Flex-Able Leftovers was a limited edition 10" vinyl EP by American composer and guitarist, Steve Vai

Steve Vai

Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....

. It was leftover material from the recordings done during the "Flex-Able"days (1982 to 1984) and originally released in 1984 (see 1984 in music

1984 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...

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There were only two EP editions in 1984 :

- The first issue (limited to 1000 copies) on Urantia Records.

- The Second issue, with different artwork (limited to 1000 copies) on Akachic Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Vai

Steve Vai

Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....

, except where noted.

In Side

1. "You Didn't Break it" (Bob Harris
   Bob Harris
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   , Suzannah Harris) – 4:14
2. "Bledsoe Bluvd" – 4:22
3. "The Beast of Love" (Joe Kearney) – 3:29
4. "Burnin' Down the Mountain" – 4:22

Out Side

1. "So Happy" (Vai, Laurel Fishman) – 2:43
2. "Details at 10" – 5:57
3. "Little Pieces of Seaweed" (Vai, Larry Kutcher) – 5:12
4. "Chronic Insomnia" – 2:00

More informations on This edtion (Discogs)

Personnel

• Steve Vai
  Steve Vai
  Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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  , acoustic and electric
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
   guitar
  Guitar
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  s, coral sitar
  Electric sitar
  An electric sitar is a kind of electric guitar designed to mimic the sound of the traditional Indian instrument, the sitar. Depending on the manufacturer and model, these instruments bear varying degrees of resemblance to the traditional sitar...
  
  , keyboards
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  , electric piano
  Electric piano
  An electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented...
  
  , bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , background vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Scott Collard - Synthesizer (Prophet V)
• Larry Crane
  Larry Crane
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   – piccolo xylophone
  Xylophone
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  , bell lyre
  Lyre
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  , vibraphone
  Vibraphone
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• Fammin - Voice (Screaming)
• Laurel Fishman - Vocals
• Chris Frazier – drums
  Drum kit
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• Joe Kearney – vocals
• Larry Kutcher - Voice (Narration) Lyrics (Little Pieces Of Seaweed)
• Stu Hamm – vocals, bass guitar
• Suzannah Harris – background vocals
• Bob Harris
  Bob Harris
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   – vocals, Programmed by (Drums)
• Tommy Mars
  Tommy Mars
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   – vocals, violin
  Violin
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Lillian Vai - Vocals (Crying)
• Chad Wackerman - Drums
• Pete Zeldman – percussion
  Percussion instrument
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Technical contributions

• John Matousek - mastering
• Mark Pinske - mastering (assistant)
• Steve Vai - Producer, Engineer, Mixed By, Artwork By [Cover Design]