Steely Dan – Aja
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ABC Records – ABCL 5225 |
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UK |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Fusion |
Tracklist
| A1 | Black Cow | 5:10 | |
| A2 | Aja | 8:00 | |
| A3 | Deacon Blues | 7:36 | |
| B1 | Peg | 4:00 | |
| B2 | Home At Last | 5:35 | |
| B3 | I Got The News | 5:07 | |
| B4 | Josie | 4:30 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ABC Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – ABC Records, Inc.
- Marketed By – Anchor Records Ltd.
- 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
- Mastered At – A&M Studios
- Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse
- Published By – Anchor Music Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – CBS Studios, London
Credits
- Arranged By, Conductor [Horns] – Tom Scott
- Art Direction – OZ Studios
- Backing Vocals – Venetta Fields (tracks: A1, A3, B3)
- Bass – Walter Becker (tracks: A3)
- Brass – Lou McCreary*
- Clavinet – Joe Sample (tracks: A1, A2)
- Composed By, Bass, Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Walter Becker (tracks: A2, A3 to B4)
- Composed By, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen
- Design – Patricia Mitsui
- Drums – Steve Gadd (tracks: A2)
- Electric Piano – Victor Feldman
- Engineer – Roger Nichols
- Engineer [Assistant] – Ron Pangaliman
- Executive-Producer – Roger Nichols
- Guitar – Walter Becker (tracks: A2, A3)
- Guitar, Soloist [Solo Guitar] – Walter Becker (tracks: B2 to B4)
- Lacquer Cut By – Timtom*
- Liner Notes – Steve Diener
- Lyricon – Tom Scott (tracks: B1)
- Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Percussion – Victor Feldman
- Photography By [Cover] – Hideki Fujii
- Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Dorothy A. White*
- Piano – Victor Feldman
- Producer – Gary Katz
- Saxophone – Plas Johnson
- Saxophone, Flute – Jim Horn
- Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Wayne Shorter (tracks: A2)
- Vibraphone – Victor Feldman
Notes
Very similar to Aja but runout shows laquer is cut by 'timtom'.
An ABC Records USA Recording. Marketed by Anchor Records Ltd. ℗ & © 1977.
Recorded at Village Recorders, West L.A.; Producers Workshop, Hollywood; Warner Bros North Hollywood Recording Studios; ABC Recording Studios; Sound Labs, Hollywood; A&R Studios, N.Y.C.
Inner sleeve has round corners.
Made in the UK.
An ABC Records USA Recording. Marketed by Anchor Records Ltd. ℗ & © 1977.
Recorded at Village Recorders, West L.A.; Producers Workshop, Hollywood; Warner Bros North Hollywood Recording Studios; ABC Recording Studios; Sound Labs, Hollywood; A&R Studios, N.Y.C.
Inner sleeve has round corners.
Made in the UK.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A-side, etching): ABCL 5225.A4
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B-side, etching): ABCL.5225.B5 timtom-cbs
- Rights Society: MS
- Other (Backcover): (AB 1006)
Other Versions (5 of 338)
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Aja (LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing) | ABC Records | AA-1006 | US | 1977 | ||
| Aja (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | ABC Records | 25 046 XOT | 1977 | ||||
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Aja (Cassette, Album, Blue Shell) | ABC Records | 5020-1006, AB1006 H | US | 1977 | ||
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Aja (LP, Album) | ABC Records | 9022-1006 | Canada | 1977 | ||
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Aja (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo, Red Translucent) | ABC Records | 9022-1006 | Canada | 1977 |
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Reviews
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Edited 5 months agoI bought a copy of this recently and purposely chose this A4 / B5 timtoms version over the other three slightly earlier 1977 ABCL UK pressings. Why you may ask? I had read that some of these early pressings suffer from inner groove distortion. This one however, has a dead wax area twice the size of the others. Have played it through several times now and it sounds great and consistent all the way through. If there is ANY inner groove distortion on Deacon Blues and Jodie, I cant hear it! -
This album and this pressing (uk) is what dreams are made of. Guess you can't go wrong when perfectionists Fagen and Becker were behind the console constantly -
sounds great but i bet a US or newer audiophile cut is better as it doesnt wow like i thought it would but its decent
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