Surfing with the Alien, the 1987 Breakthrough Album by Guitar Virtuoso Joe Satriani, will be Reissued August 7, 2007

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Expanded Two-CD Set Includes the Newly Remastered Album Plus a Bonus DVD Capturing Satriani's Performance at the 1988 Montreux Jazz Festival

'We really thought it would be the last album that anyone would let us make. We were doing something that was just so unpopular. A blend of rock and blues and jazz and techno and film music, played as guitar instrumentals? No one really understood it,' -- Joe Satriani, 2007

NEW YORK, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Surfing with the Alien was the album that ignited Joe Satriani's career as a solo performer. The acclaimed guitarist's second full-length release, Surfing with the Alien was originally issued in October 1987 on Relativity Records. It became a left-field bestseller that reached No. 29 on the Billboard Top 200 and was certified Platinum for US sales of over one million copies. It was the first rock guitar instrumental album to reach Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. It includes the charting hits "Satch Boogie" and "Surfing With The Alien", plus the Grammy-nominated "Always With Me, Always With You".

Surfing ... launched Satriani on an ever-evolving creative path: eighteen further audio and video releases (nine of them certified gold and/or platinum) totaling over 10 million albums sold worldwide, fourteen Grammy Award nominations, and multiple world tours both as a headliner and as founder of the all-star "G3" guitar extravaganza.

On August 7, 2007, Epic/Legacy Recordings will celebrate the 20th anniversary of this groundbreaking album with the release of a new expanded edition of Surfing with the Alien. This meticulously restored two-disc set includes the newly remastered album and a previously never-before-seen live show filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988. It will also feature new liner notes written by Joe and special deluxe packaging featuring photos, notes and other memorabilia from Joe's personal archive.

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[bmc]

YES! i will so buy it.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

It really is an awesome album. I remember playing it when it came out.

[slum_goddess]

Joe Satriani is my god!

[DudeAsInCool]

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson - Red House (G3 1996)

[slum_goddess]

Steve Vai is my god as well. :)