There are 153 vinyl pressings of Metallica - Ride The Lightning; we have live market prices for 23. The cheapest is €19 (1993, Vertigo). The original 1984 pressing is €658. The most valuable is €848 (1984).
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Top 100 of 153 pressings
Priced copies first (cheapest first), then pressings we have not priced yet. Market value is Discogs' suggested price for a VG+ copy, re-checked regularly. Prices in EUR.
| Pressing | Market VG+ | For sale |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Vertigo / 838 140-1cheapest | €19 | 1 |
| 2014 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Blackened / BLCKND004-1 | €20 | 11 |
| 1989 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | €20 | 7 |
| 2016 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Blackened / BLCKND004R-1 | €23 | 111 |
| 2023 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Blackened / 00602547885241 | €25 | 90 |
| 2015 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Blackened / BLCKND004-1 | €28 | 10 |
| 2016 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Blackened / 00602547885241 | €30 | 117 |
| 2016 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Blackened / 00602547885241 | €30 | 64 |
| 2021 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Blackened / BLCKND004R-1W | €33 | 37 |
| 2008 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Universal Music Group International / 0600753085332 | €37 | 6 |
| 2024 / 12" / USA & Europe / Blackened / BLCKND004R-1 | €83 | 5 |
| 1986 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 P | €92 | 24 |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Roadrunner Records / RR 9848 | €96 | 31 |
| 2008 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Warner Bros. Records / 424636-1 | €111 | 27 |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 | €117 | 25 |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 | €134 | 52 |
| 1987 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 DM | €158 | 11 |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 | €256 | 4 |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇫🇷 France / Bernett Records / SB 18026 | €299 | 5 |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Megaforce Records / MRI 769original | €658 | 16 |
| 1989 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | €671 | 24 |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇯🇵 Japan / Nexus International / K25P 501 | €724 | 31 |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Elektra / 9 60396-1most valuable | €848 | 42 |
| 1991 / 12" / 🇻🇪 Venezuela / Vertigo / 20.077-L | not priced | - |
| 1993 / 12" / 🇻🇪 Venezuela / Sono-Rodven / S.R.-210219 | not priced | - |
| 1989 / 12" / 🇮🇳 India / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | not priced | - |
| 1985 / 12" / 🇨🇦 Canada / Elektra / 96 03961 | not priced | - |
| 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Vertigo (3) / 838 140-3 | not priced | - |
| 1986 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Elektra / 60396-1 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 | not priced | - |
| 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Roadrunner Records (6) / RR 9848 | not priced | - |
| 1989 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | not priced | - |
| 2005 / 12" / 🇫🇷 France / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 1990 / 12" / 🇲🇽 Mexico / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | not priced | - |
| 1994 / 12" / 🇷🇺 Russia / Vertigo (3) / 838 140-1 | not priced | - |
| 2015 / 12" / 🇫🇷 France / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 2013 / 12" / 🇫🇷 France / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 12" / Music For Nations (2) / PIC - K 96/2 A | not priced | - |
| 12" / 🇰🇷 South Korea / FS / 584 | not priced | - |
| 1990 / 12" / 🇧🇷 Brazil / Vertigo / 838 140 1 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇫🇮 Finland / Music For Nations / MFN-27 | not priced | - |
| 1993 / 12" / UK & Europe / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | not priced | - |
| 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations (2) / MFN 27 P | not priced | - |
| 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 | not priced | - |
| 1985 / 12" / 🇧🇷 Brazil / Not On Label (Metallica) / RM-10.001 | not priced | - |
| 2002 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Vertigo (3) / 838 140-3 | not priced | - |
| 2014 / 12" / 🇳🇱 Netherlands / Roadrunner Records (6) / RR 9848 | not priced | - |
| 1989 / 12" / Guatemala / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇯🇵 Japan / Nexus (3) / K25P 501 | not priced | - |
| 1989 / 12" / Australasia / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | not priced | - |
| 2002 / 12" / 🇩🇪 Germany / Vertigo (3) / 838 140-3 | not priced | - |
| 1985 / 12" / 🇧🇷 Brazil / Megaforce Records / RM10001 | not priced | - |
| 2008 / 12" / 🇫🇷 France / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 1987 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 DM | not priced | - |
| 1991 / 12" / 🇪🇸 Spain / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | not priced | - |
| 1989 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | not priced | - |
| 2016 / 12" / Nexus (7) / K25P 501 | not priced | - |
| 2016 / 12" / Nexus (7) / K25P 501 | not priced | - |
| 2016 / 12" / Nexus (7) / K25P 501 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Megaforce Records / MRI 769 | not priced | - |
| 2010 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Warner Bros. Records / 424636-1 | not priced | - |
| 2005 / 12" / 🇩🇪 Germany / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 2016 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Blackened / BLCKND004RD-1 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇨🇦 Canada / Banzai Records / BRC 1909 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇰🇷 South Korea / Elektra (2) / 60396-1 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Elektra / 60396-1 | not priced | - |
| 2005 / 12" / 🇩🇪 Germany / Bernett Records (2) / SB18026 | not priced | - |
| 1990 / 12" / Ecuador / Vertigo / 31022 | not priced | - |
| 2005 / 12" / 🇩🇪 Germany / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 2008 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Warner Bros. Records / 1-424572 | not priced | - |
| 12" / 🇫🇷 France / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 2017 / 12" / 🇫🇷 France / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 2005 / 12" / 🇩🇪 Germany / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 12" / Elektra (2) / 60396-1 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Megaforce Records / MRI 769 | not priced | - |
| 1987 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 P | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 | not priced | - |
| 1990 / 12" / 🇰🇷 South Korea / Vertigo / SEL-RP 2026 | not priced | - |
| 2016 / 12" / 🇯🇵 Japan / Blackened / UICR-9038 | not priced | - |
| 1990 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Elektra / 60396-1 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Elektra / 60396-1 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇯🇵 Japan / Nexus International / K25P 501 | not priced | - |
| 2008 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Warner Bros. Records / 424572-1 | not priced | - |
| 1986 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 | not priced | - |
| 1990 / 12" / 🇦🇷 Argentina / Vertigo / 29225 | not priced | - |
| 2018 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Nexus (3) / K25P 501 | not priced | - |
| 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 1990 / 12" / Ecuador / Vertigo / LP-31022 | not priced | - |
| 2019 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Roadrunner Records (6) / RR 9848 | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 | not priced | - |
| 1986 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 P | not priced | - |
| 1984 / 12" / 🇬🇧 UK / Music For Nations / MFN 27 | not priced | - |
| 1990 / 12" / Ecuador / Vertigo / LP-31022 | not priced | - |
| 1996 / 12" / 🇫🇷 France / Bernett Records (2) / SB 18026 | not priced | - |
| 2008 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Universal Music Group International / 0600753085332 | not priced | - |
| 2019 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Roadrunner Records (6) / RR 9848 | not priced | - |
| 2019 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Roadrunner Records (6) / RR 9848 | not priced | - |
| 1989 / 12" / 🇪🇺 Europe / Vertigo / 838 140-1 | not priced | - |
| 2008 / 12" / 🇺🇸 US / Warner Bros. Records / 424572-1 | not priced | - |
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