Great boxset news from Richie and David

Shaz · #21 06-27-2004, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Plien

Cool!! I hope they can realise their promises.... this sounds like the good old rocking Bon Jovi again

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Jon Bon Jovi was reluctant to disclose the name of their next
release. "I went to a Japanese radio program last January and the
word slipped off my tongue.

I can remember that interview.... but I can't remember the title anymore.... does anyone know? If it's not allowed to write it on this board, you can also send me a private message

http://drycounty.com/jovitalk/viewtopic.php?t=24117

S.

Mr Bluesman · #22 06-27-2004, 02:07 PM

At last it looks like they're getting things together with this box set.

Sambo-Chris · #23 06-27-2004, 02:37 PM

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Jon Bon Jovi, the lead singer, said that the Box Set will feature
material from the New Jersey outtakes." We wrote some 40 songs for
that record", the singer turned-into-a football team owner said, and
added that "back in 1988, it was our idea to release two albums
almost simultaneously. The record company aborted that project and
we have got at least ten songs people have never ever heard before".

The collection will feature some demos from the band's 1980s best
selling albums such as "Slippery When Wet" and "New Jersey". "We've
got a Bad Medicine version with the talkbox.

This part makes me doubt if the article is for real. Someone posted once on Backstage that she talked to Obie about the boxset and he said that he was searching the Net which confirmed him that he found songs for the box set that no one really has heard earlier. A lot of outtakes from NJ and SWW are known. So somehow this doesn't fit with what Obie said.

vexxevis · #24 06-27-2004, 02:50 PM

Sounds great can't wait.

JoviForever · #25 06-27-2004, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by matteocam

SECTION: SHOWBIZ NEWS

DISTRIBUTION: TO SHOWBIZ EDITORS

LENGTH: 718 words

HEADLINE: Bon Jovi's Sambora e David Bryan talk about the upcoming
BoxSet.

DATELINE: New York, N.Y., June 24

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URL: http://www.prnewswire.com

LOAD-DATE: June 25, 2004

With a hundred million albums under their belts, Bon Jovi are set to
release their first ever Box Set this fall. "There are still some
issues to be dealt with at Universal as regards the choice of a
label" Sambora said – "but we are confident that a solution will be
found sooner rather than later".

Vivendi's Universal Music division suffered from sluggish record
sales and is still recovering from scandals that occurred at a
Corporate level. Earlier this week, Vivendi's former CEO was
formally put under investigation following a series of scandals that
jeopardized the reputation and the survival of the Group.

"In recent times we clearly suffered from such management
instability and it is no secret that Bon Jovi were dissatisfied with
the treatment we received" Jon Bon Jovi said. And he added: "We were
so mad at them that I decided not to include on the This Left Feels
Right album a couple of new tracks. You know, we have been around
for some twenty years and we do not want to play that game with
record companies anymore. These days it is only about commerce. It
is time for Bon Jovi to put more political pressure on these guys
until they realize who the hell they are. And, I guess, we are fully
entitled to do so: if Universal Music has become a leading company,
well, I guess that's because some of their artists, such as
ourselves, have done extremely well over the last two decades".

The new Box Set will feature some of Bon Jovi's unreleased
tracks. "It is actually unbelievable" Sambora said. "We found stuff
we completely forgot we composed. And, quite honestly, some stuff
could have become a hit but has not been included in any records
because they would not just fit into them".

Jon Bon Jovi, the lead singer, said that the Box Set will feature
material from the New Jersey outtakes." We wrote some 40 songs for
that record", the singer turned-into-a football team owner said, and
added that "back in 1988, it was our idea to release two albums
almost simultaneously. The record company aborted that project and
we have got at least ten songs people have never ever heard before".

The collection will feature some demos from the band's 1980s best
selling albums such as "Slippery When Wet" and "New Jersey". "We've
got a Bad Medicine version with the talkbox. We ultimately got rid
of it on the album version because it sounded a bit like Livin' On A
Prayer. Back then, we wanted to rewrite Bad Name and Prayer so much
that our first session for the New Jersey album was heavily
influenced by Slippery. That made us release that we needed to take
an evolutionary approach".

