Sweersa Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 When Shadow Of Your Love is on a GN'R greatest hits record, you know the band has reached a new low. They should have included Better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfTheWave Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 On 8/22/2020 at 4:57 PM, allwaystired said: Beyond parody! Love the fact he seemed to become aware of it's release via Twitter, then got down to trying to make a few quid out of it! I always disliked Matt, but if total scumbags like GNR's so called manager who had nothing to do with any of GNR's success can make money off the name, surely a guy who played on several of those Greatest Hits deserves to make a few. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTV88 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 The Splatter Vinyl is available again for pre-order: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Guns-N-Roses-Greatest-Hits-Walmart-Exclusive-Vinyl/104035394 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitchisback Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 8/11/2020 at 12:03 PM, allwaystired said: I can't, offhand, think of one greatest hits I own that doesn't have at least one 'new song' included on it. It's an age old industry trick. This album wasn't supported by Axl slash or duff at the time, it was a cash in to recoup money lost dying the CD recording sessions. It's not like this is some new album or anything, it's an obvious vinyl release of one of the greatest selling albums of all time. I feel like Sympathy for the Devil was used as a "new" song at the time too since it wasn't on any other GnR releases and a lot of people probably weren't too familiar with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurhamGirl Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Matt saw an opportunity to become involved with GnR and took it, good on him. Its also quite funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 6 hours ago, Bitchisback said: This album wasn't supported by Axl slash or duff at the time, it was a cash in to recoup money lost dying the CD recording sessions. It's not like this is some new album or anything, it's an obvious vinyl release of one of the greatest selling albums of all time. I feel like Sympathy for the Devil was used as a "new" song at the time too since it wasn't on any other GnR releases and a lot of people probably weren't too familiar with it. Yeah, and I think SOYL probably fulfils that role this time. At least in the minds of the people that made it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavgnr Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 One new fucking song, just one. That’s all it would have taken for me to throw cash at this. I mean come on, how fucking hard would that have been eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_school_gnr_fan Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 On 9/1/2020 at 6:49 PM, DTV88 said: The Splatter Vinyl is available again for pre-order: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Guns-N-Roses-Greatest-Hits-Walmart-Exclusive-Vinyl/104035394 I elected to buy the import vinyl from Amazon, with the gold/red/white splatter. Their current price is $47.99, which could drop a little more before it's release date. For whatever reason, I don't have much interest in the picture disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitchisback Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 On 8/1/2020 at 6:51 AM, allwaystired said: Bit of a myth about how much vinyl sells. CDs still massively outsell vinyl. Here's a sobering figure- the second best selling vinyl in the UK this year so far is a re-print of a Manic Street Preachers album. It sold just 2,300 copies to get that postion. They really don't sell well at all. But much attention is placed on them because their sales rose (slightly) in recent yeara, bucking the general downward trend of physical media sales. There's a really interesting article on the misconception that vinyl sells, backed up with all the facts and figures (an out of fashion thing these days I know, in an era where people don't need facts!) If you're interested in the whole thing. It's a very weird false narrative that has taken hold, seemingly fuelled by media drive to make articles. https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/feature/saturday-deluxe-18-january-2020/ https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/09/vinyl-sales-surpass-cds-34-years/?fbclid=IwAR1RG28hj5JIfC15YG-VgY8PnUpjL1pjmqyqNGtriHQU13kpQa4dlvlkO_k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 7 hours ago, Bitchisback said: https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/09/vinyl-sales-surpass-cds-34-years/?fbclid=IwAR1RG28hj5JIfC15YG-VgY8PnUpjL1pjmqyqNGtriHQU13kpQa4dlvlkO_k Was just reading that! Again though, there's media manipulation going on there in terms of the headline. They haven't unsold them in quantity, just in terms of the money 'brought in' (revenue). When you consider that a vinyl record can cost 2, 3 or even sometimes 4 times more it changes things. If you look at the actual units shipped (which are in the report) CD's are still outselling vinyl massively.....but none of the news reports seem to have looked at these figures. Presumably because they don't make for a "click here' headline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTJ80 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Just got my e-mail to say it has been shipped....🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Got an email from Walmart telling me to expect the record tomorrow. Can't wait to see it. I need to put all the GNR albums up somewhere. I want them to be seen and not just staying in a closet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I forgot this was being released tomorrow. I've got a huge Prince vinyl set to pick up tomorrow along with a Nick Mason double LP set, so the GN'R hits package is gonna have to wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTV88 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, RussTCB said: I forgot this was being released tomorrow. I've got a huge Prince vinyl set to pick up tomorrow along with a Nick Mason double LP set, so the GN'R hits package is gonna have to wait. How can you wait? It's the "new" GnR release @Fernando promised! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackparker123 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I'm looking forward to Axl surprising us with The General as a hidden bonus track. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, jackparker123 said: I'm looking forward to Axl surprising us with The General as a hidden bonus track. Can't wait for the looped vocal intro from Scraped as a hidden track in the inner groove. Edited September 24, 2020 by EvH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUnderScott Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 7 hours ago, RussTCB said: I forgot this was being released tomorrow. I've got a huge Prince vinyl set to pick up tomorrow along with a Nick Mason double LP set, so the GN'R hits package is gonna have to wait. Ha! I like it mate, having GnR wait for you for a change. I'm sure you'll feel like getting it 'soon'... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrolk Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) Got a email tellin me that i Will not get the album... live in sweden ., preorder from day one,, Fuckin bullshit .... Edited September 25, 2020 by wrolk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 4 hours ago, wrolk said: Got a email tellin me that i Will not get the album... live in sweden ., preorder from day one,, Fuckin bullshit .... Can't you just re-buy it? It's pretty widely available....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTJ80 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 21 minutes ago, allwaystired said: Can't you just re-buy it? It's pretty widely available....... Mines is due to be delivered within next couple of hours....just waiting on a GNR-style issue meaning it’ll be delayed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 32 minutes ago, DTJ80 said: Mines is due to be delivered within next couple of hours....just waiting on a GNR-style issue meaning it’ll be delayed.... Mine was just delivered, from HMV. Very well packaged and protected. Good service! I put a pre-order in, thinking "I'll have a think about whether I really want this and maybe cancel it" (with a leaning towards 'I definitely don't and don't really want to support the releasing of old material') and forgot all about it! It actually looks really good. Can upload some pics if anyone is interested. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTJ80 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 14 minutes ago, allwaystired said: Mine was just delivered, from HMV. Very well packaged and protected. Good service! I put a pre-order in, thinking "I'll have a think about whether I really want this and maybe cancel it" (with a leaning towards 'I definitely don't and don't really want to support the releasing of old material') and forgot all about it! It actually looks really good. Can upload some pics if anyone is interested. Yeah - it’s HMV I’m getting mines from too. T-minus 60 mins and counting.... Did you get the gold splatter version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) https://imgur.com/a/cJ0h3m4 Some pics here. It's dawned on me that the image inside is the wrong way round......which is sort of shocking really. I mean, is there NO-ONE to quality control this stuff?! 27 minutes ago, DTJ80 said: Yeah - it’s HMV I’m getting mines from too. T-minus 60 mins and counting.... Did you get the gold splatter version? Yeah. Have posted some pics above. Edited September 25, 2020 by allwaystired 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTJ80 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, allwaystired said: https://imgur.com/a/cJ0h3m4 Some pics here. It's dawned on me that the image inside is the wrong way round......which is sort of shocking really. I mean, is there NO-ONE to quality control this stuff?! Yeah. Have posted some pics above. Mines just turned up.....and was just about to post about the backwards photo. Some folk had pointed out the picture disc was wrong when the photos were first released but obviously no-one knew what exactly he inside covers would look like. Slightly irritating. The actual vinyls look tremendous however. 👍 Edited September 25, 2020 by DTJ80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, DTJ80 said: Mines just turned up.....and was just about to post about the backwards photo. Some folk had pointed out the picture disc was wrong when the photos were first released but obviously no-one knew what exactly he inside covers would look like. Slightly irritating. The actual vinyls look tremendous however. 👍 It's just totally absurd. How many people have seen this as it's designed, approved, made etc....and not one of these people pointed out the error?! It pisses me off greatly, mainly because people in creative jobs that are incompetent always piss me off, as these jobs are so competitive. If you're designing record sleeves and you can't even get the pictures the right way round, then fuck off and let someone else do it who can. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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