AFD was scheduled for release as a Blu-Ray Audio in 2012 but pulled- would have been stereo only.
I suspect this might be new, though. Who knows, but for the longest time Axl wanted to obliterate this album, including re-recording it with his new ensemble, disparaging it to the media, and trying to move in a different musical direction. Obviously Universal Music had zero interest in a re-record of AFD (and was generally less than pleased with most of his stunts), but it's hard to imagine calling Scheiner in unless there seemed a likelihood of getting band approval - something very unlikely until 2016. And remember that they missed the 30th Anniversary last year, when it would be logical to release this - I'm guessing the wheels started turning when they reunited.