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Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic (US)

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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 the 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.

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Description

ABC Records ABCD-808 LP, Album, San US 1974

Side 1.

1. Rikki Don’t Lose That Number 4:30
2. Night By Night 3:36
3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You 3:05
4. Barrytown 3:17
5. East St. Louis Toodle-oo 2:45

Side 2.

1. Parker’s Band 2:36
2. Through With Buzz 1:30
3. Pretzel Logic 4:28
4. With A Gun 2:15
5. Charlie Freak 2:41
6. Monkey In Your Soul 2:31

Credits:

Producer – Gary Katz
Photography By [Cover] – Raeanne Rubenstein
Other [Security] – Karen Stanley
Orchestrated By – Jimmie Haskell
Management [Personal] – Kudo III
Lacquer Cut By – Allen Zentz
Keyboards, Percussion – Victor Feldman
Keyboards – Michael Omartian
Keyboards – David Paich
Guitar, Banjo – Dean Parks
Guitar – Jeff Baxter
Guitar – Denny Dias
Guitar – Ben Benay
Engineer – Roger Nichols
Drums – Jim Hodder
Drums – Jim Gordon
Drums – Jeff Porcaro
Design – David Larkham
Bass, Guitar – Walter Becker
Bass – Wilton Felder
Bass – Timothy B. Schmit
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Art Direction, Photography By [Inside] – Ed Caraeff
Saxophone – Ernie Watts
Saxophone – Jerome Richardson
Saxophone – Plas Johnson
Trumpet – Ollie Mitchell
Vocals, Keyboards – Donald Fagen
Written-By – Donald Fagen
Written-By – Walter Becker

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Faint sideways “S” (squiggle) in runouts indicates pressing

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).
2nd Pressing: 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.

 

 

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout S I ABCD 808-A RE 2 Az IA C6
Matrix / Runout 2 ABCD 808-B RE 2 Az IA A1
Matrix / Runout I ABCD 808-A RE 2 Az IA A
Matrix / Runout S I ABCD 808-B RE 2 Az IB B8
Matrix / Runout S I ABCD 808-A RE 2 Az IA A20
Matrix / Runout ABCD 808-B RE2 Az
Matrix / Runout ABCD 808-A RE2 Az
Matrix / Runout ABCD-808-B
Rights Society ASCAP
Matrix / Runout ABCD-808-A
Matrix / Runout S 2 ABCD 808-B RE 2 Az IB A1
Matrix / Runout S \ ABCD 808-A RE 2 Az IA A5
Matrix / Runout S 2 ABCD 808-B RE 2 Az IB A6

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Weight0,5 kg
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