[Xavi]

Originally Posted by Supersonic

Aloha !



There's 5 official releases from Lay Your Hands On Me of which only 2 were issued as b-sides.

1. June 11, 1989, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.A.
- released on several issues of the Bed Of Roses single

2. October 25, 1992, Kaufman Astoria, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
- released on the VHS/Laserdisc An Evening with Bon Jovi

3. August 30, 2000, Letzigrund Stadion, Zurich, Switzerland
- released on the DVD (not on the VHS), live from the Crush tour

4. November 27, 2000, Air Canada Center, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Released on various issues of the One Wild Night 2001 single.

5. June 28, 2003, Hyde Park, London, U.K.
- released on the bonus disc of the This Left Feels Right DVD.

The live version from Toronto 2000 has the the marching band intro from 1996 mixed as if there really was a marching band in Toronto. There wasn't, it's just the official recording they used during the These Days tour because no, the marching band was never live. No idea why Obie did this, but then again, it's not the only edit Obie did that made no sense as we all know the guy is absolutely clueless as to how live releases should be.

For the sake of just using common sense we'll ignore the atrocious TLFR stuff which makes 5 official live versions.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

If you include DVD/VHS releases then you missed the Wembley 95 version.

[Thinny]

Yes, I was always surprised that they included that on the Wembley video as Jon stuffed up the lyrics

[bonjovi90]

Originally Posted by Thinny

Yes, I was always surprised that they included that on the Wembley video as Jon stuffed up the lyrics

That was his "thing" back at the Wembley shows
He actually ****ed them up at each of the three nights:

Bon Jovi - Wembley, London 23-06-1995 (PRO-SHOT...

Bon Jovi - Live at Wembley Stadium, London 1995...

[Denmad]

Originally Posted by Nige

Is the Toronto one the version with the 1996 intro tacked onto the front of it? What was the point?

When you look into the sleeve of "One Wild Night" UK promo single (442077474111), you can read something like this:

THE NEW SINGLE TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING LIVE ALBUM "ONE WILD NIGHT" (...)
INCLUDES LIVE VERSIONS OF "LIVING ON A PRAYER", "IT'S MY LIFE", "WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE", "LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME", "KEEP THE FAITH" & MANY MORE.

So most likely that "Lay Your Hands on Me" 1996/2000 blend was mixed for the "One Wild Night Live", but in the end, they decided to cut it off from the album tracklist and to release it anyway as a b-side.

My guess is that other b-sides from OWN era like: "Tokyo Road" (Tokyo 1985), "I Believe" (Rock am Ring 1995) and "Hey God" (Melbourne 1995) were also an options for the live album. That's why I call them "One Wild Night" outtakes.

[rokuli]

Sort of OT, but bought this roio a while ago:

https://www.discogs.com/Bon-Jovi-A-S...elease/7580530

It has three SBD tracks from Giants 1989:

7 Lay Your Hands On Me
8 You Give Love A Name
9 Born To Be My Baby

Its interesting to compare Lay Your Hands On Me from this CD to officially released version: for example during the intro Tico misses the backing track and its been edited & fixed for the official release.