Steely DanAja

Label:

ABC Records – ABCL 5225

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Gatefold

Country:

UK

Released:

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 ByAnchor Records Ltd.
  • Recorded AtThe Village Recorder
  • Recorded AtProducers Workshop
  • Recorded AtWarner Bros. Recording Studios
  • Recorded AtABC Recording Studios
  • Recorded AtSound Labs, Hollywood
  • Recorded AtA&R Studios
  • Mastered AtA&M Studios
  • Printed ByGarrod & Lofthouse
  • Published ByAnchor Music Ltd.
  • Lacquer Cut AtCBS Studios, London

Credits

  • Arranged By, Conductor [Horns]Tom Scott
  • Art DirectionOZ Studios
  • Backing VocalsVenetta Fields (tracks: A1, A3, B3)
  • BassWalter Becker (tracks: A3)
  • BrassLou McCreary*
  • ClavinetJoe Sample (tracks: A1, A2)
  • Composed By, Bass, Photography By [Inner Sleeve]Walter Becker (tracks: A2, A3 to B4)
  • Composed By, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, Backing VocalsDonald Fagen
  • DesignPatricia Mitsui
  • DrumsSteve Gadd (tracks: A2)
  • Electric PianoVictor Feldman
  • EngineerRoger Nichols
  • Engineer [Assistant]Ron Pangaliman
  • Executive-ProducerRoger Nichols
  • GuitarWalter Becker (tracks: A2, A3)
  • Guitar, Soloist [Solo Guitar]Walter Becker (tracks: B2 to B4)
  • Lacquer Cut ByTimtom*
  • Liner NotesSteve Diener
  • LyriconTom Scott (tracks: B1)
  • Mastered ByBernie Grundman
  • PercussionVictor Feldman
  • Photography By [Cover]Hideki Fujii
  • Photography By [Inner Sleeve]Dorothy A. White*
  • PianoVictor Feldman
  • ProducerGary Katz
  • SaxophonePlas Johnson
  • Saxophone, FluteJim Horn
  • Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax]Wayne Shorter (tracks: A2)
  • VibraphoneVictor 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.

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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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
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
Recently Edited
Aja (Cassette, Album, Blue Shell) ABC Records 5020-1006, AB1006 H US 1977
Recently Edited
Aja (LP, Album) ABC Records 9022-1006 Canada 1977
Recently Edited
Aja (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo, Red Translucent) ABC Records 9022-1006 Canada 1977

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Reviews

  • beigepotnoodle's avatar
    beigepotnoodle
    Edited 5 months ago
    I 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!
    • agentutah666's avatar
      agentutah666
      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
      • SeansRecords's avatar
        SeansRecords
        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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