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1977 Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold
Jazz-Rock

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ABC Records
arranged by [horns], conductor [horns] Tom Scott
arranged by [rhythm charts prepared by] Dean Parks
arranged by [rhythm charts prepared by] Larry Carlton
arranged by [rhythm charts prepared by] Michael Omartian
art direction OZ Studios
brass Chuck Findley
brass Lew McCreary
brass Slyde Hyde
consultant [sound consultant] Stuart "Dinky" Dawson
coordinator [covert operations] Karen Stanley
coordinator [production coordinator] Barbara Miller
design Geoff Westen
design Patricia Mitsui
engineer Al Schmitt
engineer Bill Schnee
engineer Elliot Scheiner
engineer Roger Nichols
engineer [assistants] Ed Rack
engineer [assistants] Joe Bellamy
engineer [assistants] Ken Klinger
engineer [assistants] Lenise Bent
engineer [assistants] Linda Tyler
engineer [assistants] Ron Pangaliman
engineer [executive] Roger Nichols
lead vocals Donald Fagen
management [bagman] Leonard Freedman
management [protection] Irving Azoff
mastered by Bernie Grundman
photography by [cover] Hideki Fujii
photography by [inside photos] Dorothy White
photography by [inside photos] Walter Becker
producer Gary Katz
saxophone [saxes], flute Bill Perkins
saxophone [saxes], flute Jackie Kelso
saxophone [saxes], flute Jim Horn
saxophone [saxes], flute Pete Christlieb
saxophone [saxes], flute Plas Johnson
saxophone [saxes], flute Tom Scott
saxophone [saxes], flute Wayne Shorter
sleeve notes Michael Phalen
sleeve notes Steve Diener
written-by, composed by, words by, music by Donald Fagen
written-by, composed by, words by, music by Walter Becker
Record Company ABC Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) ABC Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) ABC Records, Inc.
Recorded At The Village Recorder
Recorded At Producers Workshop
Recorded At Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Recorded At ABC Recording Studios
Recorded At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Recorded At A&R Studios
Mastered At A&M Studios
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Published By ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.
Copyright (c) ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute, first pressing variant, per the T etched in runouts.

First pressings have catalog # AB-1006. AB prefix in catalog # was an ABC label price code, and approximately two weeks after the release of the album, the price was raised $1.00 and subsequent pressings were issued as catalog # AA-1006.

Issued in a glossy cardstock gatefold jacket, with printed card stock inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.

Some copies with Demonstration - Not For Sale stamped in gold on jacket front cover.

Recorded at:
Village Recorders, West L.A.
Producer's Workshop, Hollywood
Warner Bros. North Hollywood Recording Studios
ABC Recording Studios
Sound Labs, Hollywood
A&R Studios, N.Y.C.
Mastered at A&M Studios, Hollywood.

Published by ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
All selections © 1977 ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)

Runouts are mostly etched, plating identifiers are stamped.
Pressing Plant ID: T
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout: AB-1006-A (Side A label)
Matrix / Runout: AB-1006-B (Side B label)
Matrix / Runout: AB 1006(RE-3)-A 1B (Runout side A - variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006(RE-3)-B-1 (Runout side B - variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006(RE-3)-A T5 B (Runout side A - variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006(RE-3)-B - 2 B6 (Runout side B - variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: T2 AB 1006(RE-3)-A T3 A (Runout side A - variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006(RE-3)-B - 2 B 1 (Runout side B - variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006(RE-3)-A T3 A (Runout side A - variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006(RE-3)-B - 2 A7 (Runout side B - variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006(RE-3)-A T4 B1 (Runout side A - variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006(RE-3)-B-1 C (Runout side B - variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006 (RE-3)-A T5 (Runout side A - variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006 (RE-3)-B T4 (Runout side B - variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006 (RE-3)-A T5 (Runout side A - variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: T1 AB 1006 (RE-3)-B - 2 (Runout side B - variant 7)



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