Slayer – Show No Mercy
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Album Sales: 20,000
First Release Date: December 1983
The debut studio album from Slayer and possibly one of the best-selling independent records of all time.
Although the original LP has 10 tracks, track listings to some versions vary. On some cassette and vinyl versions (and even some CD reissues), 1 additional track, "Aggressive Perfector" (which was also recorded in 1983) was added and appears between "Metal Storm/Face the Slayer" and "Black Magic". Another CD reissue (released in 1987) featured songs from their 1984 EP "Haunting the Chapel", while another reissue featured "Aggressive Perfector" and "Chemical Warfare" (the latter appears on the aforementioned EP). The 1993 US CD reissue featured the same track listing as the original LP.
First Release Date: December 1983
The debut studio album from Slayer and possibly one of the best-selling independent records of all time.
Although the original LP has 10 tracks, track listings to some versions vary. On some cassette and vinyl versions (and even some CD reissues), 1 additional track, "Aggressive Perfector" (which was also recorded in 1983) was added and appears between "Metal Storm/Face the Slayer" and "Black Magic". Another CD reissue (released in 1987) featured songs from their 1984 EP "Haunting the Chapel", while another reissue featured "Aggressive Perfector" and "Chemical Warfare" (the latter appears on the aforementioned EP). The 1993 US CD reissue featured the same track listing as the original LP.
Tracklist
| Evil Has No Boundaries | 3:11 | ||
| The Antichrist | 2:50 | ||
| Die By The Sword | 3:37 | ||
| Fight Till Death | 3:38 | ||
| Metalstorm / Face The Slayer | 4:55 | ||
| Black Magic | 4:04 | ||
| Tormentor | 3:45 | ||
| The Final Command | 2:32 | ||
| Crionics | 3:28 | ||
| Show No Mercy | 3:08 |
Versions
| Title | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Show No Mercy (LP, Album) | Metal Blade Records | MBR 1013 | US | 1983 | |
| Show No Mercy (Cass, Album) | Metal Blade Records | 71034-4 | US | 1983 | |
| Show No Mercy (LP, Album) | Metal Blade Records, Jigu Records Corporation | JOML 5023 | South Korea | 1983 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album, Sli) | Roadrunner Records | RR 34 9868 | Netherlands | 1984 | |
| Show No Mercy (LP) | Roadrunner Records | RR 9868 | Netherlands | 1984 | |
| Show No Mercy (LP) | Roadrunner Records | RR 9868 08-025055-20 | Netherlands | 1984 | |
| Show No Mercy (LP, Album) | Banzai Records | BRC 1906 | Canada | 1984 | |
| Show No Mercy (LP, Album) | Far East Metal Syndicate | SP25-5108 | Japan | 1984 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album) | Restless Records, Metal Blade Records | 71034-2 | US | 1987 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album) | Roadrunner Records | RR 349868 | Germany | 1987 | |
| Show No Mercy (LP, Album, Pic) | Metal Blade Records | 72214-1 | US | 1987 | |
| Show No Mercy (2x12", Album, RE) | Metal Blade Records | ZORRO 7 DM | UK | 1988 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album) | Metal Blade Records | CD ZORRO 7 | UK | 1990 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album, OBI) | Mercury | PHCR-1107 | Japan | 1991 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album) | Metal Blade Records | MBD 14032 | US | 1993 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album, RE, Dig) | Metal Blade Records | 3984-14032-2 | Germany | 1993 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album, RM) | Metal Blade Records | 3984-14032-2 | US | 1993 | |
| Show No Mercy (Cass, Album) | Hammer Müzik | 013 | Turkey | 1994 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album, Unofficial) | ООО "ДОРА" | JPCD9704282 | Russia | 1997 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album, RM) | Фоно | FO14CD | Russia | 2000 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album, RM) | Metal Blade Records | MB666-2 | Australia & New Zealand | 2004 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album, RM, RE, Dig) | Metal Blade Records | 3984-14032-0 | Germany | 2004 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album, RM) | Icarus (2) | ICARUS 301 | Argentina | 2007 | |
| Show No Mercy (LP, Album, Red) | Metal Blade Records | 3984-14032-1 | US | 2008 | |
| Show No Mercy (CD, Album, RM, SHM) | Metal Blade Records | MBCY-9006 | Japan | 2009 | |
| Show No Mercy (LP, Album, RE, gre) | Back On Black | BOBV154LP | UK | 2009 | |
| Show No Mercy (Cass, Album) | Mystic Production | MP-MB013 | Poland | ||
| Show No Mercy (LP, Album) | Metal Blade Records | MT39 | South Korea |
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referencing Show No Mercy, CD, Album, OBI, PHCR-1107
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referencing Show No Mercy, LP, Album, MBR 1013
My copy of MBR1013 has silver labels instead of the yellow ones pictured. Anybody know which is the earlier pressing?
referencing Show No Mercy, LP, Album, Red, 3984-14032-1
mine is limited edition out of 500, but it hasn't been numbered.
xsweatsx
Jul 11, 2011
referencing Show No Mercy, LP, Album, MBR 1013
My copy of MBR 1013 has E 1034 on spine. Marketed by Enigma on back cover.
Lardcore4239
Feb 13, 2011
referencing Show No Mercy, LP, Album, MBR 1013
My copy of MBR 1013 also has etching "SATAN LAUGHS AS YOU ETERNALLY ROT" on Side One and "S.L.A.Y.E.R." on Side Two. The center labels are Side One and Two but the cover says "6" and "66".
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