Here Today... Gone To Hell!

The first one ive seen so far.................dont think ill bid on this one though
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guns-N-Roses-Chinese-Democracy-CD-Single-Rare-New_W0QQitemZ230303243063QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230303243063&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guns-N-Roses-Chinese-Democracy-CD-Single-Rare-New_W0QQitemZ230303243063QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230303243063&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177)

$38 for one song?

no thank you, i rather pay $15 for 14 songs and wait :)

It's a collector's item.

Isn't this illegal, since its not even out for sale yet? Call the FBI now!

I would pay more than 38 bucks.

Don't waste your time on the village idiot man.

its the same promo disc the radio stations have so i presume its not illegal. But i would imagine the disc is not for re-sale,  in which case it would make it illegal..........sort of!



its now at $102.....................some wealthy die hards out there.....its a fucking cool item to have just now, but i rekon in a few months they will be about $15 or so

Concerning legality:

http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/06/12/ju...promo-cd-seller

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7450112.stm

WOW......cool articles troccoli  : ok:
good luck if your bidding  :hihi:

Its not a silver back? Heck I can make those all day long here at home with my thermal printer I use on DVDs that I produce. Sounds like someone is scamming fans.

Winning bid:   US $158.50

It'll show you how little fate some people have in this album ever getting released

It's an acetate promo, ain't a scam.

No, some people just collect Guns N Roses memorabilia and a lot of people on this site and other sites just can't wrap their brain around that.

I think a collector is a collector.

If someone wants to pay 150 bucks for a promo CD, then it is worth that much for the collector.
I don't see any reason for bashing people who are paying that ammount of money for an item.

Other people spend hundreds of dollars on cigarettes, others drink, others are paying whores, others are addicted to cars ... ...
Where is the difference?

It's not like someone is robbing someone else out in order to be able to buy that item.
It's up to everyone to do what they want with their money.

http://cgi.ebay.com/GUNS-N-ROSES-Chinese-Democracy-RARE-PR0MO-CD-Single_W0QQitemZ220304474531QQihZ012QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here's a Holland single.

I thought radio stations were sent the single via internet? Didn't they?


 :peace:

This one is a fake, the catalogue number doesn't exsist, and as far as Universal are concerned this CD was never given out in this discription

Are you sure?

i just got a chi dem pro cd single on ebay for ?10..................the seller has 3 available 19.99 or best offer............
i offered ?10 and he accepted leaving 2 more available
grab em while you can.........this is cheap as chips if your interested.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=120336158839 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=120336158839)

i just got a copy, so it's correct that the back is blue colored and the front is kinda blocked printed?

really, no-one can answer my question??

is it the acetate you have nightfall?.... if it is then i cant give you a definate answer

i have 1 with cover (directly given to me by Universal) but also bought the radio promo....without cover etc..so that's why i want to know whether it's real or not since the quality of the disc and print is very low/bad.

i have 2 chinese democracy radio promo CD's...... one from U.S and one U.K.
they are both silvers with really bold good quality text.... can you provide pics if poss.
if the print is poor then its not looking good, but i guess thats why your asking. Im not too sure if the acetate is slighlty blue because i dont have one

i'll see if i can get it clearly on a photo.

what's an acetate?

It should be the US promo...but i have my doubts because of the poor quality.

The "CD Acetate" 

When mastering to CD the Recordable CD or CDR is used in a similar way to acetates, with the sound being checked from a CDR.

In the early days of the CD some dealers sold these CDRs for very high prices and referred to then as "CD Acetates". The CDs used genuinely in studio or pressing plant are just as rare as acetates, however the growing availability CD Recorders has made them very easy to duplicate of forge.
CDRs have also become so cheap that they are often used instead of promos, with hundreds being manufactured and distributed.
The term CD Acetate has not survived

http://www.moremusic.co.uk/links/features/acetate.htm#cd (http://www.moremusic.co.uk/links/features/acetate.htm#cd)

ok 2 pics:
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/598/bild0135fc9.jpg

and
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/899/bild0137ih2.jpg

...sorry for the size...why can't this website resize automatically??

(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q63/wadey9/bild0135fc9.jpg)
(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q63/wadey9/bild0137ih2.jpg)

i see what you mean about the blue tinting which is different to mine.......
the black text looks to be in blocks / pixelated....... rather than smoothed edges but that could just be the camera.
How does the text compare against your other one?  are there any numbers / codes in the middle near the hole
you could have the acetate which would account for the blue.... but i dont have one to compare with yours.

that was exactly what i was trying to get in the picture, it really is pixelated.
the middle is a bit frosted with the following letters: LE859C0170480

hey my Better promo is like that, like fine Dotmatrix printing, fuck if it is fake i paid quite a bit for it too, code 7D872c0245680, plus it came in a white protection sleeve, and housed in an Album sized case not single style

my code is GNRDEMCDP1.... but i would say you have the acetate probably.
do both of yours have the same code?


EDIT  this is the Chin Dem acetate as listed eil.com
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=455544 (http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=455544)

if you read the desciption it says that most U.S acetates are gold with a blue back... the one you have does have the gold cast to it with the blue back.

yeah i got that one too with the white sleeve, it even has tiny universal emblem in the center when you move it around

The codes are different, but mine is for a different single (better) just done in same style as Nightfalls, mine is more a greeny blue there is also another code 80 PG7622 outside of the frosted area

My better one is like that also, so maybe it wasnt such a bad deal

cool... :), sounds like you got the 'better' acetate  8)

now i need the chi dem one

i posted the link for the chi dem acetate from eil.com ?19.99...........

i guess i have the same as listed here.....so ending my search for authenticity.

although i can't find that universal logo where anythinggoes II is talking about...

i think anythiggoes was refering to the standard promo cd and not the acetate

i found that logo on the other one i have!

Yeah the standard single for the Universal Logo, and way ahead of you on the Eil CD, look forward to getting it soon  ;D