Bon Jovi's 'Slippery When Wet' gets water-filled vinyl reissue limited to 1,300 copies worldwide
Alongside other limited-edition formats
Last updated 9th Jan 2025
Bon Jovi’s blockbuster third studio album ‘Slippery When Wet' is getting a deluxe reissue next month, including on a limited-edition water-filled LP.
Originally released in August 1986, ‘Slippery When Wet’ was a colossal commercial triumph shifting over 30 million copies globally and spawning the huge anthems ‘You Give Love a Bad Name,’ ‘Livin' on a Prayer,’ and ‘Wanted Dead or Alive.’
39 years on, the album is being released on various formats on Friday 28th February 2025.
Among the ultra-limited-edition configurations on Bon Jovi’s official store is an exclusive liquid-filled vinyl disc limited to just 1,300 copies worldwide and costing £94.99. The vinyl is no longer available in the UK.
As the video below shows, the water duly sloshes around as the vinyl is played:
Other formats on Bon Jovi’s store are a vinyl picture disc limited to 1,500 copies and an even rarer cassette limited to 500 copies.
The Deluxe Edition on CD and digital formats includes a long sought-after acoustic version of ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ as well as four live recordings from the band’s historic 1987 Slippery When Wet Tour, two of which, including an epic ‘Let It Rock,’ have not been heard before.
The Deluxe also boasts exciting, previously unreleased mixes of ‘Livin’ On A Prayer (Thank You Goodnight Remix),’ which was heard briefly in the band’s hit documentary series, and ‘Raise Your Hands (Extended Obie O’Brien Mix).’
Bon Jovi’s ‘Slippery When Wet’ Digital Deluxe Edition track-listing:
Original Album (Disc 1):
Let It Rock
You Give Love a Bad Name
Livin' On A Prayer
Social Disease
Wanted Dead or Alive
Raise Your Hands
Without Love
I'd Die for You
Never Say Goodbye
Wild in the Streets
Bonus Tracks (Disc 2):
Wanted Dead or Alive (Acoustic Version)
Livin' on a Prayer (Thank You Goodnight Remix)
Raise Your Hands (Extended Obie O'Brien Mix)
Wild In The Streets (Live at Cincinnati Gardens, March 18, 1987)*
Livin' On A Prayer (Live at Cobo Arena Detroit, March11, 1987)
Wanted Dead Or Alive (Live at Cobo Arena Detroit, March11, 1987)*
Let It Rock (Live at Nassau Coliseum, August 9, 1987)
Disc 2 tracks 2-7 previously unreleased (*previously available with different mixes)
Bon Jovi’s ‘Slippery When Wet’ vinyl track-listing:
Side A:
Let It Rock
You Give Love A Bad Name
Livin' On A Prayer
Social Disease
Wanted Dead or Alive
Side B:
Raise Your Hands
Without Love
I'd Die for You
Never Say Goodbye
Wild In The Streets
The real names of famous musicians, including several Bon Jovi band members:
Cozy Powell’s real name: Colin Trevor Flooks
Alex Lifeson’s real name: Alexandar Živojinović
'Lifeson' is a semi-literal English translation of the Yugoslavian surname Živojinović, which means 'son of life'
Ginger Baker's real name: Peter Edward Baker
John 5’s real name: John William Lowery
Yngwie Malmsteen’s real name: Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback
Rudy Sarzo’s real name: Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont
Eric Carr's real name: Paul Charles Caravello
Vinnie Vincent’s real name: Vincent John Cusano
Tina Turner’s real name: Anna Mae Bullock
King Diamond’s real name: Kim Bendix Petersen
Joey Tempest's real name: Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson
Michael Monroe’s real name: Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm
Mikkey Dee’s real name: Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou
Jonathan Cain’s real name: Jonathan Leonard Friga
Nikki Sixx's real name: Frank Ferrano
Steven Adler’s real name: Michael Coletti
Axl Rose's real name: William Bruce Rose
Bon Scott's real name: Ronald Belford Scott
Fish’s real name: Derek William Dick
Eddie Vedder's real name: Edward Louis Severson III
Peter Criss’ real name: George Peter John Criscuola
Freddie Mercury's real name: Farrokh Bulsara
Flea's real name: Michael Peter Balzary
Perry Farrell's real name: Perry Bernstein
Geddy Lee’s real name: Gary Lee Weinrib
Mick Mars' real name: Robert Deal
Tré Cool's real name: Frank Edwin Wright III
Courtney Love's real name: Courtney Michelle Harrison
Pat Smear's real name: Georg Albert Ruthenberg
Gene Simmons' real name: Chaim Klein Witz
Spike’s real name: Jonathan Gray
Iggy Pop's real name: James Newell Osterberg, JR.
