GUNS N’ ROSES are reissuing their 1991 albums ‘Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II’ across nine different physical formats this week, including 7CD + blu-ray and 12-LP vinyl+blu-ray super deluxe editions.
Both albums have been “fully remastered for the first-time ever”, from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog masters.
The curious thing is the 2-disc editions of each album feature exclusive live audio not included in the bigger 7-disc boxes. This is in the form of bonus discs with live highlights from the Use Your Illusion 1991 / 1992 tour including dates in Paris, London and Rio de Janeiro – not present in the 7-CD box-set.
More exclusive material is on this “Use Your Illusion I” 2-disc Japan SHM-CD release as includes 2 bonus tracks live recorded in Tokyo, Japan tour.
So for example, if you are a CD collector and want ‘everything’ (in terms of audio) you have to buy three products: the 7CD+blu-ray super deluxe, and both 2-disc deluxe editions.
”Use Your Illusion I” includes an updated version of the single ‘November Rain’ which features a newly recorded 50-piece orchestra (this has been mixed by Steven Wilson, incidentally).
Disc 2 features previously unreleased live performances from London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York and Las Vegas, recorded during the 1991-1992 Use Your Illusions Tour. Among these, “Always on the Run (Live in Paris – June 6, 1992)” features a guest appearance by Lenny Kravitz.
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SHM CD1 – USE YOUR ILLUSION I – (Original Album Remastered)
01 – Right Next Door To Hell (2022 Remaster)
02 – Dust N’ Bones (2022 Remaster)
03 – Live And Let Die (2022 Remaster)
04 – Don’t Cry (Original) (2022 Remaster)
05 – Perfect Crime (2022 Remaster)
06 – You Ain’t The First (2022 Remaster)
07 – Bad Obsession (2022 Remaster)
08 – Back Off Bitch (2022 Remaster)
09 – Double Talkin’ Jive (2022 Remaster)
10 – November Rain (2022 Version)
11 – The Garden (2022 Remaster)
12 – Garden Of Eden (2022 Remaster)
13 – Don’t Damn Me (2022 Remaster)
14 – Bad Apples (2022 Remaster)
15 – Dead Horse (2022 Remaster)
16 – Coma (2022 Remaster)
SHM CD2 – Unreleased Live Bonus +2 exclusives
01 – Perfect Crime (Live In London – 31 Aug 91)
02 – Bad Obsession (Live in Las Vegas – 01-25-92)
03 -Right Next Door to Hell (Live in New York – 5-16-91)
04 – Always On The Run (Live In Paris – June 6, 92)
05 – Dust and Bones (Live in London – 31 August 91)
06 – Live And Let Die (Live In New York – May 16, 91)
07 – Attitude (Live in Paris – June 6, 92)
08 – Double Talkin’ Jive (Live in London – 08-31-91)
09 – Don’t Cry (Original) (Live In New York – May 16, 91)
10 – You Ain’t The First (Live In New York – May 16, 91)
11 – It’s Alright / November Rain (Live in Paris – June 6, 92)
12 – Bad Apples (Live in Rio de Janeiro – 01-23-91)
13 – Wild Horses (Live In Paris – 06-06-92)
Japanese Edition Special Bonus Tracks:
14 – Live and Let Die (Live in Tokyo)
15 – Don’t Cry (Live in Tokyo)
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