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PayPal, Label and pressing variation, orange target-style labels, pressed by. Shortly after the conclusion of the Aja sessions, Becker and Fagen agreed to write and record "FM (No Static At All)", the theme song for the movie FM. heart of Steely Dan. (about 29.12 total). This atmosphere of total
a 1965 Fender Jazz Bass in its original, now yellowed Olympic White finish (estimate: $8,000-$10,000); a 1957 Fender Duo-Sonic electric guitar which is being played by Walter Becker in a photograph used in the liner notes to the 1977 Steely Dan album Aja (estimate: $4,000-$6,000); Memiliki penampilan yang menarik. They are in reply to constant questions regarding the latest recordings by Steely Dan. Joyce in 1922, and educe from it new insights - especially within the narrow scope
"But mostly he related to the music itself." [33] This complex musical structure is in contrast to the lyricsthree short verses, all beginning with the same line, and with the same chorus. It sure looks good on you
Caribou Records. Originally, these notes were provided on the inner liner for a vinyl album, from which they continue to take their name. Their 1974 album Pretzel Logic followed a period of touring with keyboard player/vocalist Michael McDonald, vocalist/percussionist Royce Jones and session drummer Jeff Porcaro (who would eventually go on to form Toto with Katy Lied Pianist David Paich.) Mercer notes that there wasn't much of that "bebop language" in the music underneath, despite the richness of the underlying chord. : liner notes CD [1] Liner ()Notes () sleeve notesalbum notes On the face of it, liner notes might seem inherently uninspiring: a dry list of production credits and acknowledgements - a necessary yet dull obligation. Ode Records. Strike at the stroke of midnight
Find every record of yours that contains liner notes, and give 'em a good readin'. but maybe written by Mr. Diener! tell you guys is what I told you last week and the week before and so
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Happy hunting. [19] Jazz.com critic Matt Miller includes "Aja" on his list of the 12 essential Shorter tracks. of Citizen Steely Dan! The beat picks up, guitars join the rhythm section, and the tempo gets slightly faster, just before the second half-verse begins, with Gadd and Feldman combining for a groove with a Latin feel. and the desire from fans, the music community in general, regarding major artists and
After a long year-and-a-half of production. It's the kind of record that can make you sweat just by listening to it -- and that's a recommendation. , cindybruchman August 15, 2013 Another great one! Tom Petty- Full Moon Fever. She's the raw flame
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"standard" music professionalism. [51], "Aja" was released as part of the eponymous album in September 1977; it would soon reach No. We are
And when you smile for the camera
Speaking of album covers, it was only through reading the liner notes to Leonard Cohen's album Various Positions that I found out that the album cover is a Polaroid photograph that Cohen took of himself. In a lengthy statement posted to his website on May 31, Waters accused Gilmour of wanting to bury the liner notes in order to "claim more credit than is his due" for the album. Has the dynamic duo ever written about this? They released one live version, which appeared on the album Alive in America. in where, since the first listen, I have come to know and respect certain members of the
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Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
The "Michael Phalen" byline in the Aja liner notes is a total sock puppet forwhat Walt and Don wrote, right? . By now, liner notes can be found in albums associated with any genre: country, disco, rock, jazz, you name it. We're gonna rev up the motor scooters
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He was a complete music entity drawing from things about
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[65], Since Aja's release, the song has appeared on two compilations, both from the compact disc era: the 1993 Citizen Steely Dan four-CD box set[66] and the 2000 two-disc collection Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 19721980. Over now
He continually sang, composed, practiced,
I'll drink to that. In your hand
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Having just put the finishing touches on a rather lukewarm review of the Leo . In the end, the plague touched us all. The situation has further closed
[7] During a 2000 BBC online chat Fagen recalled discarding some other sections set aside for solos, "because nobody was comfortable with [them]. The side closes
A few bars in, Feldman begins playing the section's main melody on his vibraphone, beginning an 8-bar instrumental bridge that includes one bar in 24. [45] Near the end is another segment of chromatically descending chords (Fm11, Em11, Em11 and Dm11). for those lucky fans who may have purchased a reissue of the Pretzel
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It was not confined to the Oran of Camus. Roger Nichols and three other recording engineers did that task, work for which they would later share that year's Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording. She quotes Becker: He was very thoughtful and probing about the musical possibilities Wayne said that as a jazz musician there could be a stage where you'd see a certain harmonic thing going on and react to that in a programmed way. Lookin' so outrageous
Solo Guitars: Walter Becker, Larry Carlton
The interlude chords briefly return, and Gadd resumes keeping the beat, with a few more flourishes, while Shorter's solo continues. Mampu mengendalikan emosi. The final cut, "Josie",
I'm ready to cross that fine line, [Chorus:]
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[12], A live version was recorded when Becker and Fagen began touring again as Steely Dan in 1994. You are likely to find ridiculous boasts (One of my favorite Hollies compilations, For Certain Because, features the line "FaveRaveFabbestGear, this is the tops!", or something equally as hagiographic) or boring accounts of The loss was inconsequential considering that fact
Porcaro proved a reliable and consistent collaborator over the years, but joined the group as a creative fissure between Becker/Fagen and the rest of the band was widening. It will come back to you
