STEELY DAN. " COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY " ABC 1974 LP. NM.
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Description
Steely Dan ?– Countdown To Ecstasy
Label: ABC Records ?– ABCL 5034 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, ReissueCountry: UK Released: 1974 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock
Tracklist
A1 Bodhisattva A2 Razor Boy A3 The Boston Rag A4 Your Gold Teeth B1 Show Biz Kids B2 My Old School B3 Pearl Of The Quarter B4 King Of The WorldCompanies, etc.
- Engineered At – The Village Recorder
- Recorded At – Caribou Ranch
- Marketed By – Anchor Records Ltd.
- Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse
- Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc.
- Copyright (c) – Anchor Records Ltd.
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar – Ben Benay
- Arranged By [Saxes] – Jimmie Haskell (tracks: B2)
- Backing Vocals – David Palmer (4), James Rolleston, Michael Fenelly*, Myrna Matthews, Patricia Hall,Royce Jones, Sherlie Matthews
- Bass Guitar [Electric], Harmonica, Vocals – Walter Becker
- Design – Dotty Of Hollywood
- Double Bass [String Bass] – Ray Brown (tracks: A2)
- Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Jim Hodder
- Engineer – Roger (The Immortal) Nichols*
- Engineer [Assisted By] – Miss Natalie
- Guitar, Mixed By [Stereo Mixmaster General] – Denny Dias
- Guitar, Steel Guitar [Pedal] – Jeff "Skunk" Baxter*
- Other [Four Bits] – Sue Clark
- Other [Grunt] – Warren Wallace
- Other [Pilot] – John Famular
- Other [Weekend Knob Job] – Tim Weston
- Photography By – Ed Caraeff
- Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Lead Vocals – Donald Fagen
- Producer – Gary Katz
- Saxophone – Bill Perkins (tracks: B2), Ernie Watts (tracks: B2), John Rotella (tracks: B2), Lanny Morgan (tracks: B2)
- Slide Guitar – Rick Derringer (tracks: B1)
- Vibraphone, Marimba, Percussion – Victor Feldman
- Written-By – Fagen*, Becker*
Notes
? 1973Engineered at Village Recorder, Santa Monica
Rick Derringer recorded at Carabou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado (Courtesy of C B S Records)
Personal Management: Kudo III, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod and Lofthouse International Ltd.
[back cover]
? 1973 ABC Records Inc.
Anchor Music Ltd.
Made in U.K.
[center labels]
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Textured sleeve, black labels with multicoloured logo
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-]
Can't Buy a Thrill became an unexpected hit, and as a response, Donald Fagen became the group's full-time lead vocalist, and he and Walter Becker acted like Steely Dan was a rock & roll band for the group's second album, Countdown to Ecstasy. The loud guitars and pronounced backbeat of "Bodhisattva," "Show Biz Kids," and "My Old School" camouflage the fact that Countdown is a riskier album, musically speaking, than its predecessor. Each of its eight songs have sophisticated, jazz-inflected interludes, and apart from the bluesy vamps "Bodhisattva" and "Show Biz Kids," which sound like they were written for the stage, the songs are subtly textured. "Razor Boy," with its murmuring vibes, and the hard bop tribute "Your Gold Teeth" reveal Becker and Fagen's jazz roots, while the country-flavored "Pearl of the Quarter" and the ominous, skittering "King of the World" are both overlooked gems. Countdown to Ecstasy is the only time Steely Dan played it relatively straight, and its eight songs are rich with either musical or lyrical detail that their album rock or art rock contemporaries couldn't hope to match.
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