Use Your Illusion I is a live VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

/DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 by Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...

. Filmed live at the Tokyo Dome

Tokyo Dome

Tokyo Dome is a 55,000-seat baseball stadium located in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, Japan.The stadium opened for business on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome which was next door to the site of the predecessor ballpark, Kōrakuen Stadium...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 on February 22, 1992 during the Japanese leg of the Use Your Illusion tour

Use Your Illusion Tour

The Use Your Illusion Tour was a concert tour by the rock band Guns N' Roses which ran from January 20, 1991 to July 17, 1993. It was not only the band's longest tour, but one of the longest concert tours in rock history, consisting of 194 shows in 27 countries...

, this recording features the first half of the concert, the second half appearing on sister volume Use Your Illusion II

Use Your Illusion II (video)

Use Your Illusion II is a live VHS/DVD by Guns N' Roses. Filmed live at the Tokyo Dome, Japan on February 22, 1992 during the Japanese leg of the Use Your Illusion tour, this recording features the second half of the concert, the first half appearing on sister volume Use Your Illusion I...

. The VHS titles were distributed by Geffen Home Video in 1992.

The concert was originally recorded by Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Inc.

WOWOW

WOWOW was the first private satellite broadcasting and pay TV station in Japan. It has its headquarters on the 21st floor of the Akasaka Park Building in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo...

 for a programme to be aired on their TV channel, and that programme is split between the two DVDs.

The songs "Pretty Tied Up", "Don't Cry", and the second part of "Patience" from this event were used in the band's 1999

1999 in music

-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....

 live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 Live Era: '87-'93

Live Era: '87-'93

-Bonus track:This track was released as the twelfth track on the first CD of the Japanese edition, and as the eighth side on the four LP vinyl editions.-Band members:*W...

.

The cover is similar to the band's single cover used for "Live and Let Die".

Track listing

1. "Introduction": "Tokyo
   Tokyo
   , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
   
   ! Banzai motherfuckers! From Hollywood... Guns N Roses!"
2. "Nightrain
   Nightrain
   Personnel=* Axl Rose - lead vocals* Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals* Slash - lead guitar, rhythm guitar* Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals* Steven Adler - drums...
   
   "
3. "Mr. Brownstone
   Mr. Brownstone
   "Mr. Brownstone" is a song written by American rock band Guns N' Roses. It appears on their 1987 album Appetite for Destruction. Slash relates that the song was written by him and Izzy Stradlin while they were at Izzy and his girlfriend Desi's apartment...
   
   "
4. "Live and Let Die
   Live and Let Die (song)
   "Live and Let Die" is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die and was performed by Paul McCartney & Wings for the movie soundtrack and appears on the soundtrack album. The song was one of Wings' most successful singles, and the most successful Bond theme to that point...
   
   "
5. "It's So Easy
   It's So Easy
   -Personnel:* Axl Rose - lead vocals* Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, backing vocals* Slash - lead guitar* Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals* Steven Adler - drums-Cover versions:...
   
   "
6. "Bad Obsession"
7. "Attitude"
8. "Pretty Tied Up
   Pretty Tied Up
   "Pretty Tied Up" is a song by the rock band Guns N' Roses. Written by rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, it appears on the band's 1991 album Use Your Illusion II. The song opens with the sounds of a coral sitar played by Stradlin...
   
   "
9. "Welcome to the Jungle
   Welcome to the Jungle
   "Welcome to the Jungle" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on its 1987 debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction. It was released as the band's second single on October 3, 1987, and reached number #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number #24 on the UK Singles Chart...
   
   "
10. "Don't Cry
    Don't Cry
    "Don't Cry" is a song by rock band Guns N' Roses, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with the original lyrics is the fourth track on Use Your Illusion I, while the version with the alternate lyrics is the 13th track on Use Your Illusion II...
    
    " (Original)
11. "Double Talkin' Jive"
12. "Civil War
    Civil War (song)
    "Civil War" is a song by the rock band Guns N' Roses, which originally appeared on the 1990 compilation Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal and later on the 1991 album Use Your Illusion II...
    
    "
13. "Wild Horses"
14. "Patience"
15. "November Rain
    November Rain
    "November Rain" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, written by lead singer Axl Rose and released as a single in June 1992. It appears on the album Use Your Illusion I. The music video for this song was also released in 1992, and won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography...
    
    "

Reviews

Glenn Kenny

Glenn Kenny

Glenn Kenny is an American film critic. Kenny served as a critic and editor at the film magazine Premiere from 1996 until it ceased publication in 2007...

writing for Entertainment Weekly described the video as "deadly dull" and as having a "wimpy sound mix" before awarding it a 'D' grade (on a scale of A-F, A being the highest). Eamonn McCusker reviewed the DVD version for The Digital Fix, and was also critical of the video's production, describing it as an "uninspired recording".

Credits

Uzi Suicide Co.; an original production of TDK Core Co., Ltd. and Japanese Satellite Broadcasting

Artists

Guns N' Roses:

• W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, whistling
• Slash – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals
• Dizzy Reed – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
• Matt Sorum – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar, percussion, backing vocals

Guests:

• Cece Worrall-Rubin, Lisa Maxwell, Anne King – Horns
• Tracey Amos, Roberta Freeman – Backing vocals
• Ted Andreadis – Keyboards, Harmonica, Backing vocals

Crew

• Director: Paul Becher
• Producers: Shuji Wakai, Tsugihiko Imai, Tamamatsu Kuwata, Ichiro Misu, Yasumi Takeuchi, Noboru Shimasaki, Reiko Nakano, Shigeo Iguro
• Light Design: Phil Ealy
• Sound Engineers: David Kehrer, Jim Mitchell
• Art Director: Kevin Reagan