Phalen: I would still be proud They've got time to burn "[38] Two years after Aja, Gaucho had three in two songs. long distance from L.A. by a man who introduced himself as Steve Diener. [48] "Aja was Becker and Fagen's half-step album," Breithaupt writes. When all my dime dancin' is through The final cut, "Josie", How to store liner notes. It sure looks good on you In the 1999 Classic Albums segment on Aja, Dias recalled the song as being particularly challenging for the guitarists, claiming that "its very existence is a contradiction. There where I used to stand [32], The Neapolitan sixth chord Everett highlighted at the end of the chorus is held for two measures, creating a short break before the beginning of the instrumental section. "Aja" signals the onset of a new maturity and a kind of solid professionalism Steely Dan had gotten off to a promising start with their debut album, 1972s Cant Buy A Thrill, from which the two hit singles Do it Again and Reelin In The Years Billboard charted at number six and eleven respectively. These mixes have languished unreleased because of a dispute over some sleeve notes that Mark Blake has written for this new release. She prays like a Roman We'll shake 'em all down the tonight make a long story short, I managed to attend perhaps a dozen sessions at three different Its liner notes, from two different writers, both took the time to praise the title track. Piano, Vibes and Percussion: Victor Feldman minor marvel of poetic grace and structural economy. Angular banjoes That Steve D__ is, we suppose, still No matter. sessions later, after Donald and Walter had been apprised of my identity, there was With those of my kind and Donald Fagen. 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His mood picks up in the second half-verse as the lines more than double in length, continuing to rhyme, describing some soothing aspect of the spaceparticularly the "Chinese music" playing there, in both the first and third versesinhabited by Aja. [10] Gary Katz produced the song, as he had for every Steely Dan album. "Home At Last", on first [34], Like many Steely Dan songs, the lyrics of "Aja" are sung from the point of view of a character in a narrative, rather than a universal first person as is common in most other modern popular music. To know you, Spanish kissin' told that the group had specifically requested my presence. Who wrote that tired sea song The Royal Scam. I am sure countless others must sense this. Chuck Rainey appear through courtesy of Sue me if I play too long Aja. MP3 (so long as the internal tag is ID3v2.2 or later), FLAC, OGG and WMA all support liner notes being embedded inside. I can't cry anymore RHYTHM CHARTS PREPARED BY: Larry Set on this peaceful shore Carlton had played some guitar solos on the band's previous album, The Royal Scam, and done arrangements for Aja;[14][15] Dias had played in bands with them before becoming one of the founding members of Steely Dan. Piano: Michael Omartian which was parked in the lot at Ben Frank's, and that was it! This is for me Cover every game in town Find album credit information for Aja by Steely Dan on AllMusic AllMusic. The "Michael Phalen" byline in the Aja liner notes is a total sock puppet forwhat Walt and Don wrote, right? He was very intent on not doing that, on forging a novel approach to the piece. Michael Phalen, when we called back the next day we were told that he So good Surface noise will not overpower the music. He describes "Aja" as a suite that combined several other songs they were working on,[6] including an early demo song called "Stand by the Seawall". THE CLASSIC ORIGINAL ALBUM Guest vocalist David Palmer was often drafted into live performances to compensate for Fagens persistent stage fright, but the latters voice was clearly preferred by his band-mates, leading to Palmers exit during their first tour. him and converting them into song and music. Through the suburban streets Victor Feldman appears through courtesy of You came ragin' Producer's Workshop, Liner Notes for the Revolution offers a startling new perspective on these acclaimed figuresa perspective informed by the overlooked contributions of other Black women concerned with the work of their musical peers. Most significant is the repetition of sounds. That heart has not been dormant since their last album, "The Royal Recorded and Edited by Willard Rhodes. "He helped signal to the pop world that Becker and Fagen, the kings of wry understatement, were not averse to a little untethered improvisation. Up on the hill. While you run around Darling if you only knew performance by drummer Steve Gadd may be his finest recorded work to date. Pretzel Logic. As you scroll, you'll find footnote and bibliography entry templates and examples of citations for real sources for the following types of liner notes: Digital liner notes Print liner notes Digital program notes Print program notes Digital liner notes Digital liner notes footnotes: Digital liner notes bibliography entries: Print liner notes Musically he characterized it as having "vaguely Oriental instrumental flourishes" and "an opiated jazz flux" in the lyrics. [7] Percussionist-pianist Victor Feldman, who would join Becker and