Originally Posted by on_m3rcur_7 (Post 1249474)

Since we are talking about this I am going to mention that I am aware of undiscovered soul having a different tracklist order and different takes or arrangements/intros etc. Also just checking discogs I found there is a bonus track song called 'all that remains' in the shm-cd version of this album in japan I was not aware of. Can't find it on youtube... anyone has heard it?

https://www.discogs.com/Richie-Sambo...lease/10242716

Originally Posted by Thinny (Post 1249495)

That version of Undiscovered Soul is the Japanese mix. For some reason it was released in Japan months before the rest of the world and the mix was completely different to the final version that the rest of the world got...

Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1249498)

Aloha !

There's no promo discs out there with as many differences as the one for Crush. There's even some differences between the advance copies and the promo discs. If you've got one with "There's no Santa Clause" you've got a rare version I think. I can't remember the other differences, it's been awhile since I was into collecting Bon Jovi stuff. :)

Before Crush was released advance copies were issued on tape, not on CD. None of these have alternate mixes or slightly different lyrics. However;

Destination Anywhere's advanced cassette tape for the U.S. is without Naked meaning the US release was supposed to have 11 tracks, the international release 12 and the Japanese release 14. Later on, Naked was added to all releases. I've no idea why.

After Crush was released advance copies and promo's were released on CD. It's how the internet used to get its hands on mp3 releases of songs several months before an album was released. Some have different songtitles on them as in the advance copy for the One Wild Night lists the final track as a UK Mix instead of just 2001.

The sampler for the box set has a different edit of The Radio Saved My Life on it but this isn't mentioned on the artwork. The song starts without its guitar intro. The song was released as a radio single and Japan and although that single artwork mentions a radio edit some CD's have the original album cut on it if I remember correctly. Maybe someone else knows?



A version of Undiscovered Soul leaked in Japan and thus the record company decided to prevent everyone from buying the unofficial leak to release what they had at that moment, which is the unfinished mix of Undiscovered Soul. Several overdubs had not yet been done and Steven Tyler wasn't playing on the harmonica either.

Once Undiscovered Soul was released in 1998 Mercury Records Japan added a bonus disc in Japan to try to get people to buy the final mix as well. The final release of Undiscovered Soul has never been released without a bonus disc in Japan. Mind you this is all before the internet so not many people knew about this rare Japanese release back in 1997. All attention was on Jon anyway hence the record being delayed a bit.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1249498)

Once Undiscovered Soul was released in 1998 Mercury Records Japan added a bonus disc in Japan to try to get people to buy the final mix as well. The final release of Undiscovered Soul has never been released without a bonus disc in Japan. Mind you this is all before the internet so not many people knew about this rare Japanese release back in 1997. All attention was on Jon anyway hence the record being delayed a bit.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Originally Posted by Thinny (Post 1249505)

Strangely my Japanese double disc version has exactly the same mix on it as the original Japanese release, not the later international release...It does have the updated artwork, but that audio is the same...

Originally Posted by eddie73 (Post 1249490)

Also undiscovered soul , there is an expanded version on apple play, the whole album has a completely different arrangement and mix, vocally and musically, I love it

Originally Posted by Thinny (Post 1249495)

That version of Undiscovered Soul is the Japanese mix. For some reason it was released in Japan months before the rest of the world and the mix was completely different to the final version that the rest of the world got...

Originally Posted by Dave 1986 (Post 1249533)

When was that expanded version released? I wasn't aware of it until reading this? It's on iTunes UK so I think I'll grab it. I've heard the 1997 mix of the album but never bothered picking the CD up because I didn't think it was worth it but that and the bonus CD live tracks from Spreckles Theater 1991 makes it more worthwhile. Is this expanded version on CD also?