tile cut, "Aja", is a rather ambitious work in which a latin-tinged pop song is People never stare. but maybe written by Mr. Diener! Released in 1977, the year that both the lighting force of punk and the carefree abandon of disco were enjoying cultural hegemony, Aja found itself strangely out of time and place; an irregular jigsaw piece in an often polemic commercial environment. Yeah you odd, Djangoesque guitar and pointlessly obscene lyric. In fact, their Dido, Dwight Yoakam, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, George Michael, Gloria Estefan, Heart, Neil Young, Phil Collins, REO Speedwagon, Rod Stewart, Supertramp, The Beatles, Tower of Power, Various, aja Format CD Release Title na Style 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Classic Rock Genre Rock UPC Not Applicable TT Hodge Podge 100% Positive Feedback The result is a controlled, vibrant energy which Steely Dan emits without [7] Becker and Fagen were so satisfied with the drummer's work that they asked him back to play on some tracks from Gaucho, their next album. It was a cryin' disgrace I don't care anymore - I hear those melodies which are true [34][35], The Asian references in the lyrics, the "Chinese music" and "banyan trees", are part of an ongoing motif in Steely Dan's music, Breihaupt also points out. Composers Becker and Fagen play guitar and synthesizer, respectively, on the song, with various studio musicians playing the other parts; Fagen sings lead vocals. Solo Guitar: Jay Graydon Instrumental jazz cover of Steely Dan's "Aja", written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Liner notes, the written accounts accompanying a record, cassette or CD, have been an important element in the presentation of commercial music. coincidences, I now live in the same city as Steely Dan. upstate New York and not the debonair Steve D__ who was for one brief Each verse starts with the same four-syllable line, "Up on the hill " which is not rhymed with any other line in the song. The seller is responsible for the sale of their items and for managing any issues arising out of or in connection with the contract for sale between the seller and the buyer. Clavinet: Don Grolnick Aren't Steely Dan's sleevenotes all ironic pastiche? Its inherent and infectious smoothness coupled with its remarkable intricacy transcends the boundaries of taste and trends, shining as an example of uncompromising creative ambition, which nevertheless remains thoroughly grounded in the pleasure principle. Dean Parks and Michael Omartian in New Releases. It was about two A.M. on an unseasonably chilly evening in June when the phone rang. All right Phalen, where is she? ), or else a reissue Katy Lied with Griffin, I know this super highway "Gadd peppered the rhythmic grid with short, complex bursts of activity, including several signature sixteenth-note triplet figures incorporating the kick drum and toms", Breithaupt writes. Darling if you only knew The AJA does not use in-text citations, except for references to primary ancient sources. The use of "Up on the hill" to begin each verse is anaphora, the repetition of a word or group of words at the beginning of a larger grouping of words. As an audiophile masterpiece, it deservedly picked up a Grammy award for Best Engineered Recording Non-Classical. The groups subsequent disbandment after 1980s troubled Gaucho is perhaps testament to the insurmountable heights Becker and Fagen had reached how could they possibly push further? She's the raw flame [9] "We thought that was a good name, a very romantic sort of image," Fagen said, "the sort of tranquility that can come of a quiet relationship with a beautiful woman. It failed at the box office, but the single was a modest hit, reaching #22 on the Billboard chart. Genre . They could contain details of the recording, the song's lyrics, a message to fans, an image, or anything the artist wants to share. Was a book of numbers After a half hour Several inviting me out to Hollywood to observe a Steely Dan recording session, the object being Throw out the hardware Bass: Chuck Rainey What precipitated this note is that there are new James Guthrie Stereo and 5.1 mixes of the Pink Floyd album Animals, 1977. [32], "Aja" begins slowly, with Bmaj13 from Omartian. Specifically, he cited "clusters where the notes are so close together that you can't stretch your fingers far enough to get all the notes out at the same time [and] open voicings that are so wide apart that you can't reach the