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Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien Legacy Edition (CD + DVD) Audio CD

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Joe Satriani Band: Joe Satriani
Title: Surfing with the Alien Legacy Edition (CD + DVD)
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Release Date: 2007-08-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Surfing with the Alien 2: Ice 9 3: Crushing Day 4: Always with Me, Always with You 5: Satch Boogie 6: Hill of the Skull 7: Circles 8: Lords of Karma 9: Midnight 10: Echo 11: Ice 9 [DVD][Live][#][*] 12: Memories [DVD][Live][#][*] 13: Midnight [DVD][Live][#][*] 14: Rubina [DVD][Live][#][*] 15: Circles [DVD][Live][#][*] 16: Lords of Karma [DVD][Live][#][*] 17: Bass Solo [DVD][Live][#][*] 18: Echo [DVD][Live][#][*] 19: Hordes of Locusts [DVD][Live][#][*] 20: Always with Me, Always with You [DVD][Live][#][*] 21: Satch Boogie [DVD][Live][#][*] 22: Satch Boogie [DVD][*] 23: Always with Me, Always with You [DVD][*] 24: Nigel Tufnel Interview [DVD][*]

I've Always Loved This CD
Cassette in high school. For starters, I've purchased this album 4 times. CD in early 90's when I bought a CD player. Remastered version when that became available. Now the Deluxe version comes out with a concert.

Imagine if all of our favorite artists released a concert DVD from early in their career, with a definitive album like this. The DVD is great--filmed at the same hostile venue that booed Stevie Ray Vaughn just a few years earlier. Great setlist. A lot of great rarities here. Hordes of Locusts and Memories, from Dreaming # 11. Solid setlist, solid performances. Worth the price all by itself.

Surfing With the Alien was early in Joe's career. Some of his best work. I look at his setlists and evaluate their content based on whether they contain songs like Ice 9, Circles, and Midnight. This album is great from start to finish.

I love Joe's collective work--there is an evolution there, with the songs from this album serving as "tent posts". Possibly my favorite is "Crushing Day". This is a song that he doesn't perform much live, but is truly a great guitar performance. His later works, show more depth and textures--this one is a great workout album. It shows off his guitar talent.

These songs are compact, awesome examples of Joe's capabilities. This is a must. I've also always admired the album art. Not many musicians pull in comic book artists.


GREAT RE-ISSUE !
NO COMPLAINTS. CAME IN ON TIME IF NOT SOONER, GREAT FAST DELIVERY. NICE REISSUE PACKAGE.


One of the best albums
While Joe Satriani takes guitar playing to another level, we listen to this music in wonder of how he performs with such emotion felt without even hearing singing. Wow, what a great cd! The excitement is great, music is great, feelings are great. I guess his guitar does it for him which is awesome. This is definately one of the best albums I have heard, and this remastered version is sweet! The DVD is well worth the price too. A great set for someone looking for something different and just plain old excitement. I won't bother listing single tracks cause I love all of them. Ill just list all of them.


Track List:
"Surfing with the Alien" - 4:25
"Ice 9" - 3:59
"Crushing Day" - 5:14
"Always with Me, Always with You" - 3:22
"Satch Boogie" - 3:13
"Hill of the Skull" - 1:48
"Circles" - 3:28
"Lords of Karma" - 4:48
"Midnight" - 1:42
"Echo" - 5:37.


A true master

I grabbed it for the remix and the dvd. This is the second time around for me on surfing with the alien. The disc was a ground breaker and if you are just checking out Satriani this is great one to start with. If you know his music and enjoy and don't have this one, shame shame shame.
This may be from the 80's but it does not sound dated and was revolutionary in the way the guitar was played and recorded in the future.
How do you not love a DVD of Joe?.


Satchtastic!
After ripping this remasterpieced cd to my computer at lossless audio format, it was like listening to the album all over again for the first time. Well first of all Satch is, hands down, the greatest living guitarist. I was Satchified on SWTA for a good month all over again. Thank you Joe Satriani and Co. (SBM).

As for the live dvd, the story speaks for itself, going onstage in the wee hours in the morning has its downsides but you get to see Joe perform with the cards(no sleep) stacked against him, with a crowd that seemed to care less. Glad I'm here to experience the performance and appreciate it!.


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