Metallica 5.98 Ep Full Album

[Emmanuel Des Meaux]

WithMetallica scheduled to play the 1987 Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, the band's UK label Vertigo Records suggested that they release new material to mark the occasion. Initial songwriting attempts with new bassist Jason Newsted resulted only in a demo for "Blackened", and vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield subsequently broke his arm skateboarding and was unable to play guitar for several weeks. Given these obstacles, the band decided to record covers of some of their favorite songs rather than work on new material. Newsted utilized his earlier experience as a construction worker to soundproof Lars Ulrich's garage in El Cerrito, California, where the band would rehearse the material prior to recording.[4]

While rehearsing the song "White Lightning" by new wave of British heavy metal band Paralex, Kirk Hammett started playing "The Wait" by post-punk group Killing Joke, and the band subsequently decided to try recording the song. Other tracks considered but dropped include "Signal Fire" by Japanese band Bow Wow and another NWOBHM song, Gaskin's "I'm No Fool". Though "Last Caress" and "Green Hell" are combined into a single track by Metallica, the original Misfits versions were featured on different albums and were recorded five years apart. The outro of the EP features a wildly off-key segment of the Iron Maiden song "Run to the Hills." The speculation surrounding this unexpected and unpleasant ending was a view into the simmering feud in the mid-1980's between the British heavy metal legends and the America newcomers.

The band included The $5.98 E.P. in the title in an effort to ensure that retailers did not overcharge fans.[5] The original cassette release included a sticker stating "If they try to charge more, STEAL IT!" The title of the official American CD release was amended to The $9.98 CD, as the retail price of CDs was much higher than cassette; other countries (such as Australia) still displayed The $5.98 E.P. with a sticker stating that this is the "title" and not the price. "The Wait" was omitted from the UK pressings in order to conform to local music-industry rules regarding the length of EPs.

The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited was the group's first recording to feature its new bassist Jason Newsted (credited as "Master J. Newkid" in the liner notes). It is also the band's first release following the death of original bassist Cliff Burton. The extended play consisted entirely of covers of late-'70s and early-'80s New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands and hardcore punk music rehearsed in Lars Ulrich's garage and later recorded in a new studio the band had constructed. The group included the dollar price in the title (which was printed on the cover) in an effort to ensure that fans were not over-charged for it, though some retailers did ultimately charge more than the $5.98 price referenced in the title. The official United States CD release of the extended play amended the title (and the price) to The $9.98 CD... due to the fact that the retail price of CD's was much higher than cassettes, while other countries (such as Australia) still displayed The $5.98 E.P. with a sticker stating that this was the title and not the price. Titles on some versions of The $9.98 CD... were written in white and some in orange.

Though The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited has been out of print for many years and is considered a collector's item, all five tracks were later included on the 1998 double-album Garage, Inc., along with a number of other covers Metallica had recorded throughout its career, as well as a collection of entirely new recordings. The cover of the CD also was used as a basis for the Garage, Inc. back cover, which showed the members in a similar pose circa 1998.

Well, this is more like it. I stood in line with my old Metallica loving buddy the other day waiting to get a coffee (he likes his how he likes his Metallica album art, black) I paid the bill like it was an old covers EP (5.98 for two drinks and some cookies). Nobody ordered anything related to the Reload era (eww).

Being the band's first release since the death of Cliff Burton, 'Garage Days' would be newly hired bassist Jason Newsted's initial foray into the world of Metallica. The band was not ready to record a new album after Burton's death, so they hit the studio and laid down the tracks to their first - of eventually two - cover collections.

Mixing songs from the genres of British heavy metal, punk and hardcore, Metallica completely let loose on 'Garage Days.' Not only does it rock hard from beginning to end, but the band did everything in their power to ensure it would not cost their fans too much to purchase. The original E.P. ran just two pennies under six bucks (the name of the release is a dead giveaway, huh?). The CD version was titled 'The $9.98 CD: Garage Days Re-Revisited,' costing fans a few more dollars.

Five songs make up Metallica's 1987's 'The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited.' These five songs are not 'Tallica originals, but instead they are cover tunes from some of the band's favorite musical groups. Ranging from Diamond Head and Holocaust to Killing Joke and Budgie, not to mention the one and only Misfits, 'Garage Days' was the first release by Metallica since their epic album, 'Master of Puppets...\nRead More

If you are not yet familiar with the CSPC method, below is a nice and short video of explanations. I fully recommend watching it before getting into the sales figures. Of course, if you are a regular visitor feel free to skip the video and get into the numbers directly.

There are two ways to understand this revolutionary concept. In the first place, there is this Scribe video posted below. If you are unaware of the CSPC method, you will get the full idea within just a pair of minutes.

The mainstream success of Metallica in 1991 obviously boosted their catalog sales, but the fact that nearly 30 years later they are still going strong shows that there is more to that. Metal fans, and also a good chunk of rock fans in general, simply love these early records. They are always featured very high in best Metal albums ever lists, especially Master Of Puppets which often out-ranks even Metallica. This latter LP is also an evergreen seller with a total now easily over the 30 million threshold.

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 3 ratio between one album and one physical single and 10 to 5 ratio between one album and one EP of 4 to 5 tracks, while 6+ tracks EPs are weighted on par with albums.

Hard Rock and Metal bands are hardly known for their physical singles sales. Metallica did sell its share of Maxi singles, EPs, and collectors of every kind, on top of traditional mainstream singles during the 90s.

Singles from the first 3 albums charted virtually nowhere. They quickly gained a cult following though and many went on to look after them even various years later. The best example is Creeping Death which went Gold in the UK for 200,000 units shipped without ever entering the singles chart thanks to 5 years of continuous sales.

Then came One, the first single to be issued in a more usual way, with a video clip and a single widely available in the US and the UK. It sold nearly a million, including more than half in the former country. The song was reissued under 2 versions in 1993/1994, one for the US the other for the rest of the world, adding 260,000 new sales.

From that point, the fanbase of Metallica was incredibly big while the mainstream impact of their new singles was fairly limited. As a result, most of their singles got very similar runs on charts with high debuts and fast drops, as well as similar final sales. Hero Of the Day, The Memory Remains and The Unforgiven II all sold around half a million copies. Then, King Nothing in the US and Fuel, Turn The Page, Whiskey In The Jar, I Disappear, and St. Anger abroad were all equally successful but since they have been released only in one side of the Atlantic, their global sales are lower, in the 140,000-210,000 units range per title.

The disappointment caused by St. Anger led some fans to step back. The decreasing number of collectors is visible in their sales. Frantic sold 100,000 units, then The Unnamed Feeling 80,000, etc. During these 1996-2004 years of heavy release schedule for the band, nearly all singles were also issued as 7/8 tracks double EPs in Japan, selling a few thousands each.

All told, the band moved a respectable 10.8 million singles. They are worth 4,643,000 albums, nearly 0.43 per singles. This higher than usual conversion rate is obtained thanks to their numerous singles which were effectively EPs rather than traditional 2-tracks singles.

Streaming is made up of audio and video streams. Our CSPC methodology now includes both to better reflect the real popularity of each track. The main source of data for each avenue is respectively Spotify and YouTube. As detailed in the Fixing Log article, Spotify represents 157 million of the 272 million users of streaming platforms, while YouTube is pretty much the only video platform generating some revenue for the industry. Below is the equivalence set on the aforementioned article:

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