Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction - Vinyl - Original Cover - RARE
Sold Date:
November 27, 2020
Start Date:
November 20, 2020
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£29.00
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The disc, cover and inner sleeve are in good condition for age - minimal marks that do not effect playing of the disc - You can see condition in the pictures
Appetite for Destruction is the debut by American band . It was released on July 21, 1987, by .
The album was released to little mainstream attention in 1987. It was not until the following year that it became a massive commercial success, after the band had toured and received airplay with the singles "", "" and "". It topped the and became the best-selling debut album of all time, as well as the eleventh . With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the of all time.
Although critics originally were ambivalent toward the album, Appetite for Destruction has since received retrospective acclaim and been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2018, it was re-released as a remastered box set to similar acclaim.
Cover Artwork
The album's original , based on ' painting Appetite for Destruction, depicted a robotic rapist about to be punished by a metal avenger. After several music retailers refused to stock the album, the label compromised and put the inside, replacing it with an image depicting a Celtic cross and skulls of the five band members with (designed by Billy White Jr., originally as a tattoo), each skull representing one member of the band: , top skull; , left skull; , center skull; , right skull; and , bottom skull. In a 2016 interview, Billy White Jr. explained, "The cross and skulls that looked like the band was Axl’s idea, the rest was me. The knot work in the cross was a reference to , a band Axl and I both loved.”
The photographs used for the back of the album and liner notes were taken by , Marc Canter, Jack Lue, Leonard McCardie, and Greg Freeman. The original cover was supposed to be on the 2008 vinyl reissue, though the record label replaced it with the "Skulls" art at the last minute.
The band stated the artwork is "a symbolic social statement, with the robot representing the industrial system that's raping and polluting our environment." In albums which were issued on double sided media (vinyl records and audio cassettes) the two sides were not conventionally labeled "A" and "B", but "G" and "R". Tracks 1–6 which compose side "G" all deal with drugs and hard life in the big city ("Guns" side). The remaining tracks, which compose side "R", all deal with love, sex and relationships ("Roses" side). In an interview with in 2011, Rose stated his original idea for the cover art was to be the photo of the exploding, which was on the cover of magazine in 1986, but Geffen refused it saying it was "in bad taste".
On 24-Nov-20 at 10:30:06 GMT, seller added the following information:
Obviously - Artist is Guns N' Roses (Not Queen as stated)