Duff27 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 So it is well known that 90% of the vocals are re-recorded. But I was wondering, does anyone know if the rest of the band re-recorded their parts? Slash, izzy/gilby, Steven/Matt, duff etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Izzy is barely audible on the record90% vocals re-recorded?Nopemaybe 30-40%also Matt is a "session musician" which is hilarious since 80% of the tracks came from 90's recordings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ88 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?/topic/25930-live-era/#entry406914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff27 Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 Izzy is barely audible on the record90% vocals re-recorded?Nopemaybe 30-40%also Matt is a "session musician" which is hilarious since 80% of the tracks came from 90's recordingsA lot of it is rerecorded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Of The Blues Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Some of the bass track on Sweet Child O' Mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Live era is my second my favorite GNR record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Nightrain re-recorded vocals are great! so damn high. Axl tried them live and it sounded cool as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff27 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Live era is my second my favorite GNR record.Appetite first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 The Move To The CIty jam is overdub-free, and it's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) I'd say yes, 90% of the vocals were re-recorded by Axl.And they all sound fake. Anyone used to live Guns n' Roses can spot the fake vocals in a second.Axl Rose was the best rock n' roll singer (best voice AND best delivery) in the world from 1987 until 1991.Ok, one can say that he could still achieve greatness during selected performances in 1992 and 1993, specially when he was NOT on auto-pilot.It's fair to assume that many of the performances from this "golden era" (1987-1991) were professionally recorded.The golden era of Axl Rose was also the golden era of Guns n' Roses.Now, some years later, we have this:Axl Rose is way past his prime as a singer. Axl Rose is struggling with his voice (he has actually struggled with his voice for years and years and years, see 1992, when he stated in TV interviews that he had to re-learn how to sing because he damaged his voice really bad).Now this guy, in this situation, decides to re-record the vocals from his OWN golden era?Who in the world would do such a thing?It's like if Liv Tyler and Alicia Silverstone were to ask Aerosmith to re-record theirs scenes on the "Crazy" promo video now, 20 years later.So Axl goes into the studio, erases the vocals that were recorded when his voice was perfect, and re-records then!WOW.And there is more.What about the choice of the songs on Live Era?Who chose those?Wasn't there ANY decent audio recording from the original band?Did they had to use 1992-1993 recordings on 90% of the disc?Why did they use the name Live Era 1987-1993 then?Seriously...It's beyond belief. Edited September 28, 2014 by ludurigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Live era is my second my favorite GNR record.Appetite first?CD is the greatest album of all-time.I feel like the live versions of the AFD/UYI stuff are fresher, it's a nice collection, great energy. Nightrain opener destroys the album version. AFD seems a bit tired to me. Of course it's they most important album but I just throw on Live era and order a pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff27 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Live era is my second my favorite GNR record.Appetite first? CD is the greatest album of all-time.I feel like the live versions of the AFD/UYI stuff are fresher, it's a nice collection, great energy. Nightrain opener destroys the album version. AFD seems a bit tired to me. Of course it's they most important album but I just throw on Live era and order a pizza.Live era is the album I stick on at work and just crack on with my job and before I know it, I've reached Nivember rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) Live era is my second my favorite GNR record.Appetite first? CD is the greatest album of all-time.I feel like the live versions of the AFD/UYI stuff are fresher, it's a nice collection, great energy. Nightrain opener destroys the album version. AFD seems a bit tired to me. Of course it's they most important album but I just throw on Live era and order a pizza.Live era is the album I stick on at work and just crack on with my job and before I know it, I've reached Nivember rainIt has a lot of roll to it. the albums are a bit of a slog. the track listing has more energy on Live era. It's a Best of after all. I don't mind they re-recorded certain parts, it's a decent product. Some live albums just sound awful. LE is like a studio album with crowd noises. Just wish they included more Axl rants. Edited September 28, 2014 by wasted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 They could have mixed and mastered it better. There are quite a few instances of distortion on the album, plus sometimes what sounds as an audience loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 It is an awful album. The only moment I like is, Dust N' Bones. You do know there is a bit of confusion about how this album was put together, as Slash and Duff both claim to have attended mixing sessions with Andy Wallace, whereas, Axl basically claims that Del put it together. Presumably Axl's re-recorded vocals arrived at the mixing disc; what was Slash and Duff's opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Almost half the record is from the Tokyo DVD show which is really lazy, but Slash and Duff picked the tracks too.As for the recorded vocals, well quite alot of live albums are the same. There's a Maiden album with the guitars re-done. It's not like your going to get a best of the bootlegs set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Almost half the record is from the Tokyo DVD show which is really lazy, but Slash and Duff picked the tracks too.As for the recorded vocals, well quite alot of live albums are the same. There's a Maiden album with the guitars re-done. It's not like your going to get a best of the bootlegs set.Yeah we all know live albums have been tampered with since the 70's but I think the issue people have with Live Era is more that they did a shit job of it more than the fact it was rerecorded in parts.Frampton Comes Alive, KISS Alive, Unleashed In The East etc etc all got studio treatment, but none of those albums suck like Live Era does. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 We know Axl was re-recording Appetite at this point. i have a theory that he merely pro-tooled his re-recorded vocals over the old band tracks. Just look at the Sweet Child Big Daddy Mash Up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I think the issue people have with Live Era is more that they did a shit job of it more than the fact it was rerecorded in parts.Spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlinkafayette Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Someone should put out a REAL Live Era album using the best bootlegs availableTHAT would be a killer album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff27 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Someone should put out a REAL Live Era album using the best bootlegs availableTHAT would be a killer albuma few years ago, someone done a disc 3, including things like Double Talkin Jive, Live and Let Die etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Someone should put out a REAL Live Era album using the best bootlegs availableTHAT would be a killer albumhere you are 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 We like that, the problem is alot of those songs sound like they were recorded from VHS tapes, so is that really an authentic experience either? It's music that was tweaked albeit it less to be packed on merchandising stands.I'm sorry I don't see the difference between using a Chicago 92 source or a Tokyo 92 one, except one was more professionally mastered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combos Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Live era is my second my favorite GNR record.Really? It's completely manufactured! You might as well enjoy lip syncing since it too, is giving the ILLUSION of live performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoking guns Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 What a killer band... That video is awesome..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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