Ride the Lightning album cover

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This PNG was cropped out of PNG file 68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740.dat; data file 68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740.dat was extracted from ITC2 file AA2B835F26931E60-68A9B7AF2B34EDA0.itc2. This album cover was previously not found at https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Ride+The+Lightning%22.

From https://nada-labs.net/2010/file-format-reverse-engineering-an-introduction/ \u2192 https://nada-labs.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/itc2-dump-1.zip and https://nada-labs.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/itc2-dump-2.zip

With this software you can extract the images from .itc2 files. File "itc2-dump-2.zip" is the newer/better one I guess; I used this version. Both versions of "itc2-dump.exe" were compiled from their respective versions of "ITC2ItemDump.cpp" and "ITC2File.h" I guess.

File: ITC2ItemDump.cpp
Description: Dumps the items within a itc2 file
Author: nada
Copyright: nada-labs.net
The author hereby grants the use and redistribution of this
code for non-commercial works only.
Created: 2010-01-29

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File: ITC2File.h
Description: Header file defining functions and the format of the iTunes
.itc2 files used for album thumbnails
Author: nada
Copyright: nada-labs.net
The author hereby grants the use and redistribution of this
code for non-commercial works only.
Created: 2010-01-29

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>itc2-dump
usage: itc2-dump.exe iTunesFolder [Second iTunesFolder]...
it will dump all embedded images to the current directory.
>echo You could run "itc2-dump 02 00 > 0.txt" while in directory "AA2B835F26931E60/01/", but that would require you to keep moving to various directories and/or to keep moving this program to that directory if you didn't map this program to your PATH variable. Therefore, follow the guide below to quickly dump all your images.

