Steely Dan – Aja
Label: |
ABC Records – AB 1006 |
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Country: |
US |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Jazz-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 Company – ABC Records, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ABC Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – ABC Records, Inc.
- Recorded At – The Village Recorder
- Recorded At – Producers Workshop
- Recorded At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
- Recorded At – ABC Recording Studios
- Recorded At – Sound Labs, Hollywood
- Recorded At – A&R Studios
- Mastered At – A&M Studios
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
- Published By – ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.
- Copyright © – ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.
Credits
- Arranged By [Horns], Conductor [Horns] – Tom Scott
- Arranged By [Rhythm Charts Prepared By] – Michael Omartian
- Art Direction – OZ Studios
- Brass – Lou McCreary*
- Consultant [Sound Consultant] – Stuart Dawson*
- Coordinator [Covert Operations] – Karen Stanley
- Coordinator [Production Coordinator] – Barbara Miller (2)
- Design – Patricia Mitsui
- Engineer – Roger Nichols
- Engineer [Assistants] – Ron Pangaliman
- Engineer [Executive] – Roger Nichols
- Management [Bagman] – Leonard Freedman
- Management [Protection] – Irving Azoff
- Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Other [Hemiolas, Hockets, Maneries Of Garlandia, Etc.] – Andrew Frank (2)
- Photography By [Cover] – Hideki Fujii
- Photography By [Inside Photos] – Walter Becker
- Producer – Gary Katz
- Saxophone [Saxes], Flute – Wayne Shorter
- Sleeve Notes – Steve Diener
- Written-By, Composed By, Words By, Music By – Walter Becker
Notes
First pressing variant, Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman, pressing denoted by the "P" faintly stamped in runouts. Remainder of runouts are mostly etched, pressing and plating identifiers are stamped.
First pressings have catalog # AB-1006. "AB" prefix in catalog # was an ABC label price code, and approximately two weeks after the release of the album, the price was raised $1.00 and subsequent pressings were issued as catalog # AA-1006.
Issued in a glossy cardstock gatefold jacket, with printed card stock inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.
Issued on ABC "starburst" labels.
Some copies with "For Promotion Only" or "Demonstration - Not For Sale" gold-stamped on jacket front cover.
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.
Mastered at A&M Studios, Hollywood.
Published by ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
All selections © 1977 ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
First pressings have catalog # AB-1006. "AB" prefix in catalog # was an ABC label price code, and approximately two weeks after the release of the album, the price was raised $1.00 and subsequent pressings were issued as catalog # AA-1006.
Issued in a glossy cardstock gatefold jacket, with printed card stock inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.
Issued on ABC "starburst" labels.
Some copies with "For Promotion Only" or "Demonstration - Not For Sale" gold-stamped on jacket front cover.
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.
Mastered at A&M Studios, Hollywood.
Published by ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
All selections © 1977 ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): AB-1006-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): AB-1006-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): AB 1006 (RE-3)-A P 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): AB 1006 (RE-3)-B 3C P
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): AB-1006-(RE3)A-P4
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): AB 1006(RE.3)-B P4
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): AB 1006 (RE-3)-A P 3 D 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): AB 1006 (RE-3)-B D P
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): AB 1006 (RE-3)-A P I P
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): AB 1006 (RE-3)-BX C P
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): AB-1006-(RE3)A- P4 C 2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): AB 1006(RE-3)-B P3 D 3
Other Versions (5 of 338)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Aja (LP, Album, 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 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Keel press (to my ears) hits a bit harder than this one, but this pressing makes up for it with a remarkably well-balanced and wide presentation. This certainly has a case to be the definitive pressing. -
stellar pressing. Wide soundstage and warm sound throughout the record. I have 3 different pressings of this record, and this is my favorite.
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Great sound! I happen to have one from when I started collecting about a decade ago. Cleaned it with a Vinyl Vac and played it on my new RT 85/2M Blue. Fantastic pressing, supposedly the 2006 cisco is the best according to The In Groove on YouTube. Either way, sounds great and maybe the best version I have heard so far!!! -
Can confirm the AB1006 is way better than the AA1006. Finally found a clean copy of an AB and wow -
Edited 4 years agoThe 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 existence. 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 Blue....one of the 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. I have this AB-1006, the finest pressing and best sounding version of Aja. N -
Edited 6 years agoThis is one of the best original 1st pressings. According to the Hoffman vinyl threads this pressing with the AB1006 (re-3) -A and (re2 or re3) -B on the flip is the definitive original pressing to buy! Avoid all AA pressings. Not as good as the AB. Do your research.
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