Legacy Records announced the 20th Anniversary reissue of Joe
Satriani's Surfing with the Alien in stores August 7th. 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 7th, 2007, Epic/Legacy Recordings will celebrate the 20th
anniversary of this 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.
To hear a sample of the album check out the audio streams below:
