Steely Dan-Countdown To Ecstasy-Sealed 1974 Quadrophonic Rock LP

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This is a sealed mint copy of the quadrophonic version of the LP, Countdown to Ecstasy, the second album by the group released originally in 1973, with this audiophile version released the following year, which includes several of my favorites, including Bodhisattva.  

Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band founded by core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, and their seven albums over that period of time blended elements of jazz, rock funk, R&B, and pop.Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies".

Recorded with a revolving cast of session musicians, such as Larry Carlton, Steely Dan's music is characterized by complex jazz-influenced structures and harmonies. Becker and Fagen are whimsical, often sarcastic lyricists, having written "cerebral, wry and eccentric" songs about drugs, love affairs, and crime. The pair are also known for their near-obsessive perfectionism in the recording studio:[ Over the year they took to record Gaucho (1980), an album of just seven songs, Becker and Fagen hired at least 42 studio musicians and 11 engineers.

Steely Dan toured from 1972 to 1974 before retiring to the studio. The group disbanded for some years in 1981, and throughout most of the next decade Becker and Fagen were less active, though a cult following remained devoted to the group. In 1993 the two reunited and began playing concerts. Steely Dan has since released two albums of new material, the first of which, Two Against Nature, earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. They have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001.

The album is completely sealed with slight corner wear on all corners. There is also slight bending of the cover at the bottom cover near the mouth and a cut out hole at the top right corner of the cover. The seams and spine are strong with no splits or wear evident. The front and back of the cover are exceptionally clean as well. 

The LP is being sold without reserve and payment is expected within 3 days of auction close.  Return of the LP will only be accepted if the LP is returned still sealed.

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Save me as a seller as I have about 150 sealed rare 1960's and 1970's rock, soul, blues and jazz LPs that will be auctioned over the coming months. And then thereafter I will auction open exceptionally clean MFSL and other audiophile recording, as well as over 200 promos. In all I will be auctioning a collection of almost 7000 very rare and clean rock, soul and blues LPS.