Chinese Democracy - one song's history

[zombux]

ok, I think we can consider the current single final, so here's something useful for all you downloading motherfuckers ENJOY!

2001-01-01 - Las Vegas (audience version, the first performance ever, magical!)
2001-01-15 - Rock In Rio 3 (soundboard version)
2002-11-22 - Pittsburgh (soundboard version)
2002-12-02 - Boston (soundboard version)
Bloody Roses Remaster (mix of the two above, two bucketheads!)
2006-05-14 - Hammerstein, New York (audience version)
2006-12-17 - Los Angeles (audience version, you can clearly hear Bumble's contributions)
2007-07-15 - Tokyo, Japan (monitor mix version)

you can find all of the above in this file: http://rapidshare.com/files/156866187/Chinese_Democracy_-_The_History.zip.html

and the rest?
you know where to get the leak...
and you know where to hear the single

enjoy the ride...

[CalumFarq]

AWESOME! Thanks Zombux 

[BarryTheBastard]

You should add the version they played live with frank on drums.

This is the same drum beat found on the single.

[zombux]

You should add the version they played live with frank on drums.

This is the same drum beat found on the single.

the last two actually are with Frank!

[MrB]

I think the las vegas version is the best one....7 years of tweaking & new band members kind of took away the straight up hard rock song.

[GnrJanus]

almost 8 years later then the vegas show 01-01-01... and guns N Roses stayed true to their ideas and choose CD as first single like they did back then or in 02... It was meant to be released in 01-02 I believe and a video was shot...

I also heard a video was shot for Catcher in 02-03 but never got released.. wonder what that looked like.. would be cool to see that video somehow:P   anyone has a phone number of Axl so I can ask him nicely?

[zombux]

I think the las vegas version is the best one....7 years of tweaking & new band members kind of took away the straight up hard rock song.

hard to say. for me the Vegas show is pure magic, like a dream. but I think the progress was generally a good thing.

[zombux]

I also heard a video was shot for Catcher in 02-03 but never got released.. wonder what that looked like.. would be cool to see that video somehow:P 

I never heard of this, most probably false rumor.

[GnrJanus]

could be fake though.. but it was said that GNR DID! travel to china for the recording of a video for the album and for the song catcher... (but take it whatever..)  We are now way closer then then so...

Let's hear it... CHINESE DEMOCRACY!... Rules.. 2) GNR for 2009!

[zombux]

could be fake though.. but it was said that GNR DID! travel to china for the recording of a video for the album and for the song catcher... (but take it whatever..)  We are now way closer then then so...

Let's hear it... CHINESE DEMOCRACY!... Rules.. 2) GNR for 2009!

well I think they were rumored to record a video in china - but that was in 2002, around the Asian tour, and nobody knew about Catcher by that time

[GnrJanus]

Okay I take it back... sorry for trouble... through I'd had some that was already found true.. my mistake

[deadxsouth]

2002-11-22 - Pittsburgh (soundboard version)

Robin kinda had a hiccup during that solo..

I also loved how almost every boot of the 02 tour has bucket playin a different solo...

[MIIKA]

thanx! I just thought 1 minute ago, I wish I could hear the very first recording of this song. problem solved

[zombux]

Robin kinda had a hiccup during that solo..

I also loved how almost every boot of the 02 tour has bucket playin a different solo...

yep. the same about Nightrain, it's fucking epic to hear all the solos, each and every one of them is just improvisation. this learned me to love Bucket!