''Straight Jacket Memoirs'' is a 2006 EP by

Jon Oliva's Pain Jon Oliva's Pain (sometimes referred to as JOP) was a heavy metal musical project of Savatage co-founder Jon Oliva. History Originally, the project consisted entirely of solo recordings by Oliva, but after several months of work he was joined ...

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AFM Records AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, Redlight King, and Annihilator. In 2005, Can ...

, it was the first release by the band for their new label. The release featured two new full songs from the then forthcoming album, '' Maniacal Renderings'', and live renditions of two songs from the band's previous album, '' 'Tage Mahal''. The other track featured on the release is an edited version of the song "The Evil Beside You".

Track listing

Personnel

Jon Oliva John Nicholas "Jon" Oliva (born July 22, 1959) is an American singer and musician. He is best known as the co-founder, keyboardist and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Savatage, which he co-founded with his younger brother Criss Oliva. Si ...

– lead vocals, keyboards *Matt LaPorte – guitars *Shane French – guitars *Kevin Rothney – bass, backing vocals *John Zahner – keyboards *Christopher Kinder – drums {{Jon Oliva's Pain Jon Oliva's Pain albums 2006 EPs AFM Records EPs