Guns N' Roses
-> Conceived as a supplementary compilation to the AFD Super Deluxe Boxset. It includes all the known/circulating recordings from the era that were not included in the boxset, and/or have never been officially released (on cd). All tracks have been compiled from the best possible sources. All tracks are lossless. Key tracks now run at the correct speed for the very first time. Aside from level adjustments and speed-correction, all tracks were left untouched, so none are marred by the traditional commercial bootlegging 'tricks' like noise-reduction, brick-walled mastering etc. This is raw, in your face, just like GNR in the AFD era. <-
Technical notes v3.0 :
- upgrade Track 7 : no longer lp step in lineage, unfortunately brickwalled so hold on to your v2.0
- upgrade Tracks 18-22 : no longer lp step in lineage, transfer from high-gen copy of original demo tape, still much more dynamic than the old lp transfer
- upgrade Tracks 10-17 and 23-25 : speed-corrected, can't believe I didn't notice this in v2.0, as did nobody else, 10-17 ran too fast and 23-25 ran too slow
Tracks:
1. Welcome To The Jungle [omitted - officially released]
2. Anything Goes [omitted - officially released]
3. Don't Cry [omitted - officially released]
4. Back Off Bitch [omitted - officially released]
5. Think About You [omitted - officially released]
6. Nice Boys [alt. take]
7. Heartbreak Hotel [alt. take]
8. Rocket Queen [alt. take]
9. Don't Cry
10. Jumpin' Jack Flash
11. You're Crazy
12. Reckless Life
13. Heartbreak Hotel
14. Shadow Of Your Love
15. Welcome To The Jungle
16. Move To The City
17. Mama Kin
18. Nice Boys
19. Mr. Brownstone
20. Don't Cry
21. Nightrain
22. Sweet Child O' Mine
23. One In A Million [alt. take]
24. Used To Love Her [alt. take]
25. Cornchucker
1-5: Mystic Sound Studio, Selma Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90028, August 1985.
6-9: Sound City Studios, Cabrito Road, Van Nuys, CA 91406, June 4/5 1986.
10-22: Pasha Music House Studio, Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90028, August 1986.
23-25: Take One Recording Studios, Glenwood Place, Burbank, CA 91506, July 29 1987.
Lineage:
Tracks 1-5 : 'Locked & Loaded' master cassette > 24-bit/96khz transfer > dED > WAV > FLAC > Audacity > dED > WAV > FLAC
Track 6 : 'American 80's Hair Metal' 2CD > EAC > Audacity > dED > dEQ [speed-corrected] > WAV > FLAC
Track 7 : 'Hollywood Rocks' > Tidal High Fidelity Music Streaming > Audacity > dED > WAV > FLAC
Track 8 : '.44 Calibre Horticulture' 2LP > Technics SL-1210MK2 > NAD PP3i > ProCab CLA631/5 > Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 > Audacity > dED > dEQ [speed-corrected] > WAV > FLAC
Track 9 : 'Welcome To The Sessions' 2LP > Technics SL-1210MK2 > NAD PP3i > ProCab CLA631/5 > Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 > Audacity > dED > dEQ [speed-corrected] > WAV > FLAC
Tracks 10-17 : Alan Niven Archive CDR > unknown generation CDR > EAC > WAV > Audicity > dED > dEQ [speed-corrected] > WAV > FLAC
Track 18-22 : 'Uzi Session 86' demo tape > unknown generation That's RX 90 cassette > Nakamichi CR-4 [azimuth-corrected] > ProCab CLA631/5 > Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 > Audacity > dED > dEQ [speed-corrected] > WAV > FLAC
Track 23-25 : Alan Niven Archive CDR > unknown generation CDR > EAC > WAV > Audicity > dED > dEQ [speed-corrected] > WAV > FLAC
Transfers & edits by Nikki Sixx July 2018 / April 2021.