cds are pressed in 3 different locations : USA for the whole american continent, Germany for Europe and Asia, and Japan, obviously for japanese market. So, if the japanese cd has a bonus track, chances are that none of the other pressed cds will have the same.

I agree with you Matt. What I don't understand is why people NEED to complain about something they haven't listened to YET ! On the site you can find SAMPLES, so dammit, wait till the 25th, go to the cd shop, give the new CD a spin, and then you decide wether you like it or not !

Every Satch cd is Joe's BEST EFFORT in a different direction, I don't know many artists that put so much dedication to each new album. And at least for that, you have to respect his work.

I'm tired of people saying 'we want "summer song", we want "Always" ...' Joe is playing them EVERYTIME so maybe you should go out and listen to some other songs, because all of Joe's repertoire is filled with great music and ideas, sometimes it just takes more than one listen to appreciate it fully.

Nobody's pissed. As every artist at one point of their career, Stu needed to move on to pursue his own way.

Musical_Mania : I agree, I suggested this to the webmaster a week ago and it seems he hasn't found the time to reply yet. let's wait and see, maybe he is already working on it.

Tks Mike. About the Tokyo show... that's cool, i hope I can attend, coz i have a biz trip to Korea planned around that date... fate is against me it seems... i'll be sure to check again every other day when the tickets are going on sale.

good point, but I think that the posts with 'bad words' are actually posted by some of the younger satch fans.

Yeah, Twig, you're right !! it's this week-end !!

Joyeux Anniversaire Eric ! ça fait longtemps qu'on ne t'as pas vu ici... Je te souhaite le meilleur pour l'avenir.

En espérant te revoir un de ces 4 ... pour te donner un autre cd (le concert de juillet 2000 ...)

Christopher (New York/Paris/Tokyo) --- yes, I moved again ;-)

-Happy birthday again-

Corinne : tout le monde ne parle malheureusement pas le français... Il serait donc préférable d'écrire en anglais sur ces pages.

Quant à votre requête, inscrivez donc votre fils dans la liste des personnes qui vont assister au concert à Paris (menu déroulant en haut à droite de cette page, puis 'edit/add show attendance') 2 des inscrits seront tirés au sort pour aller en coulisses.

Am I the only one that noticed that the arpeggios in Mind Storm are EXACTLY the same as the ones in Crushing Days ?? Who said Joe's new stuff never gives the impression of "déjà heard" ??

Anyways .... I want "Slick" ! I want "Slick" !

Finally people heard my desperate call for "Slick"...

@Austin : "Eight Steps" ... look at my "location" under my name... and you'll see that this track IS on my cd...

Now for the review of it : This track is very special. It doesn't quite fit to the whole SBM atmosphere, but it's very classic Satch. Think "Not of This Earth" meets "Crystal Planet". The melody is very 80ish, yet the solos, because Joe uses the Ultimate Octaver to get that "crystal planet solo" sound, gives this "new Joe" impression. Well, this track is built on some exercise Joe came up with at that period. The extract on this site doesn't quite give a true idea of what it's really about. The song starts with chorused clean melody, then the site's extract blends in. (it's actually the main theme of the song)

Then after, it's a looooong solo, mostly improvised IMO.

This is why it's a bonus track : the song seems incomplete.

@Ovation1 : yeah, well, was no real big deal over here, south of Tokyo bay/Yokohama was hit pretty bad I heard, Today is really hot and humid (as usual) and no clouds in the sky ... weird weather.

Yup, would be great to get together for a satch concert ! (though I checked the venues that were posted a while ago here, for Japan, and they had somebody else listed on the same day)

Okinawa ! man, I've always wanted to go there... I've seen so many beautiful pictures of this place...