Steely DanAja

Label:

ABC Records – AB-1006

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo , RCA Pressing, Gatefold

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Classic Rock

Tracklist

A1 Black Cow 5:07
A2 Aja 7:56
A3 Deacon Blues 7:26
B1 Peg 3:58
B2 Home At Last 5:31
B3 I Got The News 5:03
B4 Josie 4:30

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyRCA Music Service – R 123475
  • Record CompanyRCA Music Service – R-123475
  • Distributed ByRCA Music Service
  • Manufactured ByRCA Music Service
  • Licensed ToRCA Music Service
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ABC Records, Inc.
  • Pressed ByRCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis

Credits

  • ProducerGary Katz
  • Written-ByWalter Becker

Notes

AA-1006 on rear cover and spine
AB-1006 on labels

"Mfd. by RCA Music Service Under License" and "R 123475" red text on rear of gatefold cover. ABC labels bottom edge state 1977 with "R-123475" on top. LP housed in lyric sleeve. Very similar to Aja, but with a different stamp.

"I" stamp, indicating Indianapolis pressing, may be found 180 degrees opposite the matrix markings.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label A): R-123475-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label B): R-123475-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout variant 1, stamped, A2 etched): R-123475A-3 1 A2 K
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout variant 1, stamped, A1 etched): R 123475B 1 #4 1 A1 M
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout variant 2 etched, "I" and "A1" stamped): R-123475A-2 1 A1 J
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout variant 2 stamped, except "E" etched): R 123475B 1 1 A2 E
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout variant 3 stamped, N etched): R 123475 A-3 T A2 N
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout variant 3 stamped, I etched): R 123475B 11 A1 I

Other Versions (5 of 338)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Aja (LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing) ABC Records AA-1006 US 1977
Aja (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) ABC Records 25 046 XOT 1977
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Aja (Cassette, Album, Blue Shell) ABC Records 5020-1006, AB1006 H US 1977
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Aja (LP, Album) ABC Records 9022-1006 Canada 1977
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Aja (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo, Red Translucent) ABC Records 9022-1006 Canada 1977

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Reviews

  • cognac62's avatar
    cognac62
    Is this considered an original AB-1006? Even though AA1006 jacket.
    • Borgfly's avatar
      Borgfly
      Should this be merged with 14936245-Steely-Dan-Aja? A different stamp in the runout is s just a variant, no?
      • mikeSF_'s avatar
        mikeSF_
        Edited 2 years ago
        Even if you don't love Steely Dan, this record provides all the aural enjoyment an audiophile craves. Kick drum-laden bass grooves, ticking hi-hats, cutting sax solos, and lush backing vocals. The arrangements are alternatingly dense, then sparse, offering insight to this product of intense perfectionism.
        I have no complaints about this particular pressing, it is punchy, three-dimensional, and hearkens to the days when studio recordings were highly polished gemstones. Recommended.
        • Mssr.Ggarb-Noslen's avatar
          Edited 6 years ago
          The masterpiece by Steely Dan. Not my fave but no doubt the height of their career. Goucho would follow and attempt to continue a logical trajectory and it worked albeit at the sacrifice of their very existance. 3 songs were a girls name, 1 song was the greatest jazz/rock track ever devised. But the greatest achievement of SD's career was Deacon Blues....one of the very very few songs that came from Fagen's heart and in every way created the snowcapped mountain of their career. I like Goucho much better actually but their ain't no Deacon Blue there or anywhere else in pop music. N

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