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Title: Very rare "Use Your Illusion" promo poster. Post by: Brian_Wallace on July 27, 2006, 02:14:32 PM I know I'm not crazy.
Some of the covers that wound up on "The Spaghetti Incident?" had been kicking around for a while.? There were versions of "New Rose", "Down on the Farm" and "Ain't It Fun" that had been kicking around since the "Illusion" sessions. I distinctly remember probably back in late 1990 or early 1991 an advance promo poster for "Use Your Illusion" that had a black background and just said "1 Band? ?2 albums? ?36 songs" or something to that effect.? I maintain that at one point "Use Your Illusion" was going to have 36 songs on it with the other 6 songs being the punk covers.? ?Obviously, this never happened and I don't even think you could fit all 36 songs on two discs. Don't flame me, but does anyone else even vaguely remember this? Thank you, Brian Title: Re: Very rare "Use Your Illusion" promo poster. Post by: Brian_Wallace on July 27, 2006, 02:26:18 PM Well, I feel a little less crazy since on this very site's GNR history it states:
September, 1990 - 36 songs recorded and GN'R started to think about the album title. GN'R Sucks and BUY Product were two of the titles, but finally they decided to call the album Use Your Illusion. Axl took the name from a painting by Mark Kostabi. The next problem was the format of the next GN'R release. The 36 songs wouldn't fit on one CD. GN'R wanted to release a box with four CDs. Geffen said no, it would be too expensive for the fans. Finally they agreed to release two CDs on the same day, plus a CD later. Good.? Now, does anyone remember a poster for this (later abandoned) idea? Thank you, Brian |