Steely Dan ‎– Pretzel Logic Label: ABC Records ‎– AB-808, ABC Records ‎– ABCD-808 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 1974 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock, Classic Rock TracklistHide Credits A1Rikki Don't Lose That Number4:30 A2Night By Night3:36 A3Any Major Dude Will Tell You 3:05 A4Barrytown3:17 A5East St. Louis Toodle-oo Written-By – Bubber Miley, Duke Ellington 2:45 B1Parker's Band2:36 B2Through With Buzz1:30 B3Pretzel Logic4:28 B4With A Gun2:15 B5Charlie Freak2:41 B6Monkey In Your Soul2:31 Companies, etc. Engineered At – The Village Recorder Mixed At – Cherokee Studios Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc. Copyright (c) – ABC Records, Inc. Published By – American Broadcasting Music, Inc. Published By – Mills Music, Inc. Published By – Red Giant Music, Inc. Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Credits Art Direction, Photography By [Inside] – Ed Caraeff Bass – Chuck Rainey, Timothy B. Schmit, Wilton Felder Bass, Guitar – Walter Becker Design – David Larkham Drums – Jeff Porcaro, Jim Gordon, Jim Hodder Engineer – Roger (The Immortal) Nichols* Guitar – Ben Benay, Denny Diaz*, Jeff Baxter Guitar, Banjo – Dean Parks Keyboards – David Paich, Michael Omartian Keyboards, Percussion – Victor Feldman Management [Personal] – Kudo III Mastered By – Allen Zentz Orchestrated By – Jimmie Haskell Other [Security] – Karen Stanley Photography By [Cover] – Raenne Rubenstein* Producer – Gary Katz Saxophone – Ernie Watts, Jerome Richardson, Plas Johnson Trumpet – Ollie Mitchell Vocals, Keyboards – Donald Fagen Written-By – D. Fagan* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B6), W. Becker* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B6) Notes Gatefold Packaging that houses disc in left/front gatefold not rear.  Fuzz box — Courtesy of Valley Sound  Tim Schmit — Courtesy of Epic Records  Engineered at the Village Recorder, West Los Angeles. Overdub and mixdown at Cherokee Sound, Chatsworth, Calif. All songs pub. by American Broadcasting Music, Inc. (ASCAP) unless otherwise indicated.  American Broadcasting Music, Inc./Red Giant Music, Inc. [A4] Mills Music, Inc. (ASCAP) [A5]  American Broadcasting Music, Inc./Red Giant Music, Inc. (ASCAP) [B1, B5] ℗ 1974  There are two different label designs, both of which came out the same year.  The black label and new multi-colored label (This entry) both have the same matrix numbers, so are a label variation rather than a re-pressing difference. This is the exact LP that ABC changed from black labels to multi-coloured labels, which meant this album was originally released with both types of label. The black labels may be 'earlier' in the pressing run on older stock labels, but they are the same pressing on both labels from the same laquers.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ON MULTI-COLORED LABEL IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First pressings are made from first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues and re-issues (which are often pressed from whatever tapes or digital sources are currently available - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…why buy an expensive CD pressed on vinyl and experience the worse elements of both formats?)

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: T1 ABCD 808-A RE-2 AZ C1 / SIDE B: T1 ABCD 808-A RE-1 AZ B.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   SMALL TOP OF SPINE EDGE CUT. INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.

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