Super Deluxe Box Set featuring Use Your Illusion I & II Remastered for the First-Time from High-Resolution 96kHz 24-bit Transfers from the Original Stereo 1/2-Inch Analog Master Tapes, Two Complete 1991/1992 Live Recordings Newly Mixed from the Original Multi-Track Tapes, and Blu-ray Video of Complete Live In New York Concert Film Plus 100-Page Book
Guns N' Roses' highly anticipated third and fourth studio albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II were originally released simultaneously on September 17, 1991. With the massive success of GN'R Lies and Appetite For Destruction, the band had the daunting task of a follow up album. Not only did the band deliver, Guns N' Roses surprised the world by releasing not one but two new, full length studio albums. Upon release, Use Your Illusion I reached No. 2 and Use Your Illusion II took the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 chart concurrently, selling over 500k in the first two hours of release, with an estimated sales of over 685k and 770k respectively within the first week of release.
Use Your Illusion I features the band's bombastic cover of Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die," the Top Ten hit "Don't Cry," and what NPR described as "one of the ultimate hard-rock power ballads," the band's ‘90s anthem and MTV staple "November Rain," which hit No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100, spending a total of 30 weeks on the chart. Use Your Illusion II features the band's Top 50 single "You Could Be Mine," "Civil War," which reached No. 4 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, and a cover of Bob Dylan's "Knocking On Heaven's Door."
The Use Your Illusion: Super Deluxe box set features a whopping 97 songs, 63 of which are unreleased audio and video tracks. The original studio albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II are both remastered for the first-time from high-resolution 96kHz 24-bit transfers from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog master tapes. The box set features an impressive, anamorphic illusion showcasing each of the two covers at different angles. The Super Deluxe Edition also includes the complete live audio recording Live In New York, taped at the Ritz Theatre on May 16, 1991, with sound newly mixed from original multi-track tapes. This legendary show is one of three warmup shows for the Use Your Illusion Tour and features Izzy Stradlin on guitar, the original version of "Don't Cry" and a special performance of "You Ain't The First" both of which features the late Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon on guest vocals.
Also included is the complete audio recording of Live In Las Vegas taped at Thomas & Mack Center on January 25, 1992, newly mixed from the original multi-track tapes and features the band's new guitarist Gilby Clarke. The bonus disc is a Blu-ray Video of the complete Live In New York concert film, newly transferred from 35mm film prints to 4K UHD and presented in 1080p 24fps HD, in its entirety, along with audio mixed in Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround, and PCM 48kHz 24-bit stereo. The Blu-ray menu features the brand-new live music video "You Could Be Mine." This is the first-time release of any complete audio and video concerts from the Use Your Illusion era GN'R.
The set comes complete with a 100-page hardcover book with unreleased photos, memorabilia and archival documents, Conspiracy Inc. replica fan club folder with membership card, four Conspiracy Inc. 1991/1992 Use Your Illusion era replica fan club newsletters, 10 double-design lithos that reveals 1 of 2 unique images when inserted into the supplied red and blue reveal sleeves, seven band 8"x10" photo prints, four Use Your Illusion tour replica cloth sticky backstage passes, a Ritz Theatre 5/16/1991 replica concert ticket (with the original misprinted date of 5/15/1991) and a brand new 24"x36" band poster.
