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Warchest

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Released
  
October 9, 2007

Length
  
5:35:29

Producer
  
Kevin Flaherty

Recorded
  
1983–2004

Label
  
EMI, Capitol

Genre
  
Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal

Warchest is a box set from the American heavy metal band Megadeth. Warchest features five discs (4 CD + DVD) and features studio tracks, demos and live recordings of a number of the band's songs from its first ten studio albums and rarities EP. The box set was released on October 9, 2007 by EMI/Capitol Records, and sold around 1,100 copies in the United States in its first week.

Contents

While the content on discs 1-3 is assorted, disc 4 was recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, England, on October 14, 1990. The location and date is incorrectly listed as October 16, 1990 in the liner notes. The "Clash Of The Titans Tour" also featured Suicidal Tendencies, Anthrax and Slayer during the European leg. Disc 5 is a DVD, and features a concert recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, on September 30, 1992. Its audio was encoded to stereo Linear PCM.

Reception

Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic noted that the set offers "something for everyone -- from longtime fans to neophytes". Birchmeyer reserved special praise for disc 4, a 1990 concert at Wembley Arena in London. He described the concert as "amazing" and noted the studio separation of the guitars, and an appearance by Sean Harris of Diamond Head.

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Dave Mustaine, except where noted

Personnel

  • Dave Mustaine – vocals, lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
  • David Ellefson – bass guitar, backing vocals on discs 1, 2, 4, 5 and tracks 1-15 on disc 3
  • Chris Poland – lead guitar on tracks 1-5 on disc 1 and tracks 16-17 on disc 3
  • Gar Samuelson – drums on tracks 1-5 on disc 1
  • Jeff Young – lead guitar on tracks 6-11 on disc 1
  • Chuck Behler – drums on tracks 6-11 on disc 1
  • Nick Menza – drums on tracks discs 2, 4, 5, tracks 12-17 on disc 1, and tracks 1-4, 6 on disc 3
  • Marty Friedman – lead guitar on discs 2, 4, 5, tracks 13-17 on disc 1, and tracks 1-9 on disc 3
  • Jimmy DeGrasso – drums on tracks 5, 7-14 on disc 3
  • Al Pitrelli – lead guitar on tracks 10-14 on disc 3
  • Jimmy Lee Sloas – bass guitar on tracks 16-17 on disc 3
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums on tracks 16-17 on disc 3

    • References

    Warchest Wikipedia
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