Steve Vai's Flex-Able 36th Anniversary Edition

[@ZAYAZOfficial]

Still have it on cassette. I used to put it on when I was a teenager and go to bed to it and dream about playing like Steve. Congrats Maestro! There are some real Jems and ear worms on this record! ❤️🤘🎸

[@MetalHeart8787]

I have my Tape also BUT didn't buy mine until 1991, I didn't know about the Hot sauce. those Lps look cool i should get one. ( since it's Vais Birthday i am doing a video to wish Vai a HB. )

[@tripleffarms2872]

Lol me to bro and stairway depending on if I had smoked or not

[@exn641US]

When I listen to Flex-Able, I hear all kinds of Zappa influence oozing out of Steve's pores and into that album. It's an absolute joy to listen to Steve in his most raw form.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Immediately went to Amazon to buy this! Such a crazy fun album 🤘

[@santosmadrigal3702]

I brought it on cassette . I new who Frank Zappa was , and that Steve was a heavy weight when he was a great un- known .

[@cheapskategamer8562]

I thought you only shop at Retro Video Game Stores LOL

[@hyporelaxa3612]

A girlfriend bought Flex-Able for me when it was released. When I got my record player out of storage sometime in the 2000's it was the first record I played. Definately one of my top 10 "stuck on a desert island" albums.

[@carpediemarts705]

Parts of landed on a number of [mix tapes]

[@pchalmersuk]

Salamanders in the sun is one of my favourite tunes of all time

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

A wonderful album still today. I still remember when I bought it. I still have that cassette. 🤘🎸🤘

[@gorgon9786]

This is an absolute treasure Mr. Vai! Thanks for inviting! 👍👌

[@voccsaycee30]

Attention those who are older artists (who have material to reissue that was recorded and mixed entirely analog) and those who are reissue vinyl buyers -- 30 seconds into this video, Mr. Vai properly answers the most important question we all need to ask when buying reissue lps.

[@fredfloyd68]

Ya know Steve...youre #1.....

[@BinaryReader]

Call it Sleep and the guitar solo at the end of Viv Woman just blew my mind back in the day. These tracks are just the best examples of casting aside all of the rules and cranking out the most over the top guitar imaginable. When I heard Call it sleep for the first time I was just like "this, I need my guitar to sound like this!!". Actually the song is still easily my favorite Vai track. Might have to pick up the Vinyl release.

[@jakeolthof]

I met Viv at the Bodhi tree back in the 80s.

[@BinaryReader]

@@jakeolthof Nice! I got to meet Vai once when he was on his Fire Garden tour. Feb 17 1997 - Auckland Rockshop. He was signing records at the local music store. Man, the gig he played later that night was the most incredible thing I'd ever seen. I got all my albums signed that day except for one "Flexible", Vai said "You got em all!", and I said "all but one....Flexible". He grinned :D (albums like that were pretty rare in those days, and it was pretty hard to come by in 1997, let alone in New Zealand). I think he was surprised I'd heard of it :P Honestly man, that gig was the best gig I'd ever been to (and I've been to a lot of gigs)

[@BinaryReader]

@@jakeolthof Bit of a blast from the past, the same gig 2 days later in South Korea kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYWZp2tnp9mja6M :D

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

OMG , MY FAVORITE BLUEHAIRED STUNTGUITARIST - RE IGNITE THE MOST DARING RECORD EVER MADE PLAYED AND EATEN RAW ! Thankyou Steve , for being you , the way you are being you ! Big Generator ...of luw

[@joeytosi]

Blew my dome when I first heard it in the mid 80s. Still one of my favorites.

[@lowkeystarlord9545]

Bro I was just listening to your music and now he posts let’s go

[@rajelas4835]

congratulations steve💗

[@Paolo8772]

Happy 62nd birthday, Steve Vai! I wore the 2nd Passion and Warfare T-shirt I bought in October 2016 in Nanaimo today in Gurnee Illinois riding roller coasters at Six Flags Great America (after visiting New Jersey and New York) without actually remembering that it was your birthday. At least I wore the right shirt, only to remember at the end of the day that it is your birthday. 🤪 Much love for all the beautiful music you’ve written. 😘👍

[@miky8788]

.. That little record ... i was in hospital for some weeks ,far from home , i was 13 y old.. my father gave me the cassette. Now i'm 42 and i still remember every part of it and i still have the cassette

[@stoneage6379]

It is still my absolute favourite of all of your albums Steve. I love them all but the first love is the most special!!!!!!!!!! This will never get old even if I live to be 100.

