Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2 (4xLP | EU Original | 2020)

Metallica & San Francisco Symphony – S&M2 is the live album Metallica recorded with the San Francisco Symphony on September 6 and 8, 2019 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, 20 years after the first S&M project of 1999. The two concerts also opened the new arena. The main conductor was Edwin Outwater, with Michael Tilson Thomas leading selected pieces; it was produced by Greg Fidelman, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. The album was released on August 28, 2020 on Blackened and reached No. 1 in Germany, among other countries. This copy is the 2020 European 4LP set, new and factory sealed.

Pressing details

• Label / Cat. no.: Blackened BLCKND 043-10
• Format: 4x Vinyl LP, Album, Live
• Pressing: EU original
• Country: Europe
• Year: 2020
• Genre: Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, live with orchestra

Condition

• Condition: New & factory sealed

The images are our own scans of the actual copy for sale.

Tracklist

Side A

1. The Ecstasy Of Gold (Ennio Morricone)
2. The Call Of Ktulu
3. For Whom The Bell Tolls

Side B

1. The Day That Never Comes
2. The Memory Remains
3. Confusion

Side C

1. Moth Into Flame
2. The Outlaw Torn

Side D

1. No Leaf Clover
2. Halo On Fire

Side E

1. Intro To Scythian Suite
2. Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God And The Dance Of The Dark Spirits (Sergei Prokofiev)
3. Intro To The Iron Foundry
4. The Iron Foundry, Opus 19 (Alexander Mosolov)
5. The Unforgiven III

Side F

1. All Within My Hands
2. (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth
3. Wherever I May Roam

Side G

1. One
2. Master Of Puppets

Side H

1. Nothing Else Matters
2. Enter Sandman

Personnel

Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, rhythm guitar), Kirk Hammett (lead guitar), Robert Trujillo (bass), Lars Ulrich (drums).

San Francisco Symphony conducted by Edwin Outwater; Michael Tilson Thomas conducted Scythian Suite, The Iron Foundry and The Unforgiven III and played keyboards on Enter Sandman. Scott Pingel played the double bass solo on (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth. Orchestral arrangements: Michael Kamen and Bruce Coughlin. Mixed by Greg Fidelman, mastered by Bob Ludwig, photography by Anton Corbijn.

FAQ

Is this record new?
Yes. The 4LP set is new and factory sealed.

How does it differ from the first S&M from 1999?
S&M2 includes many songs that did not exist in 1999, for example from Death Magnetic and Hardwired... To Self-Destruct. It also adds two purely orchestral works by Prokofiev and Mosolov, an acoustic version of All Within My Hands and (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth as a double bass solo.

Who conducts the orchestra?
The main conductor is Edwin Outwater. Michael Tilson Thomas, then music director of the San Francisco Symphony, conducted three pieces and played keyboards on Enter Sandman.

Do you have more Metallica records?
Yes, for example Metallica – Garage Inc., Metallica – ...And Justice For All and Metallica – Load. More titles are in our Metal collection.