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STEELY DAN Katy Lied
Used Audiophile Vinyl Record
Sleeve/Vinyl: EX/NM

Record Label: Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-007

High Speed Production and Mastering By Original Mastering works. Specially Plate and pressed On High Definition Super Vinyl by Victor Company of Japan (JVC). Mastered with the Ortofon Cutting System.

Mobile Fidelity reissues are among the finest recordings ever produced and very limited in quantity. Only the seventh MFSL release, this one has the original Mobile Fidelity promo flier inside the plastic sleeve. One of the rarest and most collectable in the Mobile Fidelity line

Condition: Record jacket has creases and wear on the bottom and spine. Corners are dull. There are no spindle marks on the label. Vinyl is clean and plays very well.

Side One
1. Black Friday
2. Bad Sneakers
3. Rose Darling
4. Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More
5. Doctor Wu

Side Two
6. Everyone's Gone to the Movies
7. Your Gold Teeth, Pt. 2
8. Chain Lightning
9. Any World (That I'm Welcome To)
10. Throw Back the Little Ones

Review: In 1975 after an extraordinarily successful run of releases which culminated in that "steely" masterpiece, PRETZEL LOGIC, the Dan shifted direction a bit and opened their music up on KATY LIED. The sound is warmer, the already sophisticated harmonies somewhat richer, a little bit closer to combo jazz. It's as if jazz pianist Bill Evans collaborated with Bob Dylan.

KATY LIED contains Steely Dan's most emotional, even passionate music up to that point, matched only by the brilliant AJA a few years later. Donald Fagen's acerbic vocals forgo the double tracking of the previous albums, the sarcasm melting into something close to vulnerability in a song like "Doctor Wu," maybe the greatest single tune Fagen and Becker ever wrote. KATY LIED is also notable for the appearance of vocalist Michael McDonald, whose grainy baritone blends particularly well with Fagen's unique sound.