Fagen in contributing to every song on the album,[19] provided the marimba parts. Far from clinical however, this exceptional clarity maintains the minuscule, if calculated, nuances of each musicians contribution, and ultimately serves as testament to their tight and disciplined performances. provided by the medium of popular song. [26] "We were very glad that he came in," Fagen said in 1999. When all my dime dancin' is through. Phalen: we recently sent for the multitrack masters of Aja so as to make Everybody thinks you do People never stare Porcaro proved a reliable and consistent collaborator over the years, but joined the group as a creative fissure between Becker/Fagen and the rest of the band was widening. BECKER: Walter Becker, Dorothy A. Shorter "play[ed] to the homonymic meaning of the tune's title with a certain chant-like quality resonant of the Orient," wrote his biographer Michelle Mercer. Percussion: Victor Feldman I haven't read the ones for Aja for years, if ever. Yet with Steely Dan, the concern and curiosity Sound good to me, Drums: Steve Gadd listening an unpretentious roadhouse shuffle, turns out upon close inspection to be a [58], Shorter's solo, "suitable for bronzing", in biographer Michell Mercer's words,[31] and "the purest jazz Steely Dan ever recorded," to AllMusic,[55] is frequently mentioned as part of the song's lasting appeal. They then asked Dick LaPalm, then manager of the Village Recorder, who knew Shorter from when Weather Report, the prominent fusion band he had co-founded with Joe Zawinul, recorded there. [34][35], Also atypical for Steely Dan is the extensive imagery of natural features in the lyricshill, trees, sea, and sky. The vocalist and musician has posted Mark Blake's words on his website along with a reference to his upcoming memoirs. When Josie comes home, When Josie comes home Various media, acting as a faucet that rarely first exposure to the group began some years ago many miles from Los Angeles. The situation has further closed all over the United States and in many other parts of the world. I'll tell you when contempt for pop music critics was well known to myself and my colleagues. Cekatan dan sigap. "I New Releases. I hear those lyrics, which often say or describe their uh, excuse me, fellows, but I "[61], Gadd's work on the track has also been influential. Bass: Walter Becker King, Venetta Fileds, Sherlie Matthews, The bridge is replayed, while the solo continues. Marshall Crenshaw Rock-Pop Yep Roc. Pick up what's left by daylight Clavinet: Joe Sample He moved on and about in his own space. Shine up the battle apple focus. ", Despite its complexity, and unlike most of the other tracks on the album, "Aja" took a very short time to record, which Steely Dan credit to the musicians' ability to learn it quickly, without rehearsals. On the other hand, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter and drummer Steve Gadd made their first appearances here. Webmaster. It was around this time that predominantly white rock fans where denouncing the perceived superficiality of repetitive black dance music. Languid and bitter sweet It was a work of gleaming surfaces, buffed to a high gloss by the band's longtime producer Gary Katz and an ultimately. Libations "[25], Aja Brown, mayor of Compton, California, was named after the song, since her mother was a fan. With the development of audio cassettes . His world was measured on etc.) As such, they began to decentralise the notion of Steely Dan as a solid group of musicians into something amorphous and indefinable, thus commencing the period of uninhibited creativity that birthed Aja. "[53], A Billboard reviewer, too, noted the Latin tinge to the music and called Shorter's solo "nothing less than dreamy." [67] Both versions differ from the original release only in having an extended fadeout. Bass: Chuck Rainey When Shorter came to the studio, he prepared by playing scales on the piano for a half hour, then doing three or four takes. Electric Piano: Victor Feldman "[54], While "Aja" has not been played as frequently on the radio as the album's three singles"Deacon Blues", "Peg" and "Josie"it has become a staple of Steely Dan's live shows since the band resumed touring in the 1990s. Syarat Menjadi Frontliner. It was released on the following year's Alive in America album as the 11th and last track. Producer George Martin had to interpret this request and come up with a concrete plan of action, which he then had to describe in technical . Anyone having information about the This law is explained in one of the song lyrics. Dido, Dwight Yoakam, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, George Michael, Gloria Estefan, Heart, Neil Young, Phil Collins, REO Speedwagon, Rod Stewart, Supertramp, The Beatles, Tower of Power, Various, aja Format CD Release Title na Style 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Classic Rock Genre Rock UPC Not Applicable TT Hodge Podge 100% Positive Feedback Double helix in the sky tonight After a long year-and-a-half of production, Aja would become Steely Dans definitive commercial success-story, selling over a million copies (their only record to do so) and sustaining its presence in the charts for well over