The "Welcome To The Jungle: The Very Best of Guns N' Roses" thread

[WARose]

December 13th would not make much sense since most of christmas business is already done then.

Sanctuary vs. Geffen: Situation is quite clear: Geffen wants to release another "milking album" while Sanctuary as GnR`s Management company has to stand in for Axl and his interests which should definetely be against that release. So Geffen is saying: "Yeah it is coming" and Sanctuary "No it ain`t." Everybody tries to bully the other one. Which is btw not exactly a sign of professional behavior on both sides.

Strange thing is though: I do not know how much time a record needs in advance to be produced (songs selected,CD`s have to be manaufactured, artwork, booklet has to be printed and then the whole thing has to be distributed worldwide etc.) So if Geffen would want to release an album in december, SOMEBODY definetely has to know something real about it. You can not produce an album in Siberia where nobody talks to noone. And besides I would really want to hear a source to that "Geffen manager said" thing.

seems like chinese democracy was mostly produced in sibiria......

by the way i don`believe sanctuary. i guess they`d even deny it one day before an official press release.

[PJ]

yeah that is their job...
sanctuary is gonna protect axl/guns n roses interests...
the will deny everything until something clear happens

[Neemo]

well if geffen is gonna release anothe GH then i doubt it is them holding up the show. yah know what I'm sayin'? I'd really like to know what the fuck is goin on with this CD

[Christos AG]

http://www.hmv.co.jp/Product/detail.asp?SKU=1427513

[AxlRoseVen]

oh ok, let's buy UYI n' UYII into 1 album this time,? oh wait a second!...i already bought those ones...? ? ?? ? ... Geffen is a real bastard company record to produce n' sell shit like that, everyone knows that stupid album won't sell 3 copies 'round the planet these days!...? ?

Ugh, I think the GH1 sales show just what sells these days.....it sold really well in most people's opinion, maybe not in yours.? If Volume II sells half or even a quarter as much it will be a success for Geffen.? It's basically pure profit for them, besides the advertising and production of the actual discs.? ?

I don't find anything wrong with Geffen at all.? If people don't like the fact that they are making money, don't buy the album.? I didn't buy GH1, and I only bought one of the 3,487 versions of Contraband that came out.? But for bands that I barely know, I'm thankful for "Best of" cd's.?

And for those that always think that it is CD in disguise or that CD will be dropped unexpectedly, I will personally put "I fuck sheep for fun on weekends" in my signature if that ever happens.? It will be your standard single disc, 10-16 songs, and the usual 1-3 months promotion.

 ? you seem to me you live in the jungle to think wrongly!!!,...Geffen sucks cuz they've produced already other gnr's albums that contain greatest hits why must we buy one more crap like that over n' over these times? Someone told the chinese democracy album will have new tracks n' old ones too why should we hear old hits when we already knew'em all a long long time ago then? guess this fucking situation is outta control, rumors n? lies suck together at the same time!!!!! ? ?

[erose]

http://www.hmv.co.jp/Product/detail.asp?SKU=1427513

explain man, it's all greek to me...

[Deez Nuts]

you seem to me you live in the jungle to think wrongly!!!,......
why must we buy one more crap like that over n' over these times? Someone told the chinese democracy album will have new tracks n' old ones too why should we hear old hits when we already knew'em all a long long time ago then?

lol

Dude, don't buy it then. ?No one is holding a gun to your head telling you that you have to buy it. ?Atleast they aren't to me cause I'm "dub da dum da somewhere out in the jungle" (nice one by the way) and they don't have guns where I live. ?Actually, someone is holding up a slingshot made of bark and salamander skin to my head right now but I just told them to fuck off in their native language.

Yes it sucks that we've had as many greatest hits and best of's as GNR has had actual albums, but THAT'S THE WAY RECORD COMPANIES WORK. ?There's no use bitching about it. ?I've got news for you, whatever they are fucking around with right now won't be the last of GNR's greatest hits etc. that we'll see in our lifetime. ?There'll be plenty more coming, whether CD comes out or not. ?It's simple business. ?Even someone who's not in a jungle "tinking wrongly" should be able to comphrehend that. ?

[Captain P?l]

http://www.hmv.co.jp/Product/detail.asp?SKU=1427513

explain man, it's all greek to me...

to me its just a bunch of 's ... damn :p

but what it does say to me is:
 2006年01月25日

is taht the release date, maybe?

[ppbebe]

But it looks the same GH to the last one. I bet its just a reissue of GH. If so wouldn't it kill the vol2 rumour?

Remember Sanctuary denied Buckethead was leaving, last year...They have denied many things in the past that have turned out to be true eventually.

donno about this one and the rest, I somehow think they actually didn't know about that one then.

[Christos AG]

http://www.hmv.co.jp/Product/detail.asp?SKU=1427513

explain man, it's all greek to me...

to me its just a bunch of 's ... damn :p

but what it does say to me is:
 2006年01月25日

is taht the release date, maybe?

Exactly, 25/01/2006 is the release date.

I get emails from hmv japan whenever there is a new GN'R item listed on their site:

You have asked us to provide you the details of any new items by Guns N' Roses. The following item has just been scheduled for release.

Artist? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Title? ? ? ? ? Format? ? ?Date? ? Price(incl. tax)? ? ? ?
 
Guns N' Roses? ? Greatest Hits? ? CD? ? ? ? 01/25? ? ￥1,980

[Nytunz]

interesting...