Surely, the band's latest album has taken more than an evolutionary
approach. "Yeah, I agree, This Left Feels Right is quite
revolutionary… We completely reworked on our hits and the end-
outcome was an amazing one." Jon said. "And it would be safe to
assume that our next album will be produced by Pat Leonard. Great
producer. He really stimulated our creativity and gave it a left
turn".

Other surprises on the Box Set? David, Jovi's talented keyboard
player, said that "you'll get a Bonus DVD featuring live stuff and
in-studio footages. I mean, it's pretty cool to see us composing and
performing songs like Lay Your Hands On Me in the studio back in
1988. Cool stuff".

Jon Bon Jovi was reluctant to disclose the name of their next
release. "I went to a Japanese radio program last January and the
word slipped off my tongue. So… I better not say much at this stage.
All I can say is that we are considering of putting out a new single
to support the release but at this stage it all depends on the
record company. Richie is going to put out a blues album so our
bargaining power may be slightly reduced. All I can promise our fans
is that we do not want to repeat the This Left Feels Right marketing
experience. All I can say about the new song is that it rocks. We
tried to write a story, it's a sort of Tommy&Gina or Born To Be My
Baby kind of song".

More information to follow.

I'm not convinced by this article. Until it's confirmed as being legit by bj.com I'll take it with a pinch of salt.

The King Of Swing · #26 06-27-2004, 05:14 PM

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Richie is going to put out a blues album so our
bargaining power may be slightly reduced

what do they mean with this sentence? i don't get it.

Edwin · #27 06-27-2004, 05:25 PM

Does someone has the exact URL?

dziubdzia · #28 06-27-2004, 08:05 PM

Great news, thanks for posting. The box set is going to be really cool !!

Becky · #29 06-27-2004, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by The King Of Swing

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Richie is going to put out a blues album so our
bargaining power may be slightly reduced

what do they mean with this sentence? i don't get it.

If Richie's CD is comes out around the same time as the box set, then "Bon Jovi" would be over-represented when it comes to having a product out. It's a conflict of interest of sorts because Richie's audience is overwhelmingly derived from Bon Jovi's audience. I know it seems like it should not be that way because Richie Sambora is a separate entity who has a completely different voice. He doesn't sound like Bon Jovi, but because he really hasn't established himself as a solo artist separate from the Bon Jovi audience, it amounts to having two Bon Jovi products out at the same time which will potentially distract sales from one or the other. That's one reason the live CD did not come out in 1991 as planned. Jon had just released Blaze in 1990 and Miracle in 1991 and Richie released SITT, One Light Burning, and Ballad of Youth in 1991/1992. They would have released a single from a live CD and instead of Bon Jovi going away for a while, it would have been Bon Jovi overkill on radio and in stores.

Universal is not going to compete for sales to a single target audience so only one would be likely to be pushed for promotion. And what would that amount to? Bon Jovi gets pushed because they have a much larger audience than Richie Sambora and, once again, Richie's solo work doesn't get the attention it should to establish him as an artist in his own right.

Becky

jesyjames · #30 06-27-2004, 09:29 PM

I'd be pretty suprised if this article was legit.

To me, it sounds like a fan trying to sound like band members. I've read countless interviews and it just doesn't sound like any of the band members in the way they speak.

Read that last paragraph that is supposedly a quote of Jon: "all I can say" (or some derivation there of) is repeated multiple times. In the interviews I've seen with Jon he simply wouldn't go on to say "All I can say, all I can say, all I can say" in the span of 30 seconds.

The grammer throughout this whole article is horrible:

"It's not secret Bon Jovi were dissastisfied with the treatment we received." Huh? Now he talks about the band in the 3rd person?

"We were so mad at them that I decided not to include on the This Left Feels Right album a couple of new tracks." No one talks like this.

It's like someone went through and took bits of truth and made an article because they have entirely too much free time on their hands.

While granted American's are really bad at their own language at times, to me this sounds like a non-native English speaker. "It's not secret"-- we'd say it's no secret.

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