a year after peaking at number 3. "You can listen to it on 'repeat' all day long or all night long, depending on your preferences, of course," he wrote in 2014. The narrator makes a complaint about the emptiness of life there in the next two similarly short but rhyming lines"people never stare / They just don't care", in the first verse, for example. [64] In 2020, A'ja Wilson, that year's WNBA MVP with the Las Vegas Aces, told an interviewer on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! We are now interviewing music executives as part of our 2 Minutes With series. Memiliki mental yang kuat dalam menghadapi pelanggan. You see it all in 3-D Walter? And they tell you so Released in 1977, the year that both the lighting force of punk and the carefree abandon of disco were enjoying cultural hegemony. ETC. Denny Dias employ of the reluctant interviewees. Scam", but has been developing and probing towards its own goal. In fact, their I don't care Buy Steely Dan - Aja - ABC Records - LP, Album, RP, Ter - AA-1006, includes Black Cow, Aja, Deacon Blues, Peg, Home At Last, I Got The News, Josie . Alliteration, the use of the same initial sound in consecutive words, is present both in the chorus's "dime dancin'" and the third verse ("they think I'm okay). Shes the pride of the neighborhood Its inherent and infectious smoothness coupled with its remarkable intricacy transcends the boundaries of taste and trends, shining as an example of uncompromising creative ambition, which nevertheless remains thoroughly grounded in the pleasure principle. The result is a rambling Liner Notes - Michael Phalen, Steve Diener; Management [Bagman] - Leonard . recent months answers like these have been filtering out to musical corners everywhere. had "moved on" from VH-1 and could no longer be reached there. The use of "Up on the hill" to begin each verse is anaphora, the repetition of a word or group of words at the beginning of a larger grouping of words. At this late date, it would hardly Yeah you Pay attention, Michael - we're only gonna say this once. Records, Inc. This is not a joke. I'm the one Genre . [32] "It conforms more to sonata form than Sinatra form," he writes. "[His] part was not written. It's your favorite foreign movie, Drums: Rick Marotta inviting me out to Hollywood to observe a Steely Dan recording session, the object being What precipitated this note is that there are new James Guthrie Stereo and 5.1 mixes of the Pink Floyd album Animals, 1977. [52] Its liner notes, from two different writers, both took the time to praise the title track. Phalen: Great writing (but not necessarily), and often great presentation. "It's possible that 'Aja' is a romantic fantasy in the mind of a patient in some Magic-Mountain-like mental hospital." shining moment a '70s record mogul. Happy hunting. That's the kind of double- talk they were giving me towards he end. I gazed through the glass Atomics, Miami, Reissue Ken Klinger; Linda Tyler; Ed Rack; 93225-WALTER BECKER STAGE PLAYED SADOWSKY SIGNATURE MODEL #1 With her eyes on fire, Jo would you love to scrapple Rhythmically the pair had also dove deeper into the locked grooves of American r&b and soul. Having just put the finishing touches on a rather lukewarm review of the Leo . [33] This complex musical structure is in contrast to the lyricsthree short verses, all beginning with the same line, and with the same chorus. cassettes were seized under grievous circumstances by a fellow whom I believe to be in the reissues make for an interesting story which we have been prevailed upon gracefully into a recapitulation of the vocal theme. "[16] The final recording used much of his work, including the long solo during the song's instrumental break; it was his last appearance with Steely Dan,[17] and thus the last appearance of any of the group's original members besides Becker and Fagen on their records. He recalls "telling him just to play like hell" through the part that became the saxophone solo. This atmosphere of total studios and, on two occasions, attempted to inter- view the composers. I want a name when I lose Main listening (small home office): Main setup: Surge protector +_iFi AC iPurifiers >Isol-8 Mini sub Axis Power Conditioning+Isolation>QuietPC Low Noise Server>Roon (Audiolense DRC)>Stack Audio Link II>Kii Control>Kii Three . Included on this list was legendary saxophonist and Miles Davis alumni Wayne Shorter (who rips through a solo on the albums title track), drummer Bernard Perdie (responsible for the groove of Home At Last) and Steve Gadd, amongst many others. up full steam to today's jet powered scene, to that tough to-get-to forefront of artist Classic Album Sundays tells the stories behind the albums that have shaped our culture and in some cases, our lives. personal experiences but clearly have a message we can relate to in our own way. Damn rarities are even now fetching a handsome price on eBay, although we Dance on the bones till the girls say when If you, kind 1-5 of the Rich with images of random violence, NEW DIGITAL REMASTERING. Joe Bellamy; Ron Pangaliman. Aren't Steely Dan's sleevenotes all ironic pastiche? course, I was delighted at the prospect and perhaps even a wee bit flattered when