Ninjapie24 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 2 hours ago, MJRemastered said: Can't wait to order the 179$ one. Thats worth imo. At least for me. I pre-ordered it the day before it was announced. I was told Amazon didn’t charge you until it shipped, so I was happy about that. Also, at one point Amazon lowered the price to $135 (If I remember correctly) and because I ordered it before they will honor the lower price. With the other money I decided to order it on iTunes , so I could get it the day it came out instead of waiting for shipping and I could get any songs they release early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cqleonardo Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 what fernando said about marc?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, cqleonardo said: what fernando said about marc?? Someone talk he about Marc is a great guy and Fernando answer was that he don't agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaskingApathy Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Ok I finally went and watched the Locked N' Loaded unboxing video. The vinyl actually looks pretty cool. The stuff in the drawers is rather cheesy though. I won't be buying it but if they discount it heavily in the future I might be interested. Btw I read on that FB group that someone on there bought 5 boxes?! Wish I had $5000 to spend like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaskingApathy Posted June 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/guns-n-roses-appetite-for-destruction-box-set-a-guide-w521791 Guns N' Roses' Massive 'Appetite for Destruction' Box Set: A User's Guide More than two thirds of the set's 73 tracks are previously unreleased. Here we highlight our favorites Ross Halfin By Kory Grow 13 hours ago Guns N' Roses may have missed the 30th anniversary of their monumental debut album, Appetite for Destruction, by a year, but as with all things GN'R-related, it's better late than never. To mark the legacy of the record that made them superstars, the band is putting out a multi-disc Appetite box set, which collects a treasure trove of B sides, outtakes, rarities and demo sessions – alongside an excellent-sounding remaster of the original album – for an exhaustive, comprehensive look at the band's formative years. A little over two thirds of the tracks in the super-deluxe edition (and its $999 counterpart the "Locked N' Loaded" collection) are previously unreleased. The package includes early, noticeably different versions of "Welcome to the Jungle," "Paradise City," "November Rain" and other hits, as well as rare covers of Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley songs and even a few curiosa of their own that they never finished and released. It's easy to get lost among the many takes of "Move to the City" and "Shadow of Your Love," so we sifted through it all to select the most noteworthy highlights. Here are the 13 most interesting things to listen for in the new Appetite for Destruction box set. "Shadow of Your Love" (1986 Sound City Session) This ripping breakup song dates back to Axl Rose's pre-GN'R band with Izzy Stradlin, Hollywood Rose, and it's the one track here that really should have made it onto Appetite for Destruction. It's raw, nasty, driving and catchy as hell. It's even got a little "sha-na-na-na-na-shadow of your love" at the end, so maybe they cut it to allow "Welcome to the Jungle" to stand on its own two "sha-na-na-na-na-knees." Nevertheless, they issued it as a "live" recording, included here on the "B-Sides N' EPs" disc, as the flip side to "It's So Easy," though the two demo versions in the box set sounds more dangerous; the version on the "Sound City Session" disc sounds positively unhinged. "You're Crazy" (Acoustic Version) (B-Sides N' EPs) Before they released the stripped-back version of "You're Crazy" on Lies, GN'R released this slightly faster (and truly acoustic) rendition of the Appetite track as a B side to "Welcome to the Jungle." It's a little looser than the Lies rendition and features copious rattlesnake shaker sounds and bells. Another acoustic version is featured on the "Sound City" disc, which goes to show that the band had envisioned the song acoustically as much as the electric version that made it onto Appetite. Also, check out the last few seconds of the acoustic version on "Sunset Sessions N' More" to hear a cute back-and-forth between some of the guys: "I lost my fucking pick." "I heard that but it's gonna be OK." Three Songs Recorded Live in London (B-Sides N' EPs) At a Marquee Club gig about a week before Appetite came out, GN'R recorded a few songs that later surfaced on a self-titled, Japanese-only EP that came out in 1988. The production on these songs – "It's So Easy" and covers of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rose" – isn't the best (they sound like they were recorded in a closet) but they still capture the energy the band had at the time. Additionally, it's curious to hear how they'd worked out their arrangement of "Knockin'" so thoroughly four years before they recorded it for Use Your Illusion II. It's the arrangement they still use today, right down to the call-and-response middle section. "Welcome to the Jungle" (1986 Sound City Session) Before Slash discovered the delay pedal that made the intro to this song so iconic, "Welcome to the Jungle" was a straightforward rocker, as heard on this early demo. The "When you're high, you never ever wanna come down" part is a little smoother here, and you can hear Rose playing around with the emphasis he puts on certain words ("You're a very sexy girl," and adding a little growl to "You can have anything you want but you better not take it from me"). It's even got some looser, bluesier soloing. "Paradise City" (1986 Sound City Session) Another early version without all