GUNS N' ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - ORIGINAL VINYL RECORD ISSUE - NEW
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Description
Up for sale copy of GUNS N' ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION album. This is vinyl record issue released by GEFFEN Records in the United States. This is the first pressing of the album. The album is new, still in factory plastic wrap. Corner of the sleeve has a cut.
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records to massive commercial success, topping the Billboard 200 and eventually becoming the best-selling debut album as well as the 11th best-selling album in the United States. With approximately 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling records ever. Although critics were ambivalent toward the album when it was first released, Appetite for Destruction has since received retrospective acclaim and been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time.
The album's original cover art, based on Robert Williams' 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 controversial cover art inside, replacing it with an image depicting a cross and skulls of the five band members (designed by Billy White Jr., originally as a tattoo), each skull representing one member of the band: Izzy Stradlin, top skull; Steven Adler, left skull; Axl Rose, center skull; Duff McKagan, right skull; and Slash, bottom skull. The photographs used for the back of the album and liner notes were taken by Robert John, Marc Canter, Jack Lue, Leonard McCardie, and Greg Freeman. The original cover was supposed to be on the 2008 re-pressing of the vinyl, though the record label replaced it with the "Skulls" art at the last minute.
Photos represent the actual item for sale.
Processing, shipping and handling fee $4.00 to any destination within the continental USA ($16.00 to Canada, $22.00 to any country in Europe and South America, $25.00 to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China). Payment by PayPal. Serious bidders only. Payment is expected within 3 days of end of this auction. Thank you for bidding and good luck.
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