LIVE IT OR LIE IT!

Sound 9 Packaging 10 Performance 8 Video

Label: The Godfather Records G.R. 23/24
Source: Rock or Ring Festival, Nurburgring, Germany, June 8, 2003
Format: Double CD
Running time: 62:47/52:56
Sound / source: Superb Audience Recording
Packaging: Triple Cardboard Wallet-style w/ custom graphics
Features
Video / source

METALLICA

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Track list

Disc One: 1. Intro, 2. Blackened, 3. No Remorse, 4. Harvester Of Sorrow, 5. Welcome Home (Sanitorium), 6. For Whom The Bell Tolls, 7. Frantic, 8. The Thing That Should Not Be, 9. St. Anger, 10. Seek & Destroy

Disc Two: 1. One, 2. Battery, 3. Master Of Puppets, 4. Nothing Else Matters, 5. Creeping Death, 6. Sad But True, 7. Enter Sandman

The review

An outstanding recording with a pretty straightforward setlist. The band has a high standard of ferociousnous that they perform by....however, the cookie-cutter banter between songs by James Hetfield gives an impression that it's just another show. Aside from that, this is a great double-disc offering from The Godfather Records. They have a good source for obtaining Metallica tapes. Why they cannot take the same path with some of the other material is a bit strange.

The sound quality and packaging make this a highly collectable title.