{"product_id":"753088013669","title":"Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic - Import SACD Hybrid","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteely Dan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1974 3rd released in HYBRID STEREO SACD!\n\n\n\nDirect DSD mastering from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman\n\nHYBRID SACD specification, playable on all CD\/SACD players\n\n\n\nSteely Dan's gold-selling third studio album, Pretzel Logic, charted at #8 on the Billboard 200 and revived the group's radio presence with the single \"Rikki Don't Loose That Number,\" the biggest pop hit of their career and The 1974 album, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, was produced by Gary Katz and written primarily by Walter Becker (bass) and bandleader Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards). The album marked the beginning of Becker and Fagen's careers as principal members of Steely Dan.\n\n\n\nThey used prominent Los Angeles studio musicians to record this album, but with the exception of drums, they only occasionally overdubbed, and founding drummer Jim Hodder became a backing singer, with Jim Gordon and Jeff Porcaro instead hitting the drum kit on every song on the album The band's first album, \"The Souls of Steely Dan,\" was released in 1985. Steely Dan's Jeff \"Skunk\" Baxter played pedal steel guitar and hand drums.\n\n\n\nIt has shorter songs and fewer instrumental jams than the previous album. Steely Dan considered this album to be the band's attempt to make a complete musical statement within the three-minute pop song format. The music on this album is characterized by harmonies, counter-melodies, and bop phrasing. It also draws heavily from straight-ahead pop influences.\" The syncopated piano line at the beginning of \"Rikki Don't Lose That Number\" evolves into a pop melody, while the title track transitions from blues to a jazzy chorus.\n\n\n\nThe album cover photo, featuring a New York City pretzel vendor, was taken by Ryan Rubenstein, who has photographed musicians and Hollywood celebrities, on the west side of Fifth Avenue and 79th Street, just above the 79th Street crossing (the road that runs through Central Park), in the area called \" The photo was taken at the entrance to a park called MINERS' GATE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Rikki Don't Lose That Number\u003cbr\u003e2. Night By Night\u003cbr\u003e3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You\u003cbr\u003e4. Barrytown\u003cbr\u003e5. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo\u003cbr\u003e6. Parker's Band\u003cbr\u003e7. Through With Buzz\u003cbr\u003e8. Pretzel Logic\u003cbr\u003e9. With A Gun\u003cbr\u003e10. Charlie Freak\u003cbr\u003e11. Monkey In Your Soul\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analogue Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47797005484321,"sku":"753088013669","price":99.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/753088013669.jpg?v=1704918626","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-au\/products\/753088013669","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}