Originally released by Holocaust in 1983 on the Holocaust Live - Hot Curry and Wine album, Metallica released their own version on 1987's Garage Days Re-Revisited mini-album. Metallica played this song live seven times, first on August 20, 1987, in London (England). A live version of The Small Hours, recorded on 1998 in New York, NY, appears in the Whiskey in the Jar single.