{"product_id":"steve-vai-passion-and-warfare-25th-anniversary-edition","title":"Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare (25th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e180 gram audiophile vinyl\u003cbr\u003eDeluxe gatefold sleeve with leather laminate finish\u003cbr\u003eThe 25th anniversary edition of Steve Vai’s second album\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing the masterful instrumental classic \"For the Love of God\" and four bonus tracks\u003cbr\u003eCertified Gold by the RIAA\u003cbr\u003eRemastered from the original analogue master tapes by Bernie Grundman\u003cbr\u003eLimited edition of 3000 individually numbered copies on yellow, red and black marbled vinyl\u003cbr\u003eOften cited as one of the greatest and most influential instrumental rock guitar albums ever recorded, Steve Vai’s second studio album\u003cbr\u003ePassion And Warfare was originally released through Relativity\/Epic Records in September 1990 and has been certified Gold by the RIAA for surpassing 500,000 units sold.\u003cbr\u003eInspired by a series of dreams Vai had experienced as a young man, he describes the album as “Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that\u003cbr\u003eBen Hur threw for Mel Blanc”. Sketches and concepts for the record started as early as 1982 but were shelved after Vai joined David Lee Roth's band.\u003cbr\u003eWhen they parted ways, Vai was determined to finish it and ended up recording it in his home studio The Mothership while also working on the\u003cbr\u003eguitar parts for Whitesnake's 1989 album Slip of the Tongue.\u003cbr\u003eThe album includes the classic track “For the Love of God\", cited as one of the best solos of all time in a Guitar World magazine reader’s poll.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition, originally released in 2016, also includes four bonus tracks from the Passion And Warfare sessions.\u003cbr\u003eTo boot, it has been remastered from the original analogue master tapes by the legendary Bernie Grundman, one of the best studio engineers in the business.\u003cbr\u003ePassion And Warfare (25th Anniversary Edition) is available as limited edition of 3000 individually numbered copies on yellow, red and black marbled vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MUSIC ON VINYL","offers":[{"title":"Limited Yellow, Red and Black Marbled 2LP","offer_id":55035922121027,"sku":"RPT-37029","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8499\/files\/LIT_20261110_1734_173917_246_v_8719262045224_003.png?v=1794333734","url":"https:\/\/www.recordplant.co.uk\/products\/steve-vai-passion-and-warfare-25th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Record Plant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}