Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion boxset: what is new album collection, what’s included and where to buy

The collection will feature over 60 previously unreleased audio and video tracks
Rhona Shennan
By Rhona Shennan
21st Sep 2022, 11:46am
Musician Axl Rose and Slash of Guns N’ Roses performs onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)Musician Axl Rose and Slash of Guns N’ Roses performs onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)
Musician Axl Rose and Slash of Guns N’ Roses performs onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

Today is a good day for Guns N’ Roses fans - the American band are set to release a huge new box set collection of their 1991 albums Use Your Illusion I and II.

The two albums were originally released on the same day, on 17 September 1991, in conjunction with the band’s Use Your Illusion tour.

The box set from Guns N’ Roses, which is currently made up of singer Axl Rose, bassist Duff McKagan, guitarists Slash and Richard Fortus, keyboardist Rizzy Reed, drummer Frank Ferrer and synthesiser Melissa Reese, is available in a variety of bundles, including CD’s, vinyls, Blu-ray and more.

As part of the new collection, fans will be able to enjoy over 60 previously unreleased audio and video tracks from the band.

This is everything you need to know, how you can get your hands on one - and how much it’s going to set you back.

What’s in the Super Deluxe 12 LP and Blu-ray set?

The Super Deluxe Use Your Illusion 12 LP and Blu-ray collection is the massive new box set from Guns N’ Roses.

As well as the original albums remastered for the first time, it includes 97 tracks in total, including 63 unreleased audio and video tracks, and previously unreleased live concert recordings from New York in 1991 and Las Vegas in 1992.

Included in this is the Blu-ray disc that features the complete “Live from New York” concert film in HD with surround and stereo audio.

Axl Rose (L) performs with Slash at Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 27, 2017 (Photo by MADS JOAKIM RIMER RASMUSSEN/AFP via Getty Images)Axl Rose (L) performs with Slash at Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 27, 2017 (Photo by MADS JOAKIM RIMER RASMUSSEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Axl Rose (L) performs with Slash at Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 27, 2017 (Photo by MADS JOAKIM RIMER RASMUSSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

All of this comes with a 100 page hardcover book with unreleased photos and images.

According to the Guns N’ Roses site, the collection also has bonus items that include “replica conspiracy inc fan club kit, 10 double-design lithos, four backstage passes and much more”.

The Super Deluxe 12 LP set is the most expensive bundle offered in the Use Your Illusion collection, clocking in at £434.99.

You can pre-order the set from the Guns N’ Roses website, with delivery starting from £6.95.

What else is available?

The Use Your Illusion collection is available in a variety of bundles for different price points, including:

Guns N’ Roses perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club on April 23, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)Guns N’ Roses perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club on April 23, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)
Guns N’ Roses perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club on April 23, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

When will the collections be released?

The various Use Your Illusion sets are scheduled to be released on 11 November.

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