![]() To persuade Metallica to choose his label Hooker offered them a bigger deal, 'worth well over £1 million, which at that time was the biggest deal we'd ever offered anyone'. Manager Peter Mensch wanted the band to sign with British record distributor Phonogram Records, and Phonogram chairman Martin Hooker was keen to obtain the band's contract. ![]() The band's previous studio album, Master of Puppets, marked the end of Metallica's contract with the Music for Nations label. Another reason was frontman James Hetfield's arm injury in a skateboarding accident. The band had intended to record the album earlier, but was sidetracked by the large number of festival dates scheduled for the summer of 1987, including the European leg of the Monsters of Rock festival. Newsted had previously played on Metallica's The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited, an extended play released in 1987. ¦And Justice for All is Metallica's first full-length studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted after the death of Cliff Burton in 1986. ![]()
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