Best Buy exclusive

[Ulises]

I guess is time for an announcement...

[Bitch Slap Rappin]

It's the silence that is appealing. I'm sure the record companies have been anticipating for this moment. When ever a huge star comes out with a long awaited cd it generates sales for other artists that are on major labels. Like Joey said once on FRIENDS....."It ill be great......." 

[vicente]

Do you know what this silence feels like?
Feels like that moment before a giant tsunami wave comes, when the sea draws back from the shore...

:: Vicente ::

[King Axl]

The regional manager I spoke with at Best Buy last Tuesday, Sept. 30, said she would know for sure the exact release date by Tuesday, Oct. 7th.

So if it the announcement doesn't come from the Guns camp, it should come from Best Buy.

Let's all hope and pray that Tuesday is the big announcement day!

[sofine11]

The regional manager I spoke with at Best Buy last Tuesday, Sept. 30, said she would know for sure the exact release date by Tuesday, Oct. 7th.

So if it the announcement doesn't come from the Guns camp, it should come from Best Buy.

Let's all hope and pray that Tuesday is the big announcement day!

That sure would be nice. 

I was actually wondering whether they are going to let Best Buy make the first "official" announcement, much like they did for Shackler's Revenge on RB2, since they are going to be the ones who are marketing it at first. Can't wait to find out!

[GunnerOne 84]

If, and considering the history of this thing, that's a big if, November 25th is the real deal, we will know soon. It can't really drag on past this week time-frame wise. Considering there have been no statements stating there is no release date on the horizon, I am optimistic for once that it is the real deal.

[JDA]

We would have got an announcement already if it is going to be the 25th.  I'm not saying it is not coming out this year but not the 25th.  Axl said it himself that they need like 2 months of promotion before the cd is released. 

[overmatik]

We would have got an announcement already if it is going to be the 25th.  I'm not saying it is not coming out this year but not the 25th.  Axl said it himself that they need like 2 months of promotion before the cd is released. 

I think that with this Best Buy thing the time to promote the album decreases a lot, as you don't have to spend time by coordinating a large ammount of different retailers. After all, everything will be managed by one company, so I think that November 25th is a very secure date for the release.

[ben9785]

NOTE: The following is NOT FACT, just a rumour I am posting here for your own interest..

A user on this website called velvetrope, who was also one of the first to report about the Best Buy convention and Andy Gould's appearance there, posted that the album apparently goes into Universal's schedule "today" (meaning Monday 6 October in USA).

"Deal has been dotted, etc.
Goes on the Uni schedule tomorrow"

http://velvetrope.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=579763&page=1&fpart=6&sess=1e2366b6bf0143488c68a7d6724afcec

Make whatever you want of that. Perhaps Mysteron could verify this?..

[sofine11]

So Kanye West's album has been bumped to 11/25.  Will this have any affect on our coveted release date?  Christ, I hope not. 

[oldgunsfan]

According to velvetrope.com member 'plague'

Deal has been dotted, etc.
Goes on the Uni schedule tomorrow.

http://velvetrope.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=583115&page=1#Post583115

Not quite
http://new.umusic.com/Music.aspx?Group=1&Type=2

[bodine]

We would have got an announcement already if it is going to be the 25th.  I'm not saying it is not coming out this year but not the 25th.  Axl said it himself that they need like 2 months of promotion before the cd is released. 

Well he didn't say promotion, he said the entire process.  Who knows how much of that process was completed between December last year and now?  I don't think that it's not possible. 

[bodine]

The regional manager I spoke with at Best Buy last Tuesday, Sept. 30, said she would know for sure the exact release date by Tuesday, Oct. 7th.

So if it the announcement doesn't come from the Guns camp, it should come from Best Buy.

Let's all hope and pray that Tuesday is the big announcement day!

That sure would be nice. 

I was actually wondering whether they are going to let Best Buy make the first "official" announcement, much like they did for Shackler's Revenge on RB2, since they are going to be the ones who are marketing it at first. Can't wait to find out!

I'd be shocked if Best Buy makes the announcement first. Not with all the work that went into it.

[russtcb]

If the date is actually November 25, I'm pretty nervous:

Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Kayne West and The Killers all have new albums coming out that day.

[draguns]

I would not be nervous. No matter WHO has an album that day, Axl will sell the most. The album is the most highly anticipated album in a VERY LONG time!!!
On another point, if I were an executive at Best Buy I would try my hardest to get the album out by either the 25th  or  on Black Friday considering
all the economic turmoil that is going on right now.

[Ulises]

If the date is actually November 25, I'm pretty nervous:

Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Kayne West and The Killers all have new albums coming out that day.

So...? That's not competition against the highly anticipated album of one of the greatest rock band of all times.


Scott Weiland??? 

[russtcb]

Yes. As well as a highly successful rapper and a very popular rock band.

[Gritty]

If the date is actually November 25, I'm pretty nervous:

Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Kayne West and The Killers all have new albums coming out that day.

With music being in the pathetic state it is today, normally I would say that's a pretty impressive list of new releases, except for Kanye West who has always been complete garbage. Chris Cornell is an amazing talent, one of the greatest voices in music, but his album is being produced by Timbaland, so I'm sure he will do his best to make sure the album really sucks. Weiland was great for a while, but that ended about 12 years ago. The Killers? eh. But really, who cares how many records GNR sells? I'm gonna, that's all I care about. Somehow I think they'll survive.

[Ulises]

If the date is actually November 25, I'm pretty nervous:

Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Kayne West and The Killers all have new albums coming out that day.

With music being in the pathetic state it is today, normally I would say that's a pretty impressive list of new releases, except for Kanye West who has always been complete garbage. Chris Cornell is an amazing talent, one of the greatest voices in music, but his album is being produced by Timbaland, so I'm sure he will do his best to make sure the album really sucks. Weiland was great for a while, but that ended about 12 years ago. The Killers? eh. But really, who cares how many records GNR sells? I'm gonna, that's all I care about. Somehow I think they'll survive.

Exactly.

Even if they release just one copy and I get it, it wouldn't matter to me 

[ShotgunBlues1978]

If the date is actually November 25, I'm pretty nervous:

Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Kayne West and The Killers all have new albums coming out that day.

The first two aren't even an afterthought based on the way their previous solo albums have sold, and Kanye West will sell records to a totally different audience than GNR so there's not going to be much overlap.  Even the Killers appeal to a different market even though they're a rock band.