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Guns N' Roses: Live Era '87-'93

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Label: Geffen Records
Released: 1999.11.23
Time:
 68:23 / 69:34
Category: Hard Rock
Producer(s): Del James
Rating:
Media type: CD double
Web address: www.gunsnroses.com
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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Disc One

[1] Nightrain [from Appetite for Destruction, 1987] (McKagan/Rose) - 5:18
[2] Mr. Brownstone [from Appetite for Destruction/1987] (Stradlin) - 5:42
[3] It's So Easy [from Appetite for Destruction/1987] (McKagan/Arkeen) - 3:28
[4] Welcome to the Jungle [from Appetite for Destruction/1987] (Rose) - 5:09
[5] Dust N' Bones [from Use Your Illusion I/1991] (Slash/Stradlin/McKagan) - 5:05
[6] My Michelle [from Appetite for Destruction/1987] (Rose) - 3:53
[7] You're Crazy [from Appetite for Destruction/1987] (Rose/Stradlin) - 4:45
[8] Used to Love Her [from G N' R Lies/1988] (Stradlin/Rose) - 4:17
[9] Patience [from G N' R Lies/1988] (Stradlin) - 6:42
[10] It's Alright [Black Sabbath cover] (Osbourne/Iommi/Butler/Ward) - 3:07
[11] November Rain [from Use Your Illusion I/1991] (Rose) - 12:29


Disc Two

[1] Out ta Get Me [from Appetite for Destruction/1987] (Rose/Stradlin) - 4:33
[2] Pretty Tied Up [from Use Your Illusion II/1991] (Stradlin) - 5:25
[3] Yesterdays [from Use Your Illusion II/1991] (Arkeen/James/McCloud/Rose) - 3:52
[4] Move to the City [from Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide/1986] (Stradlin/Weber/James) - 8:00
[5] You Could Be Mine [from Use Your Illusion II/1991] (Stradlin/Rose) - 6:02
[6] Rocket Queen [from Appetite for Destruction/1987] (Rose) - 8:27
[7] Sweet Child o' Mine [from Appetite for Destruction/1987] (Rose) - 7:25
[8] Knockin' on Heaven's Door [Bob Dylan cover from Use Your Illusion II/1991] (Dylan) - 7:27
[9] Don't Cry [from Use Your Illusion I/1991] (Stradlin/Rose) - 4:44
[10] Estranged [from Use Your Illusion II/1991] (Rose) - 9:52
[11] Paradise City [from Appetite for Destruction/1987] (Rose/McKagan) - 7:21

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W. Axl Rose – Lead Vocals, Piano on [1:10,11], Whistling on [1:9], Whistle on [2:11]
Slash – Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Talkbox on [1:5,2:6], Backing Vocals
Izzy Stradlin – Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on [1:5]
Duff Mckagan – Bass, Backing Vocals
Steven Adler – Drums
Matt Sorum – Drums, Backing Vocals
Dizzy Reed – Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Gilby Clarke – Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals

Teddy Andreadis – Backing Vocals, Harmonica, Percussion, Keyboards
Roberta Freeman – Backing Vocals
Tracey Amos – Backing Vocals
Cece Worrall – Horns
Anne King – Horns
Lisa Maxwell – Horns

Del James - Compilation Producer, Composer, Project Coordinator
Paul Gomersall - Engineer
Mike Clink - Engineer
Jim Mitchell - Engineer
Eric Caudieux - Digital Engineer
Bryan Golder - Digital Engineer
Billy Howerdel - Digital Engineer
Chuck Reed - A&R, Digital Engineer
Andre Den Besten - Assistant Engineer
Dave Hancock - Assistant Engineer
Tim Harkins - Assistant Engineer
Ken Huffenagle - Assistant Engineer
Nick Reynolds - Assistant Engineer
Apple Van Els - Assistant Engineer
Kooster K. Yamaua - Assistant Engineer
Andy Wallace - Mixing
George Marino - Mastering
Dave Kehrer - Live Sound
Matthew Lindauer - Design
Marc Canter - Photography
Robert John - Photography
Gene Kirkland - Photography
Jack Lue - Photography
Kevin Reagan - Art Direction, Design
Masa Ito - Liner Notes
Tom Maher - Management
Katrina Siroofsky - Management
Doug Goldstein - Management

