Bon Jovi - Studio Sessions (STU/FLAC) 12 CDs

(Studio FLAC)

Bon Jovi
Triple M Radio - Australia
1992-11-24

Lineage: Unknown gen Cassette > Nakamichi 582 deck > Creative X-Fi Pro > Adobe Audition v.3 > CD Wave > Trader's Little Helper > flac 8

Some light noise reduction was used - you can still hear some hiss in the quieter passages but I dislike removing too much for fear of losing music.

A very nice acoustic performance with interviews after the music. There were several cuts in the tape after the acoustic music during the interviews. I either smoothed them out or left them alone depending on where they were and what was cut. Since it appeared to me that there were two different interviews on this tape I separated them as shown below.

Triple M Radio

01. Intro
02. Love For Sale
03. Livin' on a Prayer
04. Wanted Dead or Alive
05. Banter
06. Bed of Roses
07. Blaze of Glory
08. Tuning
09. Sleep When I'm Dead
10. Blood on Blood
11. Outro interview & questions
12. Phone calls & questions about favorite Bon Jovi song

A Different interview
Live Around Australia

13. On disguises, Young Guns & Born to Run
14. Questions from fans on Cher, cowboy boots (cut)
15. Unplugged & questions fro Richie (cut)
16. Richie on relationships
17. Questions on music listened to and personal hairdresser.

This is one of many tapes that I'll be transferring and sharing here. Another Bon Jovi fan, Paragon, also known as Dave kindly sent me his collected tapes from the 1992 and 1993 tour in the interest of getting them digitalized and out to the fans. There is no info on the tapes other than he thinks they are all approx. second gen tapes.

Any thanks should also include a thank you to Dave for the source material.

All tracks unreleased

Bon Jovi - Sessions From the Vault Disc One

Unreleased Studio Demos

Tracks 1-5 - Unreleased John Bongiovi and the Wild Ones Demos
recorded to try to land a record deal in late 1982 - early 1983

01 What You Want (actually received a limited amount of lipsynced video airplay in 1982)
02 Runaway
03 She Don't Know Me
04 Shot Through the Heart
05 Love Lies

Tracks 6-19 Unreleased John Bongiovi Power Station Demos (some of these tracks were
later rerecorded with studio musicians and released by Tony Bonjiovi, Jon's Uncle.
Jon sued adn lost a fight to block the release, all of these are the original unreleased
versions)

06 Heartbreak Eyes
07 Hollywood Dreams
08 Talkin' in Your Sleep
09 No Action
10 Open Your Heart
11 That Woman is Dangerous
12 Don't Do That to Me Anymore
13 Same Old Lines
14 More Than We Bargained For
15 Head Over Heels
16 Don't Keep Me Wondering
17 Charlene
18 Don't Leave Me Tonight
19 Dorothea

Bon Jovi Sessions from the Vault Disc Two


Tracks 1-6 The Message Demos.

Before Bon Jovi existed Richie Sambora (guitar) and Alec John Such (bass) played
and recorded with a short lived band called "Message". These 4 tracks were Demoed
for what was to become therr only pre-Bon Jovi album, the 4 track EP, "Lessons".

01 Pessimistic Man
02 Swing
03 Lessons
04 It Won't Be Long
05 Is There Love
06 Any Other Girl

Tracks 7-18 The Tough Talk Rehearsal
Jon recorded this rehearsal of his first Jam session with Richie on board, as they
prepared to begin the writing sessions for thier first album which was originally
to be called "tough talk"

07 Summertime Blues
08 American Dream
09 Tonight #1
10 Tonight #2
11 Promises
12 Better Think Twice #1
13 Better Think Twice #2
14 Stay
15 Jon's guitar doodle
16 Heartbreaker
17 Head Over Heels
18 Broke My Heart

Bon Jovi - Sessions from the Vault Disc Three Unreleased Demos liberated boot


This disc is the legendary Basement Sessions where Jon and Richie holed up in
the Sambora family basement to write songs for the upcoming album, Slippery When Wet.
These are very raw tracks with minimum input by the rest of the band.

01 Stand Up
02 Deep Cuts the Knife
03 Wild in the Streets
04 Never Say Goodbye
05 Walk Don't Run
06 Edge of a Broken Heart
07 Right Side
08 The Promise
09 Lonely is the Night
10 Raise Your Hands
11 Take Me Home
12 Never Enough
13 Wanted Dead or Alive

Bon Jovi Slippery Rehearsal Demos

These are the second set of demos from Slippery When Wet. These demos show
the band rehearsing songs for Slippery before laying down the production
demos to take into the studio with the producer. Some feature one really
loud instrument with everything else quieter in the background, others are
more balanced. A very interesting glimpse into the creative process.

