Steely Dan Pretzel Logic
1974 Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing, Gatefold
Jazz-Rock
Pop Rock
Classic Rock

Main image
ABC Records
art direction, photography by [inside] Ed Caraeff
bass Chuck Rainey
bass Timothy B. Schmit
bass Wilton Felder
bass, guitar Walter Becker
design David Larkham
drums Jeff Porcaro
drums Jim Gordon
drums Jim Hodder
engineer Roger Nichols
guitar Ben Benay
guitar Denny Dias
guitar Jeff Baxter
guitar, banjo Dean Parks
keyboards David Paich
keyboards Michael Omartian
keyboards, percussion Victor Feldman
lacquer cut by Allen Zentz
management [personal] Kudo III
orchestrated by Jimmie Haskell
photography by [cover] Raeanne Rubenstein
producer Gary Katz
saxophone Ernie Watts
saxophone Jerome Richardson
saxophone Plas Johnson
trumpet Ollie Mitchell
vocals, keyboards Donald Fagen
tracks a1 to a4, b1 to b6 written-by Donald Fagen
tracks a1 to a4, b1 to b6 written-by Walter Becker
Engineered At The Village Recorder
Mixed At Cherokee Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) ABC Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) ABC Records, Inc.
Published By American Broadcasting Music, Inc.
Published By Mills Music, Inc.
Published By Red Giant Music, Inc.
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Faint sideways S (squiggle) in runouts indicates pressing from [l376197]

There are two different labels both came out the same year.
1st Pressing: This version with black labels, where all tracks (including credits) have two lines of text (excluding B5 which has three). This is different than Pretzel Logic or Pretzel Logic, both black labels where multiple tracks have three lines of text on both sides.
2nd Pressing: See Pretzel Logic for Santa Maria pressing with with same text layout, but having the multi-colored concentric circles ABC label.

Gatefold Packaging.

Fuzz box — Courtesy of Valley Sound
Tim Schmit — Courtesy of Epic Records
Engineered at the Village Recorder, West Los Angeles. Overdub and mixdown at Cherokee Sound, Chatsworth, Calif.

All songs pub. by American Broadcasting Music, Inc. (ASCAP) unless otherwise indicated.
American Broadcasting Music, Inc./Red Giant Music, Inc. [A4]
Mills Music, Inc. (ASCAP) [A5]
American Broadcasting Music, Inc./Red Giant Music, Inc. (ASCAP) [B1, B5]
℗ 1974
Special thanks to Michael Omartian, Jim Gordon, Jeff Porcaro, David Paich, Chuck Rainey, Ben Benay, Dean Parks, Tim Schmit, Victor Feldman, Plas Johnson, Ollie Mitchell, Jerome Richardson, Lew McCreary, Ernie Watts, Wilton Felder, Tubby, Bruce, Dee, etc.

Runouts are etched
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout: ABCD-808-A (Side A label)
Matrix / Runout: ABCD-808-B (Side B label)
Matrix / Runout: ABCD 808-A RE2 Az (Side A runout variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ABCD 808-B RE2 Az (Side B runout variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: S I ABCD 808-A RE 2 Az IA A20 (Side A runout variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: S I ABCD 808-B RE 2 Az IB B8 (Side B runout variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: S I ABCD 808-A RE 2 Az IA C6 (Side A runout variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: S 2 ABCD 808-B RE 2 Az IB A1 (Side B runout variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: S \ ABCD 808-A RE 2 Az IA A5 (Side A runout variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: S 2 ABCD 808-B RE 2 Az IB A6 (Side B runout variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: Ƨ 0 ABCD 808-A RE 2 Az (Side A runout variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: Ƨ A ABCD 808 RE 2 Az (Side B runout variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: S I ABCD 808-A RE 2 Az IA B6 (Side A runout variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: S I ABCD 808-B RE 2 Az IB A (Side B runout variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: S I ABCD 808-A RE 2 Az IA A15 (Side A runout variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: S I ABCD 808-B RE 2 Az IB A (Side B runout variant 7)



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