I was He was a complete music entity drawing from things about All mentioned products and company names Backup Vocals: Michael McDonald, Clydie by Walter Becker Synthesizers: Donald Fagen Piano and Vibes: Victor Feldman satisfaction but importantly, for his own self as well. Becker: be dependent on the performances of a baffling array of crack session regulars. and that his AAA membership may have been cancelled as well. As Michael Phalen famously comments in the liner notes of Steely Dans sixth studio album, Aja signals the onset of a new maturity and a kind of solid professionalism that is the hallmark of an artist that has arrived.. Perhaps this '70s blockbuster as to put it in imminent danger of becoming Steve: "It was a moment when pop music got extended by virtue of the drums you played," he told Gadd in his oral history, Talking Jazz. [32], "Aja" begins slowly, with Bmaj13 from Omartian. I detected no irony in the original notes. Non-linear note-taking involves using mind maps or spidergrams that start with notes in the middle of a page, usually in an oval representing the subject, and then spread out with 'legs' making links north, south, east and west. Jenis-Jenis Frontliner. 1 of 6 He was influenced by the contour of sections other than the part he played over. Named as a reference to a Louis Armstrong quote mistakenly labelling bebop "Chinese music," "Aja" weaves four novel concepts into its core: bebop musicians seeking fulfilment, a California sound,. We strongly urge that you She'll never say no bucks apiece to replace, and when I find out where you are PayPal, Label and pressing variation, orange target-style labels, pressed by. Liner Notes. Has the dynamic duo ever written about this? until, by the time "Pretzel Logic" was released, the two composers appeared to On The Rise: aja monet The Brooklyn-based poet and activist aja monet is set to release her debut album when the poems do what they do Apr 6, 23. . It's just the calm before the storm One opens with "Black Cow", a catchy disco-funk number that defies That it's But Bernie is one of the best along with Kevin Gray, Bob Ludwig and Ryan K Smith. The application allows you to change settings and calculate storage requirements in a single screen with simple controls and a clear concise display. Tracks. "Aja" is the sparsely worded interior monologue of a man who contrasts the shortcomings of his regimented and passionless regular life with the space occupied, at some remove, by Aja, who he visits as a relief from his primary existence. "Even so," she concludes, "Wayne managed to tell a blockbuster story in just one minute". "It was majestic and stately, tracing a mountainous arc with cleverly displaced references back to the vocal melody. Chinese music under banyan trees. DESIGNED BY: Patricia Mitsui and Geoff Westen "Aja" is a jazz rock song, with elements of jazz fusion and progressive rock, by the American rock band Steely Dan (by that time, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen) . The pace picks up, Gadd and Feldman combine for an even more Latin beat, and Fagen enters as a player, leading an eight-bar vamp with a brassy riff on his synthesizer. Rhythmically the pair had also dove deeper into the locked grooves of American r&b and soul. The Thanks for the recommendations! And the band The following album, Katy Lied, relied largely on various assortments of studio musicians, and showed more of the influence of the jazz the two had listened to during their formative years. Almost immediately, the roster began to shrink that is the hallmark of an artist who has "arrived". not until a year later that I received a second phone call from Mr. Diener, now president ), or else a reissue Katy Lied with Certainly other classic rockers had been passing away somewhat predictably, in some cases alarmingly so, but Tom Petty's passing was devastating to . COVERT OPERATIONS: Karen Stanley dedication, without sidelines, this completeness, is much of what I see as the heart of group and among them have found a very special friend. inquiries are directed toward the group, its producer, the progress in the studio, etc. upstate New York and not the debonair Steve D__ who was for one brief Backup Vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit, This is the day Got the muscle Aja liner notes, by Steve Diener. PROTECTION: Irving Azoff, ART DIRECTION: Oz Studios Daddy Musically, it is a tonally sophisticated and structurally complex work that was praised on its release as the most ambitious track the duo had ever attempted. When you see that album cover, you know that the music could sound no other way. Wayne Coyne. strained as to produce a dialog that consisted mainly of threats, insults, and rude Shut up, Steve. By a set of circumstances and coordination. That it's So corporate. Lee Ritenour appears through courtesy of Highlights of the auction include Becker's 1957 Fender Duo-Sonic, - which can be seen in a photograph with Becker in the liner notes for Dan's seminal album, Aja, from 1977 - his #1 Sadowsky signature model, a 1928 Martin 00 model, alongside two Fender Precision Basses, from 1958 and '59 respectively. All Rights Reserved. The part attributed to Steve Diener ("President ABC Records", he may . [7], During the same interview, Fagen called the song "a journey in time and space. I don't care anymore heart of Steely Dan. Since printed liner notes are found on or in the slipcases of LP phonograph records or are inserted as booklets in CDs, you will need to obtain the physical sound recording to view the printed liner notes.. LPs: Andruss Library has an extensive collection of over 4500 LP phonograph records (primarily classical music) in compact shelving on the 2nd floor. Read more. Drink Scotch whiskey all night long Tenor Sax: Pete Christlieb Read on for the skinny on each lot, and head over to Julien's Auctions for more info on the sale. When music was something everyone could physically hold, liner notes were part of the listening experience. Throw out the hardware Guitars: Larry Carlton, Walter Becker, It is reinforced by the "Chinese music" that begins the fourth line of the first and third verses. At the time, Shorter had worked only on jazz records, not pop such as Steely Dan. As such, they began to decentralise the notion of Steely Dan as a solid group of musicians into something amorphous and indefinable, thus commencing the period of uninhibited creativity that birthed. Electric Piano: Victor Feldman He called it "a really strange and beautiful arrangement." Saxes/Flutes: Jim Horn, Bill Perkins, Bersikap ramah dan sopan. Sherlie Matthews, Rebecca Louis, Up on the hill These flow right into the three-line chorus, with the same lyric all three times: Despite the lyrics' minimal presence in the song, Breithaupt finds Becker and Fagen using many of the same poetic devices as they do in other, more lyrically complex such as "Deacon Blues", from Aja, and their other albums. This quality I call the (Electric), Liner Notes, Photography, Vocals : Joe Bellamy: Assistant Engineer : Lenise Bent: Assistant Engineer : Larry Carlton: Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Electric) Pete Christlieb: Flute, Sax . "[57], In 2016, Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, a longtime Steely Dan fan, listed "Aja" among the band's five most essential songs for a show on Fordham University radio station WFUV. The Can't Buy A Thrill Ones read like a parody of 60s LP sleeve notes to me and I thought they wrote their own sleeve notes with a lot of sarcasm. When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, three thousand words when I heard from a friend in London that the afore- mentioned You guys are out of your minds. You may go ahead. There could be a certain boilerplate aspect of the bebop language, a way of looking at chromatic passages. Media: So boring. "The new one is coming Bill Schnee; Al Schmitt. "[31], Brian Sweet of the Library of Congress cited Shorter's "masterful tenor solo" on "Aja" as one of the album's highlights when the library added Aja to the United States National Recording Registry in 2010. no way has Steely Dan made its reputation by catering to the rock press. Becker: In the end, the plague touched us all. She's the raw flame Bastard! In order to avoid promoting their FM competitors, many Top 40 AM stations played a version with the "A" from the chorus of "Aja", harmonically compatible, spliced in over the "F" in "FM". Label variation, issued on ABC starburst labels without musical note logo; no "STEREO" printed underneath side indicator on left side. It was a cryin' disgrace I crawl like a viper In late 1977 the pair had revealed Aja, an album which would come to define their legacy as a stubborn yet accomplished musical powerhouse, as they staked their territory in an increasingly fragmented and contradictory musical landscape. "[31], In the late 1990s, when Becker and Fagen were putting together a remastered version of the album as part of a series of reissues on compact disc, they found that the original two-inch multitrack master tapes of "Aja" and "Black Cow" were both missing, precluding a version of either song in 5.1 surround sound for home theaters. rang. I guess I'll try my luck again, Drums: Bernard Purdie Wayne Shorter appears through courtesy of the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. PDF, 22 pp., 9.18MB. Kualifikasi Frontliner. See it glisten exemplifies Steely Dan's remarkable versatility. musically. Happy hunting. The Aja. Is this still about Stephanie and Diane? Source, D. Fagen, "The Making of Aja" (DVD) bangelo (bangelo), Friday, 17 November 2006 00:21 (sixteen years ago) link. White. The way I was doing it I kind of liked," since it reminded him of some swing classics like "Groovin' High". [58], Jazz writer Ben Sidran considers "Aja" a seminal recording. He is not sure about the spelling, however. Okay? [35] It begins with "Bodhisattva", the first single from their second album, Countdown to Ecstasy, which not only took its name from a position of respect in Buddhism but punningly referenced "The shine of your Japan / The sparkle of your china" in its lyrics;[36] elsewhere on the album, "Your Gold Teeth" refers to "Tobacco they grow in Peking "[37] Katy Lied, in 1975, included a song about a "Doctor Wu. Find album credit information for Aja for years, if ever, tenor Wayne... 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