Aja
~ Release by Steely Dan (see all versions of this release, 44 available)
Annotation
1st pressings have the AB-1006 matrix and came in a glossy gatefold sleeve with a glossy card lyric inner sleeve.
The AB was an ABC label price-code, and approximately two weeks after the release of the album the price was raised $1.00 and subsequent pressings were AA-1006.
The earliest pressings have 'KENDUN' in the run-off grooves, some AB pressings do not and have the same 1006-(RE-3) run off matrixes as the second pressings, only the AB-1006 or AA-1006 differs (initial AA-1006 pressings have a crossed out 'B').
All these pressings are on the red/yellow/orange ABC label.
Annotation last modified on 2015-09-07 16:44 UTC.
Tracklist
| 112" Vinyl | |||
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| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| A1 | Black Cow
| 5:11 | |
| A2 | Aja
| 8:00 | |
| A3 | Deacon Blues
| 7:37 | |
| B1 | Peg
| 3:58 | |
| B2 | Home at Last
| 5:36 | |
| B3 | I Got the News
| 5:07 | |
| B4 | Josie
| 4:32 | |
Credits
Release
| printed in: | United States |
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| art direction: | OZ Studios (Graphic Art) |
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| photography: | Walter Becker Dorothy A. White (American visual artist) Hideki Fujii |
| liner notes: | Walter Becker Donald Fagen |
| assistant engineer: | Joe Bellamy Lenise Bent Ken Klinger Ron Pangaliman Ed Rack Linda Tyler (engineer) |
| engineer: | Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) Elliot Scheiner Al Schmitt Bill Schnee |
| horn arranger: | Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch) |
| mastering: | Bernie Grundman |
| bass, electric guitar and guitar: | Walter Becker |
| brass: | Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player) Lew McCreary Slyde Hyde |
| keyboard, synthesizer and whistle: | Donald Fagen |
| woodwind: | Pete Christlieb Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist) Plas Johnson Jackie Kelso Bill Perkins (jazz saxophonist) Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch) Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) |
| conductor: | Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch) (horn) |
| vocals: | Walter Becker |
| design: | Patricia Mitsui Geoff Westen |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | ABC Records, Inc (in 1977) |
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| recorded at: | A&R Studios (second location, 799 7th Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States ABC Recording Studios (recording studio associated with ABC Records, active circa 1970s) in Los Angeles, California, United States Producer’s Workshop in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Sound Labs in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Village Recorders (Village Studios, aka The Village Recorder) in Los Angeles, California, United States Warner Bros. North Hollywood Recording Studios (North Hollywood, a/k/a Amigo Studios) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| mastered at: | A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/5064334 [info] |
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Release group
| associated singles/EPs: | Deacon Blues Josie Peg / I Got the News |
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| covers: | Aja by The Darcys |
| included in: | Aja / The Nightfly by Steely Dan / Donald Fagen Can’t Buy a Thrill / Aja Citizen Steely Dan: 1972–1980 |
| part of: | Rolling Stone: Yacht Rock: Album Guide (order: 3) 33⅓ (number: 46) (order: 47) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 63) (order: 63) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 63) (order: 63) Apple Music: 100 Best Albums (number: 73) (order: 73) Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 1978) (order: 78) Billboard Decade End Chart: Billboard 200 (1970s) (number: 88) (order: 88) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 145) (order: 145) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 145) (order: 145) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 377) (order: 378) |
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