Donald Fagen - The Nightfly - Vinyl Quiex II PROMO Warner Bros 123696 Audiophile

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Artist: Donald Fagen

Album: The Nightfly

Label:  Warner Bros Records 123696, Classic Records 123696

Country: USA

Genre: Rock, Jazz

RECORD CONDITION: VG+

VISUAL GRADE 

Side A: EXC

Side B: EXC

Grading Notes:

A few very light scuffs non feelable. Graded under Goldmine standards. I am conservative with my grading.

Mint>Near Mint> Exc>Very Good+>Very Good>Good+>Good>Fair>Poor

Other Notes:

As an experienced record collector for 50 years it’s time for me to sell down my collection since I have way too many records. I take care of my records well. Overall this record is an enjoyable listen with super clean production as you’d expect from most Steely Dan related projects.

Special audiophile note: Will sound great on a high end system since this was recorded with Quiex II vinyl. Quiex II was a pure vinyl formulation that was colored with dye rather than the more commonly used carbon black (which has coarse granules and creates noise). The discs are usually black but if you hold them up to light, you should see some light coming through the vinyl making them translucent.

I have done an A/B comparison with regular copy of  “The Nightfly” which I also own, and there is no comparison in terms of the sound noise level on a high end system. This record is much quieter.

PLAY GRADE VG+

Side A:  EXC

Side B:  VG+

I play grade all records and take pride is being very honest and critical in my grading. I have bought over graded records before which are only visually graded from resellers.  Side A plays clean. Side B has 1 very short skip at the beginning of B2. Rest of Side B plays clean.

LABEL GRADE

Side A EXC

Side B EXC

Deadwax:

Side A 1-23696 A –SH3

Side B 1-23696 B –SH3

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Limited Edition, Reissue, Quiex II

COVER CONDITION

VG+- Front/Back: 4 stickers on front cover and back otherwise clean crisp spine, edges. Nice.

ADDRESS: Made in USA   

Tracklist

A1

I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year)

Alto Saxophone – Dave TofaniBacking Vocals – Frank Floyd, Gordon Grody, Valerie Simpson, Zack Sanders*Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie CuberBass – Anthony JacksonDrums – James GadsonDrums [Additional] – Jeff PorcaroElectric Piano – Greg PhillinganesGuitar – Hugh McCrackenPercussion – Roger Nichols, Starz VanderlocketSynthesizer – Donald Fagen, Rob MounseySynthesizer [Blues Harp] – Donald FagenTenor Saxophone – Michael BreckerTrombone – Dave BargeronTrumpet – Randy Brecker

6:05

A2

Green Flower Street

Backing Vocals – Daniel Lazerus, Frank Floyd, Valerie Simpson, Zack Sanders*Bass – Chuck RaineyDrums – Jeff PorcaroElectric Piano, Clavinet – Greg PhillinganesGuitar – Dean Parks, Rick DerringerLead Guitar – Larry CarltonPercussion – Starz VanderlocketSynthesizer – Donald Fagen, Rob Mounsey

3:40

A3

Ruby Baby

Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen, Valerie SimpsonBass – Anthony JacksonDrums – Jeff PorcaroDrums [Additional] – James GadsonElectric Piano, Organ, Synthesizer – Donald FagenGuitar – Hugh McCrackenLead Guitar – Larry CarltonPiano – Michael OmartianPiano, Soloist – Greg PhillinganesTenor Saxophone – Michael BreckerTrumpet, Flugelhorn – Randy BreckerWritten-By – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller*

5:38

A4

Maxine

Alto Saxophone – Dave TofaniBaritone Saxophone – Ronnie CuberBass – Marcus MillerDrums – Ed Green*Electric Piano, Organ – Donald FagenEuphonium – Dave BargeronFlugelhorn – Randy BreckerGuitar – Larry CarltonPiano – Greg PhillinganesTenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker

3:50

B1

New Frontier

Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen, Starz VanderlocketBass – Abraham LaborielDrums – Ed Green*Harmonica – Hugh McCrackenLead Guitar – Larry CarltonPercussion – Starz VanderlocketPiano, Electric Piano – Michael Omartian

