MFSL Steely Dan Katy Lied LP OOP VG++/VG+
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Out of Print Steely Dan Masterpiece Katy Lied. Cover has minimal ring wear at top overall VG++/Vinyl VG+
Katy Lied is the fourth album by Steely Dan, originally released in 1975 by ABC Records. It went gold and peaked at #13 on the US charts. The single "Black Friday" also charted at #37.
It is also notable for the first appearance of singer Michael McDonald on a Steely Dan album. The album cover features a picture of a katydid, a type of cricket. This is most likely a pun on the album's title, although a lyric in the song "Doctor Wu" mentions "Katy lies", which could very well be what the album's title refers to. Jeff Porcaro, then only 21 years old, played all drums on the album apart from "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", which features legendary session drummer Hal Blaine.
Band members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were not happy with the album's sound quality due to an equipment malfunction with the dbx noise reduction system. They refused to listen to the completed album. However, to most audiophiles and fans of the group it is difficult, if not impossible, to hear the alleged sound imperfections. It is now considered one of Becker and Fagen's most important records, both musically and technologically.[citation needed]
The album was re-issued by MCA Records after the ABC Records was bought by MCA in 1979.
Track listing
All songs written by Becker and Fagen.
[edit] Side one
- "Black Friday" – 3:33
- Guitar solo by Walter Becker
- "Bad Sneakers" – 3:16
- Guitar solo by Walter Becker
- "Rose Darling" – 2:59
- Guitar solo by Dean Parks
- "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More" – 3:12
- Guitar by Larry Carlton
- "Doctor Wu" – 3:59
- Alto saxophone solo by Phil Woods
[edit] Side two
- "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" – 3:41
- "Your Gold Teeth II" – 4:12
- Guitar solo by Denny Dias
- "Chain Lightning" – 2:57
- Guitar solo by Rick Derringer
- "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" – 3:56
- "Throw Back the Little Ones" – 3:11
- Guitar solo by Elliot Randall
[edit] Personnel
- Donald Fagen - piano, keyboards, vocals
- Michael Omartian - piano, keyboards
- David Paich - piano, keyboards
- Walter Becker - bass, guitar, vocals
- Wilton Felder - bass
- Chuck Rainey - bass
- Denny Dias - guitar
- Larry Carlton - guitar
- Rick Derringer - guitar
- Hugh McCracken - guitar
- Dean Parks - guitar
- Elliott Randall - guitar
- Jimmie Haskell - horn
- Bill Perkins - horn
- Phil Woods - saxophone, vocals
- Hal Blaine - drums
- Jeff Porcaro - drums, dorophone
- Myrna Matthews - vocals, background vocals
- Sherlie Matthews - vocals, background vocals
- Michael McDonald - vocals, background vocals
- Carolyn Willis - vocals, background vocals
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