How much would you pay for a UYI boxset?

[EvanG]

Nada. 

[Live Like a Suicide]

The same i would pay for the Appetite set - nothing.

[scooby845]

It's interesting how convoluted relationship GNR fans have with GNR.

We want to hear the the unreleased demos of a record the majority of GNR fans hate - Chinese Democracy, but don't want new music to follow that direction. On the other hand, we don't want the unreleased demos of a record the majority of GNR fans like  - Appetite for Destruction, but we want new music to follow that direction.

lol...

Edited May 23, 2018 by scooby845

[Gordon Comstock]

2 minutes ago, scooby845 said:

It's interesting how convoluted relationship GNR fans have with GNR.

Fans are willing to pay 1000's of bucks to hear the unreleased demos of a record the majority of the community hates - Chinese Democracy, while on the other side GNR releases the very same thing with the community's favorite album - AFD, and the fans rant about it.

lol...

The thing is, if there was ever one thing unanimously agreed upon by GNR fans, it was that AFD was perfect as is and didn't need a remaster or box set. We all have the album, we all love that album, and we've all heard the demos.

With UYI we know there's lots of live and backstage footage collecting dust somewhere, and there's bits and pieces of songs worked on in the mid-90s. That's interesting. With CD we know there's lots of live footage and unheard songs. That's interesting. AFD needlessly remastered is not interesting, and all the posters and fake tattoos in the world don't change that...

[RONIN]

Will not buy unless we get a replica Axl catcher's vest with the boxset

[cqleonardo]

Everytime I think about the Illusions tour I think how much easy money they would make if they released that shit online to sell... 

[cqleonardo]

The bad thing about the AFD box to me is that I dont see the point of releasing like that.... Would be sooo much better if they did a big box set going through the entire career, starting on AFD and going all the way to CD and maybe stuff recorded after CD... record like 2 or 4 new songs to be the singles and stuff, nice package, great artwork, throw a dvd in there...

[Its Tino]

I’d pay $20 for the doc. 

[patiencepatience]

I am holding out hope for the holy grail GNR documentary. The fabled UYI tour footage and whatever else Axl has in the vault. With a master filmmaker like Errol Morris....it's too much of an opportunity to not happen. There's got to be multiple A list directors salivating at the chance.

[ludurigan]

On 22/05/2018 at 2:40 PM, Fashionista said:

Let's say GN'R did decide at some point to do a UYI boxset, and it included:
-"Perfect Crime" UYI tour documentary

-All recording session videos/in studio tapes

-Pre 1990 versions of UYI songs (with AFD lineup) remixed/remastered ala SOYL
-Official DVD & Blu Rays of Rock in Rio II, The Ritz 1991, Paris 1992, Chicago 1992, and Argentina 1993

-"Raw" pre-final mix UYI songs

-Alternate takes and mixings of most/if not all songs

-UYI tour coffee-table style picture book (approx 100 pages in length, perhaps with commentary on some of the photos)

-TSI demos w/ Izzy remastered, along with unreleased TSI recordings including Down on the Street

-Reprints/re-releases of popular UYI era merch and t-shirts (IE, UYI II t-shirt, maybe some of Axl's UYI tour t-shirts reprinted, a pair of Axl sneakers, GN'R Pinball Game as a downloadable app game)

-Reprint of early 1990s GN'R comic(s)

 

How much would you be willing to pay?

fantastic post

let me add a tad to your box

- All recording session videos/in studio tapes

- 3 CDs of pre 1990 versions of all UYI songs written during the GNR era 1985-1990 (with AFD lineup) remixed/remastered ala SOYL including multiple early takes of November Rain, Perfect Crime, Back off Bitch, Bad Obsession, Yesterdays, You Could be Mine, Ain't Going Down etc

- 2CDs of top quality recordings of every West Arkeen demo available that has a GNR member on it including all the known tracks in circulation and more (if exists!) that was never in circulation

- 4 CDs of the 1989 Chicago sessions with multiple takes of every song (including early versions, rejected ideas, unused jams, etc)

- 5 CDs of rehearsals 1989-1991 including the complete Mates Rehearsal 

- 2CDs "Raw UYI instrumental with original Izzy Stradlin guitar" (mixed on the same volume as Slash's original guitar)

- 2CDs "Raw UYI with Axl raw vocals and original Izzy Stradlin guitar" (same as above with raw Axl's vocals added -- and no effects!)

- "Raw" pre-final mix UYI songs

- 5 CDs of alternate takes (with special attention to alternate vocal takes and alternate solo takes) and mixings of most/if not all UYI songs including the ones that were never released like Aint Going Down

- 2 DVDs & Blu Rays of Rock in Rio II (both nights including the unseen footage from second night)

- 3 DVDs of complete, uncut film footage (with untouched professional audio recordings) of the three 1991 warm-up gigs at The Ritz, The Warfield and The Pantages Paris 1992, Chicago 1992, and Argentina 1993

- 5 DVDs of 1991 shows in USA and Europe

- UYI tour coffee-table style picture book (approx 100 400 pages in length, perhaps with commentary by Axl, Izzy, Slash, Duff and related personnel on some of the photos every photo)

- TSI demos w/ Izzy remastered and untouched, along with unreleased TSI recordings including Down on the Street

- Reprints/re-releases of popular UYI era merch and t-shirts (IE, UYI II t-shirt, maybe some of Axl's UYI tour t-shirts reprinted, a pair of Axl sneakers, GN'R Pinball Game as a downloadable app game)

- Reprint of early 1990s GN'R comic(s)

- "Perfect Crime Meltdown" UYI documentary 1989-1991

- "Perfect Crime Circus" UYI tour documentary 1992-1993

(there is more to add but i am tired hahahaha!)