near me trying to find the earlier albums. Today I walk in and there were 4 (Kill, Ride, Puppets and Justice) just sitting there. I couldn’t believe it. They weren’t there a couple days ago thats for sure. Puppets is going for almost 100 friggin bucks now on EBay.
That’s awesome!! Way to go.
Hey man. Thank you for this. I stumbled upon this video months ago. I 100% blame you for me running out and buying all these and starting down the vinyl community adventure! Thank you! 🤘🏻
Brother, that’s awesome, and welcome to the vinyl community!!
Thank you! I wish I had some closer record stores. If I’m ever over in Illinois I’ll stop by! (From Ohio)
Hey!! Ponds mom and I are in the area! We’re coming in to check out the store!!! 🤘🏻
The Metallica Walmart exclusives are great quality and sound amazing!!! I do have issues with other Walmart exclusives like Ozzy Diary of a Madman & Dio Holy Diver 2LP remix version. They sound ok but the quality is shit. Also I have the Walmart Kiss Destroyer resurrected which has the same issues. None of them play flat. But all my Walmart Metallica records play flat. Now the second batch isn’t as good. They do seem a bit cheaper. Walmart just distributes these exclusives they are manufactured by the same companies that do the other versions. So I really can’t blame Walmart for the lack of quality for any of these titles.
Exxxxactly. Thanks for tuning in and for the comment.
Thanks for giving us a peak at the records, and providing some good insight.
Frank
Thanks for tuning in and for the comment, Frank. Be well my friend! Billy-
I don't see anything wrong with the new records I absolutely love them I feel like a teenager buying the first six CDs for the first time the are great to look at and sound just like anything original.....worth it if you collect or are a fan I already own ride the lightning, the black album, and justice, and reload.....not only do I have Walmart exclusives I also have a see thru smoke grey and black war if ages lp to each there own I say....
I live in a small town and we have 3 Walmart stores. Right now all of these Metallica albums are in stock and plenty of copies. I like Metallica but am not a die-hard fan and most of their stuff I have already on CD so I don't need it again. However, I did grab the green AJFA over the weekend. Love that album, I remembering buying it on cassette back in the day when it was first released. We drove from Tennessee to Michigan to visit family and I played it on my walk-man the whole trip. I also remember bringing it on a church trip and all of us guys listened to it on a weekend retreat, everyone loved it. So i decided to pick it up on green vinyl, actually not a bad price for $28 bucks. if I was a huge fan I definitely would've picked up every single album but I see no reason to own something I already have on CD.
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I absolutely adore that lime green record! Its BEAUTIFUL!
Yeah on the vinyls near the center it says “Made on the Metallipress”
Mine sound GREAT! I didn't need them but I thought the color vinyl would be cool to add to my collection.
I was lucky and my birthday was like a week before these came out in stores, so my mom preordered them as a gift. I went in the actual Walmart randomly like 2 days before they were set to release, and they had 19 of the colored vinyl. A lot of black and kill. Couple justice, couple ride, one master. They didn’t have any hardwired tho
I'm glad Walmart is selling good quality vinyl. Music to my ears.
I work at Walmart, we still had 6 copies of the black album and a few AJFA copies.
Those seem to be the ones people are not having too much trouble finding from what I’m hearing.
I’m looking for the kill em all vinyl got the rest
Amazon, Walmart, any big box selling Records is a win and good thing for the hobby, Anyone who sticks to the hobby will eventually find their way into local record shops looking for what big box doesn't offer.
You can say that again! Thanks for tuning in, and thanks for commenting.
My favorite Metallica song is Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go off of their 2016 album Rebel Yell
😂
Same, so good !
I need to find these albums!
