Celebrate Guns N’ Roses’ incredible musical legacy with Use Your Illusion I & II, the ultimate box set for the band’s 1991 multi-platinum releases Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II.
Guns N' Roses’ Use Your Illusion I & II Super Deluxe version features a total of 97 tracks, 63 of which are unreleased audio tracks & videos, a 100-page book with unseen photos & images, and a treasure trove of collectibles and archival documents.
Available in multiple configurations including a Super Deluxe 7CD + Blu-ray, a Super Deluxe 12LP + Blu-ray, 2CD Deluxe Editions of Use Your Illusion I & II separately, and standard single CD and 2LP versions of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II separately. In all formats, the original studio albums have been fully remastered for the first-time ever, from high-resolution 96kHz 24-bit transfers from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog masters.
GN'R's highly anticipated third and fourth studio albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II were originally released simultaneously on September 17, 1991. After the massive success of Appetite For Destruction and GN’R Lies, the band had the daunting task of following those up. Not only did they deliver, Guns N’ Roses surprised the world by releasing not one but two new, full length studio albums. Upon release, Use Your Illusion I reached No. 2 and Use Your Illusion II took the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 chart concurrently, selling over 500k in the first two hours of release, with an estimated sales of over 685k and 770k respectively within the first week of release.
Use Your Illusion I features the band’s bombastic cover of Paul McCartney’s “Live And Let Die,” the Top Ten hit “Don’t Cry,” and ‘90s anthem and MTV staple “November Rain,” which hit No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, spending a total of 30 weeks on the chart, and holds the title of the first video from the ‘90s to hit the 1 billion views mark on YouTube – now nearing 2 billion views. “November Rain” now includes a newly recorded 50-piece orchestra for the first-time ever, conducted & arranged in 2021 by Grammy Award winning & Emmy Award nominated composer Christopher Lennertz.
Use Your Illusion II features the band’s Top 50 single “You Could Be Mine,” “Civil War,” which reached No. 4 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Knocking On Heaven’s Door,” plus an alternate version of “Don’t Cry” featuring different lyrics.
The box set features an impressive, anamorphic illusion showcasing each of the two covers at different angles. Both Super Deluxe editions also include the complete live audio recording Live In New York, taped at the Ritz Theatre on May 16, 1991, with sound newly mixed from original multi-track tapes. This legendary show is one of three warmup shows for the Use Your Illusion Tour and features Izzy Stradlin on guitar, the original version of "Don't Cry” and a special performance of “You Ain’t The First,” both of which feature the late Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon on guest vocals. Also included is the complete audio recording of Live In Las Vegas taped at Thomas & Mack Center on January 25, 1992, newly mixed from the original multi-track tapes and featuring the band’s then new guitarist Gilby Clarke. The bonus disc is a Blu-ray video of the complete Live In New York concert film, newly transferred from 35mm film prints to 4K UHD and presented in 1080p 24fps HD, in its entirety, along with audio mixed in Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround, and PCM 48kHz 24-bit stereo. The Blu-ray menu features the brand-new live music video “You Could Be Mine.” This is the first-time release of any complete audio and video concerts from the Use Your Illusion era G N' F'N' R!