Guns N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction

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Label:	Geffen Records – 924 148-1, Geffen Records – WX 125, Uzi Suicide Records – 924 148-1, Uzi Suicide Records – WX 125
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Uncensored Cover
Country:	Europe
Released:	1987
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Hard Rock, Rock & Roll

Tracklist

G1	Welcome To The Jungle Written-By – Guns N' Roses	4:31
G2	It's So Easy Written-By – Guns N' Roses Written-By [Co-Written With] – West Arkeen	3:21
G3	Nightrain Written-By – Guns N' Roses	4:26
G4	Out Ta Get Me Written-By – Guns N' Roses	4:20
G5	Mr. Brownstone Written-By – Guns N' Roses	3:46
G6	Paradise City Written-By – Guns N' Roses	6:46
R1	My Michelle Written-By – Guns N' Roses	3:39
R2	Think About You Written-By – Guns N' Roses	3:50
R3	Sweet Child O' Mine Written-By – Guns N' Roses	5:55
R4	You're Crazy Written-By – Guns N' Roses	3:25
R5	Anything Goes Written-By – Guns N' Roses Written-By [With] – Chris Weber	3:25
R6	Rocket Queen Written-By – Guns N' Roses	6:13

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Warner Communications
Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Made By – WEA Musik GmbH
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The David Geffen Company
Copyright © – The David Geffen Company
Copyright © – Guns N' Roses Music
Published By – Guns N' Roses Music
Published By – Guns N' Roses
Recorded At – Rumbo Recorders
Recorded At – Take One Studios, Burbank
Recorded At – Can-Am Recorders
Mixed At – Mediasound
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf

Credits

A&R [A&R Coordination] – Teresa Ensenat, Tom Zutaut
Art Direction, Design – Michael Hodgson (2)
Artwork [Tattoo Redrawn] – Andy Engell*
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Duff "Rose" McKagan*
Design [Cross Tattoo Design] – Bill White Jr.
Drums – Steven Adler
Engineer [2nd Engineer] – Andy Udoff, Dave Reitzas*, Jeff Poe, Julian Stoll, Micajah Ryan, Victor "The Fuckin' Engineer" Deyglio*
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Slash (3)
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Synth, Percussion – W. Axl Rose*
Management [Business Affairs] – Boulevard Management
Management [Career Affairs] – Alan Niven, Stravinski Brothers
Mastered By – George Marino
Mixed By – Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero*
Painting [Front Cover Painting] – Robert Williams (15)
Photography By [Back Cover] – Robert John (4)
Photography By [Inner Sleeve Photos] – Jack Lue, Leonard McCardie, Marc Canter, Robert John (4)
Producer, Engineer – Mike Clink
Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Percussion – Izzy Stradlin
Written-By [All Songs], Arranged By, Performer – Guns N' Roses

Notes

This release features the original album artwork (showing Robert Williams' painting of a girl being raped by robots), which was later withdrawn and replaced with a tattoo-styled, skulls-and-crossbones motif.

The UK catalogue number appears on the back cover and spine (unlike on Appetite For Destruction, where it appears only on the centre labels).

There is another very similar release which included a sheet of Japanese peel-off stickers (see Appetite For Destruction).

Issued in a regular cardboard sleeve embossed with the Warner 'W' logo. Some copies feature a white sticker with black text reading "CONTAINS LYRICS WHICH SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND OFFENSIVE". Some copies also feature a black sticker with red and white text reading "INCLUDES THE SINGLES SWEET CHILD O'MINE AND WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE".

Includes a printed inner-sleeve with lyrics, credits and photographs of the band members. Some copies includes a white Guns N Roses Appetite For Destruction sticker (924 148-1).

All runouts are stamped except the few characters at the end of the matrix strings, which are hand-etched.

[Inner sleeve:]
Recorded at Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, CA. Take One Studio, Burbank, CA. Can Am Studio, Tarzana, CA
Mixed at: Media Sound, NYC
Album and Cassette Originally Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC
CD Mastered by Barry Diament, NYC
Tattoos by Robert Benedetti at Sunset Strip Tattoo

[Lyrics]
All Songs © 1987 Guns N' Roses Music BMI.

© 1987 the David Geffen Company.

[Centre labels:]
Published by (G.B. Only): [Tracks 1-6, both sides] Guns 'N' Roses Music

℗ 1987 The David Geffen Company.

Made In Germany By WEA Musik GmbH [Warner 'W' logo] A Warner Communication Company

[Back cover:]
Manufactured exclusively by Warner Bros. Records Inc. a Warner Communications Company [Warner 'W' logo]

© ℗ 1987 The David Geffen Company.

Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf. Pressé en Allemagne par Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf [Warner 'W' logo] a Warner Communication Company

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Printed text): 0 7599-24148-1 4
Barcode (Scanned): 075992414814
Label Code: LC 7266
Price Code: Ⓤ
Price Code (France): WE 381
Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA/BIEM
Rights Society (Publishing rights): BMI
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A = 924268-1-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B X 924268-1-Bx
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A Ɇ
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B 31
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A 924268-1-A =
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B 924268-1-B =
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): R/S Alsdorf 759 924268-1-A2 x 759 924148-1-A2 x
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B xx 924268-1-B 759
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A 3 <T> D
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B 6 <T> II
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): R/S Alsdorf 759 924268-1-A2=759 924148-1-A2
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B 924268-1-Bx
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A X 13
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 8): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A 141
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B x 40
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 9): R/S Alsdorf 759 924268-1-A2=759 924148-1-A2 13
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 9): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B x 924268-1-B x 188 759
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 10): R/S Alsdorf 759 924268-1-A2= 759 924148-1-A2 36
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 10): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B xx 924268-1-B 9 759
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 11): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A 118
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 11): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B x 18
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 12): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A x 20
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 12): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B x 55
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 13): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A 108
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 13): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B x 3
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 14): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A 132
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 14): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B x 29
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 15): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A x 56
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 15): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B 55
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 16): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 16): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-BX 72
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 17): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-Ax 924268-1-Ax
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 17): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-Bx 924268-1-Bx 129
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 18): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A = 924268-1-A 136
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 18): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-Bx 924268-1-Bx
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 19): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A 121
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 19): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-Bx 12
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 20): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A 22
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 20): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B x 23
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 21): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A = 924268-1-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 21): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B = 924268-1-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 22): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A 188
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 22): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B x 103
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 23): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A 88
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 23): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B 86
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 24): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-Ax 924268-1-Ax
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 24): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B = 924268-1-B 171
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 25): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-Ax 924268-1-Ax 126
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 25): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B = 924268-1-B 122
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 26): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-Ax 924268-1-A 28
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 26): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B = 924268-1-B 34

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Appetite For Destruction (LP, Album, Uncensored Cover, Allied Pressing)	Geffen Records, Geffen Records, Uzi Suicide	XXXG 24148, GHS 24148	US	1987
Recently Edited	Appetite For Destruction (LP, Album)	Geffen Records	24148-1	Australia	1987
	Appetite For Destruction (Cassette, Album, Transparent Shell)	Geffen Records, Geffen Records	924 148-4, WX 125 C	Europe	1987
Recently Edited	Appetite For Destruction (LP, Album)	Geffen Records, Uzi Suicide	XGHS 24148	Canada	1987
Recently Edited	Appetite For Destruction (Cassette, Album, SR)	Geffen Records	M5G 24148	US	1987

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Reviews

INAZIO Jan 11, 2025
(Side A): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-A\ 924268-1-Ax (Side B): R/S Alsdorf 924148-1-B = 924268-1-B 132 Could someone tell me which edition these matrices correspond to?
ZwedNed Sep 12, 2024
What happend with the value of this album. It went up like a rocket???
Dzubox May 28, 2024
This is a great sunding europian pressing. The sound is fresh, punchy, airy and crispy.
Kirky70 Jun 28, 2023
Iconic album. This first press with the banned cover is the one to own if you can find. Great dynamics, balanced pressing good bottom end.
Stoooge May 19, 2023
For many years it was my favorite album of all time. I got it on vinyl today and heard a few more details than on cd or cassette on this edition.
dbasile Feb 14, 2023
Edited one year ago
I Cherish My Original Copy Of Appetite For Destruction With The Banned Cover Art. Unbeatable Sound To My Ears, It Just Knocks And Rocks With Great Clarity And Bass, The Guitars Really Shred And Those Drums Really Pump Out The Speakers On My System. The Vinyl Mastering Of This For A Single LP Considering It Is A 54 Minute Album Is Astonishing. One Of The Best Produced, Mixed And Mastered Rock Albums Of All Time. Every Song Is Killer And Hooks You In And Doesn't Let Up Until It's Done And Even When It Is You Just Want To Go Back And Listen To It Again And Again.
jknosp Aug 13, 2021
Very nice sounding copy in my opinion. I also have a newer repress of this record. It is almost unplayable to my non audiophile ears. This one with the banned cover as a bonus sounds great to me!
stuartkernow1985 May 12, 2021
I have the R side labels on both sides. Is this a common misprint or something else?
monddialle Feb 28, 2021
Like most of Alsdorf pressings this one has no chance compared to US OP or any other HQ issue from Sterling stampers (Japanese for example).
Great as collection copy thanks to banner cover.
bornbalch Feb 15, 2021
Edited 3 years ago
Best days of my life, with this as soundtrack.. remember I was like 14 years old country boy living in a small town, driving around all day on my moped with friends, just living no worries, bonfires, music, beach trips, first time drinking and kissing girls. I'll never forget those day's. This was some of the music we heard on our getto blasters..