The Shortest Straw
~ Recording by Metallica
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.5 | The Shortest Straw | 6:35 | Metallica | …And Justice for All | Metallica | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 836062-2 |
| 1.5 | The Shortest Straw | 6:35 | Metallica | …And Justice for All | Metallica | Album |
| Phonogram, Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 836062-2 |
| 10.1 | The Shortest Straw | 6:35 | Metallica | Limited‐Edition Vinyl Box Set | Metallica | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R1 76156 |
| 7.5 | The Shortest Straw | 6:35 | Metallica | …And Justice for All (deluxe edition) | Metallica | Album |
| Blackened (Metallica’s own imprint) | BLCKND007RD-1 |
| 2.1 | The Shortest Straw | 6:35 | Metallica | …And Justice for All | Metallica | Album |
| Blackened (Metallica’s own imprint) | BLCKND007RD-1 |
| 7.5 | The Shortest Straw | 6:35 | Metallica | …And Justice for All | Metallica | Album |
| Blackened (Metallica’s own imprint) | BLCKND007RD-1 |
| 2.1 | The Shortest Straw | 6:35 | Metallica | …And Justice for All (deluxe edition) | Metallica | Album |
| Blackened (Metallica’s own imprint) | BLCKND007RD-1 |
Relationships
| additional engineer and assistant engineer: | Toby Wright (producer & engineer) |
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| engineer: | Mike Clink (drums (drum set)) Flemming Rasmussen |
| producer: | Metallica Flemming Rasmussen |
| assistant mixer: | George Cowan (US engineer) |
| mixer: | Michael Barbiero (producer, mixer, engineer, songwriter, collaborator with Steve Thompson) Steve Thompson (producer) |
| bass guitar: | Jason Newsted (from 1988-01 until 1988-05) |
| drums (drum set): | Lars Ulrich (from 1988-01 until 1988-05) |
| guitar [lead guitar]: | Kirk Hammett (from 1988-01 until 1988-05) |
| guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals: | James Hetfield (from 1988-01 until 1988-05) |
| arranger: | James Hetfield Lars Ulrich |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Blackened Recordings (copyrights holder, do not use as label!) (in 2018) |
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| recorded at: | One on One Studios in North Hollywood (from 1988-01 until 1988-05) |
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| mixed at: | Bearsville Studios in Bearsville (in 1988-06) |
| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/1ruJPR7YmwxihuhgzmXHZQ [info] https://open.spotify.com/track/2Aqz0jTeEsS6DZbQYqHRGh [info] |
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| recording of: | The Shortest Straw (from 1988-01 until 1988-05) |
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Related works
The Shortest Straw
| lyricist: | James Hetfield |
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| composer: | James Hetfield Lars Ulrich |
| publisher: | Creeping Death Music |
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