I too thought the cisco was my ultimate copy but every time i played it i felt that something was missing.
Steely dan aja best vinyl version.
Released in 1977 the album peaked at number three on the us charts and number five in the uk.
Steely dan aja vinyl shootout.
Aja ˈ eɪ ʒ ə pronounced like asia is the sixth studio album by the american jazz rock band steely dan it was released in september 1977 by abc records recording alongside nearly 40 musicians band leaders donald fagen and walter becker pushed steely dan further into experimenting with different combinations of session players while pursuing longer more sophisticated compositions.
These are the best of the bunch by a.
I think i might start a war with this topic but here goes.
Whichever version of aja you pick up our grotesquely cartoonish historical moment is the perfect time to listen to some steely dan preferably on a nice set of speakers or pair of headphones.
But unless you actually hear another version on your system you won t know for sure.
View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1977 terre haute pressing vinyl release of aja on discogs.
I do think them and most pittman presses sound the best.
Jazz rock style.
But the 2010 180 gram vinyl re issue of steely dan s aja is a real gem.
It is now ripped at 24 88.
The lp surface was smooth and clean and throughout the entire album there was no more than 3 very very faint ticks.
As dan moffett put it in his meditation on how he became a dan o phile the more absurd life gets the more sense steely dan makes sense.
The overall sound quality compared to my cd of the same album was actually more dynamic with crisp fast airy treble attack with tight bass.
Despite my concern that coloured vinyl may turn out to be inferior it s still in great shape after more than a thousand plays.
Vinyl lp album repress terre haute pressing country.
The 2 i have now is the ab and the cisco.
It was the band s first platinum album and ultimately became their best selling studio release eventually selling over 5 million copies.
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Soft rock jazz rock.
The first is the full length version which appeared on the soundtrack to the film fm and the.
I have owned a red vinyl version of aja since it was a hot new release.
It was fun to listen to each track after it was dissected in the article.
Aja pronounced asia is the sixth studio album by steely dan.
I thought that my cisco copy of aja that cost me 60 00 was the best copy i had.