STEELY DAN Pretzel Logic 1975 UK ABC VINYL - MINT
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Mar 6, 2019
Sold Date
Feb 12, 2019
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STEELY DAN Pretzel Logic 1975 UK ABC PRESSING - MINT
STEELY DANPretzel Logic
1975 UK ABC RECORDS (ABCL 5045) ISSUE
BEAUTIFUL BARELY PLAYED COPY DELIVERING PRISTINE SOUND
PRESSED WITH THE RAINBOW ABC LABELS
MATRIX: ABCL 5045 A6 / ABCL 5045 B2
Countdown to Ecstasy wasn't half the hit that Can't Buy a Thrill was, and Steely Dan responded by trimming the lengthy instrumental jams that were scattered across Countdown and concentrating on concise songs for Pretzel Logic.
While shorter songs usually indicate a tendency toward pop conventions, that's not the case with Pretzel Logic. Instead of relying on easy hooks, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen assembled their most complex and cynical set of songs to date. Dense with harmonics, countermelodies, and bop phrasing, Pretzel Logic is vibrant with unpredictable musical juxtapositions and snide, but very funny, wordplay. Listen to how the album's hit single, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," opens with a syncopated piano line that evolves into a graceful pop melody, or how the title track winds from a blues to a jazzy chorus -- Becker and Fagen's craft has become seamless while remaining idiosyncratic and thrillingly accessible.
Since the songs are now paramount, it makes sense that Pretzel Logic is less of a band-oriented album than Countdown to Ecstasy, yet it is the richest album in their catalog, one where the backhanded Dylan tribute "Barrytown" can sit comfortably next to the gorgeous "Any Major Dude Will Tell You." Steely Dan made more accomplished albums than Pretzel Logic, but they never made a better one.
Side 1:
Rikki Don't Lose That Number (4:30)
Night By Night (3:36)
Any Major Dude Will Tell You (3:05)
Barrytown (3:17)
East St. Louis Toodle-oo (2:45)
Side 2:
Parker's Band (2:36)
Through With Buzz (1:30)
Pretzel Logic (4:28)
With A Gun (2:15)
Charlie Freak (2:41)
Monkey In Your Soul (2:31)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a few light spindles
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new and even under bright light there is barely a wispy hairline to be seen
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays as-new throughout with no audible issues of any kind
SLEEVE: MINT
The gatefold is as crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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841 (GS 7.0.16 (841))
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