Lots of times, when classic albums get deluxe box-set reissues, the extra tracks don’t make that much of a difference. This is not one of those times. Next month, Guns N’ Roses will release a brand-new edition of their ridiculously great, moment-defining 1987 debut Appetite For Destruction, and it’ll include a grand total of 49 unreleased tracks, as well as lots of previously-released music from the same era. This is one of the greatest rock bands of all time, at their absolute nihilistic peak. This matters.
GN’R have been teasing the announcement of this box set with a countdown clock, and while they’ve now announced that it’ll be out next month, they haven’t yet shared crucial details like the tracklist. But as Blabbermouth reports, the new box set will appear on four CDs or on seven 180-gram LPs. It’ll include a remastered version of the original album, as well as the 1986 EP Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide and another EP that’ll include the B-sides from that era. Also included: 25 previously unreleased recordings from the band’s sessions at Sound City studios in 1986 and two songs from the Appetite sessions that they recorded with producer Mike Clink.
There is non-musical stuff in there, too, like a 96-page book with unpublished photos from Axl Rose’s personal vault and 12 lithos, one for each of the songs from Appetite. Here’s an unboxing video:
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