Kill ‘Em All - Four Horsemen
Ride The Lightning - Trapped Under Ice
Master of Puppets - Battery
...And Justice For All - Eye of the Beholder
Black Album - Through The Never (30 years. Jeeze, I bought this freshman year of college)
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct - Spit Out The Bone
Seek and Destroy, Fade to Black, Master of Puppets, Shortest Straw, Nothing Else Matters, Moth into Flame
I wish they would have done the "Reload" album in that orange. It would have fit so well
These Metallica releases are actually high quality Bernie Grundman pressings
Just found this vid and it reminded me I wanted Justice on green vinyl. Went out and grabbed it from local walmart and letting my neighbors hear it at about a 1000 watts right now. \m/
Yes!! 🤘🏼🔥
Just A/B them with the Blackened versions, they’re the same thing sonically, which isn’t a bad thing.
Exactly. Thank you.
I figured that would be the case. I am totally okay with that because I only ever bought "Master Of Puppets" from the Blackened reissues. I have the Warner reissues from around 2008 or so, but those are before the remasters. Stoked.
New to your channel, but glad I found you. Here in the UK, we don't have Walmart's, so can't obtain theses issues, as a bid Metallica fan would love to add these to my collection, I have subscribed!!
order them off their website
Good to hear that they sound great.
They really do. I was seriously impressed.
METALLICA sounds great, but Wal*Mart aren't goid for METAL listeners!!
Awesome video detailing the quality of the pressings! But as of now the three that I really wanted are no longer available. I snoozed, I lost! So I'm throwing my hat in for the codes.
My faves are:
No Remorse
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Disposable Heroes
Dyers Eve
My Friend Of Misery
and
Spit Out The Bone
Win or lose, thanks for the informative vid!
Thanks for tuning in and sorry to hear you missed out on the ones you were looking for. Best of luck!!
They still have some in the stores. I had to go to a couple to find them though. Fyi Brickseek is off.the store i went to that Brickseek said had them, they didn't, and stores that it said had no inventory, had them.
@@lossratioband Thanks for the tips! Sadly I'm pretty much housebound at the moment so I'll just hope for reasonable prices on discogs. No worries! Thanks again!
Super cool looking pressings!
Indeed they are.
@@BillyHurst
Question :
Does anybody have any information about the Black Album 30th anniversary special edition with the extra live albums and goodies as the rest of the albums before it?
My wife got me Ride the lightening, master & justice as gifts for Valentine’s Day.
Couldn’t be happier with these colored variants of my favorite Metallica records.
The people who complain about others buying vinyl at Walmart are the same ones who complained about people buying records at Kmart, Sears and Montgomery Ward back in the day.
Exactly
Great video! Thanks for posting! Favorite songs: Four Horsemen, Fade to Black, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Eye of the Beholder, Of Wolf and Man, Now that We're Dead
I thought Metallica pressed their own vinyl. They bought a factory in Germany or something like that.
They did press all of these. They have etchings on the dead wax area.
I preordered and received today all six. Glad to hear that you approve of the Sonics and pressing. Won’t need download codes. Keep up the good work!
Thank you. So glad you were able to secure a set for yourself. Enjoy!!
Imagine someone starting to collect vinyl because of the Limited Edition LP's and then going to record stores, people don't see the benefit for the hobby in general
I still have all my vinyl from the 70s/80s. From the mid-80s I was buying at least one piece of vinyl a week, 90% of which I bought from a local independent shop.
That is my point exactly. Thank you for driving it home. Some people just will never understand.
The main thing you hit on, and the one thing that I totally agree with is there might be people who can't cruise into a local record shop and grab stuff. So Walmart/Target etc is the only place they can get the records. Also, once people realize it isn't Walmart pressing the records and it is the labels, the quality issues fall on them, not Walmart/Target etc.
I live on a farm in Oklahoma. Walmart is 30 minutes away. A cool guy record store is an hour and a half away. I dig this move by Metallica.
Thanks for making this video. I placed an order about a week ago on eBay for the set of six. Patiently waiting for them to arrive here in the UK. Just like you, i am a fanatical collector of Metallica and more. Just subscribed.