- Super Deluxe 7CD + Blu-ray + book box set
- Featuring 97 songs, 63 of which are unreleased audio and video tracks
- Use Your Illusion I & II both remastered for the first-time from high-resolution 96kHz 24-bit transfers from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog master tapes
- Complete 1991 live audio recording Live In New York with sound newly mixed from original multi-track tapes
- Complete 1992 audio recording of Live In Las Vegas newly mixed from the original multi-track tapes
- Blu-ray video of the complete Live In New York concert film, newly transferred from 35mm film prints to 4K UHD and presented in 1080p 24fps HD, along with audio mixed in Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround, and PCM 48kHz 24-bit stereo
- 100-page hardcover book with unreleased photos, memorabilia and archival documents
CD 1 - USE YOUR ILLUSION I
Original Album Remastered
1. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL
2. DUST N’ BONES
3. LIVE AND LET DIE
4. DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL)
5. PERFECT CRIME
6. YOU AIN’T THE FIRST
7. BAD OBSESSION
8. BACK OFF BITCH
9. DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE
10. NOVEMBER RAIN*
11. THE GARDEN
12. GARDEN OF EDEN
13. DON’T DAMN ME
14. BAD APPLES
15. DEAD HORSE
16. COMA
CD 2 - USE YOUR ILLUSION II
Original Album Remastered
1. CIVIL WAR
2. 14 YEARS
3. YESTERDAYS
4. KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR
5. GET IN THE RING
6. SHOTGUN BLUES
7. BREAKDOWN
8. PRETTY TIED UP
9. LOCOMOTIVE
10. SO FINE
11. ESTRANGED
12. YOU COULD BE MINE
13. DON’T CRY (ALT. LYRICS)
14. MY WORLD
CD 3 - LIVE IN NEW YORK
Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991
1. PRETTY TIED UP*
2. BAD OBSESSION*
3. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL*
4. MR. BROWNSTONE*
5. DUST N’ BONES
6. LIVE AND LET DIE*
7. PARADISE CITY*
8. VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) / CIVIL WAR*
9. DRUM SOLO*
10. SLASH SOLO*
11. YOU COULD BE MINE*
CD 4 - LIVE IN NEW YORK* (cont’d)
Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991
1. I WAS ONLY JOKING / PATIENCE*
2. ONLY WOMEN BLEED / KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR*
3. DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL)* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
4. YOU AIN’T THE FIRST* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
5. MY MICHELLE*
6. ESTRANGED*
7. DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE*
8. SWEET CHILD O’ MINE*
9. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE*
CD 5 - LIVE IN LAS VEGAS
Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992
1. NIGHTRAIN
2. MR. BROWNSTONE*
3. LIVE AND LET DIE*
4. ATTITUDE*
5. IT’S SO EASY*
6. BAD OBSESSION*
7. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE*
8. DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE*
9. VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) / CIVIL WAR / VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN)*
CD 6 - LIVE IN LAS VEGAS (cont’d)
Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992
1. DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL)*
2. WILD HORSES*
3. PATIENCE*
4. YOU COULD BE MINE*
5. SO FINE*
6. NOVEMBER RAIN*
7. INTROS / DRUM SOLO*
8. SLASH SOLO*
9. SPEAK SOFTLY, LOVE (LOVE THEME FROM THE GODFATHER)*
10. ROCKET QUEEN
CD 7 - LIVE IN LAS VEGAS (cont’d)
Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992
1. SAIL AWAY SWEET SISTER*
2. SWEET CHILD O’ MINE*
3. MOVE TO THE CITY*
4. HOTEL CALIFORNIA / ONLY WOMEN BLEED / KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR*
5. YESTERDAYS
6. MY MICHELLE*
7. ESTRANGED*
8. MOTHER* / PARADISE CITY
BLU-RAY VIDEO - LIVE IN NEW YORK
Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991
Concert: 1.44:1 Pillarbox / 1080p / 24fps
Audio: Dolby Atmos 48kHz 24-bit / Dolby TrueHD 5.1 96kHz 24-bit / PCM Stereo 48kHz 24-bit
Regions: All
Run Time: 2hr 6min
1. PRETTY TIED UP*
2. BAD OBSESSION*
3. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL*
4. MR. BROWNSTONE*
5. DUST N’ BONES*
6. LIVE AND LET DIE*
7. PARADISE CITY*
8. VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) / CIVIL WAR*
9. DRUM SOLO*
10. SLASH SOLO*
11. YOU COULD BE MINE*
12. I WAS ONLY JOKING / PATIENCE*
13. ONLY WOMEN BLEED / KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR*
14. DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL)* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
15. YOU AIN’T THE FIRST* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
16. MY MICHELLE*
17. ESTRANGED*
18. DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE*
19. SWEET CHILD O’ MINE*
20. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE*
* Previously unreleased