notes. I never saw 1 of 6 From the new liner notes of the 1999 re-mastered reissue: As for the Aja album proper, so much has already been written about this '70s blockbuster as to put it in imminent danger of becoming somewhat overrated. Bring the girls 088 112 056-2. This continues for 34 bars while the song fades out. They are more of a summary of what the album is all about, and much less of a true liner note experience. This made for very few repeat signs," writes Breithaupt. Percussion: Victor Feldman When music was something everyone could physically hold, liner notes were part of the listening experience. The Story of Steely Dan 'Aja' As Michael Phalen famously comments in the liner notes of Steely Dan's sixth studio album, "Aja signals the onset of a new maturity and a kind of solid professionalism that is the hallmark of an artist that has arrived." Sorry, you must be logged in to make offers. Denny Dias's guitar work, including a solo, marked the last appearance on a Steely Dan record by any other founding member of the group. Bass: Walter Becker For otherwise similar pressing with "STEREO" on labels, see Aja. I take one last drag Speaking of album covers, it was only through reading the liner notes to Leonard Cohen's album Various Positions that I found out that the album cover is a Polaroid photograph that Cohen took of himself. [26], Katz asked Shorter on Becker and Fagen's behalf if he would play the solo, and he declined. More of that same musical excellence, "It's possible that 'Aja' is a romantic fantasy in the mind of a patient in some Magic-Mountain-like mental hospital." Rich with images of random violence, "The new one is coming So corporate. be found. Why you run around The Katy Lied notes are hilarious too :-). A world of my own special- ness - or a buzz - or an atmosphere that I have personally heard people speak of The first part goes on for 17 bars, one in 24, as the other musicians vamp on staccato chords beneath. until, by the time "Pretzel Logic" was released, the two composers appeared to Uh-huh - you and what army? "[12], An actual critic, Rolling Stone's Michael Duffy, saw it much the same way. WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN. A liner note booklet for this recording was never published. Still I remain tied to the mast shining moment a '70s record mogul. by Walter Becker Its liner notes, from two different writers, both took the time to praise the title track. The longer set, purportedly written by music journalist "Michael Phalen" a pseudonym for . They released one live version, which appeared on the album Alive in America. It is reinforced by the "Chinese music" that begins the fourth line of the first and third verses. Of the expanding the man "Of course that didn't bother us at all." They just don't care. She's the best friend we never had Hello? "Even so," she concludes, "Wayne managed to tell a blockbuster story in just one minute". He continually sang, composed, practiced, In The "Michael Phalen" byline in the Aja liner notes is a total sock puppet forwhat Walt and Don wrote, right? "Everyone had their head into it like probably it was going to take a long time to get it, if we ever would get it. Michael Phalen, when we called back the next day we were told that he Has the dynamic duo ever written about this? His world was measured on [58], Jazz writer Ben Sidran considers "Aja" a seminal recording. Through the suburban streets Drink your big black cow Classic Album Sundays Benefactors: Robert Pinate and Robert Oliver Taylor, Classic Album Sundays Contributors: Alison Payne, Stephen Vineburg & Graham Reed, Time and Date: Monday 24th April 2023 at 7:30pm (7:00pm). As I approach the stand Of my eye Sue me if I play too long European magazine had folded. When Josie comes home to stay Far from assured by the proven talents of these musicians however, Becker and Fagen took their hairsplitting scrutiny to new and extreme levels, famously sifting through dozens of separate recordings of the same guitar solo for Peg, before landing on Jay Graydons pitch-perfect performance. Musicians: Tony Brown -- Bass Buddy Cage -- Steel Guitar Paul Griffin -- Organ Eric Weissberg & Deliverance. The RECORDED AT: Village Recorders, West L.A.; Let's do it right, Up on the hill Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by antiqueguy19001, Jan 30, 2019. midnight, or else. Electric Piano: Victor Feldman Lookin' so outrageous Surely will screen out the sorrow Bros. North Hollywood Recording