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Becker and Fagens deeply intuitive use of chordal changes is central to the records shape-shifting character, as the pair eschew pleasantly resolved sequences and modulate to entirely new keys between sections. It was perhaps a record that could only have existed in 1977 one of the first platinum albums in a brief period of unbridled sales and incredibly generous recording budgets which enabled the bands expenses to run into the hundreds of thousands with no obligation to recoup the costs through live performance. of course. In order to avoid promoting their FM competitors, many Top 40 AM stations played a version with the "A" from the chorus of "Aja", harmonically compatible, spliced in over the "F" in "FM". reissues make for an interesting story which we have been prevailed upon
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recognition and respect, there exists a reserved place for Steely Dan. Languid and bitter sweet
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With her eyes on fire, Drums: Jim Keltner
It's like a dream come true
Kemana, jalan yang kau pilih dan tentukan dipersimpangan, oh kawan Dari mana datangnya angin, dari tenggara. Changes in the way music is delivered to listeners, however, have changed the function and utility of liner notes, which have also been affected by social and political trends. Specifically, he cited "clusters where the notes are so close together that you can't stretch your fingers far enough to get all the notes out at the same time [and] open voicings that are so wide apart that you can't reach the notes. Phalen:
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Sorry, you must be logged in to make offers. The dialogue of the conference call in the Aja liner notes is a particularly witty moment. haunting tenor work and a tasty chart by Scott. expended so far, we would like to make the following announcement:
"He helped signal to the pop world that Becker and Fagen, the kings of wry understatement, were not averse to a little untethered improvisation. The album was a sumptuous and expansive collection of music; one that has rightly earned its reverence as an audiophile masterpiece. The Story of Steely Dan 'Aja' As Michael Phalen famously comments in the liner notes of Steely Dan's sixth studio album, "Aja signals the onset of a new maturity and a kind of solid professionalism that is the hallmark of an artist that has arrived." I can't believe they used the entire inner gatefold for the notes. [32], "Aja" begins slowly, with Bmaj13 from Omartian. Released in 1977, the year that both the lighting force of punk and the carefree abandon of disco were enjoying cultural hegemony. which was parked in the lot at Ben Frank's, and that was it! Steely Dan - The Albums. No way in hell. or applicable laws please E-mail me. sentence seems the least bit cryptic, you probably have not yet
Carlton had played some guitar solos on the band's previous album, The Royal Scam, and done arrangements for Aja;[14][15] Dias had played in bands with them before becoming one of the founding members of Steely Dan. "Gadd peppered the rhythmic grid with short, complex bursts of activity, including several signature sixteenth-note triplet figures incorporating the kick drum and toms", Breithaupt writes. musically. successfully leads us to the tapes. trouble. AFS L38:Great Basin: Paiute, Washo, Ute, Bannock, Shoshone. without their knowing, they break through the levels which are routinely called
93225-WALTER BECKER STAGE PLAYED SADOWSKY SIGNATURE MODEL #1 Waters also alleges that Gilmour "has for the last 35 years told a lot of whopping porky pies about who did what in Pink Floyd when I was still in charge". soon, I heard the title will be AJA; all original material." Lay down the law and break it
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In late 1977 the pair had revealed Aja, an album which would come to define their legacy as a stubborn yet accomplished musical powerhouse, as they staked their territory in an increasingly fragmented and contradictory musical landscape. Bass, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Liner Notes, Photography, Vocals, Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Composer, Keyboards, Liner Notes, Synthesizer, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Whistle (Instrument), Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Piano (Electric), Vibraphone, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (Background), Guest Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Digital Remastering, Engineer, Executive Engineer, Clavinet, Guest Artist, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Conductor, Flute, Guest Artist, Horn Arrangements, Horn Conductor, Lyricon, Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Flute, Guest Artist, Sax (Tenor), Saxophone. Product Details Tracks Album Credits Product Details Tracks I don't care
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Cover versions of "Aja" have largely been recorded as part of early 21st-century multi-song tributes to Steely Dan. After a long year-and-a-half of production, Aja would become Steely Dans definitive commercial success-story, selling over a million copies (their only record to do so) and sustaining its presence in the charts for well over a year after peaking at number 3. When Josie comes home, When Josie comes home
I can't believe they used the entire inner gatefold for the notes. "It was a moment when pop music got extended by virtue of the drums you played," he told Gadd in his oral history, Talking Jazz. In the confusion after the completion of the album, those masters were not stored with the others, they wrote in the liner notes that accompanied the reissue. The
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had "moved on" from VH-1 and could no longer be reached there. Scam", but has been developing and probing towards its own goal. They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Rhythmically the pair had also dove deeper into the locked grooves of American r&b and soul. Got the muscle
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A liner note booklet for this recording was never published. Fagen plays synthesizer fills while Gadd continues his solo, more in the tradition of jazz drum solos than rock. You don't organise such notes in time sequence but in terms of meaning, similarity or . [20], This leads to a short interlude in which the vamp gives way to chord flourishes punctuated by beats from Gadd in between soft cymbal taps. I can't say enough about this lovely rhythm-and-blues poem. Liner Notes. I'm afraid
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Their 1974 album, Guitarist Jeff Baxter and drummer Jim Hodder, who remained particularly keen to tour, and felt insulted by their increasing redundancy for session players, eventually left the group along with the other core band-members, excluding Denny Dias who remained a member until 1980. Solo Guitar: Walter Becker
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