Aerosmith "Janie’s Got A Gun"

Having read through this thread regarding the pending transfer of ownership possibly impacting the decision to put out a 7" 45 RPM single in the United States, I find myself trying to make sense of what I find in Discogs.

(Now, there's one entry claiming a 7" single was issued in the US and Canada but there's no pictures so I'm not trusting that one.)

According to Discogs, the following releases were made in 1989:

GEFFEN 12": Germany, the UK, & the rest of Europe.

GEFFEN 7": Australia, France, Spain, Germany, the UK (and a picture disc), & the rest of Europe.

...and most surprisingly of all, a WARNER BROS. 7" 45 RPM PROMO was allegedly released in Mexico (assuming it wasn't a bootleg).

If the labels were printing all this vinyl in other countries for this single, why didn't they bring it to the United States?

In looking through this thread, I can’t see that it was
ever identified how this song begins on the cassette
single, outside of it has “additional banter that isn't
on the full cd/lp version”.

I know the intro to this track on the Pump album is the
10 second glass harp instrumental piece, separately
titled ‘Water Song’ (also at the "Police Line Do Not
Cross" beginning of the music video), before it goes
directly into “*chit* Dum, dum, dum, honey, what have you
done?”, whereas most versions listed as “single version”
begin immediately with the “*chit* Dum, dum, dum…” Does
the cassette single have neither of these intros?

Side note: how can I expand my postings in this forum to
"landscape" as opposed to being "boxed"?

Edited by sheardbeard

Todd Ireland wrote: Also, it would probably be useful to mention in the song's database title notes that the “LP version” on this promo CD single is actually the 45/single version but runs faster and fades out several seconds sooner.

I just put the Pump CD version and the promo CD "LP Version" in the multi-tracker, and they are digitally identical but with a +0.7dB boost to the promo CD. The full-length CD also segues into the next track, although the volume of "Janie" is so low at this point, you'd only notice if you had the volume "pumped" (pun intended). So, yes, the promo CD does continue for about :03 longer, but even boosting the volume +25dB, you can barely hear anything (negligable, IMO).

I also noticed that the promo CD single uses the actual Pump LP version but just edits off the intro. You can hear the glass harp sound effect overlapping the first note. I believe what has been reported in this thread is that the cassette single opens in the same way as the "Remix" with no overlapping sound effect and a split second of additional audio that is not heard on the full-length CD. If you listen to the "Remix," you can hear Steven Tyler make a slight noise just before the "chhh" sound. I know it's splitting hairs, but techincally, the promo CD doesn't have the cassette single version, and yes, technically that means the cassette single is a unique version still MIA on CD.

I can say for sure these CDs all have the overlapping sound effect on the first note (and probably don't match the cassette single exactly):

Big Ones
O Yeah! Ultimate Hits
Devil's Got A New Disguise

Yes, we certainly do! And yes, in a post on the first page, I'm assuming that's what Ed is referring to as the "unique" audio on the official single version, along with the absense of the overlapping glass harp sound effect. What you're hearing the digital Very Best Of Aerosmith album is the "CHR Full Intro Remix" from the promo CD.