Kill em All: The Four Horsemen
Ride the Lighting: Creeping Death
Master of Puppets: Master of Puppets
... And Justice for All: One
The Black Album: Nothing else Matters
Hardwired to Selfdestruct: Spit out the Bone
Awesome video showing these albums! I actually got these in the mail today. They are indeed Blackened pressings from Metallica. If you look in the dead wax you will see “Made on the Metalipress”. Kill em all also says “Vinyl Up Your Ass” 🤣. I’ve listened to the first 2 and they sound great to me. Wish I lived near your store, I’d be there weekly! Great stuff Billy!
Thanks for the kind words. These things are amazing and so glad I was able to grab them. Take care, Billy-
These were definitely pressed by Metallica. If you look at the etch information they have the telltale “made on the metallipress” etching. Each I e has an Easter egg etched into it also, for example kill em all says : vinyl up your ass!
i love how hes unboxing metallica vinyls with a megadeth poster in the background 😭😭 (not hating)
Four Horsemen, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Disposable Heroes, Blackened, My Friend of Misery, Moth Into Flame.
Thanks for stopping in and best of luck!!
@@BillyHurst - If your shop was a bit closer, I would buy some stuff from you.
I preordered the box set. I was originally only going to buy Master of Puppets, ...And Justice for All and either the Black album or Hardwired To self Destruct. I’m so glad I bought the box set. Mine came on the 4th and they all sound great!
The right 6 Albums for this. Man i am jealous. I want these super cool pressings. But here in Germany, no Chance to get it.thats sad but true😉you did a fine Video. Thx a lot. My fave Songs. 1. The Four Horsemen 2. Creeping Death 3. Disposable Heroes 4.And Justice For All 5. The God That Failed 6.Spit Out The Bone
Thanks for tuning in. It sucks you guys can’t get your hands on these, especially considering that they were pressed in your country. Best of luck in the drawing!
@@BillyHurst they were pressed in Germany?
@@lossratioband no not in germany
BILLY,
WHATEVER YOU DID, IT'S FIXED!
YOU ARE COMING ACROSS LOUD AND CLEAR!
WAY TO GO!
YOU'RE REALLY SHOWING SOME REAL INTEGRITY BY COMPLIMENTING THE WALMART EXCLUSIVES. I PERSONALLY EVEN LIKE THE LABELS ON THOSE METALLICA RECORDS. AND MAN, YOUR STORE SURE LOOKS LIKE A PARADISE FOR ALL OF US COLLECTORS. AND NOW YOUR VIDEOS SOUND AS GOOD AS DILLON'S OVER AT NOBLE RECORDS. GLAD TO HELP OUT.
YOU LOOK LIKE A PROUD OWNER.
Thanks for the heads up on the sound issues. I spoke with Dillon and asked what he did to correct his problem and it worked like a charm. Thank you for the kind words on the shop. Have a great night!
totally missed the chance to call it "call of ktublue"
Thx for making this video! I went from wanting all of them - to getting none. Yes, bummed now that I didn’t as they are selling out.
Thanks for tuning in. I sure hope you can get your hands on them.
Wondering if the Kill em All sounds as good as the remastered??
it is remastered...
I bought an original issue of Kill Em All for way too much - but it’s my Mona Lisa and a great story for anyone that comes into the studio.
I'm glad I got three of these, I got the black album, master of puppets, and ride the lightning
No matter how high quality the vinyl is, the snare on St. Anger will still sound like a trashcan. 😂
I'm one of those people that lives somewhere that there's no local mom and pop shop, I really really really wish there were but the nearest one for me would be an hour and a half drive each way like 74 miles each direction. So I pretty much have to depend on Walmart for many things because that's all their is, or I order online when I don't get price gouged or shipping doesn't cost a freaking fortune! When you live in rural appalachia where it used to be tiny coal boom towns and most of the population is very poor you take what you can get. There's zero difference in the Walmart vinyl and what comes from mom n pops except you can't find vintage or used vinyl at walmart. THeir records aren't pressed in China by kids in a sweat shop, they're pressed the same places all stores get them Walmart just has the money to broker deals to get X amount in certain colors and therefore call them exclusives.
i’ve heard that this version of The Black Album isn’t a remaster, is it true?