[@williamtell1477]

Call it sleep is one of the most soulful solos ever, Steve or anyone else. Flexible is definitely a GREAT album.

[@nickcosta8062]

I love that track... Cool stuff!

[@keith-kessinger]

I still have my vinyl and cassette. I was signed Relativity in a band called The Ex-Idols. I went to Steve's house with the vice president. Steve was so nice. He was showing me some rare pedals he just got. This was summer of 93. What a rare day.

[@AutismRocksOfficial]

Such a groundbreaking record. Awesome news 🤘🤘

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ❤️Those old pictures is worth the admission alone ! i love you , man - when i heard "Call it Sleep" I Believed again - in what , i had no clue - but my Faith was STRONG ..... IT STILL IS .....by the way ... Flex is STILL....my favorite Vai record ...how about that........ ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mikethompson848]

Hey, Steve. Mike Thompson here. We must have been on the same wave length. I was just going through the tapes on Flex-Able. Then the every next morning I saw your post on this. Amazing. Hope to see you when you come to Charlotte. All is well, you're looking good. Can't believe it's been 36Years . WOW. Love You . Mike

[@d4mdcykey]

In 1985 this album literally changed my life path and my entire perceptual landscape as to what music could be, and what it was to become. No matter how many times I return to Flex-Able I find something new and inspiring in it.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Same here. The first time I heard it, my playing and what I thought was even possible was forever changed.

[@larrykitzmiller103]

I had the cassette and the disk from Guitar Player magazine. Been crazy about Mr Vai's playing since the 80's .. unbelievable!!

[@starkotic]

My son Chris turned me on to your solo music when you first released Flexible. I am/was/were a Zappa fan since the original Mother's and loved your work with him. You wouldn't believe how proud and stoked I was when I saw the videos of Chris jamming with you! Thanks for being you, Mr. Vai!

[@ToysRUsKid_Critter]

Doing the life journey with Steve . Late 50s in style . No mid life crisis here just evolution…

[@digitalbuddha36]

Bought this last year on Vinyl. A promo release. The solo on Vai Woman just hits so hard.. one of my FAVS EVER. Just short and so sweet!!!

[@duster71]

Ordered it the day I found the flyer in the brand new Zappa record,so long ago I can't remember what years.

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Great stuff! I'm glad you made the record too - it brought you to here! :)

[@reynaldboutry]

Thanks Steve for last night. 4 times I have seen you in 3 decades, Elysée Montmartre (Paris), L'usine (Istres), Théatre Sébastopol (Lille) and yesterday again in Lille (Le splendid). Each time you transport me into your universe of madness and incredible techniques. See you soon!!!

[@rustisamust9079]

The first I heard of you Steve was that flexi-disc in Guitar Player magazine. I was blown away and had no idea how half of the sounds were being made. A truly influential album that deserves the best sound treatment.

[@Eric-fx9xf]

Lol specialized hot sauce. Classic! Cool designs and colors. Thanks. ✌👍

[@thefog7067]

We appreciate it too Steve. So glad to be on this journey thru life with your music . . . Best of luck with this re-release of Flex-able I hope it sells a ton ❤

[@GDNPB]

I have always been a fan of Steve Vai the guitarist, after watching the little video meeting with the 10yo bass player Ellen now i'm also a big fan of the man! thanks Steve.

[@ChicagoJ351]

The attitude song tear out disc in guitar player magazine was my introduction to Steve’s playing back in the 80s when I was a teen. So many of us were exposed to him through that medium, it’s so cool to see the tear out again.

[@fenwick_don]

One of my Faves and the old Carvin X100B Flexi Disc Been an guitar amp / tone nut since, well all time...

[@pankajthakuri921]

Hello Sir & Thank you for the video

[@stevenstabile4379]

I had Flexable and my record collection was stolen and I think I bought it at Steve's show at My Fathers Place in Roslyn, NY where Randy Coven (RIP) a great local bass player played with him!! I was blown away!! A few years later while playing any gigs I could get I played a wedding at I believe the Westbury Country Club, Westbury, NY and was hanging out at the bar talking to the bartender and he comes out and says "My son plays guitar too!!" and I said "Really" and he says yeah, and he just joined Whitesnake!! His name is Steve Vai!! Nice to meet you I'm Frank Vai!!" I shook his hand and couldn't play a note all night!! But I got another copy of Flexible eventually!! BTW a very nice guy, his Dad and I believe he was the one at My Fathers Place that sold me the first copy!!!

