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February 2
Hi, I'm Sparkle and Fade, and I am currently researching the Metal Blade Records article. I have verified that Metal Blade had signed a long-term distribution and development deal with Enigma Records in 1987, and recently became aware that founder Brian Slagel had said something about signing with Greenworld Distribution under the Enigma Records division back during its founding long before the aforementioned distribution deal. However, I've been unable to retrieve said information anywhere. If anyone can verify this for me, it would be highly appreciated. —Sparkle and Fade (talk • contributions) 00:48, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- From one interview with Slager:[1]
- "What [the release of Metal Massacre] did get me was a distribution deal with this company Greenworld that ended up being Enigma."
- From another interview:[2]
- "[After Metalworks Records went out of business] I was able to get the rights [to Metal Massacrre] back eventually, and then put it out again with one of the other distributors, also in Los Angeles, called Greenworld."
- ‑‑Lambiam 17:19, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks so much! This has been really helpful in my research for the article. —Sparkle and Fade (talk • contributions) 21:04, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Mick Wall writes about the relationship between Brian Slagel and Metallica, along with working with independent distributors, including Greenworld, in "Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica." The book is not in our collection, so I can only see snippets in the catalog. It looks like it details a lot of the relationship between Slagel and Ulrich. It also discusses the early days of using independent distributors and how the records would sell out quickly and they had to keep producing more. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 20:46, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- A snippet from the book, p. 74:
- "Slagel negotiated his own distribution deal with Green World, later known as Enigma. It was through Green World that his Metal Blade label would blossom into an actual record company, rereleasing the original Metal Massacre album – the new pressing of which would also replace the original Metallica four-track with the new, eight-track version on No Life 'til Leather – and putting together a follow-up release, Metal Massacre II."
- ‑‑Lambiam 09:32, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]