It’s not a new remaster. I’m assuming that will come with the new box set that is hopefully coming later this year. Only the first four albums are the newer remasters.
@@BillyHurst I don’t believe you are correct. Chris Bellman’s initials are in the deadwax. They are new presses.
@@alexanderlee896 Chris Bellman's initials are in the deadwax of the 2014 Blackened pressings as well. What I was saying is this is not any different. We are only speaking of the black album here, just so we are clear.
@@BillyHurst oh, gotcha. Thanks!
Will say Walmart has some cool colored vinyls of bands that usually would be crazy high anywhere else got a gun and roses splattered one and love it
Some of these are real hard to find
Yes indeed they are.
Not really. Our Wal Mart keeps tons of all these in stock. Here no one buys them. One day Wal Mart put 30% off stickers on Ride and Kill....yes they were colored. I saw 6 copies of And justice.they are just too expensive at regular price. Seriously? 22.97 for a record?? 👎
@@godwillguideme.3773 30% off after a little more than a week ??? Where do you live
@@godwillguideme.3773 I can see the Ebay price gouging already. These are cool but I have all their vinyl on the old box set with the first 8 albums plus a Garage Inc and the Creeping Death Single with the printed vinyl.
I've had many problems with walmart limited edition vinyl. Bubbles in the vinyl, and super warped. I hope that others have had better experiences than I have had.
Man, that stinks.
The Walmart versions are just color variants, not “Walmart” pressings. Anyone calling them trash has zero ears.
I can’t tell you how many times I have told people Walmart & target do not press vinyl records!
wow a loaded question. ok here we go
from kill em all- Whiplash
from ride the lightning- for whom the bell tolls
from master of puppets- disposable heroes
from And justice- harvester of sorrow
from metallica- Enter sandman
from hard wired to self destruct- spit out the bone
those would be my six favorites. great video my friend. hope the record store is going strong brother. and keep on putting out great content.
your canadian friend
mike m
I have 4 3 I got from the local Walmart 1 I bought online through Walmart what pisses me off is people are re selling these records through eBay for double if not triple the price what Walmart sells for I am missing kill em all and puppets how dumb do you have to be to re sell I hope these people face lawsuits
Agreed. This shit needs to be stopped somehow, and not just with Metallica albums.
I bought a few colored vinyl records from walmart, they sound great, but my Ozzy osbourne Diary of a mad man, was warp. I called my friend who works in the electronic department and told me to bring it over for another copy. The other copy was straight and the sound was great. I wonder if the warp came from the pressing or if the vinyl records were stored in a hot warehouse or truck.
Glad you were able to get a nice, flat copy for your collection. Thanks for tuning in.
Oh no! I totally missed out on this. Will they restock any of it? It's beautiful and I love that you still see things from a collectors point of view.
Thanks Melinda. I’m still a collector at heart, but I have to look at it from a business ownership perspective as well. In the end, more vinyl in more places is good for the industry as a whole. I’m. It sure if they will restock it. This has to be the best selling vinyl they have ever had.
They should have some at your local wal mart. Be aware it would most likely just be the black album and AFJFA since it’s their most popular.
I think its a good thing... Sure.. The quality may not always be the best.. But it gets more people into vinyl!
No St. Anger?!? Best metal album ever brahbrah! Maybe we will get a secret Home Depot Exclusive Release in Pretty Pink Splatter. 🥰🤞🙅♂️💩
LOL
Or Lulu 😂😂
Great to see you, Billy. I grabbed the last round of these reissues because of the Chris Bellman laquer cuts. I think they sound great. I don't feel compelled to grab these since I think they used those same plates. They are beautiful looking, though. I think other than the color variants, they are exactly the same. Even the download cards.
Thanks for shedding some light on these. Wal Mart does not equal bad.
Take care.