01 I'd Die for You
02 Let it Rock
03 Game of the Heart
04 Borderline
05 Social Disease
06 Livin' on a Prayer
07 Edge of a Broken Heart
08 Without Love
09 Never Say Goodbye
10 Raise Your Hands #1
11 Raise Your Hands #2
12 Never Enough

Bon Jovi Sessions From the Vault Disc #5
Slippery When Wet Studio Demos
This disc contians the polished studio demos that the Jersey Boys took with them to the studio to begin recording the epic Slippery When Wet with thier producer. All are different from the final versions and fun to listen to with decent audio quality.

01, You Give Love a Bad Name
02, Without Love
03, Wild in the Streets
04, Wanted Dead or Alive
05, Raise Your Hands
06, Never Enough
07, Edge of a Broken Heart
08, Borderline
09, Game of the Heart
10, Let it Rock
11, Social Disease
12, Livin' on a Prayer
13, Lonely is the Night
14, Deep Cuts the Knife
15, Never Say Goodbye (Richie lead vocal)
16, I'd Die for You

Bon Jovi Sessions From the Vault discs 6 & 7
The New Jersey Preproduction Demos. These demos feature a scratch (raw) vocal along with a louder instrumental track, many unreleased songs.

01, Rosie
02, 99 in the Shade
03, Backdoor to Heaven
04, Bad Medicine
05, Love is War
06, Judgment Day
07, Wild is the Wind
08, In America
09, Living in Sin
10, Love Hurts

01, Blood on Blood
02, I'll Be There for You
03, Born to Be My Baby
04, Stick to Your Guns
05, Homebound Train
06, Diamond Ring (electric version)
07, House of Fire
08, Let's Make it Baby

Bon Jovi - Sessions from the Vault Discs 8 & 9 The Orignal New Jersey Back in 1988 Bon Jovi intended to release a double album as a follow up to the multi-platinum juggernaut "Slippery When Wet". The record compnay got nervous about the higher price point and decided they would only release a single album. Well as this demo of the comple sequenced proposed double album shows, the record company was wrong. Great songs and great sound quality makes this a must have for all Bon Jovi Fans.

01, Love is War
02, Let's Make it Baby (X-rated talkbox version)
03, Judgment Day
04, River of Love (Come Alive)
05, Now and Forever
06, Growing Up the Hard Way
07, Does Anybody Really Fall in Love Anymore?
08, Rosie, Homebound Train

01, Wild is the Wind
02, Living in Sin
03, Blood on Blood
04, Backdoor to Heaven
05, Love Hurts
06, Stick to Your Guns
07, Love for Sale

Bon Jovi Sessions From the Vault Discs 10 & 11 The Stranger in This Town rehearsals
Richie Sambora,Tico Torres and Dave Bryan along with the rest of Richie's live solo tour band rehearse for the short lived 1991 solo tour.
They play solo stuff as well as a few unreleased cuts and songs Richie wrote for other artists.

Maybelline, Rosie, Stranger in This Town, Rest in Peace, Church of Desire #1-#10, If I Can't Have Your Love, River of Love #1-#3, Richie talks, Mr. Bluesman, Father Time, The Answer, Broken Promises, Prisoner of Love, Discipline

This is the final piece of the Sessions Box Set.
This box comprises all know Bon Jovi and solo demos which have not been released as B-sides or otherwise in an official manner. There is a early demo release of the most recent Bon Jovi CD "Have a Nice Day" which contains unreleased and different version of all songs. While the pre-release version of HAND was never sold, it was released about 6 months early to select critics and media members for review, critique. The version was also individually digitally watermarked during one song, making each copy traceable to the original owner. Versions with the watermarked portion clipped out are available though I am uncertain if sharing here is appropriate or allowed.

Various Studio demos & out takes from the very early day up until the "Have a nice day" Album. I have also included as a bonus the Bon Jovi 1992-11-24 Triple M Radio, Australia (acoustic show). I had attended my very 1st concert on this day & I remember rushing home afterwards to be able to hear & record the radio session they did (Although this is not my recording). My ears for ringing for a week afterwards (and have not stopped since) but I wouldn't change a thing