[@lilienlacocina5265]

I was 20 when you released this record and i loved it!!! I still do!!! Kisses from Canary Islands

[@VictorGonzalez-gk1nr]

First vinyl I ever bought, back in my early teens. Call it Sleep and Junkie got me hooked and haven't looked back since.

[@ELI-qm6bx]

THANK YOU STEVE FOR YEARS OF YOUR GREAT PERFORMANCES AND INSIGHT OF MUSICAL IDEAS AND KNOWLEDGE. FELICIA AND I LOVE YOU, ❤️

[@christophergowin1767]

The first soundpage to blow my mind. I still have the copy of GP and the soundpage. I now need to get this vinyl and I will have the cassette, the first print cd, and one of the original vinyls! This will be a nice addition to that collection!

[@W1NGXER0]

You are awesome Steve. I wore out my one copy of flexible on my cassette player. I can't hear anything but static. Now I have options. Love you brother. Duces

[@tedvincent50]

I still have this one on CD signed by you steve back from the g303 tour on the meet and greet when we discussed the secret of the jewel box. So very gratefull that you signed everything I handed you includeing the mirror from the jewel box. That was 19 years ago!

[@Pat54guitares_Uku]

Very beautiful photos behind, and flashing coloured albums for the collectionners...

[@Phatzo1000]

I remember getting the Soundpage in Guitar Player magazine and just having to have this

[@HazeOfWhearyWater]

I remember the album. Came out right around the time I first started playing guitar. We were all amazed.

[@chromawavecreations7460]

I bought the vinyl with the original white & blue album cover at a little club I saw Steve play in. I literally cried when I saw and heard him play “Call It Sleep.” Always my favorite guitarist whose music still hits me emotionally.

[@seanlombardo4577]

This album changed and enhanced the quality of my life

[@nathanmclauchlan5148]

I always loved the Little Green Men song from that album, what a fun song

[@PooNinja]

Yeahhh buddy 🤘🏽 very cool re release 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@williamdenton1410]

Awesome thanks Steve. The first album of yours I bought! Keep liking it more as time goes on. Hoping to see Inviolate tour in San Antonio. In Oct.

[@MakeWeirdMusic]

This is so awesome. Can’t wait to get one!! Thank you, Steve! Much love from Ant’kneeeee

[@azevedooliveira7301]

Thanks for your music Steve!!

[@FluidityFreak]

Love you Stevie! You were the soundtrack to my teenage years!

[@josephpeccerillo1640]

I bought Flex-able in vinyl at a record store in New Haven, CT when I was a teenager. When I got it home and opened it, out fell a pink guitar pick with Steve’s autograph on one side and “Eat ‘em and Smile” on the other side. Coincidentally the guy at the store mentioned he had seen Steve in the store earlier that day. He was in town for a show with David Lee Roth at the New Haven Coliseum (great show by the way). I still have that pick to this day….about 35 years ago…. man I’m old…. Lol. Anyway, thanks Steve for slipping that pick in there. Very cool surprise. Still one of my favorite Vai records, production mistakes and all.

[@syddy71]

Great, Looking forward to buying it!

[@hobartmsuttonjr]

Ordered!! This album changed my way of thinking about guitar forever!! Thank you!!

[@ChadWork1]

I remember discovering Steve Vai as a teen through Guitar Player magazine, when I got "The Attitude Song" as a plastic floppy 45 record bound into the magazine. I bought Flex-Able immediately afterword. Such an EPIC album! Sorry, but I didn't really go for the gloss of the albums that came after, though I know they are amazing. I just dug the DIY magic of Flex-Able. I might have to get the remastered anniversary edition.

[@christianwilliamson9752]

I think I discovered him the same way that 45

[@ChadWork1]

@@christianwilliamson9752 That's great! I listened to it over and over and just couldn't understand how he played that.

[@nunyabiznis7]

Same! Then I got the album... which is a box in my basement... Someday... I get a new turntable. :)

[@ChadWork1]

@@nunyabiznis7 yeah I still have the album too!

