2005.11.17 - Billboard - December 20th Release Date For Double Disc Set

December 20th Release Date For Double Disc Set

Although the track list has yet to be announced, Geffen has set a Dec. 20 release date for the double-disc set "Welcome to the Jungle -- The Very Best of Guns N' Roses." It will be the second such GNR package since the spring of 2004 and follows "Greatest Hits," which has sold 2.5 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Guns N' Roses, which now features lone original member Axl Rose, has been at work for years on a new studio album, "Chinese Democracy." It is unknown when the album will see the light of day.

-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60625/billboard-bits-guns-n-roses-matchbox-twenty-soad/

Another posting on Musictap (via HTGTH), November 17, 2005:

Geffen Records will release a 2CD 'best of' collection from Guns and Roses called Welcome To The Jungle: The Very Best of Guns 'N Roses. This 2CD collection will come in both PA and Edited forms and will be available to fans on December 20, just in time for gift-giving. Mark it.

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/news/shownews.php?newsid=1486

Update from HTGTH, November 22, 2005:

Online record store cduniverse.com now lists two upcoming GN'R titles on their web site:

Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Label: Geffen Records (USA)
Orig Year: 2006
CDU Part#: 7005022
Catalog#: 005962
Discs: 1
Street Date: Dec 13, 2005

Welcome To The Jungle: The Very Best Of Guns N' Roses
Label: Geffen Records
Orig Year: 2005
CDU Part#: 7005023
Catalog#: 006051
Discs: 2
Street Date: Dec 20, 2005

They list two versions of each. Possibly one explicit and one clean version.

You can see the cduniverse.com GN'R listings here.

There still hasn't been any official word on these releases.

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/news/shownews.php?newsid=1492