GUNS N’ ROSES are about to reissue their 1991 albums Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II across nine different physical formats this week, including 7CD + blu-ray and 12-LP vinyl+blu-ray super deluxe editions.
Both albums have been “fully remastered for the first-time ever”, from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog masters. Use Your Illusion I includes an updated version of the single ‘November Rain’ which features a newly recorded 50-piece orchestra (this has been mixed by Steven Wilson, incidentally).
This 7-CD super deluxe features both remastered albums, plus ”Live in New York (from the Ritz Theatre in May ’91)” across two CDs, and ”Live in Las Vegas (from the Thomas & Mack Center in January ’92)” across three CDs. Both shows / recordings have been newly mixed from the multi-track tapes.
Sound quality is top notch.
CD 1 – USE YOUR ILLUSION I – (Original Album Remastered)
01 – Right Next Door To Hell (2022 Remaster)
02 – Dust N’ Bones (2022 Remaster)
03 – Live And Let Die (2022 Remaster)
04 – Don’t Cry (Original) (2022 Remaster)
05 – Perfect Crime (2022 Remaster)
06 – You Ain’t The First (2022 Remaster)
07 – Bad Obsession (2022 Remaster)
08 – Back Off Bitch (2022 Remaster)
09 – Double Talkin’ Jive (2022 Remaster)
10 – November Rain (2022 Version) ***
11 – The Garden (2022 Remaster)
12 – Garden Of Eden (2022 Remaster)
13 – Don’t Damn Me (2022 Remaster)
14 – Bad Apples (2022 Remaster)
15 – Dead Horse (2022 Remaster)
16 – Coma (2022 Remaster)
CD 2 – USE YOUR ILLUSION II – (Original Album Remastered)
01 – Civil War (2022 Remaster)
02 – 14 Years (2022 Remaster)
03 – Yesterdays (2022 Remaster)
04 – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (2022 Remaster)
05 – Get In The Ring (2022 Remaster)
06 – Shotgun Blues (2022 Remaster)
07 – Breakdown (2022 Remaster)
08 – Pretty Tied Up (2022 Remaster)
09 – Locomotive (Complicity) (2022 Remaster)
10 – So Fine (2022 Remaster)
11 – Estranged (2022 Remaster)
12 – You Could Be Mine (2022 Remaster)
13 – Don’t Cry (Alternate Lyrics / 2022 Remaster)
14 – My World (2022 Remaster)
CD 3 – LIVE IN NEW YORK (Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991) A
CD 4 – LIVE IN NEW YORK (Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991) B
CD 5 – LIVE IN LAS VEGAS (Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992) A
CD 6 – LIVE IN LAS VEGAS (Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992) B
CD 7 – LIVE IN LAS VEGAS (Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992) C
GUNS N’ ROSES – Use Your Illusion [Super Deluxe 7-CD] (Remastered 2022)