Stevie Salas has teamed up with Deko Entertainment to release the 30th anniversary of ‘Back From The Living (Deluxe Edition)‘, a collection of 20 songs curated from all of the  international releases put out for the first time on vinyl as a double album.

Stevie Salas has recorded on over 70 different major label albums around the world. Stevie has worked as a writer, guitar player, Producer and music director for artists as diverse as George Clinton, Rod Stewart, Justin Timberlake, Bill Laswell, The MC5, Was (Not was), Michael Hutchence, Bootsy Collins, Terence Trent D’Arby, Buddy Miles, T.I., Public Enemy, Mick Jagger, and many more. Having sold over two million solo albums around the world, Stevie has been cited as one of the top 50 guitarists of all time in Guitar Player Magazine. Stevie left the small town of Oceanside, California in 1985 and eight months later he was homeless when he discovered by funk music legend George Clinton as the lead guitarist for Clinton’s albums. Stevie received his first major label producer credit with ‘Was (Not Was)‘ when he co-produced the UK hit ‘Out Come the Freaks‘ from the album ‘What Up Dog?‘ which Rolling Stone Magazine listed as one of the top 100 records of the decade.

‘Back From The Living‘ was originally released in 1995 and had different covers and different songs depending on which country it was released. To celebrate the 30th Anniversary Deko Entertainment worked with Salas and his team to put together one comprehensive collection with all the material from the various international versions of the album. The result is the remastered and repackaged ‘Back From The Living (Deluxe Edition)‘, Double Album, on Ruby Red Vinyl, and 6-Panel Digipak, with extensive liner notes written by Salas covering everything there is to know about this release.

‘Back From The Living‘ featured some of Salas’ most popular tracks such as ‘Crack Killed Applejack‘ which Salas talks about the origins, “That song originally was written in 1985 when Bootsy Collins came to the guest house where I lived in Beverly Hills. I wrote the original music and melody but would later take the chorus lyric from the song with the same title by General Kane. For the verse I would write the story of a street kid drug dealer who was addicted to crack cocaine. So, that was the first song I knew I wanted on the record.” But the real breakthrough for him came in 1991 when he wrote ‘Tell Your Story Walkin‘. As he explains. “This was as original as they come. I had a Bootsy/James Brown-style bass line sort of like Sex Machine or Soul Power with drums that had that same style groove but with a lot more sports arena rock power. Then for the rhythm guitar I used my Stevie Salas Wha Rocker that Bill Laswell gave me and that gave the song its signature sound.”

The album is released on September 19^th but you can pre-order now and get a Limited-Edition Bundle (100 copies) which includes the LP/CD, A ‘Back From The Living‘ XXX Guitar Pick, and personally autographed flat of the rare German cover of ‘Back From The Living‘.

Get your copy – here

Tracklist:

1. Tell Your Story Walkin’
2. Crack Killed Apple Jack
3. I Once Was There
4. Wonderin’
5. Start Again
6. Born To Mack
7. The Lying Truth
8. Without Love
9. Amelia
10. God I’m Going Downr
11. Much Ado About Buttin’ (Suckermangrubby Mouth Mix)
12. I Need Your
13. I Think You Need To Think
14. Shake This Town
15. Show Me Some Emotion
16. A Journey Into The Middle Ages
17. Tell Your Story Walkin’ (Mug Masher Remix)
18. Crack Killed Apple Jack (Gravy Booty Remix)
19. Start Again [Live] LP ONLY
20. The Walls Came Down [Live] LP ONLY

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