Guns N' Roses – Use Your Illusion I

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Label:

 Uzi Suicide Record Co. – GEF-24415

Format:
2 x Vinyl , LP, Album , First Pressing

Country:

 US

Released:

Genre:

 Rock

Style:

 Heavy Metal

Tracklist

A1 Right Next Door To Hell
Backing Vocals – Slash (3)
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt Sorum
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, 6-String Bass – Slash (3)
Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Vocals – Axl*
Written-By – Caltia*
2:58
A2 Dust N' Bones
Backing Vocals – Slash (3)
Bass – Duff*
Drums, Percussion – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Talkbox [Voice Box] – Slash (3)
Piano, Organ – Dizzy Reed
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Written-By – Slash (3)
4:55
A3 Live And Let Die
Backing Vocals – Shannon Hoon
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt*
Horns – Robert Clark (4)
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, 6-String Bass – Slash (3)
Piano – Dizzy*
Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Synthesizer, Programmed By – Johann Langlie
Vocals, Keyboards – Axl*
Written-By – Paul And Linda McCartney*
2:59
A4 Don't Cry (Original)
Backing Vocals – Izzy*
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Vocals – Shannon*
Written-By – Stradlin'*
4:42
A5 Perfect Crime
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Vocals, Effects [Sound Effects] – Axl*
Written-By – Slash (3)
2:22
B1 You Ain't The First
Acoustic Guitar – Izzy*
Bass, Acoustic Guitar – Duff*
Dobro [Slide Dobro] – Slash (3)
Drums – Matt*
Tambourine – Tim Doyle
Vocals – Shannon*
Written-By – Stradlin'*
2:32
B2 Bad Obsession
Backing Vocals – Izzy*
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt*
Piano – Dizzy*
Rhythm Guitar, Percussion – Izzy*
Saxophone, Harmonica – Mike Monroe*
Slide Guitar, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Vocals – Axl*
Written-By – Arkeen*
5:26
B3 Back Off Bitch
Backing Vocals – Slash (3)
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar – Izzy*
Vocals – Axl*
Written-By – Huge*
5:01
B4 Double Talkin' Jive
Backing Vocals – Axl*
Bass – Duff*
Classical Guitar, Soloist – Slash (3)
Drums, Percussion – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Rhythm Guitar [Acoustic] – Slash (3)
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Written-By – Stradlin'*
3:19
C1 November Rain
Backing Vocals, Choir – Stuart Bailey
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Programmed By [Synthesizer Programmers] – Johann*
Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Vocals, Piano, Keyboards [Keyboard Orchestra] – Axl*
Written-By – Rose*
8:53
C2 The Garden
Acoustic Guitar – West Arkeen
Backing Vocals – Shannon*
Bass – Duff*
Drums, Percussion – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Slide Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Slash (3)
Vocals – Axl*
Written-By – Arkeen*
5:17
C3 Garden Of Eden
Backing Vocals – Slash (3)
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Programmed By [Synthesizer Programmers] – Johann*
Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Vocals, Keyboards, Effects – Axl*
Written-By – Slash (3)
2:36
C4 Don't Damn Me
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Organ – Dizzy*
Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Vocals – Axl*
Written-By – Slash (3)
5:15
D1 Bad Apples
Backing Vocals – Matt*
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Piano, Clavinet – Dizzy*
Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Vocals – Axl*
Written-By – Slash (3)
4:25
D2 Dead Horse
Bass – Duff*
Drums – Matt*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Percussion [Nutcracker] – Mike Clink
Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Axl*
Written-By – Rose*
4:17
D3 Coma
Bass – Duff*
Drums, Percussion – Matt*
Effects [Sound Effects] – Johann*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Slash (3)
Rhythm Guitar – Izzy*
Vocals – Axl*
Voice [Bitches] – Susanne Filkins
Written-By – Slash (3)
10:08

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – Uni Distribution Corp.
  • Distributed By – Uni Distribution Corp.
  • Copyright © – The David Geffen Company
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The David Geffen Company
  • Recorded At – A&M Studios
  • Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
  • Recorded At – Studio 56
  • Recorded At – Image Recording Studios
  • Recorded At – Conway Studios
  • Recorded At – Metalworks Studios
  • Mixed At – Skip Saylor Recording
  • Mastered At – Sterling Sound
  • Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
  • Published By – Guns N' Roses Music
  • Published By – MPL Communications Inc.
  • Published By – EMI Unart Catac.

