LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 15, 2019…THE ALBUM ‘SURFING WITH THE ALIEN’ FROM BAY AREA GUITARIST JOE SATRIANI WAS RELEASED ON THIS DATE 32 YEARS AGO. SOME TRIVIA SURROUNDING SATCH’S ‘SURFING WITH THE ALIEN’:
-THE RECORD WAS RECORDED ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET OF ONLY $13,000.
-TO SAVE MONEY SATCH USED DRUM MACHINES.
– ‘SATCH BOOGIE’ IS THE ONLY SONG TO FULLY FEATURE LIVE DRUMS ON THE RECORD
– THE COVER ART FROM THE ORIGINAL RELEASE FEATURES MARVEL COMICS CHARACTER “THE SILVER SURFER.”
-MARVEL COMICS HAS PAID TRIBUTE TO SATRIANI IN SILVER SURFER COMICS (THE PLANET SATRIANI)
-THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK ON THE ALBUM COVER WAS CONTRACTUALLY SET FOR A LIMITED TIME. IN 2018 A DEAL COULD NOT BE WORKED OUT SO THE COVER ART WAS REPLACED.
-AS OF 2018 DIGITAL RETAILERS SUCH WAS SPOTIFY AND APPLE DISPLAY AN ALTERNATE COVER FOR THE ALBUM THAT DOESN’T DISPLAY THE SILVER SURFER.
– ‘SURFING WITH THE ALIEN’ REMAINED ON BILLBOARD’S TOP 200 ALBUM CHART FOR 75 WEEKS, THE LONGEST OF ANY OF HIS RELEASES
-HERE ARE THE ALTERNATE ALBUM COVERS
HERE’S SATRIANI SHREDDING IT WITH A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF ‘SURFING’
