GN'R's Chinese Democracy has 3 versions of cover art
Band also seek help with album promotion
UPDATE: Official Chinese Democracy album artwork revealed
After a 17-year-wait for a new Guns N' Roses album, you'd be forgiven for thinking Chinese Democracy was a myth. Well, a new pre-order page on BestBuy points to the contrary, and reveals plans for three different versions of album artwork. It's coming…
BestBuy's 'exclusive offer' page lists three CD and three vinyl copies, marked Cover A, Cover B and Cover C. The artwork itself is not yet on display, but the GN'R hardcore completist faces a $101.94 bill for all six.
Help wanted
In other Chinese Democracy news, Marketing Week reports that the band's label - Universal Music - has approached several London-based advertising agencies to help promote the album.
If a "hotshot" agency does bag the contract, it may well mark another move away from the music industry's traditional promotion-method. We'd love to see the rock behemoths 'doing a Radiohead' or giving away some stem files for a remix competition, but it seems unlikely. Fans have been waiting 17 years: they'll buy it, and the other five versions, in droves…
(Via: Blabbermouth)
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