Credits

  • A&R [Coordination] – Tom Zutaut
  • Art Direction, Design – Slash (3)
  • Artwork [Art Slave] – Wendy Sherman
  • Engineer – Mike Clink
  • Engineer [Additional] – Jim Mitchell
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Talley Sherwood
  • Illustration [Inside-"Coma"] – Steve Lank
  • Illustration [Inside-"Don't Cry" (Ascension)] – Kirk Hughey
  • Illustration [Inside-"Pretty Tied Up"] – Mike Staggs
  • Illustration [Inside-'Dead!' Piece] – The Starn Twins
  • Illustration [Inside-Guns N' Roses Logo] – R.K. Sloane
  • Management [Personal] – Doug Goldstein
  • Mastered By – George Marino
  • Mixed By – Bill Price
  • Painting [Cover] – Mark Kostabi
  • Photography By – Robert John (4)
  • Photography By [Photo Collage] – William Hames
  • Producer – Mike Clink
  • Public Relations [Editorial G.A.L.] – Lyn Fey

Notes

This is the US 1991 release in which the barcode contains dashes ("-"). The 2012 US reissue which does not contain dashes in the barcode is Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I.

Mixed in (ou)r sound™
©℗ 1991

Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA; Record Plant, Hollywood, CA; Studio 56, Hollywood, CA; Image Recording, Hollywood, CA; Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Metalworks Recording Studios, Toronto, ON
Mixed at Skip Saylor Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered at Sterling Sound New York, NY
"Dead Horse" photo courtesy of N.Y. Times

Mike Monroe courtesy of Mercury / Polygram Records
Alice Cooper courtesy of Epic Records

Special Thanks to Dr. Michael Smolens, Sam Stratton and Steve Rogers

"Ain't It Fun"
- Stiv Bators

All Songs Published © 1991 Guns N' Roses Music ASCAP except as indicated
A3 © 1973 MPL Communicaions Inc. ASCAP / EMI Unart Catac. BMI

Geffen Records, 9130 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca 90069-6197.
Manufactured and distributed in the United States by Uni Distribution Corp.
℗ 1991 The David Geffen Company.
Made in the U.S.A.
All rights reserved . Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

Comes with printed inner sleeves with lyrics and pictures.

'Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics' sticker on front cover.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 7 2064-24415-1 0
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): GEF-24415-A-GL2 2-1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): GEF-24415-B-GL1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 1): GEF-24415-C-GL1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 1): GEF-24415-D-GL1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): GEF-24415-A-GL2 2-2 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): GEF-24415-B-GL1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 2): GEF-24415-C-GL1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 2): GEF-24415-D-GL1 STERLING

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Use Your Illusion I (2×LP, Album) Uzi Suicide GEF 24415 Europe 1991
Use Your Illusion I (Cassette, Album) Uzi Suicide Records GEC 24415, GEFC 24415 Europe 1991
Use Your Illusion I (CD, Album) Uzi Suicide Records GEFD-24415 US 1991
Use Your Illusion I (CD, Album) Geffen Records GEFSD-24415 Canada 1991
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Use Your Illusion I (Cassette, Album, Dolby HX PRO, B NR) Uzi Suicide Records GEFC-24415 Canada 1991

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Reviews

  • elljake4's avatar
    elljake4
    Bought this and Use Your Illusion II sealed - both US originals. Certainly not the "quietest audiophile" vinyl out there - but with this material, who cares. Killer sounding records. Hopefully you don't have neighbors!
    • Roger1143's avatar
      Roger1143


      I have a version with the following Matrix:
      [Universal logo] 4244152 22 A00.
      Instead of "15 A00" it have "22 A00" that I didn't see here.... Someone could help?
      • Kirky70's avatar
        Kirky70
        Edited one year ago
        Fantastic pressing. Muscular, bold, dynamic and a complete assault on the senses just as GNR should be. All the more impressive given it’s era of release when there was very little love given to vinyl mastering and production. Not that the recent 2022 remasters aren’t to be dismissed, but if you can find, then this is the one own.
        • Stino1996's avatar
          Stino1996
          Does anybody have the 4 LP coloured set? I don't see it listed. This one: https://gnrmerch.com/products/use-your-illusion-i-ii-4lp
          • DJVinx's avatar
            DJVinx
            There were stickers were stuck on the outside of the plastic on the first pressings of Use Your Illusion 1&2- LP's, cassettes, and CD long boxes. "This album contains language which some listeners may find objectionable. They can F?!* OFF and buy something from the New Age section"

            This was the bands response to the industry forcing artists to put warning stickers on edgy lyrical music that some people might find offensive. The sticker itself was banned shortly after, and was replaced with the traditional Parental Advisory Sticker.
            • devito.mark's avatar
              devito.mark
              Found a copy and disc 1 is unplayable. If anyone has a disc 1 only that they want to sell please me!
              • superruud's avatar
                superruud
                Mine seems to be without the last 2-1 in the runout matrix on side A. It's GEF-24415-A-GL2
                All other etchings are as stated here.

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