[@HutchEntertainment]

I so remember when that album came out. I purchased it on cassette way back when. LOVED IT THEN & STILL LOVING IT NOW! Congrats Steve, you da MAN!!!

[@marcready6369]

Thanks for the love, creativity, & effort you have put into this rerelease.

[@cleavey100]

Has it really been 36 years? I’m feeling very old! Thankyou Mr Vai for all of your inspiration.

[@DivineSource444]

Absolutely love the rhythms in this album! Been listening to it since it first came out!

[@dixee6498]

We love ya Steve!

[@MadamOst]

Steve is such a lovely fellow.

[@Eyehook777]

I was already a huge fan of Steve in his early Zappa days along with getting the little flexi disc from Guitar Player magazine. I'm 53 now so imagine me at 16 years old and my friends are listening to Men At Work, Madonna etc.. and I'm listening to Zappa, The Dregs, Allan Holdsworth.. yeah, I was the kid that listened to "weird" music. Years later, David Lee Roth goes solo and BAM!! I see the 1st video and there he is! Freakin' STEVE VAI! I immediately bought the CD and started learning Steve's parts, etc. and I happened to meet another guitar player one day who asked me, "What's YOUR favorite song from Flexible?"..... ... .. ... Haah? Yes, Steve HAD AN ALBUM!! YES!! Immediately scooped that up and Passion & Warfare and every magazine article or interview i could find.. Steve, you've been such a huge inspiration and your legacy will continue on many many years after you've transcended this earthly realm. Love you man.

[@dalefrary]

Reminds me of carefree days with my best friend smoking bongs through the summer..wondering when life would start...and having profound conversations.

[@blies4492]

I saw you perform this right after its release at My Fathers place in Rosalyn. One of the greatest shows I’ve seen. Thanks for rereleasing it.

[@Ricardosilva-ts9rb]

Number one 1🇧🇷 , ✌🏼😎

[@sike2805]

when I discover you music before many years, my life changed, and thank you for that!!

[@LinuxRambo]

Steve, you are awesome. You use the Internet to share your knowledge and talk about times gone by. I'm sure you've experienced a lot. :-) Thank you very much for that!

[@MrChiprocks1]

To this day, I still have the cassette. Now I can finally add this vinyl to my collection. 👍

[@TheOriginalArchie]

I still have The Attitude song on "vinyl" from the magazine, I never pulled it from the magazine.

[@c.g.vonhagenstein7576]

I still have my original cassette copy as well. I also have my Attitude Song "soundpage" but it isn't in the magazine. Ah nostalgia. This new set of vinyl remasters look just lovely. I'm sure they'll sound lovely too.

[@byerly6]

Me too

[@KennethDonnellyStargazer21]

Got cassette too back then... it's ok

[@franknew2750]

Nostalgia!

[@stephenfleming8030]

I played that Guitarist Magazine record to death. I wore a hole through the grooves, it was that good. I still remember going to the record shop to buy Flexable. A scabby hole in the wall in a back street in Glasgow...and then everything changed.

[@tjchad1]

Yeah! I still have my Flex-Able cassette! Bought way back in the 80s at the Tower Records in San Diego at Midway and Kemper.

[@viniciusmarcilio3194]

Wow.. you went crazy on this one. All the different vinyls, cassete, tees .. hell yeah

[@davidgerwig1161]

Steve Vai my all time No 1

[@adamphillips6747]

Still have my original release autographed in glass and will always have it.

[@rustisamust9079]

The first I heard of you Steve was that flexi-disc of 'The Attitude Song' in Guitar Player magazine. I was blown away and had no idea how half of the sounds were being made! A truly influential album that deserves the best sound treatment.

[@nicholastotoro7721]

Man… I’m getting old… 🤣 I still have the “floppy disc” of “Blue Powder.”

[@kentborges5114]

Steve Vai, like Joe Satriani, are NOT OF THIS EARTH ! Respect !

[@richgleadall3884]

omg! look how young pia is i remember her in vixen.so cool so see definatly grabbing this album,

[@tgbait9886]

When I listened to this album from the cassette I bought randomly, I wondered what universe this guitarist was from. The Attitude song, Salamanders in the Sun, above all, left me breathless

[@simonzowie]

I absolutely love this album!

