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1977
Aja

Steely Dan - Aja
 
  1. Black Cow
  2. Aja
  3. Deacon Blues
  4. Peg
  5. Home At Last
  6. I Got The News
  7. Josie

Album Notes

Black Cow - 5:07
(Walter Becker/Donald Fagen)

Drums: Paul Humphrey
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Electric Piano: Victor Feldman
Clavinet: Joe Sample
Guitar: Larry Carlton
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Tenor Sax: Tom Scott
Backup Vocals: Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Rebecca Louis


Aja - 7:56
(Walter Becker/Donald Fagen)

Drums: Steve Gadd
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitars: Larry Carlton, Walter Becker, Denny Dias
Electric Piano: Joe Sample
Piano: Michael Omartian
Percussion: Victor Feldman
Synthesizers & Police Whistle: Donald Fagen
Tenor Sax: Wayne Shorter
Backup Vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit


Deacon Blues - 7:26
(Walter Becker/Donald Fagen)

Drums: Bernard Purdie
Bass: Walter Becker
Guitars: Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour
Electric Piano: Victor Feldman
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Tenor Sax: Pete Christlieb
Backup Vocals: Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields


Peg - 3:58
(Walter Becker/Donald Fagen)

Drums: Rick Marotta
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Electric Piano: Paul Griffin
Clavinet: Don Grolnick
Guitar: Steve Khan
Solo Guitar: Jay Graydon
Percussion: Victor Feldman, Gary Coleman
Lyricon: Tom Scott
Backup Vocals: Michael McDonald, Paul Griffin


Home At Last - 5:31
(Walter Becker/Donald Fagen)

Drums: Bernard Purdie
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitar: Larry Carlton
Solo Guitar: Walter Becker
Piano and Vibes: Victor Feldman
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Backup Vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit


I Got The News - 5:03
(Walter Becker/Donald Fagen)

Drums: Ed Greene
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Piano, Vibes and Percussion: Victor Feldman
Guitar: Dean Parks
Solo Guitars: Walter Becker, Larry Carlton
Synthesizers: Donald Fagen
Backup Vocals: Michael McDonald, Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Rebecca Louis


Josie - 4:30
(Walter Becker/Donald Fagen)

Drums: Jim Keltner
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Electric Piano: Victor Feldman
Guitars: Larry Carlton, Dean Parks
Solo Guitar: Walter Becker
Synthesizers: Donald Fagen
Percussion: Jim Keltner
Backup Vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit


HORNS ARRANGED AND CONDUCTED BY TOM SCOTT

Saxes/Flutes: Jim Horn, Bill Perkins, Wayne Shorter, Pete Christlieb, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott, Jackie Kelso.
Brass: Chuck Findley, Lou McCreary, Slyde Hyde.

LEAD VOCALS: DONALD FAGEN

RHYTHM CHARTS PREPARED BY: Larry Carlton, Dean Parks and Michael Omartian in collaboration with the composers

BAGMAN: Leonard Freedman
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Barbara Miller
COVERT OPERATIONS: Karen Stanley
SOUND CONSULTANT: Stuart Dawson
HEMIOLAS, HOCKETS, MANERIES OF GARLANDIA, ETC.: Andrew Frank
PROTECTION: Irving Azoff

ART DIRECTION: Oz Studios
DESIGNED BY: Patricia Mitsui and Geoff Westen
COVER PHOTO: Hideki Fujii
INSIDE PHOTOS: Walter Becker, Dorothy A. White

Steve Gadd and Michael McDonald appear through courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
Chuck Rainey appears through courtesy of A&M Records, Inc.
Victor Feldman appears through courtesy of Caribou Records.
Lee Ritenour appears through courtesy of Zembu Productions.
Wayne Shorter appears through courtesy of Columbia Records, Inc.
Tom Scott appears through courtesy of Ode Records.

All selections 1977 ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI). All Rights Reserved.

All selections: Words and Music by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

RECORDED AT: Village Recorders, West L.A.; Producer's Workshop, Hollywood; Warner Bros. North Hollywood Recording Studios; ABC Recording Studios; Sound Labs, Hollywood; A&R Studios, N.Y.C.

ENGINEERS: Roger Nichols; Elliot Scheiner; Bill Schnee; Al Schmitt.

ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: Lenise Bent; Ken Klinger; Linda Tyler; Ed Rack; Joe Bellamy; Ron Pangaliman.

EXECUTIVE ENGINEER: Roger Nichols.

MASTERED BY: Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios, Hollywood.

PRODUCED BY GARY KATZ

1977, 1984 MCA Records, Inc.



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