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Steely Dan – Aja, ABC AA-1006, VG+/VG++, 1977

Sold Date: March 11, 2024
Start Date: March 1, 2024
Final Price: $18.00 (USD)
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Track listings and information:
A1Black CowElectric Piano, Soloist – Victor FeldmanSaxophone [Tenor], Soloist – Tom Scott5:07A2AjaSaxophone [Tenor], Soloist – Wayne Shorter7:56A3Deacon BluesArranged By [Chart] – Scott*Saxophone [Tenor], Soloist – Pete Christlieb7:26B1PegElectric Guitar, Soloist – Jay Graydon3:58B2Home At Last5:31B3I Got The NewsPiano, Soloist – Victor Feldman5:03B4Josie4:30
    Copyright © – ABC Records, Inc.    Phonographic 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    Published By – ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.    Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
    Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Clydie King, Michael McDonald, Rebecca Louis, Sherlie Matthews, Timothy B. Schmit, Venetta Fields    Bass [Uncredited] – Chuck Rainey    Clavinet [Uncredited] – Don Grolnick    Composed By, Bass [Uncredited], Guitar – Walter Becker    Composed By, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer [Uncredited], Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Donald Fagen    Drums – Steve Gadd (tracks: A2)    Drums [Uncredited] – Bernard Purdie, Ed Greene (2), Paul Humphrey, Rick Marotta    Drums [Uncredited], Percussion [Uncredited] – Jim Keltner    Electric Piano [Uncredited], Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Paul Griffin    Electric Piano [Uncredited], Clavinet [Uncredited] – Joe Sample    Electric Piano, Piano, Percussion [Uncredited], Vibraphone [Uncredited] – Victor Feldman    Engineer – Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee, Elliot Scheiner    Engineer [Assistant] – Ed Rack, Joe Bellamy, Ken Klinger, Lenise Bent, Linda Tyler, Ron Pangaliman    Engineer, Engineer [Executive] – Roger Nichols    Guitar [Uncredited] – Dean Parks, Denny Dias, Lee Ritenour, Steve Khan    Guitar [Uncredited], Soloist – Larry Carlton    Horns [Uncredited] – Bill Perkins, Chuck Findley, Jackie Kelso, Jim Horn, Lew McCreary, Pete Christlieb, Plas Johnson, Slyde Hyde, Tom Scott, Wayne Shorter    Liner Notes – Michael Phalen    Liner Notes [President, Abc Records] – Steve Diener    Lyricon [Uncredited] – Tom Scott    Mastered By – Bernie Grundman    Percussion [Uncredited] – Gary Coleman    Piano [Uncredited] – Michael Omartian    Producer – Gary Katz

A Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria pressing, identified by the 2S in run-outs. 
Published ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
Comes with printed cardboard inner sleeve with lyrics
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.
℗ 1977 ABC Records, Inc. © 1977 ABC Records, Inc., Los Angeles, CA 90048, New York, N.Y. 10019.
    Matrix / Runout Side A Etched: 2S AA (scratched out B) 1006(re-3)-A   1A    Matrix / Runout Side B Etched: 2S AA 1006-B (RE-4) 1A