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Steely Dan

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1976 5th is now available in a limited edition of 15,000, 45-rpm 2-CD, UHQR version! This is the ultimate ULTRA HIGH QUALITY RECORD! Limited to 15,000 numbered 45rpm vinyl copies, mastered directly from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman, pressed on 200 gram CLARITY VINYL? Pressed on 200 gram CLARITY VINYL with QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS for the purest presentation and packaging! Film laminated tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by STOUGHTON PRINTINGThe Royal Scam, Steely Dan's gold-selling fifth studio album, was produced by Gary Katz. It was produced and released by ABC Records in 1976.The guitar work on this album is more prominent than on Steely Dan's previous album, "Katy Ride," which was the first album without founding guitarist Jeff Baxter. The guitarists include Walter Becker, Denny Diaz, Larry Carlton, Elliott Randall, and Dean Parks, among others. The album was certified as a gold seller and reached #15 on the Billboard 200. Like all Steely Dan albums, it is littered with cryptic allusions to real people and fictional events; in a 2000 BBC interview, Becker and Fagen claimed that "Kid Charlemagne" is a reference to the infamous drug "Chef," which is famous for producing hallucinogenic compounds. OWSLEY STANLEY," and "Caves of Altamira" is based on the book by HANS BAUMANN, about the loss of innocence and the visitors of the ALTAMIRA CAVE who recorded their amazement in a prehistoric painting.The album cover is apparently of a man in a suit sleeping on a radiator, dreaming of a hybrid of skyscraper and beast. The cover, created from a painting by Zox and a photograph by Charlie Ganse, was originally intended for Van Morrison's unreleased 1975 album MECHANICAL BLISS, the concept of which was a satire of the American dream. 1999 remastered edition of the In the liner notes, Fagen and Becker claim that it is "the ugliest album cover of the '70s (except for CAN'T BUY A THRILL).

Tracklisting:

1. Kid Charlemagne
2. The Caves Of Altamira
3. Don't Take Me Alive
4. Sign In Stranger
5. The Fez
6. Green Earrings
7. Haitian Divorce
8. Everything You Did
9. The Royal Scam