6:23

B2

The Nightfly

Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen, Frank Floyd, Valerie Simpson, Zack Sanders*Bass – Marcus MillerDrums – Jeff PorcaroElectric Piano – Michael OmartianGuitar – Hugh McCracken, Rick DerringerLead Guitar – Larry CarltonPiano – Donald FagenSynthesizer – Donald Fagen, Rob Mounsey

5:45

B3

The Goodbye Look

Acoustic Guitar – Steve KhanBacking Vocals – Donald Fagen, Valerie SimpsonBass – Marcus MillerDrums – Jeff PorcaroElectric Piano, Synthesizer – Greg PhillinganesGuitar – Dean ParksLead Guitar – Larry CarltonPercussion – Starz Vanderlocket

4:47

B4

Walk Between Raindrops

Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen, Leslie MillerBass – Will LeeDrums – Steve JordanElectric Piano, Organ, Synthesizer – Donald FagenGuitar – Larry CarltonSynthesizer [Bass] – Greg Phillinganes

2:38

Credits

·       Arranged By – Donald Fagen

·       Arranged By [Horns] – Donald Fagen, Rob Mounsey

·       Artwork – George Delmerico

·       Design [Set Design And Construction] – Gale Sasson, Vern Yenor

·       Engineer [Assistant] – Cheryl Smith, Mike Morongell*, Robin Lane*, Wayne Yurgelun*

·       Engineer [Chief] – Roger Nichols

·       Engineer [Overdub] – Daniel Lazerus

·       Engineer [Tracking And Mixdown] – Elliot Scheiner

·       Liner Notes – DF*

·       Mastered By – Bob Ludwig

·       Photography By – James Hamilton (5)

·       Producer – Gary Katz

·       Sequenced By [Wendel Ii, Percussion, Special Effects] – Roger Nichols

·       Written-By – Donald Fagen (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 8)

Notes

Note: The songs on this album represent certain fantasies that might have been entertained by a young man growing up in the remote suburbs of a northeastern city during the late fifties and early sixties i.e., one of my general height , weight and build. 
D.F. 

Recorded and mixed entirely on 3M digital 32 track and 4 track machines at Soundworks Digital Audio/Video 
Recording Studios, N.Y., Village Recorders, L.A. and Automated Sound, N.Y. 
Sonny Rollins 'The Contemporary Leaders' LP cover courtesy of Contemporary Records 
Mastering at Masterdisk N.Y.C. 

Jeff Porcaro courtesy of Columbia Records 
Valerie Simpson courtesy of Capitol Records 
Greg Phillinganes courtesy of Planet Records 

Classic Records Quiex II limited edition. Vinyl is dark see-through. 3 stickers to front cover. 

A Warner Communications Company 
© 1982 Warner Bros. Records Inc. ? 1982 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.

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SHIPPING 

U.S. Domestic shipping only via USPS Media Mail: $4 shipping for first record. $1 for each additional record. Shipping in cardboard LP record mailer. LPs are shipped outside of cover jacket. Bubble wrap used. Shipping is within 1 business day of receiving payment.    

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RETURNS 

All records are guaranteed to be in the condition stated. All returns accepted within 14 days after receiving the item. Refund will be given as Money Back after receiving the item.    

About “The Nightfly”

AllMusic ***** Album Pick Review

A portrait of the artist as a young man, The Nightfly is a wonderfully evocative reminiscence of Kennedy-era American life; in the liner notes, Donald Fagen describes the songs as representative of the kinds of fantasies he entertained as an adolescent during the late '50s/early '60s, and he conveys the tenor of the times with some of his most personal and least obtuse material to date. Continuing in the smooth pop-jazz mode favored on the final Steely Dan records, The Nightfly is lush and shimmering, produced with cinematic flair by Gary Katz; romanticized but never sentimental, the songs are slices of suburbanite soap opera, tales of space-age hopes (the hit "I.G.Y.") and Cold War fears (the wonderful "The New Frontier," a memoir of fallout-shelter love) crafted with impeccable style and sophistication.

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