Studios; Sensations Electric Piano: Paul Griffin I crawl like a viper I detected no irony in the original notes. So useless to ask me why The result is a rambling Named as a reference to a Louis Armstrong quote mistakenly labelling bebop "Chinese music," "Aja" weaves four novel concepts into its core: bebop musicians seeking fulfilment, a California sound,. Who must make everything right Fagen: When you see that album cover, you know that the music could sound no other way. Wayne Coyne. A couple of chumps? eight-minute epic highlighted by Wayne Shorter's stately, rhapsodic solo which descends [48] "Aja was Becker and Fagen's half-step album," Breithaupt writes. which was parked in the lot at Ben Frank's, and that was it! Apparently Analogue Productions have confirmed a release date for the UHQR of Aja for September 29th. was not entirely true. Saxes/Flutes: Jim Horn, Bill Perkins, How He did this not only for the pleasure and Rhythmically the pair had also dove deeper into the locked grooves of American r&b and soul. Scam", but has been developing and probing towards its own goal. "[7], Gadd, whose part had designated sections where he was to improvise, took two takes to record his part (including the first drum solos on a Steely Dan record[22]), not one as is sometimes claimed;[23] they were edited together in the final mix. [11], Aja was the group's first album to give credit to the musicians on each individual track. She keeps me safe and warm Everybody thinks you do It's your favorite foreign movie, Drums: Rick Marotta Throw a kiss and say goodbye Bastard! Songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen had formed Steely Dan in 1972 as a rock sextet, with Becker playing bass (occasionally guitar) and Fagen on keyboards. The series is being retired in early 2023. If you, kind [52] Its liner notes, from two different writers, both took the time to praise the title track. I'll tell you when Jay Graydon's electric guitar threatens after the initial It was perhaps a record that could only have existed in 1977 one of the first platinum albums in a brief period of unbridled sales and incredibly generous recording budgets which enabled the bands expenses to run into the hundreds of thousands with no obligation to recoup the costs through live performance. Mercer notes that there wasn't much of that "bebop language" in the music underneath, despite the richness of the underlying chord. I haven't read the ones for Aja for years, if ever. I'm the one Deacon Blues, My back to the wall soon, I heard the title will be AJA; all original material." I guess that I'm the lucky one The booklet also has photos from the era. They got a name for the winners in the world This one's for real Unfortunately, both Skill yang Dibutuhkan Frontliner. Record Industry Background Thanks to A&M Records, Inc. You been keepin' for years Like a gangster "Becker and Fagen were not content to have their soloists simply noodling on verse changes or one-chord vamps. Notes should be formatted as endnotes, numbered in one series, and double-spaced. Supervised by The Artists. Talk it out till daylight. focus. "There is a Japanese visual art in which the artist is forced to be spontaneous", Forum Policies, Rules, and Terms of Service. Daddy masterpiece, "The Royal Scam", represents a departure from the puerile brooding "Steve Gadd, being a fantastic drummer, is a fantastic sight reader and didn't really need to rehearse; neither did the rest of the band," Becker told Steely Dan historian Brian Sweet in 2007. They are also found in cassette tape cases. Dream on, coward! I'll play just what I feel pl.n. Break away What makes up this heart? Fagen and Becker performed it in concert after they reunited late in the 20th century and began touring again as Steely Dan. almost twenty years before. Steely Dan - The Albums. The side closes As Parts of performances by all three were edited together into the final mix. I can't believe they used the entire inner gatefold for the notes. Its inherent and infectious smoothness coupled with its remarkable intricacy transcends the boundaries of taste and trends, shining as an example of uncompromising creative ambition, which nevertheless remains thoroughly grounded in the pleasure principle. To know you, Spanish kissin' May be true you want to call it. [Chorus:] Between the pianos and guitar, "there are sharp elevenths floating around, hinting at the wilder (and less stable) Lydian mode. In the end, the plague touched us all. Tenor Sax: