Slayer – Show No Mercy
Label: | Roadrunner Records – RR 9868 |
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Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
Country: | Europe |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock |
Style: | Thrash, Speed Metal |
Tracklist
6 | |||
A1 | Evil Has No Boundaries | ||
A2 | The Antichrist | ||
A3 | Die By The Sword | ||
A4 | Fight Till Death | ||
A5 | Metalstorm / Face The Slayer | ||
A6 | Aggressive Perfector | ||
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B1 | Black Magic | ||
B2 | Tormentor | ||
B3 | The Final Command | ||
B4 | Crionics | ||
B5 | Show No Mercy |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Track Record (3)
- Mixed At – Track Record (3)
- Mastered At – MCA Whitney Recording Studios
- Licensed From – Metal Blade Records
- Distributed By – CNR
- Distributed By – Indisc
- Distributed By – Boots (5)
- Distributed By – Disctrade
- Published By – Bloody Skull Music
- Published By – Amgine Music
- Published By – Bug Music
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Roadrunner Productions B.V.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Metal Blade Records
- Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 53991
- Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 53992
Credits
- Bass, Vocals – Tom Araya
- Cover [Cover Concept], Artwork [Cover Art], Design – Lawrence R. Reed
- Cover [Cover Concept], Design, Typography [Typesetting], Artwork [Logo & Pentagram By], Photography By [Back Cover & Sleeve Photography By], Lighting [Lighting & Special Effects], Set Designer [Stage Design] – Steve Craig (2)
- Crew [Road Crew] – Blake Edwards (4), Henry Martinez (2), Kevin Reed (3), Romi Machado
- Drums – Dave Lombardo
- Engineer – Bill Metoyer
- Engineer [Live Sound Engineer] – Marc Abrahams
- Engineer [Live Sound Engineer], Crew [Road Crew] – John Araya
- Executive-Producer – Brian Slagel
- Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King
- Management [Management & Representation] – Steven Craig*
- Photography By [Back Cover & Sleeve Photography By] – Don Cline, Lisa Wickwire
- Producer – Slayer
- Sleeve, Typography [Sleeve Typesetting] – Cope Typesetting
Notes
Extra track A6 "Aggressive Perfector", previously released on the 1983 Metal Massacre Volume III LP compilation, is misspelled on front sleeve as "Agressive Protector" and does not appear in the tracklist on the back sleeve.
Issued with a double-sided printed inner sleeve with lyrics and band images.
Recorded and mixed in November 1983.
Mastered at MCA Whitney.
On sleeve:
℗ 1983 Roadrunner Productions B.V. Licensed from Metal Blade Records. Distributed in The Netherlands by CNR, Weesp, in Belgium by Indisc, Brussels, in Germany by Boots, Hannover, in Switzerland by Disctrade, Zürich. Manufactured in the Netherlands.
On center labels:
℗ 1984 Roadrunner Productions B.V.
Metal Blade Records
Made in Holland.
Runouts are etched.
Issued with a double-sided printed inner sleeve with lyrics and band images.
Recorded and mixed in November 1983.
Mastered at MCA Whitney.
On sleeve:
℗ 1983 Roadrunner Productions B.V. Licensed from Metal Blade Records. Distributed in The Netherlands by CNR, Weesp, in Belgium by Indisc, Brussels, in Germany by Boots, Hannover, in Switzerland by Disctrade, Zürich. Manufactured in the Netherlands.
On center labels:
℗ 1984 Roadrunner Productions B.V.
Metal Blade Records
Made in Holland.
Runouts are etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: STEMRA
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout variant 1): RR 9868 - A // 53991-1- J
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout variant 1): RR 9868 - B // 53992-1- J
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout variant 2): RR 9868 - A // 53991-1A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout variant 2): RR 9868 - A // 53991-1B
Other Versions (5 of 191)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Show No Mercy (LP, Album, Tan Labels) | Metal Blade Records | MBR 1013 | US | 1983 | ||
New Submission | Show No Mercy (Cassette, Album) | Enigma (4), Metal Blade Records | EC1034, MBR 1013 | US | 1983 | ||
New Submission | Show No Mercy (LP, Album, White Label) | Metal Blade Records | MBR 1013 | US | 1983 | ||
Recently Edited | Show No Mercy (LP, Album) | Far East Metal Syndicate | SP25-5108 | Japan | 1984 | ||
Recently Edited | Show No Mercy (LP, Album, Black Label) | Banzai Records | BRC 1906 | Canada | 1984 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- On my version the "Manufactured in the Netherlands." is missing. Everything else is the same.
Does anyone have info about that? - Great sounding pressing. Comes with "Aggressive Perfector" and sounds a little out of place. Other than that this is a good way to get an early copy of this album.
- Edited 12 years agoHistoric & essential album. This album was the cause to start listening thrash/speed metal on 1988, when i listen to them first time.
Anyway, the reason that i m here is that i would like to mark to anyone that this ALBUM, this SLAYER ALBUM is unique, is very different from the others which followed. We all know that (95%) many many debuts from many many bands (especially in thrash / speed / death metal)are 'primitive', raw without specific technical music elements & without good sound engineering (listen debuts from Megadeth, Exodus, Sepultura, Death, even Metallica's 'kill em all' which is a very good debut but it's not 'master of puppets') etc.etc..
Show No Mercy is a different debut. For me this album is much more technical than the right next 3-4 (which i love them), with many turns & alternation in the rhythms on many songs. Also, i can listen clearly many NWOBHM influences in this album (sometimes reminds me the Iron Maiden's self titled & 'killers' album). Also, this is the most melodic album Slayer's album, many guitar riffs (not the one-way riffs as in the Mega Thrash Thing 'reign in blood').
The most important is that is THE ONLY ALBUM THAT I CAN LISTEN MELODIC GUITAR SOLOS. Usually, King & Hanneman, have their own way to take their solos. Here, is the first time i listen nice build-up guitar solos.
Anyway, i have to notice & make this review for this speed metal specific case debut.
For me SLAYER is a band that i will always listen to my life. I love all their albums (except the 2-3 when Bostaph replaced Lombardo, huge drummer Bostaph but Lombardo is for Slayer, as Ringo was for Beatles).
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