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Deluxe three CD edition includes previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, interviews, live tracks, and a 28-page booklet. Master of Puppets was originally released on March 3rd, 1986, on Elektra Records and went on to become the first Metallica album to be certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album has been certified six-times Platinum in the United States and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. In 2016, the album became the first metal album to be added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, an honor granted to works deemed Inchculturally, historically, or aesthetically significantInch. Album Tracks 1. Battery 2. Master of Puppets 3. The Thing That Should Not Be 4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 5. Disposable Heroes 6. Leper Messiah 7. Orion 8. Damage, Inc 1. Battery (Early June 1985 Demo) 2. Master of Puppets (Late June 1985 Demo) 3. The Thing That Should Not Be (September 1985 Drum Room Demo) 4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) [Late June 1985 Demo] 5. Disposable Heroes (May 1985, Writing in Progress II) 6. Lepeer Messiah (1985, from James' Riff Tapes) 7. Orion (November 1985, Work in Progress Rough Mix) 8. Damage, Inc. (1985, from James' Riff Tapes) 9. The Money Will Roll Right in (Work in Progress Rough Mix) 10. The Prince (Work in Progress Rough Mix) 11. Metal Madness (Magazine Interview with Cliff) 1. Battery (Live at the Meadowlands, East Rutherford, NJ 4/21/1986) 2. Master of Puppets (Live at the Meadowlands, East Rutherford, NJ 04/21/1986) 3. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Va 08/3/1986) 4. Ride the Lightning (Live at Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany 01/25/1987) 5. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) [Live at the Country Club, Reseda, Ca 11/8/1986] 6. The Thing That Should Not Be (Live at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Il 05/25/1986) 7. (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth [Live
