STEELY DAN*, Pretzel Logic PROMO [ABC/MCA 1980 pressing] USA LP Rikki Don't Lose

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Steely Dan ?– Pretzel Logic Label: MCA Records ?– MCA-37042, ABC Records ?– AB 808 Series: Platinum Plus – MCA-37042 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 1980 Genre: Jazz, Rock, Pop Style: Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock, Classic Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Rikki Don't Lose That Number 4:30 A2 Night By Night 3:36 A3 Any Major Dude Will Tell You 3:05 A4 Barrytown 3:17 A5 East St. Louis Toodle-oo Written-By – Bubber Miley, Duke Ellington 2:45 B1 Parker's Band 2:36 B2 Through With Buzz 1:30 B3 Pretzel Logic 4:28 B4 With A Gun 2:15 B5 Charlie Freak 2:41 B6 Monkey In Your Soul 2:31 Companies, etc. Engineered At – The Village Recorder Mixed At – Cherokee Studios Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc. Copyright (c) – ABC Records, Inc. Published By – American Broadcasting Music, Inc. Published By – Mills Music, Inc. Published By – Red Giant Music, Inc. Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Credits Art Direction, Photography By [Inside] – Ed Caraeff Bass – Chuck Rainey, Timothy B. Schmit, Wilton Felder Bass, Guitar – Walter Becker Design – David Larkham Drums – Jeff Porcaro, Jim Gordon, Jim Hodder Engineer – Roger (The Immortal) Nichols*  Guitar – Ben Benay, Denny Diaz*, Jeff Baxter Guitar, Banjo – Dean Parks Keyboards – David Paich, Michael Omartian Keyboards, Percussion – Victor Feldman Management [Personal] – Kudo III Mastered By – Az* (tracks: Side B)  Orchestrated By – Jimmie Haskell Other [Security] – Karen Stanley  Photography By [Cover] – Raenne Rubenstein*  Producer – Gary Katz Saxophone – Ernie Watts, Jerome Richardson, Plas Johnson Trumpet – Ollie Mitchell Vocals, Keyboards – Donald Fagen Written-By – D. Fagan* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B6), W. Becker* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B6)  Notes Original mid-1970s '8th note' red/yellow circle ABC pressing released after MCA acquired the company in 1979, housed in the original gatefold sleeve with ABC Records, but over sticked with gold stamp "Platinum Plus MCA-37042". This was undoubtedly ABC unsold warehouse stock that was transfered over to MCA as part of the sale, which MCA repackaged in this manner.

USA ABC 1970s ORIGINAL RED/YELLOW LABEL PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ISSUED BY MCA RECORDS IN 1980 FROM OLD ABC STOCK IN PROMO STAMPED 'PLATINUM PLUS' STICKER ORIGINAL ABC GATEFOLD SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A:  T1AB-808-RE-2 970 > A / SIDE B: P T1 ABCD 808-B RE2 - 2 Az C.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  PROMO STAMP. GENERICF WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND FINGERPRINTS. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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