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Debut Album: Guitararama
The enthusiasm of the public’s response propelled Petit to compose and self release debut album Guitararama, which was financed entirely by busking, and promoted on the Underground. The first pressing of the album has now sold out, the second is due to be released 19 May, 2008, again independently under 333records 333records homepage, and includes 3 extra tracks (”Blues Fom Mars”, ”Bad Road Blues” and ”A Better Answer”). Soon to be available from major high street retailers, the album is available in 3 colours, in a new Digipak format with 16 page colour booklet featuring photography from street photographer John Gladdy.

The album is mainly instrumental and is written to appeal to wide audience; “both a mature, Arts-appreciative and younger, inquisitive ends of the guitar market.” On it, Stephen showcases an advanced technical guitar playing ability as well as exemplifying the diverse range of musical styles the blues can span. According to a review by Properganda magazine

some tracks, such as “‘’7 Cent Cotton’’” and “’’Percy’s Thumb’’”, have a distinctly old school sound and a Jimmy Page influence, and others have a heightened emotional feel due to a sound which is ’’“humbucker fat, rich in harmonic distortion and overdriven sustain.”’’ Classic Rock magazine says of the album: ‘’“it’s difficult these days to put a new spin on such an old genre as the blues but Petit has managed it”’’.[3]

Petit states that in making the album, his [3] ‘’“guiding principle was to honour the music that had floored me throughout my life, to do it justice, to try and create the magic, mystery and excitement I’d heard in that music in my own songs and to capture it in the recordings”’’

‘’“Guitarama”’’ entered into the Top 10 HMV Blues Album Chart in the UK (once between two Robert Johnson albums) and into the Norway and Sweden’s iTunes Top 10 Charts. Mike Andrews, formerly of EMI records, now leading ‘’”Guitarama”’s’’ distribution under Universal Music Group states is confident of the potential of the New Blues movement: “’’Petit is a major talent and the New Blues scene is set to explode’’”.

Preceding the album is the 3 track single with ‘’“7 Cent Cotton”’’, ‘’“Told You So”’’, and ‘’“Alexis Corner Says”’’ with ‘’“7 Cent Cotton”’’ video.