the Appetite version's bells and whistles (and literally without the coach's whistle), this "Paradise" lacks the more familiar take's iconic synthesizer part. It subsequently leaves a lot of the musical work up to Stradlin and Slash, who go crazy on the extended outro. This version also doesn't have all the false endings they recorded on the album version, runs about a minute shorter and ends with a very heavy-metal growl from Rose on "hooome." "Heartbreak Hotel" (1986 Sound City Session) Axl Rose knows he's never gonna sound like Elvis, so it's up to the band to rev up the King's classic to a point where it works for Rose's voice – and it does here. Thanks to Slash and Stradlin's chunky, Stonesy riffing (and a whirlwind, rockabilly solo) the song blazes at pace quick enough for Rose's screech to sound bluesy, even when he sings "so fuckin' lonely" instead of the original lyrics. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1986 Sound City Session) Guns N' Roses have always worn their love of the Rolling Stones on their sleeves. The last song the band recorded (to date) with Slash as a member was "Sympathy for the Devil," but this version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" reflects a happier time, as Rose namechecks his band's guitar players in the lyrics. "Slash was drowned, he was washed up, left for dead," he sings at one point. "Izzy was crowned with a spike right through his brain," he sings later. And at the end, he declares, "That one's for your mama." You can practically hear him smiling as he says it, too. (There's also a more traditional acoustic version on the "Sound City Sessions N' More" disc, which is also fun.) "Ain't Goin' Down No More" (1986 Sound City Sessions N' More) This unfinished instrumental demo offers a glimpse of a song that the band used to play in the late Eighties. A version with vocals has floated around the bootleg circuit for decades, but it sounds muddy due to being copied from cassette to cassette. This version is a little faster, about two minutes shorter, and has a clarity that the bootleg versions lack. Still, it's mostly a curiosity since the chunky, swinging riffing just begs for vocals. "The Plague" (1986 Sound City Sessions N' More) This driving, noodling little ditty lasts less than a minute and finds Rose sort of rapping along to a bluesy riff. It's a mostly stream-of-consciousnes affair – sample lyric: "So you've been nailed to a cross, what it cost, what's your loss, but you know that a cheap imitation just won't free me" – and it seems like the fragment of an idea that the band probably could have fleshed into a full song if they had wanted. "Back Off Bitch" (1986 Sound City Sessions N' More) Like "Shadow of Your Love," "Back Off Bitch" is a song that predates Guns N' Roses. A live recording of Rose and Stradlin's early Eighties band, Hollywood Rose, playing the tune features the singer declaring it is "for every guy who's got some girl that bugs the fuck out of him." Slash gives it a bluesier quality with his soloing on this recording, just as he would do when the band recorded it officially for 1991's Use Your Illusion I. It's another example of how fully formed Guns N' Roses were before they even made their debut album. "New Work Tune" (1986 Sound City Sessions N' More) This acoustic number is another unfinished instrumental, on which Slash and Izzy Stradlin play around with opposing melodies. When Stradlin riffs upward, Slash plays descending motifs. Thanks to some percussion from Steven Adler, it's a pleasant diversion in the vein of Led Zeppelin's "Black Mountain Side" interlude. But with so much other, stronger material here, it's clear why GN'R never developed it all the way. It ends with one of the guys saying, "Yeah, we should work on that." "November Rain" (Piano and Acoustic Versions) (1986 Sound City Sessions N' More) In a 1988 feature on Guns N' Roses, Axl Rose crowed to Rolling Stoneabout an eight-minute ballad called "November Rain" and said, "If it's not recorded right, I'll quit the business." In the group's 1986 sessions – five years before it became one of Use Your Illusion I'sbreakout hits – the band toyed around with two different arrangements. The first here features only piano accompaniment and lasts more than 10 minutes. The form is mostly there, though it tends to drag on a bit without Slash's solos or the hit version's dramatic coda (here, a bluesy piano breakdown), even if Rose riffs on some classical piano melodies. You can hear his passion for the song as he sings, "You know, I just keep on walking again and again and again" toward the end of this version. The acoustic version runs only five minutes and would have worked as a ballad in the vein of Extreme's "More Than Words." It's generally more morose than either of the other renditions and it offers an example of how hard Rose worked to find the song's inner emotion. But listening to these two in the context of Appetite, it's clear that it was still too undercooked to make the cut. "Move to the City" (Acoustic Version) (1986 Sound City Sessions N' More) "I'm a West Coast junkie/an East Coast monkey, got an elephant dick under my arm," or so goes the gang-vocal chorus that opens the ramshackle acoustic version of the Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide rocker "Move to the City." They'd later take that couplet, fix it up, and use it on the first verse of Appetite's "Nightrain." Here, though, it simply sets up a fun, carefree jam full of hooting and hollering and provides an alternate look at what the song could have been had they not stuck it on the faux-live EP. Meanwhile, the 1988 acoustic version that closes the "Sound City Sessions N' More" disc is more serious and would fit perfectly on Lies. Taken as a whole, it's a rare glimpse of a band in the process of defining itself. Edited June 27, 2018 by