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Steely Dan – Aja
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 1-033, MCA Records – MFSL 1-033
Series: Original Master Recording
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: Jul 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Jazz-Rock
A1 Black Cow
Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Rebecca Louis, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Clavinet – Joe Sample
Drums – Paul Humphrey
Electric Piano – Victor Feldman
Synthesizer – Donald Fagen
Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
5:07
A2 Aja
Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit*
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Steve Gadd
Electric Piano – Joe Sample
Guitar – Denny Dias, Larry Carlton, Walter Becker
Percussion – Victor Feldman
Piano – Michael Omartian
Synthesizer, Whistle [Police] – Donald Fagen
Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
7:56
A3 Deacon Blues
Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields
Bass – Walter Becker
Drums – Bernard Purdie
Electric Piano – Victor Feldman
Guitar – Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour
Synthesizer – Donald Fagen
Tenor Saxophone – Pete Christlieb
7:26
B1 Peg
Backing Vocals – Michael McDonald, Paul Griffin
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Clavinet – Don Grolnick
Drums – Rick Marotta
Electric Piano – Paul Griffin
Guitar – Steve Khan
Guitar, Soloist – Jay Graydon
Lyricon – Tom Scott
Percussion – Gary Coleman, Victor Feldman
3:58
B2 Home At Last
Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit*
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Bernard Purdie
Guitar – Larry Carlton
Guitar, Soloist – Walter Becker
Piano, Vibraphone [Vibes] – Victor Feldman
Synthesizer – Donald Fagen
5:31
B3 I Got The News
Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Michael McDonald, Rebecca Louis, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Ed Greene (2)
Guitar – Dean Parks
Guitar, Soloist – Larry Carlton, Walter Becker
Piano, Vibraphone [Vibes] – Victor Feldman
Synthesizer – Donald Fagen
5:03
B4 Josie
Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit*
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums, Percussion – Jim Keltner
Electric Piano – Victor Feldman
Guitar – Dean Parks, Larry Carlton
Guitar, Soloist – Walter Becker
Synthesizer – Donald Fagen
4:30
Manufactured By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Distributed By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Licensed From – MCA Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
Published By – ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.
Recorded At – The Village Recorder
Recorded At – Producers Workshop
Recorded At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Recorded At – ABC Recording Studios
Recorded At – Sound Labs, Hollywood
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Arranged By [Horns], Conductor [Horns] – Tom Scott
Art Direction – OZ Studios
Brass – Chuck Findley, Lou McCreary*, Slyde Hyde
Consultant [Sound Consultant] – Stuart Dawson*
Coordinator [Covert Operations] – Karen Stanley
Coordinator [Production] – Barbara Miller (2)
Copyist [Rhythm Charts Prepared By] – Dean Parks, Larry Carlton, Michael Omartian
Design – Geoff Westen, Patricia Mitsui
Engineer – Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee, Elliot Scheiner, Roger Nichols
Engineer [Assistant] – Ed Rack, Joe Bellamy, Ken Klinger, Lenise Bent, Linda Tyler, Ron Pangaliman
Engineer [Executive] – Roger Nichols
Lacquer Cut By – SR/2*
Lead Vocals – Donald Fagen
Liner Notes – Michael Phalen, Steve Diener
Management [Bagman] – Leonard Freedman
Management [Protection] – Irving Azoff
Mastered By [Half-Speed Production And Mastering] – Gary Giorgi, Stan Ricker
Photography By [Cover] – Hideki Fujii
Photography By [Inside Photos] – Dorothy A. White*, Walter Becker
Producer – Gary Katz
Saxophone, Flute – Bill Perkins, Jackie Kelso, Jim Horn, Pete Christlieb, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott, Wayne Shorter
Words By, Music By – Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
MSFL INC. Edition, Under License From MCA. Original Master Recording, Pressed In Japan.
The "☼" symbol in the matrix/runout details in fact is a circle of dots in the vinyl. The ☼-sign comes closest to what it really looks like.
Recorded at: Village Recorder, West L.A.; Producer's Workshop, Hollywood; Warner Bros. North Hollywood Recording Studios; ABC Recording Studios; Sound Labs, Hollywood; A&R Studios, N.Y.C.
©℗ 1977 MCA Records, Inc.
Published by ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
Steve Gadd and Michael McDonald appear through courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Chuck Rainey appears through courtesy of A&M Records, Inc.
Victor Feldman appears through courtesy of Caribou Records
Lee Ritenour appears through courtesy of Zembu Productions
Wayne Shorter appears through courtesy of Columbia Records, Inc.
Tom Scott appears through courtesy of Ode Records
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.................. Steely Dan - Aja (MFSL-Japan) ..............................
Erstveröffentlichung 1977 ........................................
Sie gehört zu den beliebtesten und zugleich perfektesten Steely Dan-Platten, für viele zählt sie zu den Popklassikern schlechthin. Schon wenige Wochen nach Erscheinen bekamen Steely Dan für diese LP eine Platinauszeichnung und einen Grammy, auch heute noch legen Liebhaber des eleganten, stilvollen Popjazz diese Platte gerne auf.
Musikalisch darf der Popfreund, der dieses Album noch nicht kennt, sich eine Fusion aus kompakten Synthie-Pop mit Rock- und Jazzelementen vorstellen. Schon alleine die Mitwirkung von Wayne Shorter, Lee Ritenour, Victor Feldman, Michael McDonald und Steve Gadd sagt einiges aus.
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* Interpret: Steely Dan .....
* Titel: Aja .....
* Audiophile LP (MFSL-Japan) .....
* Label: MFSL ......
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................. Track Listing. ...............
1. Black Cow ...............
2. AJA ...............
3. Deacon Blues ...............
4. Peg ...............
5. Home at Last ...............
6. I Got the News ...............
7. Josie ...............
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.................... ALBUM NOTES: ..............
.....Steely Dan: Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards); Walter Becker (guitar). Additional personnel includes: Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Dean Parks (guitar); Tom Scott (tenor saxophone, lyricon); Wayne Shorter, Pete Christlieb (tenor saxophone); Plas Johnson (horns); Victor Feldman (keyboards, vibraphone, percussion); Joe Sample, Michael Omartian (keyboards); Chuck Rainey (bass); Paul Humphrey, Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd (drums); Tim Schmit, Clydie King, Michael McDonald (background vocals). Engineers include: Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Bill Schnee. Recorded at Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California; Producer's Workshop, Warner Brothers North Hollywood Recording Studios, ABC Recording Studios, Sound Labs, Hollywood, California; A&R Studios, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. ...................................
This represents the pinnacle of Steely Dan's gradual transition from rock band to their own brand of jazz-influenced white soul. Guitars were replaced by keyboards, and saxophones became more common. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were only interested in spending time in the recording studios, while the fans pined and waited. The result set new standards in recorded excellence, and is regularly used as a hi-fi shop demonstration. The ambitious title track was deemed too difficult for radio play and only the two overtly accessible tracks `Josie' and `Peg', gave them valuable exposure......................
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