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The double-disc Live: Era '87-'93 was designed to do two things - satiate die-hard fans longing for old-school GNR, while clearing decks for a new studio album. It sounds good in theory, yet it suffers in its execution, since it relies on tapes "recorded across the universe between 1987 and 1993." That's not what GNR fans want - they want the band in its nervy late-'80s prime, when it seemed like they could self-destruct at any second. Live: Era '87-'93 offers the polar opposite with slick, professional tracks that sound pieced together from various performances. Axl's vocals are not only distant - as though they were sung in a booth, separate from the band -- but also amazingly mannered, sounding for all the world as if they were redone in the studio. Meanwhile, the band's performances are either brushed up or heavily edited, so it's impossible to tell if any of this was recorded during Appetite-era shows. Certainly, much of this derives from the Illusions tour: there are backing vocals, horns, and just what every fan wants - lots and lots of Dizzy Reed. And if that isn't indicative of Axl's mindset, there is the priceless moment on "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," when he shrieks "Gimme some reggae!" and the band collapses in a sunsplash groove. So, this is heavy on Axl pretensions and short on pure, brutal rock & roll. At its best, it may come closer to vintage GNR than the Illusions did, but the missing ingredients are all too apparent, and in this context, their absence is all the more painful.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



As 1999 (and an entire millennium, for that matter) raced down its final stretch, Geffen Records unveiled the first official Guns N’ Roses release in six years with the two-CD ‘Live Era ’87-’93.’

Unfortunately, those fans would actually have to wait another eight years for ‘Chinese Democracy’ (the studio album; democracy in China came a little sooner), but on the upside, the world didn’t end after Y2K and ‘Live Era’s’ generous survey of 22 GnR classics was nothing to scoff at. These included virtually every song recorded for 1987’s watershed ‘Appetite for Destruction’ (10 out of 12), another eight from the twin ‘Use Your Illusion” albums, and a smattering of ‘GnR Lies’ favorites along with at least one major surprise in a cover of Black Sabbath’s obscure ‘It’s Alright.’

Unfortunately, there was precious little information given about where these tracks originated — though they were later revealed to date mostly from the 1992 ‘Use Your Illusion’ tour — and band relations remained so strained while this track selection was being made that Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan allegedly communicated exclusively through third parties. But the performances themselves still put across much of the excitement that had made Guns N’ Roses the most dangerous band in the world.

Fans partial to those early days naturally took issue with some of the songs presented here by GnR’s “big band” lineup (complete with horns and backing vocalists), but there was nothing of truly forehead-slapping proportions, unless it was Axl’s plea for the band to “give him some reggae” during the band’s cover of ‘Knocking on Heaven’s Door.’

And maybe the album’s healthy sales had something to do with Axl’s decision to return a new version of Guns N’ Roses to the concert trail in 2001.

Eduardo Rivadavia - November 23, 2014
UltimateClassicRock.com



Live Era '87–'93 is a double live album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was released on November 23, 1999. The record was the first official Guns N' Roses release since "The Spaghetti Incident?" released on the same day in 1993. Former guitarist Slash notes that the album is "not pretty and there are a lot of mistakes, but this is Guns N' Roses, not the fucking Mahavishnu Orchestra. It's as honest as it gets."

The dates and locations of the tracks are not revealed in the liner notes, and are only referred to simply as being "Recorded across the universe between 1987 and 1993". However, the majority of the tracks on the two CDs are believed to be sourced from the extensive Use Your Illusion Tour of 1991-1993.

Axl Rose is alleged to have communicated with former Guns N' Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan, through intermediaries only, in selecting the track list. In an interview Slash stated that "the live album was one of the easiest projects we all worked on. I didn't actually see Axl, but we communicated via the powers that be."

Two former members who play on the majority of the tracks, Matt Sorum and Gilby Clarke, are not credited as band members in the liner notes, but as "additional musicians", while original drummer Steven Adler, who plays on only three tracks on the album, and Izzy Stradlin, who plays on only six songs, are credited as "main band members."

Two popular live songs, "Live and Let Die" and "Civil War", which were both played heavily during the Use Your Illusion Tour, are omitted from this release, while songs that were played to a much lesser extent on the tour ("Pretty Tied Up" and "Move to the City") are included.

The Japanese and vinyl versions of the album contain a rare performance of "Coma", Guns N' Roses' longest song to date.

The song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" was performed and recorded at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and was previously released on the "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" single.

"Estranged," "Don't Cry," "November Rain," "Pretty Tied Up,", "You Could Be Mine" and "Move To The City" were previously released on the band's Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II videos. The live audio from "Yesterdays" was included as a B-side on that song's CD single.

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