Gold top 78 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Wow just watched the clip there now that is guns n fuckin roses right there it's always great to see footage like that and it's a pity there's not more of it. That's as good as I've ever heard the band sound hopefully we do start to see more videos like this as it's not only great for fans but it would be great to show everyone just why they became the most dangerous and biggest band in the world. Let's hope for a release of a show like this for AFD 30th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibsonLP Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 (edited) There's just something about this back to basics sound that works for the band. I can see why Slash and Izzy found the idea of keyboards and horns and backup singers a bit too bloated Theres no fat here it's all muscle! Edited March 6, 2016 by GibsonLP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GNRfan2008 Posted March 6, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2016 GN'R from 1987-1988 just might be the best rock band ever. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Man....I want to see that Footage of Don't Cry. I hope this thing gets released someday. If you guys haven't heard the 1988 Japanese Incident, then give it a hear, its only audio, but its amazing, Im posting one, but there are other songs too, really good quality. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Ass Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 18 hours ago, TheSeeker said: They should release the 87, 88 and 91 Ritz shows on Blu Ray next year for the 30th Anniversary of the first show You're Crazy sounds AMAZING on this KILLER fucking idea! I love this forum.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIST Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Awesome material...but the fuckin editing effects ruins it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 am i the only person who quite likes the effects? haha.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoop Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 They're sort of fitting in a way when you consider this show was nearly 30 years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 20 hours ago, itsprettytiedup said: This came out directly from Geffen's tape, so I think that's why the quality is great. What other tapes does Geffen have stashed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 12 hours ago, SoulMonster said: This, to me, was the pinnacle of GN'R. In my book the pinnacle lasted from first gig in hollywood 1985 until last gig in wembley 1991 I am sure we are having another mighty fine pinnacle as soon as axl, izzy, slash, duff and steven make new music again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highvoltage Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 This show is in excellent hands. Seriously, EVERY TRADER will want a piece of this and there's no telling what could come out of the woodwork in exchange for it. There are plenty of shows being held back that we haven't seen 10 seconds of, let alone 10 minutes. That footage was fucking brilliant! What a show, definitely a step up from '88 in every way. Thankyou for sharing it Alex!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 2 hours ago, dalsh327 said: What other tapes does Geffen have stashed? id say that they may have AT LEAST 5 TO 10 similar audio and/or video recordings like this one circa 1986-1989 maybe 2 or 3 times that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 This trading community accomplishes nothing 99% of the time...I feel like we have been asking for the same stuff for 15 years and none of it has fully been released Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dally Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 5 hours ago, GNRfan2008 said: GN'R from 1987-1988 just might be the best rock band ever. What you said, for me 87 is the best GNR era ever imo!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRmello77 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) I am Blown away by this footage damn they sound soo good can't wait to see the complete show!! In those days Guns played some raw great shows!! Edited March 7, 2016 by GNRmello77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 On 3/6/2016 at 9:46 PM, itsprettytiedup said: According to the description: "Never before seen footage! Sure, we're very familiar with the phrase "Guns N' Roses Live at The Ritz" - but this isn't the footage you're thinking of - this is unreleased, never before seen, straight from a Geffen VHS, just three months after the release of their monumental debut album Appetite For Destruction, days before the infamous CBGB's Acoustic show (Which, until now, was thought to be the only known 1987 show to exist in video, sans rumors of a fan filmed August 1987 show in Toronto). The full footage will see the light of day some day, but to quote one himself "You'll see it, I'm just not sure if soon is the word" - though, I will entertain offers for trade for something of equal value within the GNR bootleg community. The tapes contains a clip of Jungle, and fulls songs from My Michelle through Mama Kin. Footage is one hour in running time and was transferred directly from Geffen VHS via Ion Audio's Video 2 PC capture device. All cheesy, 80's High School AV club editing was all the rage in those daze and was done by Geffen, hahah." Thanks Alex Anderson for the upload! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-W.A.R- Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 wow that might be the best ive ever heard Axl sound live it literally studio like quality signing and the rest of the band sounds awesome aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russel Nash Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 That's really something thanks for sharing. I hope he can exchange it for something worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yumbeen Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 On 6 de marzo de 2016 at 11:46 PM, itsprettytiedup said: According to the description: "Never before seen footage! Sure, we're very familiar with the phrase "Guns N' Roses Live at The Ritz" - but this isn't the footage you're thinking of - this is unreleased, never before seen, straight from a Geffen VHS, just three months after the release of their monumental debut album Appetite For Destruction, days before the infamous CBGB's Acoustic show (Which, until now, was thought to be the only known 1987 show to exist in video, sans rumors of a fan filmed August 1987 show in Toronto). The full footage will see the light of day some day, but to quote one himself "You'll see it, I'm just not sure if soon is the word" - though, I will entertain offers for trade for something of equal value within the GNR bootleg community. The tapes contains a clip of Jungle, and fulls songs from My Michelle through Mama Kin. Footage is one hour in running time and was transferred directly from Geffen VHS via Ion Audio's Video 2 PC capture device. All cheesy, 80's High School AV club editing was all the rage in those daze and was done by Geffen, hahah." Thanks Alex Anderson for the upload! My god!!...THIS IS THE HOLY GRAIL!!!! THNX !!!!! JUST I NEED TO SEE MARQUEE 1987 AND I CAN DIE IN PEACE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ana_1991 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Axl kills it here! The rest of the band too! Best sounding GNR live so far! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Imagine more shows like this in remastered Blu-ray quality released in a small box set just in time for the 30th Anniversary of Appetite... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Blu Ray doesn't improve videotape footage, in that case it would have more to do with storage and sound quality. If GNR offered vintage video & soundboard shows as part of the fan club subscription, it would definitely drive membership numbers up. We still don't know what shows were videotaped or filmed - as a support act like the Giants Stadium 1988 footage used for "Paradise City", or support to the Stones, Motley Crue, The Cult, Alice Cooper. I think anything shot for Geffen Records would be known by Tom Zutaut. Whatever David Geffen has in his archives was probably when he was a manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Almost Famous Posted March 7, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) So, I guess I might need to add a little backstory here...(and this is what it takes to pull me away from a multiyear hiatus from Forums...) In December I purchased a lot of promo VHS tapes, there were like six or eight others in the lot, but I bought it exclusively for this Ritz one, thinking it was a Geffen promo of the '88 show. About two weeks ago I finally had the time to hook up the VCR and watch the tape. Imagine my surprise when it starts with a clip of Jungle, immediately I thought "Hmm, not the Ritz '88, maybe it's Felt Forum" so I youtubed that show and it wasn't. So by this point Michelle comes on and I'm like hmm, this is similar to some '87 sets. So I'm truckin' away though GNRONTOUR and by then Don't Cry is playing on my TV and immediately I knew what show I had. Checked the setlist, watched the rest of the tape and sure as shit. So I ordered up some Video 2 PC thing by Ion, and set to rip it. Anyways - I'm using this as leverage to get something else for us to watch or hear or whatever. I have received a couple messages from people inquiring but I haven't had the time to follow through yet to test the waters. I decided to make a montage of clips of the show for two reasons - 1. To give y'all something to watch and 2. Proof. Year in and year out there's always someone coming out of the woodwork and claiming to have this video show or that video show or this unreleased song but no one ever has solid proof. Maybe this can drudge out the VMA Rehearsals, maybe this can drudge out something else long forgotten on a promo VHS sitting on eBay waiting to be discovered, who knows. All I know is I have the fans best interest with this, because I want you all to see this as much as I want you all to see whatever else is out there. Also, I'd like to say that it's great to see this thread here, because it was like a walk down memory lane last night seeing postings from Crazyman, GNR 1991, Bond (whom I recall but can't place, sorry man!) and some other posters during my "glory years" here about a decade ago. Also nice to have some of the positive support of some key players on this board on my side, then again - it stems from years ago when I was what I guess could be considered a "major player" ad knowledgeable source in the Bootleg scene. Crazyman - I totally forgot about that whole Donington Micpad thing! Great times, Timebomb was so pissed off! But man, you're right, there is may elitist bastards in that scene and was one of numerous things that caused me to part ways with that...crowd. Don't get me wrong, there is a handful who did wonders but there's still an elitist bunch. Anyways, nice hanging with y'all this morning - I'm sure I'll see some of you over the course of the next month or so. To all those who've said a positive word about me in this thread - thank you. Some of you I haven't seen a post from, or talked to in years, so it definitely was surprising to read that so many of y'all remembered some of the things I did for the Bootleg circles years ago. /A. Edited March 7, 2016 by Almost Famous 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) Awesome find - What other tapes were in the lot and which ones did you get? Lori Earl worked for Jimmy Iovine and Dre, she probably has a lot of ChiDem-related stories on top of everything else that went on in her career. Edited March 7, 2016 by dalsh327 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Famous Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 22 hours ago, stella said: I really appreciate that this was made available...the only thing I wish is that they had left Axl's full rant in the video. Toward the end of this video he starts talking about how the press is trying to classify the band into one genre or another, and he's starting to make what sounds like a good point, and then it jumps to another clip! Arrrgh! Will have to look for it in the full audio that was posted here. Unfortunately the transition you see from the rant into Mama Kin is just like it is on the VHS. It's about the ONLY thing I am disappointed with on this tape, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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