Joe Satriani – Flying In A Blue Dream
(Relativity Records 1989 8856110151)
Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges/corners and import punch hole in top right corner
Inner Sleeve has split in one side and import punch hole in one top corner
Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)
Joseph Satriani (born July 15, 1956) is an American rock guitarist, composer, and songwriter. Early in his career he worked as a guitar instructor, with many of his former students achieving fame, including Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick. Satriani went on to have a successful solo music career, starting in the mid-1980s. He is a 15-time Grammy Award nominee and has sold over ten million albums, making him the bestselling instrumental rock guitarist of all time.
In 1988, Satriani was recruited by Mick Jagger as lead guitarist for his first solo tour. ]Satriani briefly toured with Deep Purple, joining shortly after another departure of Ritchie Blackmore from the band in November 1993. He has worked with a range of guitarists during the G3 tour, which he founded in 1995. Satriani has been the guitarist for the supergroup Chickenfoot since joining the band in 2008.
Flying in a Blue Dream is the third studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on October 30, 1989 through Relativity Records. It is one of Satriani’s most popular albums and his second highest-charting release to date, reaching No. 23 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and remaining on that chart for 39 weeks, as well as reaching the top 40 in three other countries.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Joe Satriani
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Flying in a Blue Dream” | 5:23 |
| 2. | “The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing” | 5:09 |
| 3. | “Can’t Slow Down” | 4:49 |
| 4. | “Headless” | 1:30 |
| 5. | “Strange” | 5:02 |
| 6. | “I Believe” | 5:54 |
| 7. | “One Big Rush” | 3:25 |
| 8. | “Big Bad Moon” | 5:15 |
| 9. | “The Feeling” | 0:50 |
| 10. | “The Phone Call” | 3:01 |
| 11. | “Day at the Beach (New Rays from an Ancient Sun)” | 2:03 |
| 12. | “Back to Shalla-Bal” | 3:14 |
| 13. | “Ride” | 4:56 |
| 14. | “The Forgotten (Part One)” | 1:12 |
| 15. | “The Forgotten (Part Two)” | 5:08 |
| 16. | “The Bells of Lal (Part One)” | 1:19 |
| 17. | “The Bells of Lal (Part Two)” | 4:07 |
| 18. | “Into the Light” | 2:30 |
| Total length: | 64:47 | |
Personnel
- Joe Satriani – vocals, guitar, banjo, keyboard, percussion, programming, pre-production programming, bass, harmonica, arrangement, production
- John Cuniberti – sitar, percussion, engineering, production
- Jeff Campitelli – drums, percussion, pre-production programming
- Bongo Bob Smith – drums (tracks 5, 12, 13), percussion (tracks 5, 12, 13), pre-production programming
- Simon Phillips – drums (track 6)
- Stuart Hamm – bass (tracks 5, 17)
- Pete Scatturro – programming, sound design
- Stephen Hart – engineering assistance
- Chad Munsey – engineering assistance
- David Plank – engineering assistance
- Michael Rosen – engineering assistance
- Michael Semanick – engineering assistance
- Matt Wallace – engineering assistance
- Tom Size – engineering assistance
- David Luke – engineering assistance
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
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