METALLICA – McGovney’s Garage 1982 [40th Anniversary Revised + Writing Jam] (2023)

Recently appeared in Japan, “McGovney’s Garage 1982 [40th Anniversary Revised]” is the unofficial 2-CD release of METALLICA very early demos, audition tapes, rehearsals, and songwriting recordings of the band’s first songs that ended into their first albums, plus never finished songs. This was originally released past year for the 40th Anniversary, but now we have this ‘revised’ version with additional material on an extra disc.
While there’s many bootlegs of the early tapes, this release is increased by almost forty minutes of never heard material from 1982, most of it recorded at Ronald McGovney’s garage, at the time the bass player of METALLICA.

Disc 1 features the so-called “WHISKEY AUDITION TAPE”. Metallica solidified the lineup with Hetfield, Ulrich, Mustaine, and McGovney, started live activities in March 1982. The first show was as opening act for SAXON held at the L.A. club “Whiskey A Go Go”. This tape was recorded to get the gig, including a cover ‘Killing Time’ from NWOBHM’s band Sweet Savage (later properly recorded by METALLICA), and the original song ‘Let It Loose’, which never has been re-recorded.
Then there’s tapes capturing the band at various rehearsal at McGovney’s Garage, we can hear the early arrangements of songs such as the first original ‘Hit The Lights’ and ‘Jump In The Fire’…

Disc 1 :
“WHISKEY AUDITION TAPE”
1. Killing Time
2. Let It Loose
“PRACTICE / REHEARSAL”
3. Hit The Lights
4. Jump In The Fire
5. Sucking My Love
6. The Prince
7. Am I Evil?
8. Helpless
“POWER METAL DEMO”
9. Hit The Lights
10. Jump In The Fire
11. The Mechanix
12. Motorbreath
BONUS TRACK:
Whiskey A Go-Go, Hollywood, CA, USA 4th August 1982
13. No Remorse

Disc 2 :
“WRITING JAM 1982”
1. Seek And Destroy’s Outro
2. Chosen Ones
3. Whiplash
4. Seek And Destroy
5. Chosen Ones
6. Rust In Peace
7. Seek And Destroy’s Outro
8. Curse Of The Pharaohs
9. Spit Out The Bone
10. Rattlehead (“Use Your Head” Section)
11. Bad Omen (“No One Can Save” Section)
12. Chosen Ones
13. My Last Words Arpeggio
14. Ride The Lightning
15. To Live Is To Die
16. Spitfire Cider
17. To Live Is To Die
18. Ride The Lightning
19. Seek And Destroy
20. Rust In Peace
21. Of Wolf And Man
22. Bad Omen
23. Creeping Death
24. Fight Fire With Fire
25. Call of Ktulu Intro
26. Ron & James’ “Unfinished Song”

James Hetfield – Vocals, Guitar
Dave Mustaine – Guitar
Ronald McGovney – Bass
Lars Ulrich – Drums

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