Editing November Rain (section)

==Background==
[[Slash (musician)|Slash]] states in his autobiography that the band recorded in 1986 an 18-minute version of "November Rain" at a session with guitarist [[Manny Charlton]] (of rock band [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]) the year prior to beginning sessions for ''[[Appetite for Destruction]]''.<ref name=Bozza/>{{Rp|151}}

According to a story [[Axl Rose]] reported during the 2006 leg of the [[Chinese Democracy Tour]], no other band members wanted to participate in the production of this song (or the other notable ballad "[[Estranged (song)|Estranged]]"). Slash and [[Duff McKagan]] were opposed to the band's drift to symphonic ballads, feeling their choice of more direct rock songs were being overlooked by Rose. Eventually, Rose persuaded the others during work at Can-Am Studios (where some of the album was recorded and mixed). Slash disputed Axl's claims of harsh musical differences in his autobiography released the next year.<ref name=Bozza/>{{Rp|454}}

Slash reported that his guitar solo in the song's album version developed directly from an improvisation.<ref name=Bozza/>{{Rp|316}}<ref>''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'', November 1996</ref>