The Power Station Years is an unofficial album released in the fall of 1999. It is a compilation of original demo songs cut by Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...

 (then known by his birth name John Bongiovi) recorded at New York's

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 The Power Station

Avatar Studios

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 studio where he worked before later forming Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi

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 in 1983. An expanded version entitled The Power Station Years: The Unreleased Recordings with additional tracks was later released.

Track listing

1. "Who Said It Would Last Forever"
2. "Open Your Heart"
3. "Stringin' a Line" (Ian Thomas
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   )
4. "Don't Leave Me Tonight"
5. "More Than We Bargained for"
6. "For You"
7. "Hollywood Dreams"
8. "All Talk No Action"
9. "Don't Keep Me Wondering"
10. "Head Over Heels"
11. "No One Does It Like You"
12. "What You Want"
13. "Don't You Believe Him"
14. "Talkin' in Your Sleep"

The song "Stringin' a Line" was written by Canadian singer Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas

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, who would record and release his own version in 1981.http://www.ianthomasband.com/runner.htm

See also

• The Power Station Years: The Unreleased Recordings
  The Power Station Years: The Unreleased Recordings
  The Power Station Years: The Unreleased Recordings is a compilation of previously unreleased songs recorded by vocalist/ guitarist Jon Bon Jovi that was first released as a 15 track compilation in 1997. They were recorded in the early 1980s in a local recording studio named the Power Station,...