I'd love to hear that from a better recording.
Cliff was the man. I sometimes wonder what Metallica would be if he didn't die. I just don't think they would have gone the direction that has some people calling them a sellout.
I was reading some music forum where some people were blasting him. Their issue seemed to be he wasn't a true bass player, just a lead guitar player using a bass. If you look at metal at that time most bassist were really just doubling the rhythm instead of playing a "true" bass line. Cliff played all
three, frequently all in the same song. Look at my favorite Metallica song, "
orion". He seamlessly moved from one to the other throughout the song but his "true" bass portions were just more complex than most bass lines.
I know the mastering of Metallica's stuff back then made it hard to really hear what Cliff added to the music so just look up "
orion Bass" on youtube to see some examples of people doubling a bass style unlike anyone before him.