Joe Satriani (EP)
Joe Satriani | ||||
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EP by Joe Satriani | ||||
Released | 1984 (1984) | |||
Genre | Instrumental rock | |||
Length | 16:41 | |||
Label | Rubina | |||
Producer | Joe Satriani | |||
Joe Satriani chronology | ||||
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Joe Satriani is a self-titled EP by guitarist Joe Satriani, released in 1984. Originally self-released[1] in a limited run on vinyl only, the majority of the EP was later reissued on the first disc of Satriani's 1993 studio album, Time Machine, with the exception of "Talk to Me", which was not included due to its master tape having been damaged.[2]
The EP only uses sounds made by an electric guitar, from tapping on the pickups for drums, to detuning the guitar for bass. The album was recorded in Jeff Holt's basement studio while Satriani was a guitar teacher in Berkeley, California and a member of a band called The Squares. The EP was reviewed by Guitar Player magazine, who had no knowledge that Satriani was ever in a typical band. The review, which treated Satriani as a purely instrumental guitarist, inspired him to pursue instrumental guitar playing as a career. However, the EP was not sufficient to secure a recording contract. Satriani used a credit card to finance his first full album, Not of This Earth, and used that finished album to secure a distribution contract with Relativity Records.[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Talk to Me" | 3:30 |
2. | "Dreaming Number Eleven" | 3:37 |
3. | "Banana Mango" | 2:44 |
4. | "I Am Become Death" | 3:56 |
5. | "Saying Good-Bye" | 2:54 |
Total length: | 16:41 |
Personnel
- Joe Satriani – guitar, production
References
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- Matt Bissonette
- Nathan East
- Dave LaRue
- Stuart Hamm
- Doug Wimbish
- Allen Whitman
- Chris Chaney
- Jonathan Mover
- Simon Phillips
- Gregg Bissonette
- Manu Katché
- Jeff Campitelli
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Marco Minnemann
- Joe Travers
- Not of This Earth
- Surfing with the Alien
- Flying in a Blue Dream
- The Extremist
- Time Machine
- Joe Satriani
- Crystal Planet
- Engines of Creation
- Strange Beautiful Music
- Is There Love in Space?
- Super Colossal
- Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock
- Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
- Unstoppable Momentum
- Shockwave Supernova
- What Happens Next
- Shapeshifting
- The Elephants of Mars
- The Beautiful Guitar
- The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology
- Original Album Classics
- The Complete Studio Recordings
- Joe Satriani
- Dreaming #11
- Additional Creations
- Time Machine
- Live in San Francisco
- Satriani Live!
- Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock
- Satchurated: Live in Montreal
- "Surfing with the Alien"
- "Satch Boogie"
- "Flying in a Blue Dream"
- "Friends"
- "Summer Song"
- "Cryin'"
- "Ceremony"
- "Until We Say Goodbye"
- "Starry Night"