Abc Abcx-758

Abc Abcx-758

ABC ABCX-758 Personnel Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (g, el-g); Walter Becker (voc, el-b); Denny Dias (g, el-si); Donald Fagen (voc, p, el-p, org); Jim Hodder (voc, d, perc); David Palmer (voc); and others Tracks Do It Again; Dirty Work; Kings; Midnite Cruiser; Only A Fool Would Say That; Reelin’ In The Years; Fire In The Hole; Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me); Change Of The Guard; Turn That Heartbeat Over Again Mit Steely Dan verbinden sich Two names in particular spring vor allem zwei Namen: Donald to mind in connection with Fagen und Walter Becker. Beide Steely Dan: Donald Fagen and hatten bereits Ende der 60er Walter Becker. The two men dis- Jahre am College gemeinsam in covered while at college at the verschiedenen Bands ähnliche end of the Sixties that they musikalische Vorlieben ent- shared musical tastes, although deckt und sich in der Folge als they played in different bands. Song-Writer-Duo betätigt, ehe They subsequently formed a ihnen dann 1972 der Durch- songwriter duo before making bruch mit Steely Dan (der Name their breakthrough in 1972 geht auf William Burroughs under the name Steely Dan (a Roman The Naked Lunch zurück) name which came from William und dem Debüt-Album der Burrough’s novel The Naked Band, Can’t Buy A Thrill, gelang. Lunch) with their debut album Das Album hielt sich über ein Can’t Buy A Thrill. This LP re- Jahr in den Billboard Charts, mained for over a year in the und der Single-Auskopplung Do Billboard charts, and the single It Again gelang mühelos der Steely Dan taken from the album, Do It Sprung in die Top Ten. Dies war Can’t Buy A Thrill Again, leapt into the Top Ten. der Beginn einer außergewöhn- This was just the beginning of lich erfolgreichen Karriere, in an extraordinarily successful der bis zur vorläufigen Auflösung der Gruppe im Jahr career which lasted until the temporary disbandment of 1981 (unterdessen gibt es ja mit Two Against Nature ein the group in 1981 (a brand new album entitled Two brandneues Opus) jedes der insgesamt sieben Studioal- Against Nature has appeared since then). Every one of ben mit Gold oder Platin veredelt wurde. their seven studio albums was crowned with a Gold or Can’t Buy A Thrill ist nicht so „glatt” wie spätere Alben, Platinum Disc. etwa Aja oder Gaucho, jene unnachahmliche Mischung Can’t Buy A Thrill is not as “polished” as later albums, aus melodiösem Rock, in dem immer wieder auch Soul such as Aja or Gaucho for example, but their inimitable anklingt, jazzigen Rhythmen und anspruchsvollen Instru- mixture of melodic rock, shot through with soul, jazzy mental-Soli, hebt bereits den ersten Wurf von Fagen und rhythms and ambitious instrumental solos made Fagen Becker deutlich vom damaligen musikalischen Umfeld ab and Becker stand out from all the others right from the – man denke etwa an die Eagles oder die Doobie Bro- very start (just compare them with the Eagles or the thers. Und abgesehen von den längst zu Klassikern ge- Doobie Brothers!). Apart from the now “classical” songs wordenen Songs wie Dirty Work, Midnight Cruiser, Reelin’ such as Dirty Work, Midnight Cruiser, Reelin’ The Years and The Years und natürlich dem unverwüstlichen Do It Again, of course the unforgettable Do It Again, it goes without besitzen auch die übrigen Titel alle Qualitäten, die Stee- saying that all the others titles are endowed with all ly Dan eben so einzigartig machen. those qualities which make Steely Dan so unique. Recording: 1972 at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles CA., USA, by Roger Nichols and Tim Weston Production: Gary Katz Date of release: September 2000 S PEAKERS C ORNER R ECORDS D–24161 ALTENHOLZ KRONSBERG 13 WWW.SPEAKERSCORNER.DE 3 +49 (0) 431 / 322130 5 +49 (0) 431 / 322158 6 [email protected].

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