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D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>dir/s/b|clip
--->
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\00
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\01
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\05
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\10
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\11
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\12
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\14
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\ITC2ItemDump.cpp
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\itc2-dump.exe
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\itc2-dump-2.zip
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\ITC2File.h
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\00\\10
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\00\\10\\13
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\00\\10\\13\\AA2B835F26931E60-68A9B7AF2B34EDA0.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\01\\02
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\01\\02\\00
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\01\\02\\00\\AA2B835F26931E60-A66D52D05049A021.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\05\\07
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\05\\07\\02
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\05\\07\\02\\AA2B835F26931E60-81309BB9FF815275.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\01
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\05
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\08
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\11
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\01\\00
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\01\\00\\AA2B835F26931E60-ED01A3F22F7D3016.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\05\\05
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\05\\06
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\05\\05\\AA2B835F26931E60-A8677EAD23ECA556.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\05\\06\\AA2B835F26931E60-44D93BCB7D3DC656.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\08\\12
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\08\\12\\AA2B835F26931E60-5485D05750090C86.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\11\\06
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\11\\06\\AA2B835F26931E60-95B6432F0120E6B6.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07\\02
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07\\04
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07\\02\\03
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07\\02\\03\\AA2B835F26931E60-DAD04428E7AFC327.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07\\04\\14
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07\\04\\14\\AA2B835F26931E60-E0BF6F9DB987AE47.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\10\\14
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\10\\14\\04
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\10\\14\\04\\AA2B835F26931E60-2E707BDD897DA4EA.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\11\\09
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\11\\09\\09
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\11\\09\\09\\AA2B835F26931E60-2822C5144D52D99B.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\12\\00
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\12\\00\\12
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\12\\00\\12\\AA2B835F26931E60-C10EBC7CCDC0FC0C.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13\\10
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13\\12
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13\\10\\05
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13\\10\\05\\AA2B835F26931E60-B9ABAEF3385965AD.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13\\12\\13
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13\\12\\13\\AA2B835F26931E60-40A28A91C29E5DCD.itc2
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\14\\15
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\14\\15\\09
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\14\\15\\09\\AA2B835F26931E60-085F3B5B70AFF9FE.itc2
--->
Run the following commands in GVim:
:g/itc2$/d
:g/AA2B835F26931E60\\\\...\\?.\\?.\\?$/d
:%s/\\(.*\\)/itc2-dump.exe "\\1:::" "\\1"/g | %s/...::://g | %s/itc2-dump.ex" ""//g
Save to .bat file in "AA2B835F26931E60". Run bat file in CMD while in directory "AA2B835F26931E60".
--->
D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\00\\10" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\00\\10\\13"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-68A9B7AF2B34EDA0.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file '68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740.dat'(983574)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\01\\02" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\01\\02\\00"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-A66D52D05049A021.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file 'A66D52D05049A021-01-740x740.dat'(891149)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\05\\07" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\05\\07\\02"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-81309BB9FF815275.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file '81309BB9FF815275-01-740x740.dat'(687717)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\01" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\01\\00"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-ED01A3F22F7D3016.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file 'ED01A3F22F7D3016-01-740x740.dat'(1006397)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\05" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\05\\05"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-A8677EAD23ECA556.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file 'A8677EAD23ECA556-01-600x600.dat'(279144)
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-44D93BCB7D3DC656.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file '44D93BCB7D3DC656-01-740x740.dat'(779288)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\05" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\05\\06"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-A8677EAD23ECA556.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file 'A8677EAD23ECA556-01-600x600.dat'(279144)
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-44D93BCB7D3DC656.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file '44D93BCB7D3DC656-01-740x740.dat'(779288)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\08" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\08\\12"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-5485D05750090C86.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file '5485D05750090C86-01-740x740.dat'(989207)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\11" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\06\\11\\06"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-95B6432F0120E6B6.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file '95B6432F0120E6B6-01-740x740.dat'(897366)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07\\02" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07\\02\\03"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-DAD04428E7AFC327.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file 'DAD04428E7AFC327-01-740x740.dat'(438014)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07\\04" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\07\\04\\14"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-E0BF6F9DB987AE47.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file 'E0BF6F9DB987AE47-01-740x740.dat'(844334)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\10\\14" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\10\\14\\04"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-2E707BDD897DA4EA.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file '2E707BDD897DA4EA-01-740x740.dat'(472190)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\11\\09" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\11\\09\\09"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-2822C5144D52D99B.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file '2822C5144D52D99B-01-600x600.dat'(654810)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\12\\00" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\12\\00\\12"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-C10EBC7CCDC0FC0C.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file 'C10EBC7CCDC0FC0C-01-600x600.dat'(778920)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13\\10" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13\\10\\05"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-B9ABAEF3385965AD.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file 'B9ABAEF3385965AD-01-740x740.dat'(935895)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13\\12" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\13\\12\\13"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-40A28A91C29E5DCD.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] unknown file format: 0000000E
[ 1] wrote Unknown image to file '40A28A91C29E5DCD-01-600x600.dat'(487733)

D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60>itc2-dump.exe "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\14\\15" "D:\\user\\Documents\\ex\\iTunes\\Album Artwork\\Download\\AA2B835F26931E60\\14\\15\\09"
Dumping contents of AA2B835F26931E60-085F3B5B70AFF9FE.itc2:
dumping items...
[ 1] wrote JPEG image to file '085F3B5B70AFF9FE-01-600x600.jpg'(181415)

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Get each of the 4 images set in 740x740 image files:
* Check .dat with text editor to see if it is PNG or not (see file header).
* Top left, found on 10th try with https://freetoolonline.com/imagemagick-online.html#convert 68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740.dat -crop 356x356+9+9 68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740-tl.png
* Top right, found on 5th try with https://freetoolonline.com/imagemagick-online.html#convert 68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740.dat -crop 356x356+374+9 68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740-tr.png
* Bottom left, found on 1th try with https://freetoolonline.com/imagemagick-online.html#convert 68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740.dat -crop 356x356+9+374 68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740-bl.png
* Bottom right, found on 1th try with https://freetoolonline.com/imagemagick-online.html#convert 68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740.dat -crop 356x356+374+374 68A9B7AF2B34EDA0-01-740x740-br.png