The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited

Metallica 1987年发行的EP“The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited”，这是Jason Newsted 参加乐队的第一件作品，所以有一种说法这张EP是对他的一个考试。

EP中都是翻唱70年代末到80年代初的NWOBHM，还有硬核乐队的歌曲。

曲目列表如下：

1. "Helpless" 原唱Diamond Head

2. "The Small Hours" 原唱Holocaust

3. "The Wait" 原唱Killing Joke

4. "Crash Course in Brain Surgery" 原唱Budgie

5. "Last Caress"/"Green Hell" 原唱The Misfits

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The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited is an extended play by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on August 21, 1987 through Elektra Records.

The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited was the group's first recording to feature its new bassist Jason Newsted (credited as "Master J. Newkid" in the liner notes). It is also the band's first release following the death of original bassist Cliff Burton. The extended play consisted entirely of covers of late-'70s and early-'80s New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands and hardcore punk music rehearsed in Lars Ulrich's garage and later recorded in a new studio the band had constructed. The group included the dollar price in the title (which was printed on the cover) in an effort to ensure that fans were not over-charged for it, though some retailers did ultimately charge more than the $5.98 price referenced in the title. The original cassette release included a sticker which read "If they try to charge more, STEAL IT!" The official United States CD release of the extended play amended the title (and the price) to The $9.98 CD... due to the fact that the retail price of CDs was much higher than cassettes, while other countries (such as Australia) still displayed The $5.98 E.P. with a sticker stating that this was the title and not the price.

Though The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited has been out of print for many years and is considered a collector's item, all five tracks were later included on the 1998 double-album Garage Inc., along with a number of other covers Metallica had recorded throughout its career, as well as a collection of entirely new recordings. The cover of the CD also was used as a basis for the Garage Inc. back cover, which showed the original Garage Days cover with pictures of the member's faces, circa 1998, taped over the original faces, along with Garage Inc. covering the original album name.

The song "The Wait" was omitted from the UK pressings of the album in order to conform to local music-industry rules regarding the length of EPs.

■ James Hetfield — lead vocals, rhythm guitar

■ Lars Ulrich — drums

■ Kirk Hammett — lead guitar

■ Jason Newsted — bass, backing vocals

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by Steve Huey

Following Cliff Burton's death, Metallica took some time off and initiated new bassist Jason Newsted with a raw, unpolished EP of covers originally recorded by Diamond Head, Holocaust, Killing Joke, Budgie, and the Misfits. Most fit the band's style quite well; only "Last Caress" sounds out of place, as the original seemed looser and more dangerous. As a showcase for some strong metal riffs and material by mostly underground bands, the EP works quite well.