Alice Cooper's real name: Vincent Damon Furnier
Slash's real name: Saul Hudson
Mike Dirnt's real name: Michael Ryan Pritchard
Ronnie James Dio's real name: Ronald James Padavona
Brody Dalle's real name: Bree Joanna Alice Robinson
Skin's real name: Deborah Anne Dyer
Nicky Wire's real name: Nicholas Jones
Amy Lee's real name: Amy Lynn Hartzler
Bill Wyman's real name: William Perks
Izzy Stradlin's real name: Jeffrey Isbell
Paul Stanley's real name: Stanley Eisen
Vince Neil's real name: Vincent Neil Wharton
Duff McKagan's real name: Michael McKagan
Jack Black’s real name: Thomas Jacob Black
Lemmy's real name: Ian Fraser Kilmister
John Paul Jones' real name: John Baldwin
Joan Jett's real name: Joan Larkin
Eric Clapton's real name: Eric Patrick Clapp
Siouxsie Sioux's real name: Susan Janet Ballion
Rachel Bolan’s real name: James Richard Southworth
David Bowie's real name: David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
Little Richard's real name: Richard Wayne Penniman
Sid Vicious' real name: John Simon Ritchie
Ace Frehley's real name: Paul Daniel Frehley
Lou Reed's real name: Louis Firbank
Joe Strummer's real name: John Graham Mellor
Marc Bolan's real name: Mark Feld
The Edge's real name: David Howell Evans
Meat Loaf's real name: Marvin Lee Aday
Steven Tyler's real name: Steven Victor Tallarico
Ozzy Osbourne's real name: John Michael Osbourne
Jon Bon Jovi's real name: John Francis Bongiovi
Joey Belladonna’s real name: Joseph Bellardini
Jack White's real name: John Anthony Gillis
Bono's real name: Paul David Hewson
Sting's real name: Gordon Sumner
Billy Idol’s real name: William Michael Albert Broad
Geezer Butler’s real name: Terence Butler
Pat Benatar’s real name: Patricia Mae Giraldo
Bo Diddley’s real name: Ellas McDaniel
Muddy Waters’ real name: McKinley Morganfield
Stevie Nicks’ real name: Stephanie Lynn Nicks
Doro’s real name: Dorothee Pesch
Sebastian Bach’s real name: Sebastian Philip Bierk
Joe Perry’s real name: Joseph Pereira
Jimi Hendrix’s real name: James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix)
Zakk Wylde’s real name: Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt
Maynard James Keenan’s real name: James Herbert Keenan
Blaze Bayley’s real name: Bayley Alexander Cooke
Biff Byford's real name: Peter Rodney Byford
M. Shadows' real name: Matthew Charles Sanders
Syd Barrett's real name: Roger Keith Barrett
Chris Jericho's real name: Christopher Keith Irvine
Ginger Wildheart's real name: David Leslie Walls
Paul Di'Anno's real name: Paul Andrews
Phil X’s real name: Theofilos Xenidis
Peter Green’s real name: Peter Allen Greenbaum
Nicko McBrain’s real name: Michael Henry McBrain
Noddy Holder’s real name: Neville John Holder
Steel Panther’s real names
Michael Starr: Ralph Michael Saenz, Satchel: Russell John Parrish, Stix Zadinia: Darren Leader, Spyder: Joe Lester.