TB
Hey Tommy! Yes, the same cuts, but they are colored and limited edition LOL Can you tell I have a sickness?? Ha!
@@BillyHurst Oh, don't get me wrong. I absolutely understand the need to have these. One look through my collection reveals my own sickness, too!
TB
Being an old school Metallica fan, the whole "walmart exclusive Metallica vinal" is a joke. This is the exact thing the guys in Metallica would have made fun of back in the day. Your band would have been called a sell out
"Sellout... I'm not crazy about the word. We're all entrepreneurs. To me, I don't care if you own a furniture store or whatever - the best sign you can put up is SOLD OUT." - Bill Withers
@@joellindelof how about hypocritical. The only reason I mention the word "sell out" is because in the early days Metallica would roast any band that had "exclusive walmart color vinyl ". Me personally ? I agree that when you set out to do something you try to take to the highest level you can. Put it this way. If the Metallica of 30 years ago would have seen the Metallica of today they would trash talk them mercilessly
I agree. They would have liked Napster too.
@@brpadington considering that half of their very early success was attributed to passing of bootleg tapes of theirs.
@@drop830 Sad that they forgot who they were so quickly.
As store owner said, yes it's a bummer he can't sell this stuff. Same time, there are people in this "vinyl community" whom are snobby towards selling in anywhere other than a record store. That said ,I prefer the experience of being in a record shop flipping through racks of L.P's, which is what I grew up calling these discs.
I've said it before and will say it again: Who cares what color the vinyl is? The music is the important part.
I agree. It’s really just a cool novelty.
Thank you for the rundown. Some of these might be my first Walmart record buys.
Good luck buddy! Thanks for stopping in.
Far better to hunt for an excellent original.
I agree...to an extent. How much would you expect a person to shell out for a nice condition original?? I’d venture to say that it will be a LOT more than $23, and the fact is that some collectors cannot or will not ever spend that much on any record. Why discourage anyone from experiencing great music, especially when it’s affordable and accessible? Just curious.
@@BillyHurst As a seller myself ( in Australia ), 90% of my stock is quality old stock, My average price per album is $10. though I frequently sell sought-after items for as much as $60 to 70. I find it amazing how much keen teenagers are willing to spend on what I enjoyed when I was their age.
I bought the Warner Bros. press copies of the first four albums that were released back in late 2000’s, around when Death Magnetic was about to release and they sound bad-ass!
Good find on the colored vinyl l, good sir 🫡 🤘🏻
The Blue Vinyl is nice but the wording is Unreadable ....
That’s my only problem with it.
1. Kill ‘Em All : Seek & Destroy
2. Ride The Lightning: Fade To Black
3. Master Of Puppets: Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
4. ...And Justice For All!: One
5. The Black Album: The Unforgiven
6. Hardwired... To Self-Destruct: Halo On Fire
I think it would'vd been cool if Metallica's people found and sold these directly to the small record stores. They have the time, they have the resources. Fuck Walmart
Yeah but they don’t care. Its a money grab.
I have the Metallica Black album that Chris Bellman remastered several years ago, which I imagine was used for this limited colored pressing. It is one of the best sounding records I own! - Russ
Russ, indeed those Bellman cuts are killer!! Thanks for stopping by.
Why won't the band remix Jason back in so you can hear it? Very selfish of them because it's no secret everyone wants to hear it. If they love their fans they should
I totally locked into that Aphrodite's Child album on the wall! I have 3 different pressings of it because it is THAT amazing!
It’s always one we sell as soon as we get it for sure!
Irony: Metallica sues Napster for free downloads. Metallica sells out to Walmart, reissues a few albums with downloads included. Guy on TH-cam gives away downloads for free.
Are you still bring up napster? That's Old news
Napster sucked
Yes baby
Also a little different to PAY for an album that you could digitize yourself anyway and get a “free” download with it. Lots of bands doing this, tons of vinyl releases with download cards. You are still financially supporting the band, they just reward you by cutting out the hassle of using your usb turntable
Metallica was right About napster