Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion I [2CD]

UMC/Polydor

£19.57

Format: 2 x CD
Catalogue No.: 4511711
Barcode: 0602445117116
Release Date: 11 Nov 2022
Genre: Rock

USE YOUR ILLUSION I 2CD Deluxe Edition presents the album remastered for first-time ever on CD1. UYI I now features “November Rain” with a real 50-piece orchestra for the first-time ever – newly recorded, conducted & arranged by Grammy® Award winner & Emmy Award nominated composer Christopher Lennertz. CD2 features 13 unreleased live tracks from London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York & Las Vegas on the UYI 1991/1992 tour all newly mixed. Expanded artwork with unreleased photos & images.

TRACKLISTING
CD1 – USE YOUR ILLUSION I
Original Album Remastered
RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL
DUST N’ BONES
LIVE AND LET DIE
DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL)
PERFECT CRIME
YOU AIN’T THE FIRST
BAD OBSESSION
BACK OFF BITCH
DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE
NOVEMBER RAIN*
THE GARDEN
GARDEN OF EDEN
DON’T DAMN ME
BAD APPLES
DEAD HORSE
COMA

CD 2 – USE YOUR ILLUSION 1991 / 1992 TOUR
PERFECT CRIME (Live in London – 8/31/91)*
BAD OBSESSION (Live in Las Vegas – 1/25/92)*
RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL (Live in New York – 5/16/91)*
ALWAYS ON THE RUN (with Lenny Kravitz) (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
DUST N’ BONES (Live in London – 8/31/91)*
LIVE AND LET DIE (Live in New York – 5/16/91)*
ATTITUDE (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE (Live in London – 8/31/91)*
DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL) (Live in New York – 5/16/91)*
YOU AIN’T THE FIRST (Live in New York – 5/16/91)*
IT’S ALRIGHT / NOVEMBER RAIN (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
BAD APPLES (Live in Rio de Janeiro – 1/23/91)*
WILD HORSES (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*

* Previously unreleased

ORIGINAL ALBUMS FACTS:
Original street date Sept 17, 1991 – UYI 2 debuted #1 (770K units first week), UYI 1 debuted #2 (685K units first week) on Billboard Top 200
Original estimates during the first 2 hours of sales was 500K units for both albums
Each album is certified 7x Platinum by RIAA as of 1997
UYI 1 is certified platinum in 19 countries and diamond in Canada
UYI 2 is certified platinum in 18 countries and gold in 3 countries
“November Rain” music video was the first ‘90s video to hit the 1 billion views mark at YouTube in 2018

REISSUE FACTS:
97 total tracks – 63 unreleased tracks
“November Rain (2022 Version)” was conducted & arranged by Grammy® Award winner & Emmy nominated composer Christopher Lennertz – Content team have footage from recording session
First-ever remaster for both UYI I & II albums from 96kHz 24-bit transfers of the original stereo analog master tapes
Both live albums are the first-ever full-length concert albums for Use Your Illusion-era GN’R.
LIVE IN NEW YORK is 1 of 3 surprise warm-up shows before the UYI Tour & features Izzy Stradlin, founding member of GN’R, who quit the band in November 1991 – with his final show being August 31, 1991 at Wembley Stadium.
LIVE IN LAS VEGAS features Gilby Clarke whose first show with GN’R was December 5, 1991.
LIVE IN NEW YORK concert film was originally shot on 35mm to capture performance footage for the music video “You Could Be Mine” that was combined with movie footage from Terminator 2.
“You Could Be Mine” music video has never been commercially released or made available at DSPs due to the movie footage. The new music video is newly transferred & edited in 4K UHD featuring footage from throughout the entire concert film.