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evader

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Re: Alternate artwork (NEW scans inside!)

evader wrote:

Great scans! Thanks russtcb for being lucky enough to find this, and moreso for taking the time to scan and share it.  This booklet is much, much better than the Best Buy release, though I'm grateful to have seen both.

RussTCB

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Re: Alternate artwork (NEW scans inside!)

RussTCB wrote:

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elevendayempire

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Re: Alternate artwork (NEW scans inside!)

elevendayempire wrote:

Wasn't the problem with the alternate version that securing the rights to all the artwork would've cost a packet?* And Merck/Azoff/Best Buy/whoever just wanted to rush-release the thing as part of the scheme to force Axl into a reunion...

*Mind you, that doesn't explain why there are copies out there. Which I would cheerfully gnaw off my own arm for, by the way.

WARose

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Re: Alternate artwork (NEW scans inside!)

WARose wrote:

thanks for the scans russ. i`m not going to think about what could have been, had this album been properly released. it`s a shame...

Scabbie

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Re: Alternate artwork (NEW scans inside!)

Scabbie wrote:

Wasn't the problem with the alternate version that securing the rights to all the artwork would've cost a packet?* And Merck/Azoff/Best Buy/whoever just wanted to rush-release the thing as part of the scheme to force Axl into a reunion...

*Mind you, that doesn't explain why there are copies out there. Which I would cheerfully gnaw off my own arm for, by the way.

I guess another question is would we all have been prepared to wait another 12 months for the booklet? At the time, probably not!

Re-release starts now!

Axlin16

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Re: Alternate artwork (NEW scans inside!)

Axlin16 wrote:

Yeah, but if Axl owns all the original paintings, would the original artist retain the rights to the artwork being licensed out? As in liner notes?

Something tells me - no.

RussTCB

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RussTCB wrote:

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gavgnr

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Re: Alternate artwork (NEW scans inside!)

gavgnr wrote:

Got to say it again, this stuff is amazing, gotta get me one o' these!

Sky Dog

Re: Alternate artwork (NEW scans inside!)

Sky Dog wrote:

I still want to throw out there that I thought the bicycle artwork on the actual release front cover was better than the red hand one.

Other than that, everything else about the alternate is superior.

I like the hand...just seems to fit with the art on the inside.

huntermc

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Re: Alternate artwork (NEW scans inside!)

huntermc wrote:

Wow, awesome scans, thanks! If they put this out tomorrow, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.