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Track Listing
1. #?@! Yourself
2. So Happy
3. Bledsoe Bluvd
4. Natural Born Boy
5. Details at 10
6. Massacre
7. Burnin' Down the Mountain
8. Little Pieces of Seaweed
9. San Sebastian
10. Beast of Love, The
11. You Didn't Break It
12. X-Equilibrium Dance, The
13. Chronic Insomnia
| Details | | Producer: | Steve Vai | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Originally issued as a 10" EP in 1984, this 1998 reissue contains five bonus tracks not included on the original release. Original tracks recorded from
1982-1984.
Personnel: Steve Vai (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, coral sitar, synthesizer, electric piano, bass, background vocals); Tommy Mars (vocals, violin, keyboards); Stu Hamm (vocals, bass); Rantin & Rayven, Bob Harris, Laurel Fishman, Larry Kutcher, Joe Kearney (vocals); Larry Crane (piccolo xylophone, bell lyre, vibes); Robin DiMaggio, Chad Wackerman, Chris Frazier, Deen Castronovo (drums); Pete Zeldman (percussion); Suzannah Harris, Lill Vai, Joe Despagni (background vocals).
Vai came to prominence through his position as Frank Zappa's "stunt guitarist" in the '80s. Despite a brief bill-paying stint with pop-metal giants Whitesnake, Vai went on to become a respected solo artist. His impossibly fleet-fingered guitar work and irreverent sense of humor endeared him to "shred" guitar aficionados worldwide. FLEX-ABLE LEFTOVERS was originally issued as a limited edition EP in 1984, some of which later appeared on FLEX-ABLE. This package contains all the tracks from the original EP plus several intriguing bonus cuts. Vai is clearly indebted to Zappa, both conceptually (the explicit, iconoclastic "#?@! Yourself") and musically (the rock-classical fusion of "Bledsoe Bluvd"), but ultimately he's his own man, a unique voice in the cliche-ridden world of modern rock guitar. Vai lovers will welcome this opportunity to hear some previously unreleased selections from what many regard as the guitarist's salad days.
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