Live Era Front Cover Question

[BumbleBuzz]

Hi All,

Guns N Roses Live Era was actually the first GNR album I ever bought. Vivid memories of the day it happened...none of that Spotify streaming on release day for me.

But one thing I've always wondered is why some European versions of the CD release feature a slightly different front cover.

In the bottom right hand of the front cover, there's a poster - and in the UK/Ireland it was always orange. But I have seen other versions where it's blue? The poster itself is also a different poster and so this couldn't just be a color error in printing.

Example 1 - https://www.discogs.com/release/2035551-Guns-N-Roses-Live-Era-87-93

Example 2 - https://www.discogs.com/release/15727142-Guns-N-Roses-Live-Era-87-93

It's a very minor thing, but I wonder if there was ever a reason this happened? Was this ever specifically explained...or was there perhaps a copyright reason as to why certain photography/posters couldn't be used in a specific region?

[Axlandia]

First cover is without explicit content, and secound is with explicit content.

[rebelhipi]

I have 2 versions of the Orange ones and both have swearing.

One bought in France and the other from japan (ebay)

[troccoli]

Nothing to do with the swearing, as you can see here:

https://www.troccolitm.com/cdliveraclean.html?1185756611656

That is a clean lyrics version. Here is a blue cover version with swearing:

https://www.troccolitm.com/cdliverablue.html?1184805792187

I don't think a reason was ever provided for the difference, just another GNR mystery. I do wonder why everyone, even the band, was celebrating the release of Live Era yesterday. I thought it was released on 11/29. I can understand celebrating a little early, but then why not celebrate Lies too?