'Modern Primitive' is based on song sketches and works-in-progress penned and recorded by Vai following the release of his debut album 'Flex-Able', in January 1984. In his liner notes for the record Steve writes: “The music on 'Flex-Able' is so vastly different from 'Passion And Warfare', one could wonder if the same guy actually made both records…'Modern Primitive' is the missing link between these two records. It’s sort of 'Cro-Magnon Vai'."
It was completed around 2015 and released on a CD double pack together with the remastered version of 'Passion And Warfare' to commemorate that record's 25th anniversary. Now, for the first time ever, 'Modern Primitive' will be available on vinyl to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
'Modern Primitive' is available as a 10th anniversary edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on caramel
brown coloured vinyl and includes a 20-page booklet with photos and liner notes by Steve Vai.
*Please note - image is a mock up only, actual colours may vary on finished product*
Tracklisting
Side A:
1. Bop!
2. Dark Matter
3. Mighty Messengers
4. The Lost Chord
Side B:
1. Upanishads
2. Fast Note People
3. And We Are One
Side C:
1. Never Forever
2. Lights Are On
3. No Pockets
Side D:
1. Pink and Blows Over, Pt. 1
2. Pink and Blows Over, Pt. 2
3. Pink and Blows Over, Pt. 3
