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 celebrated 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 also feature new liner notes written by Joe and special deluxe packaging featuring photos, notes and other memorabilia from Joe’s personal archive.

Indeed, if you would like to win one of these new Legacy Edition CDs and you think you know all there is to know about the man himself, just answer this easy question: After the release of 'Surfing With The Alien,' a stopgap EP - which combed both studio and live tracks - was issued a year later ... but what was it's title?!

Send us your answers and if you're correct you'll be in the running to win one of these wonderful new CDs! Just send us an e:mail here before September 1st with your answer and the subject title CONTEST: JOE SATRIANI CDs to: exclusivemagazine@flash.net

“Surfing With The Alien” Audio Stream

“Satch Boogie” Audio Stream

"Always With Me, Always With You” audio Stream

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