MaskingApathy 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lio Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Seems some people have already gotten their box. Interested in hearing their reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRfanMILO Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Atleast we know The Plague has vocals! I would have betted it was only an instrumental 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Anyone in the Toronto area going to Scarborough Town this weekend for the GNR pop-up shop ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propaganda Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) I'm undecided between the 2 disc set and the deluxe version. I guess I will decide it on the spot, in the store. Edited June 27, 2018 by Propaganda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBucky Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Got the box today...it's too expensive but a very nice package! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRfanMILO Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, GoBucky said: Got the box today...it's too expensive but a very nice package! Would love to see some pics and your own review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBucky Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 38 minutes ago, GNRfanMILO said: Would love to see some pics and your own review! Will do, I'll open everything up tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Ass Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Was Back Off Bitch really a Hollywood Rose tune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fashionista Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 15 minutes ago, Tom-Ass said: Was Back Off Bitch really a Hollywood Rose tune? Pre HR song written in 1982 by Axl and Paul Huge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBucky Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I quite enjoyed The Plague...could've been a decent tune if completed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TupacShakur Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 are there sample clips of the songs anywhere like amazon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uruguns Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 15 minutes ago, GoBucky said: I quite enjoyed The Plague...could've been a decent tune if completed. any noticeable difference with the afd remaster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBucky Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, uruguns said: any noticeable difference with the afd remaster? I listened to my original 87 vinyl last night and am spinning the new one now and its crisper but not too cleaned up. The bass and rhythm guitars sound great! They did a nice job on it! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonizedmind Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 31 minutes ago, GoBucky said: I listened to my original 87 vinyl last night and am spinning the new one now and its crisper but not too cleaned up. The bass and rhythm guitars sound great! They did a nice job on it! Good to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourettes2400 Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) I'm not sure if this has been posted or not but you can now make monthly installments on the locked n' loaded box, if you are interested I can see why people would need the option, but if they weren't charging so much, people wouldn't need to do this. https://gnrmerch.com/products/appetite-for-destruction-locked-n-loaded-box-set Edited June 28, 2018 by Tourettes2400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 12 hours ago, GoBucky said: I listened to my original 87 vinyl last night and am spinning the new one now and its crisper but not too cleaned up. The bass and rhythm guitars sound great! They did a nice job on it! Grrrrrr...........I'm SO on the fence about buying the new one. My OP sounds amazing and I just can't see the new one sounding much better. I have a feeling I'll be haunted by "what if though...." if I don't buy it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaskingApathy Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 10 hours ago, RussTCB said: Grrrrrr...........I'm SO on the fence about buying the new one. My OP sounds amazing and I just can't see the new one sounding much better. I have a feeling I'll be haunted by "what if though...." if I don't buy it Maybe you could borrow a new one from someone to see if the difference is worth it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlashrose Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I'm now listening to the super deluxe album version, and it's wonderful, the audio of the songs has improved, I'm looking forward to hearing AFD in 5.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 11 hours ago, Tourettes2400 said: I'm not sure if this has been posted or not but you can now make monthly installments on the locked n' loaded box, if you are interested I can see why people would need the option, but if they weren't charging so much, people wouldn't need to do this. https://gnrmerch.com/products/appetite-for-destruction-locked-n-loaded-box-set Jesus Christ. If you need to consider financing a CD box set then you know it’s priced too high. You’re basically financing some tattoos and buttons. Worked overtime this month, man. Mortgage, utilities, vehicle, and Locked N’ Loaded. Really getting behind on the monthlies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlashrose Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Paradise City sounds great, this new mix is wonderful, Axl's deep voice at beginning os the riff is improved. I love all songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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