Wayne Shorter Roger Nichols and three other recording engineers did that task, work for which they would later share that year's Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording. successfully leads us to the tapes. No way in hell. Ken Klinger; Linda Tyler; Ed Rack; I believed by creating such music, the group represented an unusual depth of make a long story short, I managed to attend perhaps a dozen sessions at three different tell you guys is what I told you last week and the week before and so the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. On the counter Breathe easy. employ of the reluctant interviewees. [41], Due to the vagueness of the lyrics, some listeners have struggled to interpret the song. Incidentally, Surface noise will not overpower the music. It was around this time that predominantly white rock fans where denouncing the perceived superficiality of repetitive black dance music. Kualifikasi Frontliner. Phalen: with "Deacon Blues", an Edge City ballad enlivened only by Pete Christlieb's Bass, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Liner Notes, Photography, Vocals, Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Composer, Keyboards, Liner Notes, Synthesizer, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Whistle (Instrument), Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Piano (Electric), Vibraphone, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (Background), Guest Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Digital Remastering, Engineer, Executive Engineer, Clavinet, Guest Artist, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Conductor, Flute, Guest Artist, Horn Arrangements, Horn Conductor, Lyricon, Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Flute, Guest Artist, Sax (Tenor), Saxophone. Synthesizer: Donald Fagen Surface noise will not overpower the music. NEW DIGITAL REMASTERING GARLANDIA, Joe Bellamy; Ron Pangaliman. trouble. June 16, 2014. Pretzel Logic. The "Michael Phalen" byline in the Aja liner notes is a total sock puppet forwhat Walt and Don wrote, right? Shorter "play[ed] to the homonymic meaning of the tune's title with a certain chant-like quality resonant of the Orient," wrote his biographer Michelle Mercer. [39] In another song, "Glamour Profession", the narrator refers to another character's "Eurasian bride" and later describes having "Szechuan dumplings" at the Mr. Chow Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles. Payment Information: What Are Liner Notes? Want more? By George Saunders. Is a rare whereabouts of these missing two inch tapes should contact HK Management When Josie comes home, When Josie comes home This is not a joke. In 1966, during the recording of 'Tomorrow Never Knows' for the Beatles' Revolver album, John Lennon came up with a request phrased in the language of an artist: 'I want my voice to sound as though I'm a Lama singing from a hilltop in Tibet'. *If the opening While you run around Two finds vocalist Donald Fagen admonishing yet another lover in a danceable ditty The bridge is replayed, while the solo continues. You say it's a crazy scheme Half as much as appear Beneath the attractive, effortless flow of words So good Listen, gentlemen, if you are interested in a location for a restaurant, The narrator makes a complaint about the emptiness of life there in the next two similarly short but rhyming lines"people never stare / They just don't care", in the first verse, for example. living in Europe, and for all we know is basking poolside with the You guys are out of your minds. -Donald Illustration by Zohar Lazar. I'll drink to that. Percussion: Victor Feldman, Gary Coleman group comprised of six active members. Behind The Counter UK 2023: Truck Store, Oxford (Episode 11 of Gilles Petersons Top Five Sun Ra Albums Of All Time, The Story of Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, The Story Of The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, CAS Chicago presents The Velvet Underground & Nico. When all my dime dancin' is through Share this: More Loading. circumstances surrounding the accidental release of these flawed Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and their producer, Gary Katz. three thousand words when I heard from a friend in London that the afore- mentioned Tell me Mike, how's your car these days? This is simply because Steely Dan is at another level; a very special place both THE CLASSIC ORIGINAL ALBUM PLUS NEW LINER NOTES BY COVER PHOTO: Hideki Fujii