From: donnell@squid.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica
Subject: Re: Kill 'Em All CD missing songs
Date: 28 Aug 92 16:20:54 GMT
Organization: none

In article <1992Aug28.062425.19357@sfu.ca> selent@fraser.sfu.ca (Frank S.) writes:
>In article <Bto9rL.24z@agora.rain.com> hopkins@agora.rain.com (Scott Hopkins) writes:
>>In article <92240.171824DTG102@psuvm.psu.edu> Dave Gerber <DTG102@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>>I've been gradually trying to replace my Metallica tapes with CDs.  Last
>>>week my Kill 'Em All tape bit the dust so I picked up the CD on my way home
>>>from work the other day.  When I got home and opened it, I discovered that
>>>Am I Evil and Blitzkrieg weren't on the CD.  =( I'm almost positive that one
>>>of my friends' Kill 'Em All CD has these two songs on it.  Do they make such
>>>a version?  Why did they drop these two songs???  I know these are the only
>>>two songs on the album that weren't written by Metallica, so I suppose that
>>>has something to do with it.  According to the cover from my defunct tape,
>>>Blitzkrieg was originally recorded by Blitzkrieg in 1981, and Am I Evil was
>>>originally recorded by Diamondhead in 1980.  Anyways, if anyone knows
>>>anything about this, please let me know.  I *gotta* get these on CD if they
>>>exist.  Thanks.
>>>======================================================================
>>>David T. Gerber           \\\\\\\       \     \\    \\  \\\\\\\\
>>
>>	Well, when Kill 'Em All was first released, it appeared on the
>>Megaforce Record label.  Later when Metallica moved to Electra Records,
>>they added the two songs from the Creeping Death E.P..  So I assume if you
>>check the label, it will say Megaforce instead of Electra!  I would keep it
>>if I were you, I had a bitch of a time trying to track down the Megaforce
>>copy on tape!  If it says Electra, well... I'm stumped!
>>
>
>The reason, as I heard, is because of copyright laws or some shit like that.
>MetallicA didn't receive permission to use those songs.  The same reason
>is why you no longer can find the Garage Days $5.98 Ep, since all the
>songs are covers.

I have some old copies of "Metal Forces" where they are talking to the
Lead Singer of BlitzKrieg, and he was quite grateful that Metallica
had done that song. Since Metallica has given Diamondhead some long 
overdue recognition <as well as getting their material back in print>
I don't think so. The "Creeping Death/Garage Days Re-Visited" 12'
was put out by Elektra, and they would not have released unauthorized
versions. Besides, permission is not truly required, as long as the
fees on the songs are paid. Lars said the hardest thing about the "Garage
Days Re-Re-Visited" EP, was finding the guys, so they could pay them.
The "Garage Days Re-Re-Visited" EP has never been re-issued, but
since it was all cover tunes, and a "fill-in" relelase to break
in Jason Newstead, I am not suprised. They didn't need "permission"
they just had to pay for the songs. Thats what ASCAP and BMI are for.

					--Judex--
P.S. Anyone have a nice copy of "Garage Days RE-RE-Visited"? I had gone
through 4 of them, before I got one that wasn't defective, and I hear that
that was a common problem. I was buying it on vinyl and one side always
skipped...