[AxlRoseVen]

you seem to me you live in the jungle to think wrongly!!!,......
why must we buy one more crap like that over n' over these times? Someone told the chinese democracy album will have new tracks n' old ones too why should we hear old hits when we already knew'em all a long long time ago then?

lol

Dude, don't buy it then. ?No one is holding a gun to your head telling you that you have to buy it. ?Atleast they aren't to me cause I'm "dub da dum da somewhere out in the jungle" (nice one by the way) and they don't have guns where I live. ?Actually, someone is holding up a slingshot made of bark and salamander skin to my head right now but I just told them to fuck off in their native language.

Yes it sucks that we've had as many greatest hits and best of's as GNR has had actual albums, but THAT'S THE WAY RECORD COMPANIES WORK. ?There's no use bitching about it. ?I've got news for you, whatever they are fucking around with right now won't be the last of GNR's greatest hits etc. that we'll see in our lifetime. ?There'll be plenty more coming, whether CD comes out or not. ?It's simple business. ?Even someone who's not in a jungle "tinking wrongly" should be able to comphrehend that. ?

oh you sound so smart!, you let us see you're the first to buy a greatest hits album no matter how many times you've bought it before but you always must support the music industry this way anyway! ? ?? I shall be afraid of checking your closet out just to find a lot of gnr?s albums which only contain greatest hits over n? over ?
 

[Drew]

Exactly, 25/01/2006 is the release date.

I get emails from hmv japan whenever there is a new GN'R item listed on their site:

Wasn't this kind of email sent out when the Las Vegas House of Blues DVD was scheduled to be released? And then it got cancelled.

[Christos AG]

First of all, AXLROSEVEN and DeezNuts stop the bitching right now.

Second, since my Japanese is great (j/k, they have the whole site in English too ?) I did a bit more searching and I found this:

CD Greatest Hits
Guns N' Roses ?
Reissue Greatest Hits CD (Japan Edition)
Issued: Jan 06 ?Out Soon - current release date is 25 Jan 2006 ?
?1,980


Genre:   Rock & Pop 
Format:   CD
Number of Discs:   1 
This version issued:   25 Jan 2006 
Catalogue Number:   UICY6002
Label:   Universal International 
Item sourced from:   Japan 
Other:   Greatest Hits, Reissue 


Other Versions
CD US Edition    ?1,899   US Import
CD EUR Edition    ?2,267   EUR Import
CD Japan Edition    ?2,420
CD EUR Edition    ?3,204   EUR Import

[Spirit]

Other:? ?Greatest Hits, Reissue?

Not vol 2 then

[jameslofton29]

Why would they reissue the same album so soon after it was released? Why do they think people want it? The only reason it sold so well is because it was about $5.99 everywhere it was sold. Is the reissue gonna be $3.99?

[erose]

First of all, AXLROSEVEN and DeezNuts stop the bitching right now.

Second, since my Japanese is great (j/k, they have the whole site in English too ?) I did a bit more searching and I found this:

CD Greatest Hits
Guns N' Roses ?
Reissue Greatest Hits CD (Japan Edition)
Issued: Jan 06 ?Out Soon - current release date is 25 Jan 2006 ?
?1,980


Genre:? ?Rock & Pop?
Format:? ?CD
Number of Discs:? ?1?
This version issued:? ?25 Jan 2006?
Catalogue Number:? ?UICY6002
Label:? ?Universal International?
Item sourced from:? ?Japan?
Other:? ?Greatest Hits, Reissue?


Other Versions
CD US Edition? ? ?1,899? ?US Import
CD EUR Edition? ? ?2,267? ?EUR Import
CD Japan Edition? ? ?2,420
CD EUR Edition? ? ?3,204? ?EUR Import

[pilferk]

First of all, AXLROSEVEN and DeezNuts stop the bitching right now.

Second, since my Japanese is great (j/k, they have the whole site in English too ?) I did a bit more searching and I found this:

CD Greatest Hits
Guns N' Roses ?
Reissue Greatest Hits CD (Japan Edition)
Issued: Jan 06 ?Out Soon - current release date is 25 Jan 2006 ?
?1,980


Genre:? ?Rock & Pop?
Format:? ?CD
Number of Discs:? ?1?
This version issued:? ?25 Jan 2006?
Catalogue Number:? ?UICY6002
Label:? ?Universal International?
Item sourced from:? ?Japan?
Other:? ?Greatest Hits, Reissue?


Other Versions
CD US Edition? ? ?1,899? ?US Import
CD EUR Edition? ? ?2,267? ?EUR Import
CD Japan Edition? ? ?2,420
CD EUR Edition? ? ?3,204? ?EUR Import

It's a re-issue with some different packaging.  The original release, both in the states and in Japan was a digipack.  From what I can gather, this is a "hard case" release of the same CD.  Again, that's from what I can tell...

[Christos AG]

Why would they reissue the same album so soon after it was released? Why do they think people want it? The only reason it sold so well is because it was about $5.99 everywhere it was sold. Is the reissue gonna be $3.99?

You're quite wrong on that. It went Gold in Greece and you won't see it under 15 euros here, which is about $17. And it's not that cheap in Japan... Check the price... The first issue was even more expensive than the reissue...

It's a re-issue with some different packaging.? The original release, both in the states and in Japan was a digipack.? From what I can gather, this is a "hard case" release of the same CD.? Again, that's from what I can tell...

Do you mean "jewel case"? Cause it was released like that in Europe and in Asia (I think so...).

[god of thunder]

Anyone remembers my idea about a reissue

 Somebody could have misunderstood things though and they just re release "Greatest Hits" in another circulation before christmas. As far as I remember the meager sentences used on the 2 pages use nearly the exact words as MTV commented on "Greatest Hits" last year.