Joe Satriani's "Surfing with the Alien" is possibly one of the first "guitar" albums that I ever heard. It represents a pinnacle of 1980's guitar music and has inspired a wealth of melody-concious shredders since. The title track is probably one of my favourite instrumentals of all time and has seriously influenced the way in which I appreciate electric guitar music.
I was lucky enough to pick up a VG+ condition, original Food For Thought pressing from 1987 at an obscure fleamarket in Johannesburg, South Africa (see the cool Food For Thought logo below) . A seriously great find! There have been two official vinyl re-releases of the record by Relativity in 1990 and again in 2008 on Legacy/RSM.
This record put me on to Satriani and I have enjoyed most of his work since, especially his work on the G3 DVDs where some super shred ability is on display.
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