Steely Dan – Aja

Label:	ABC Records – AB 1006
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Gatefold
Country:	UK
Released:	1977
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Fusion

Tracklist

A1	Black Cow Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott	5:10
A2	Aja Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter	8:00
A3	Deacon Blues Tenor Saxophone – Pete Christlieb	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.
Published By – Anchor Music 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
Marketed By – Anchor Records Ltd.
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

Credits

Arranged By, Conductor [Horns] – Tom Scott
Art Direction – OZ Studios
Backing Vocals – Venetta Fields (tracks: A1, A3, B3)
Bass – Chuck Rainey (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B4)
Brass – Lou McCreary*
Clavinet – Joe Sample (tracks: A1, A2)
Composed By, Bass – Walter Becker (tracks: A2, A3 to B4)
Composed By, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen
Consultant [Sound Consultant] – Stuart "Dinky" Dawson
Coordinator [Production Coordinator] – Barbara Miller (2)
Design – Patricia Mitsui
Drums – Steve Gadd (tracks: A2)
Electric Piano – Victor Feldman
Engineer – Roger Nichols
Engineer [Assistant] – Ron Pangaliman
Executive-Producer – Roger Nichols
Flute, Saxophone [Saxes] – Jim Horn
Guitar – Walter Becker (tracks: A2, A3 to B4)
Lead Guitar [Solo Guitar] – Walter Becker (tracks: A2, A3 to B4)
Liner Notes – Steve Diener
Lyricon – Tom Scott (tracks: B1)
Management [Bagman] – Leonard Freedman
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Other [Covert Operations] – Karen Stanley
Percussion – Victor Feldman
Photography By [Front Cover] – Hideki Fujii
Photography By [Inside Photos] – Walter Becker
Piano – Victor Feldman
Producer – Gary Katz
Rhythm Section [Hemiolas, Hockets, Maneries of Garlandia] – Andrew Frank (2)
Saxophone [Saxes], Flute – Wayne Shorter
Vibraphone – Victor Feldman

Notes

This version has NO lacquer sig credit in the runouts.
For the version with "Allen" in the runouts see Aja
For the version with timtom cbs in the runouts see Aja

[Back cover]
An ABC Records USA Recording. Marketed by Anchor Records Ltd. ℗ & © 1977.
Sleeve printed in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

[Labels]
℗ 1977 ABC Records Inc.
Made in U.K.

[Inner sleeve]
© 1977 ABC Records Inc.
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.
Lyrics and credits on inner sleeve.

[Runouts]
Runouts are all etched

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label A-side): ABCL.5225A
Matrix / Runout (Label B-side): ABCL.5225B
Rights Society: MS
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 1): ABCL-5225-A-1
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 1): ABCL-5225-B-1
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 2): ABCL 5225 A2
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 2): ABCL 5225 B2
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 3): ABCL-5225-A-1 0 V
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 3): ABCL-5225-B-1 0 V
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 4): ABCL-5225-A-4 B
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 4): ABCL-5225-B-2 15 F

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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
Recently Edited	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
	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