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18 minutes ago, Waemoth said:

To give a couple of examples on Nightrain, using the Spotify timestamps; compare from 2:58 UYI box set vs 2:52 LE on the right speaker/Slash side. The open high string stabs on the chords are out of tune only on the UYI version. Around 3:34-3:35 on UYI Slash fumbles a bit sliding up to find the right note, it’s a lot cleaner on LE landing on that note at 3:28-3:29. The general rhythm playing prior to that note on the UYI version is not as defined as the out of tune guitar makes the playing sound messier overall. Just some food for thought anyway.  I found that fake crowd noise quite off putting when trying to pick up on the details!

Love this sort of insight, great read thanks.
A couple of things that might be worth adding to your document, since you mention edits.

The microphone feedback in the guitar intro of KOHD has been muted that can be heard in the b-side and video version before the drums come in.

The female vocals have been muted in Yesterdays, notably when they do the callback of ‘destiny’ in the verse on the 1993 b-side version.

We can tell Slash’s guitar is out of tune on Nightrain in Vegas on the new box set release (at least from the first solo onwards I think?), so does that open up the idea that Slash did do re-records, or at least the guitar was dropped in from another performance?

6 hours ago, rocknroll41 said:

Pretty sure Yesterdays from Live Era wasn’t fucked with like most of the other tracks on there were.

Yesterdays on LE was a remix as they removed the female backing vocals in the verses which are present in the 1993 b-side version.

I’m not a regular contributor to this forum but this era was the one I connect with from my childhood and such specific memories that I guess it doesn’t quite hit the spot.

My connection to it is the epic music videos, 92 MTV Awards performance, Tokyo VHS tapes (though there’d be murder if they double dipped that in this set), Making F’n Videos, the half and half split art on the tour shirts, finding out there was an unreleased GnR song on the pinball machine at the local go kart track, silly things like associated the album with the cassette version of the cover art as I wasn’t buying CDs until 4 years after the release. If they are including trinkets then replicas of the illusions drapes they had on each side of the stage might have been fun.

One thing that works is the 91 performance inclusion after seeing it interpolated into the YCBM video all those years ago, but have to admit the preview on Spotify is a bit rough!

Would have loved to see this be comprehensive and timelined like the Metallica Black box set starting with the 89 Chicago demos, going through main session alt takes and mixes, Ain’t Goin’ Down, including Spaghetti and cover song outtakes like how AFD tied in Lies stuff, etc.. but looking forward to the full Vegas set as I loved the live Yesterdays on the bside of my cassingle! Axl in great voice on that performance.

https://www.thriftheavenvintage.com/product/34-x-30-1991-guns-n-roses-liquid-blue-use-your-illusions-all-over-print

just saw this on a YouTube video if anyone is keen. You see him find it in the thrift store just after the 13:00 mark.