STEELY DAN VERIFIED AJA 45 RPM 200 GRAM NUMBERED LP SET + 33 & 1/3 180GRAM SET

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Steely Dan Aja 200 GRAM 45 RPM DOUBLE LP SET + 33 & 1/3 180 GRAM Import LIMITED EDITION AUDIOPHILE LP SET BOTH WITH VERIFYING COLLECTORS ORIGINAL RELEASE 1ST EDITION  MARKETING/HYPE STICKERS PROVING THAT THESE LPS ARE THE ORIGINAL ISSUES OF THESE EDITIONS AND THAT THESE ISSUES WERE pressed ON 200 AND 180 GRAM PREMIUM REMASTERED VINYL AND THAT THESE STICKERS ARE STILL ATTACHED TO THE SEALED PLASTIC WRAP PROTECTING THE LP JACKETS & VINYL INSIDE. IF YOU DON'T SEE THESE STICKERS ATTACHED YOU ARE NOT PURCHASING AN ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THESE RELEASES. 

Steely Dan Aja Numbered Limited Edition UHQR 200g 45rpm 2LP Box Set

Michael Fremer Rated 11/10 Music, 11/10 Sound!

Analog Planet Rated 11/10 Music, 11/10 Sound!

Definitive Limited Run Ultra High Quality Record 200g 45rpm 2LP!

Steely Dan's Landmark Sixth Studio Album Now on UHQR - Limited to 30,000 Numbered Copies!

Mastered by Bernie Grundman from an Analog, Non EQ'd Tape Copy!

Pressed at Quality Record Pressings using Clarity Vinyl®!

Definitive reissue Ultra High Quality Record, the pinnacle of high-quality vinyl!

Purest possible pressing and most visually stunning presentation and packaging!

Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jackets with film lamination by Stoughton Printing

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 63/500!

If you were an audiophile in the late 1970s, you owned Aja. Rolling Stone, which ranks 1977's Aja at No. 63 on its latest 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, says "this was Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's no-holds barred stab at becoming a huge mainstream jazz-pop success.

"And sure enough, thanks to sweet, slippery tracks like 'Deacon Blues,' and 'Peg,' this collegiate band with a name plucked from a William Burroughs novel and a songbook full of smart, cynical lyrics became bona fide superstars, shooting to the Top Five and selling platinum. And yes, Aja even won a Grammy for Best Engineeed Album."

Fagan and Becker would assemble a revolving cast of almost 40 session musicians to play on the album, consisting of some of the all-time greats, including Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, Wayne Shorter, Steve Gadd, Lee Ritenour, Timothy B. Schmidt - it's a long list. It's a Who's Who of session superstars.

The album name and its title track were inspired by a South Korean woman whom a high school friend's brother had married after serving in the army in her country. The chord progressions and melodies are so unique and so typically Steely Dan. The drum solo at the end of the title track by Steve Gadd is also astounding.

Founded by core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan's popularity rose throughout the late 1970s on, and their seven albums over that period of time blended elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop. Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio. Becker and Fagen, with producer Gary Katz, gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project, hiring session musicians to record their compositions. The duo didn't perform live between 1974 and 1993. But their popularity nevertheless grew throughout the '70s as their albums became critical favorites and their singles became staples of Adult Oriented Radio and pop radio stations.

After a brief battle with esophageal cancer, Walter Becker died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 67. Steely Dan has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001. VH1 ranked Steely Dan at No. 82 on their list of the 100 Greatest Musical Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone ranked them No. 15 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time.

This stereo UHQR reissue will be limited to 30,000 copies, with gold foil individually numbered jackets, housed in a premium slipcase with a wooden dowel spine.

The best Aja you will ever hear and it's not even close

-Michael Fremer, Tracking Angle, Music 11/10, Sound 11/10

It's the most exciting and engaging version of Aja I've heard to date.

-Mike Mettler, Analog Planet, Music 11/10, Sound 11/10

Features

Limited to Two Copies Per Customer Per Address

Numbered, Limited Edition - 30,000 Copies

Ultra High Quality Record (UHQR®)

200g Vinyl

45rpm

Double LP

Mastered by Bernie Grundman from an Analog, Non EQ'd Tape Copy

Pressed at Quality Record Pressings using Clarity Vinyl®

Purest Possible Pressing

Tip-On Old-Style Gatefold Double Pocket Jackets with Film Lamination by Stoughton Printing

Gold Foil Individually Numbered Jackets

Premium Slipcase with a Wooden Dowel Spine

Selections

Black Cow

Aja

Deacon Blues

Peg

Home at Last

I Got the News

Josie

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 145/500!

Universal UK Import Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl!

Mastered by Bernie Grundman! Lacquers cut by Greg Moore at Masterpiece Studios in London!

Aja, Steely Dan’s sixth studio opus, is yet another testament to Walter Becker and Donald Fagen’s quest for sonic perfection. Such was the quality of the record that it has often been used to demonstrate the audio fidelity for stereo systems, and winning the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording. Produced by Gary Katz, the album peaked at No 3 in the States (where it went double platinum) and No. 5 in the UK, producing the hit singles ‘Peg’, ‘Deacon Blues’ and ‘Josie’ in the process. In a review that gave the album full marks, Q magazine described the record as "Sleek, smart, deliciously cynical, (this) was the Steely Dan album that effectively ring-fenced jazz-funk forevermore... what rich entertainment still."

"A coolly textured and immaculately produced collection of sophisticated jazz-rock, Aja has none of the overt cynicism or self-consciously challenging music that distinguished previous Steely Dan records. Instead, it's a measured and textured album, filled with subtle melodies and accomplished, jazzy solos that blend easily into the lush instrumental backdrops. But Aja isn't just about texture, since Becker and Fagen's songs are their most complex and musically rich set of songs -- even the simplest song, the sunny pop of 'Peg,' has layers of jazzy vocal harmonies. In fact, Steely Dan ignores rock on Aja, preferring to fuse cool jazz, blues, and pop together in a seamless, seductive fashion." - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic

Features:

 Universal UK Import

 Back to Black Series

Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl

 Mastered by Bernie Grundman

 Lacquers cut by Greg Moore at Masterpiece Studios in London!

Gatefold Jacket

 Includes Limited Time Voucher to Download MP3 Version of the Album IF STILL AVAILABLE

Selections:

Side A:

1. Black Cow

2. Aja

3. Deacon Blues

Side B:

1. Peg

2. Home At Last

3. I Got the News

4. Josie

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