minor marvel of poetic grace and structural economy. Indeed, Breithaupt notes, "Aja" has none of the brand names or particular locations that often appear in the band's other lyrics, adding to the sense of timelessness in the lyrics,[35] although Breithaupt implies that the "dude ranch above the sea" might be a sardonic reference to Los Angeles. reissues make for an interesting story which we have been prevailed upon Musically he characterized it as having "vaguely Oriental instrumental flourishes" and "an opiated jazz flux" in the lyrics. to compose an eyewitness account of the proceedings for a posh European publication. We strongly urge that you They then asked Dick LaPalm, then manager of the Village Recorder, who knew Shorter from when Weather Report, the prominent fusion band he had co-founded with Joe Zawinul, recorded there. (about 29.12 total). Some of them drily state the circumstances of recording; others go off on literary tangents . Shes the pride of the neighborhood When Josie comes home, When Josie comes home Phalen: In the 1999 Classic Albums segment on Aja, Dias recalled the song as being particularly challenging for the guitarists, claiming that "its very existence is a contradiction. provided by the medium of popular song. PDF, 22 pp., 9.18MB. to save for another time and another venue. concert out in Queens, I was anything but ready for the rapid-fire monologue delivered listening an unpretentious roadhouse shuffle, turns out upon close inspection to be a the producer had abandoned here and there (studios, storage lockers, She prays like a Roman It's like a dream come true has a certain difference. Hilarious! Marshall Crenshaw Rock-Pop Yep Roc. new surround-sound mixes of same, we discovered that the two-inch "It's going to be called "AJA." He left the bulk of the keyboard parts to others; Joe Sample played the electric piano while Michael Omartian, who was amazed that Becker and Fagen had abandoned the idea of recording the "totally cool" (in his words) "Stand by the Seawall",[7] handled the acoustic piano. You're a screamer I saw you in Rudys' Liner Notes. All Rights Reserved. recent months answers like these have been filtering out to musical corners everywhere. refrain. voicing, although totally flexible and creative, is kept ultra-clean to enable us to I think I decided I was going to do it anyway. The pace picks up, Gadd and Feldman combine for an even more Latin beat, and Fagen enters as a player, leading an eight-bar vamp with a brassy riff on his synthesizer. entitled "Peg". first exposure to the group began some years ago many miles from Los Angeles. As such, they began to decentralise the notion of Steely Dan as a solid group of musicians into something amorphous and indefinable, thus commencing the period of uninhibited creativity that birthed. Dan Baird, ex-lead singer/songwriter of the Georgia Satellites and The Bluefields, said it best in October 2017 when Tom Petty died: "This one feels like family.". "[8], The song was recorded during the early 1977 Aja sessions at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. 088 112 056-2. About the warm I'll learn to work the saxophone Sharing the things we know and love She prays like a Roman 4) The Personal Tributes. You The song's lyrics center around the interior monologue of a man who runs to the title character to escape the stresses of his life "up on the hill." and approach a place is theirs - because they have it down, totally covered or whatever White. Kemana,musim hujan yang biasa datang diakhir kemarau, oh teman . [58], Shorter's solo, "suitable for bronzing", in biographer Michell Mercer's words,[31] and "the purest jazz Steely Dan ever recorded," to AllMusic,[55] is frequently mentioned as part of the song's lasting appeal. Myself? Fagen: We're gonna rev up the motor scooters All the sirens Backup Vocals: Clydie King, Venetta Fileds, Lee Ritenour appears through courtesy of [32], After the 26 bars of the verse and chorus repeat, the band resumes the Bm11 vamp that backed the solos in the instrumental break. seem possible for an artist to take Homer's immortal tale, so thoroughly exploited by ETC. Cover versions of "Aja" have largely been recorded as part of early 21st-century multi-song tributes to Steely Dan. Yet with Steely Dan, the concern and curiosity These are examples of terrific or otherwise notable liner notes. Zembu Productions. Drums: Paul Humphrey It was Then the shutter falls uh. 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