Steely Dan – Aja
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MCA Records – MFSL 1-033 |
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Original Master Recording |
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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.
- Manufactured By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
- Distributed By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
- Licensed From – MCA Records, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
- Published By – ABC/Dunhill Music, 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
Credits
- Arranged By [Horns], Conductor [Horns] – Tom Scott
- Art Direction – OZ Studios
- Brass – Lou McCreary*
- Consultant [Sound Consultant] – Stuart Dawson*
- Coordinator [Covert Operations] – Karen Stanley
- Coordinator [Production] – Barbara Miller (2)
- Copyist [Rhythm Charts Prepared By] – Michael Omartian
- Design – Patricia Mitsui
- Engineer – Roger Nichols
- Engineer [Assistant] – Ron Pangaliman
- Engineer [Executive] – Roger Nichols
- Lacquer Cut By – SR*
- Lead Vocals – Donald Fagen
- Liner Notes – Steve Diener
- Management [Bagman] – Leonard Freedman
- Management [Protection] – Irving Azoff
- Mastered By [Half-Speed Production And Mastering] – Stan Ricker
- Photography By [Cover], Cover – Hideki Fujii
- Photography By [Inside Photos] – Walter Becker
- Producer – Gary Katz
- Saxophone, Flute – Wayne Shorter
- Words By, Music By – Walter Becker
Notes
Imported Pressing and Plating~Pressed In Japan.
Recorded at: Village Recorder, 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.
©℗ 1977 MCA Records, Inc.
Published by ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
Half Speed Production and Mastering by Gary Giorgi and Stan Ricker
Super High Definition Vinyl (Extended Life)
Special Static Free-Dust Free Inner Sleeve
Special Heavy Duty Protective Packaging
Source: The Original Stereo Master Tape Mastered with ortofon Cutting System
All runouts etched/stamped
Recorded at: Village Recorder, 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.
©℗ 1977 MCA Records, Inc.
Published by ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
Half Speed Production and Mastering by Gary Giorgi and Stan Ricker
Super High Definition Vinyl (Extended Life)
Special Static Free-Dust Free Inner Sleeve
Special Heavy Duty Protective Packaging
Source: The Original Stereo Master Tape Mastered with ortofon Cutting System
All runouts etched/stamped
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): MFSL-1-033-A3 A SR/2 ORTOFON A 30MAY80 132 + +
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): MFSL-1-033-B2 A SR/2 ORTOFON 30MAY80 132 +
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): MFSL-1-033-A3 A SR/2 ORTOFON A 30MAY80 132 + +
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): MFSL-1-033-B3 A SR/2 ORTOFON 30MAY80 133 ++
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): MFSL-1-033-A3 A SR/2 ORTOFON 30MAY80 132 + +
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): MFSL-1-033-B3 A SR/2 ORTOFON 30MAY80 132 +
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): MFSL-1-033-A3 A SR/2 ORTOFON A 30MAY80 132 + +
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): MFSL-1-033-B3 A SR/2 ORTOFON 30MAY80 131 + +
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): MFSL-1-033-A4 SR/2 ORTOFON 27MAY80 141 +
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): MFSL-1-033-B3 A SR/2 ORTOFON 30MAY80 132 + +
Other Versions (5 of 338)
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Aja (LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing) | ABC Records | AA-1006 | US | 1977 | ||
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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 | ||
| 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
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1979 USVinyl —LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo -
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2019 USVinyl —12", 45 RPM, Album, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Stereo -
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2015 USVinyl —12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered
Reviews
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Edited 3 months agoIt’s been a while since I heard this copy,I have many others,and I’m enjoying it very much, for me it’s a very good edition, It doesn’t lack anything.I think it depends a lot on the system you listen to it on, in my case, Kuzma+Hana Umami Blue+Mcintosh,it’s not UHQR but it’s not far off.
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If anyone has an absolutely trashed disc/missing disc but the original cover i'd be interested! I bought this but I have the disc and not the sleeve haha. Some normal US sleeve. -
Edited one year agoBuying this is a waste of money. Easily one of MoFi’s worst releases. Very bass and treble boosted with no midrange. Get an AB-1006 or UHQR.
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Get the Japan version. Much cheaper and amazing mix. I have several copies and none come close to the clear dynamics. -
My favorite LP of all-time and the MFSL is 2nd to the Cisco. The sonic difference between the two is amazing. -
Love MOFI but this is a lack luster pressing. Picked up a first US pressing. Sounds better than this pressing. From what I understand, MOFI was at a little disadvantage as they were allegedly not provided the original master tapes when this was mastered. Also understand that the original master tapes may not exist. -
Got at my local store it was sitting there 1/2 price then on here, so for fun figured how bad could it be? Eh maybe I’ve heard such bad talk, it wasn’t the worst Mofi ever as some say. Pressed on clean vinyl, It’s just alittle flat sounding. The OG alittle wider sounding but this is quiet vinyl it’s a trade off will keep this though -
This pressing is meh
Muddy, lacking the dynamics
it just doesn’t sound open
Go for the AB1006 first press or better yet the Cisco! -
wow im getting the opposite that people describe,,i have 2 copies of this mfsl and both of them have a shaved off top end with some added bass ,classic half speed mastered sound, very inoffensive, its not better than a first pressing, but it is different, pending on what mood im in i play both,,, if ya want to show of your system play the 1st press,,, if you want a different sound the mfsl is interesting,,,, i have a love hate relationship with it because its just wrong, but for some reason i always continue to play it,,,lol
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