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Why was Tokyo '92 released?

Vincent Vega

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Why, out of all the concerts GN'R played from '85-'93 was Tokyo 1992 the ONLY one released on VHS/DVD? It's like they picked one of the weakest UYI shows to release.

Also, why did Tokyo '92 make it to DVD, yet the Making Fucking Videos series didn't? Both were released to VHS around the same time.

And why was GN'R's segment at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert left off that concert's DVD? Axl and Elton's segment is there, but not GN'R's.

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I think it was always planned to be released, regardless of the quality of the show. While other shows were recorded, they weren't recorded with the intention of being released. There would be additional cameras, for instance. And also, the setlist would have received additional attention.

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I think it was always planned to be released, regardless of the quality of the show. While other shows were recorded, they weren't recorded with the intention of being released. There would be additional cameras, for instance. And also, the setlist would have received additional attention.

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I think that too, exept the thing about the set.

Tokyo '92 was probably the worst UYI concert besides St. Luois.

Axl's voice was fucked up, but i like it.

Why didn't they release the show that they played the day after??

They played Fucking COMA!!

Can someone explain this to me: did they record every show on UYI tour?

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Yeah as above, I think the DVDs do not have any of the individual segments of bands.

And Tokyo was previously planned to be released, you can tell the difference in camera angles, video quality etc compared to any of the stolen pro-shots or ones shown on television. It is not just a case of releasing the footage, that is why Live Era was so difficult for them to compile despite most shows being recorded - it is a question of recording quality.

And in any record shop they have live DVDs of most bands, especially ones with legendary names, so there was automatically a market for the Tokyo VHS to be put on DVD, I can not imagine there would be any reason to put the making of the videos onto DVD. Even the biggest bands in the world today do not really have releases like that.

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Can someone explain this to me: did they record every show on UYI tour?

I think I remember hearing that yes every show was recorded for Axls personal collection. None of them were officially released aside from Tokyo of course.

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Tokyo '92 was probably the worst UYI concert besides St. Luois.

If it weren't for the riot, it could have been one of the 3 best concert on that tour. They played great that night.

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Totally agree - the band are tight, but Axl, man he just fucking sucks on that show - just fucking yelling with no resemblance of melody with the exception of Sail Away Sweet Sister (that's just before he starts fucking yelling again). Terrible voice for Axl, terrible audio, poo video and gay crowd.

I actually think the opposite.

I think Axl sounds great, but the band sounds very dull.

Argentina '92 IMO the band rocks and Axl is pretty good.

Same with Paris '92.

Or hell, even Argentina '93.

Anyone of these shows would've made for a better release than Tokyo. Tokyo is a poor representation of the band's stage magic at that period.

IMO the Ritz '88, LA '91, Paris 1992, Argentina '92, Milton Keyes '93 and Argentina '93 should've been released.

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I think Argentina 93 is better than Argentina 92. The stripped down songs, the acoustic portion, Axl being in a much better mood since he doesn't have to stop multiple times to yell at the crowd about stuff, the band is tighter, Axl's voice is pretty awesome, and such a nice atmosphere. I think it is one of the best shows period. But on topic, Tokyo is pretty blah. The whole show has this muted feel. So many other shows that could have been released.

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Totally agree - the band are tight, but Axl, man he just fucking sucks on that show - just fucking yelling with no resemblance of melody with the exception of Sail Away Sweet Sister (that's just before he starts fucking yelling again). Terrible voice for Axl, terrible audio, poo video and gay crowd.

The crowd were shocking. I know thats how they act there and are very polite and everything but they just stood/sat there in perfect little rows clapping and looking like they were slaves or something.

The finishing touch to a great show is a great pumped audience which naturally fuels the band to play better.

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I think Argentina 93 is better than Argentina 92. The stripped down songs, the acoustic portion, Axl being in a much better mood since he doesn't have to stop multiple times to yell at the crowd about stuff, the band is tighter, Axl's voice is pretty awesome, and such a nice atmosphere. I think it is one of the best shows period. But on topic, Tokyo is pretty blah. The whole show has this muted feel. So many other shows that could have been released.

i think the sound on tokyo fucking sucks i was so excited when they came out on dvd and they did nothing to the soundtrack sounds like gnr playing inside a big furry sack no clarity to it at all AND they just left it in stereo.must have literally just cucked the original vhs onto dvd total shit.one day when axl and slash have died we might get all the great footage from the vaults and everyone can finally see what an awesome band the original lineup was but by then it'll be too late

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And why was GN'R's segment at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert left off that concert's DVD? Axl and Elton's segment is there, but not GN'R's.

Music copyrights most likely

None of the performances were on the DVD except for the performances with Queen.

Correct. Only Queen's performance was included on the DVD, so it's not like they just left out Guns N' Roses. Obviously we as Guns N' Roses fans may be biased to say that since it was such a killer performance that it should have been included, but in all fairness nobody else was included there either. It's an unrelated DVD after all.

As for Tokyo, I was always puzzled why this show was chosen out of the vast amount of material they had. The setlist may have had something to do with it, since it is quite strong even if the performances aren't great. Interestingly, I think this show has the best version of Rocket Queen ever performed. It's almost like the best way to cover the material performed would have been to release an "Iron Maiden: Flight 666" style video with each song taken from a different performance. This could have compiled a vast, 30+ setlist for the DVD if one video for every song played on the tour was used. The best performances could have been chosen of each and there you go. We also would have got video of some of the rarely performed songs that way.

The DVD being released as separate parts is certainly a cashgrab, but then again, the VHS edition was released as separate parts as well. Too bad there were no bonus features added to justify not just combining them.

I don't care about a reunion so much at this point as just simply a mutual agreement between Axl and Slash to release more old material in a "KISSology" style box-set with concerts from each era (perhaps one from each leg of the tour). This would be something for both the fans and for the general public to get a better idea of what Guns N' Roses is like live than what they received with the Tokyo concert.

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I've been seeing lots of pro shot shows... It just confuses me that Tokyo '92 show was released instead of others like... I don't know... Chicago '92 perhaps...

They were awesome in that show. Nightrain from Live Era is taken from that show...

There's another problem with the Tokyo show: You can't hear GilBys guitar.

Why the fuck didn't they release a show with Izzy??

I would love to see Inglewood and Wembley shows in a pro shot version.

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