[@netei]

Man. Im a big fan and this is by far the most creative album with delicate songwriting and amazing vocals. So much Zappa in there. Everytime i listen to it i think why doesnt he work with those vocalists again… ?!

[@iantucker4070]

I had Flex-able on cassette years ago! Yeah, someone beat me to it - was going to say how much I loved 'Call it Sleep' - an amazingly expressive description of a restless night, I'd never heard anything like it on electric guitar - what a talent Mr Vai is!

[@truthweallknow]

Many a good years Steve may have many more happy anniversary

[@TheOneTrueSpLiT]

Awesome - if I only had a record player!!!

[@DonBeckett]

Love it! I had the magazine record back then! Nice!

[@IndustrialFaith]

It's a superb album. My best friend's older brother turned us all on to Flexible back in the 80's. That sent us on a journey outside the corporate limitations of radio. Best thing to ever happen to our little group. Thank you for all the music! o7

[@BAMozzy69]

I bought Flexable on import (I live in the UK) because I was blown away by Yankee Rose and became a fan. I bought P&W Day 1 and have bought every album since...

[@mjm5081]

Thank you for sharing your gift with the world! ✌ ❤ 🎶 🌎 👏

[@groovedodger]

Funny I hadn't listened to my vinyl for years and recently set up my turntable and I played Flexable yesterday mine has the Pink Heart cover still a great Album.

[@garrickmcgowan9022]

Awesome Steve you keep inspiring me to keep praying

[@DTF72]

Just purchased the Translucent Orange Gatefold Vinyl, I am going to stow it away in a dark, dry place and make this the first official item for my kids to inherit from me when my time is over...this is better than real gold!

[@garycoates4987]

I got flexible after hearing the guitar world flexidisk from the magazine, around the same time as the alkatraz album Steve played on,, made a huge impression on my playing, mainly because after "flexible" music became whatever the musician wanted it be, irregardless of genre or song structure or categories, it was open to whatever you wanted to do as an artist.

[@angusorvid8840]

I was knocked out by Flexible when I first heard it around '86. At times it's like an answer to Zappa's question, (and album title) Does Humor Belong in Music? Because there are moments in Flexible that had me laughing out loud. There was something so organic about the way Steve heard the guitar and how he communicated with the guitar, literally talking through it, telling stories, jokes, etc. I love the attitude, the playfulness. It's a very special album.

[@DragonboltBlastter]

This is amazing! I will definitely buy a vinyl and the CD (and both versions of the cassette to support Vai and the music industry)

[@adamm9173]

Yes, you should always support millioners.

[@Giunta_Media]

@@adamm9173 Yeah, because it should be illegal for people who have mastered their art to make money off of it? BTW, WTF is a "millioner"?

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

@@Giunta_Media : I would just ignore the troll. I would also bet my last $20 they are someone who supports billionaire's whose only talents are figuring out how to F over their workers, who have more important talents, mainly the talent to put up with these billionaires BS. Besides, and sadly for most of The People of the world, a million dollars isn't even that much money now. The average house in the city I grew up in is more than that. Note: for anyone who doesn't know, paid trolls are paid per each direct reply we give them. I don't think that commenter is a paid troll, but on any news or social channels there are a *lot* of paid trolls. Many of them are from one pf putins many troll farms too. Ignoring and or replying about them to another commenter instead keeps these professional trolls from getting paid, thereby reducing the amount if damage they will do. Please feel free to fact check me people. I very much want everyone to fact check me on this. If you search _paid trolls are paid per reply_ you will find multiple articles about trolls and troll farms. In particular I suggest searching _putin's chef_ to learn about the military run troll farms putin's ex-KGB buddies started back in 1998, that were in full swing by about 2013 and 2014. They are responsible for a large part of the rise of fascism across the planet, but especially they have been targeting the U.S. most vigorously. They know the only way to defeat the U.S. is from within, so they spread dangerous disinformation and foment hate to create civil unrest, possibly a coup attempt, and their greatest goal is to help start a second civil war in the U.S. Note that all of their goals have been realized other than the civil war.

[@drzecelectric4302]

Changed my life when it came out !!

[@eltenor1973]

maestro .. we love you.

[@Stash777]

The album that changed my perception of what was possible on a guitar, love you Steve thanks for being!

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Exactly.