Steely Dan – The Royal Scam

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Label:

ABC Records – ABCD-931, ABC Records – ABCD 931

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

1976

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Pop Rock, Jazz-Rock

Tracklist

A1 Kid Charlemagne 4:38 A2 The Caves Of Altamira 3:33 A3 Don't Take Me Alive 4:18 A4 Sign In Stranger 4:22 A5 The Fez 3:59 B1 Green Earrings 4:05 B2 Haitian Divorce 5:50 B3 Everything You Did 3:54 B4 The Royal Scam 6:31

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – ABC Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ABC Records, Inc.
• Copyright © – ABC Records, Inc.
• Engineered At – ABC Recording Studios
• Engineered At – A&R Studios
• Lacquer Cut At – Allen Zentz Mastering
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
• Published By – ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.
• Copyright © – ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.
• Published By – American Broadcasting Music, Inc.
• Copyright © – American Broadcasting Music, Inc.
• Published By – Red Giant Music
• Copyright © – Red Giant Inc.
• Published By – E.L.D.G. Music, Inc.
• Copyright © – ELDG Music, Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By [Horns] – Chuck Findley, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
• Art Direction, Design – Ed Caraeff
• Artwork [Cover Art] – Charlie Ganse, Zox (3)
• Backing Vocals [Back-Up Vocals] – Clydie King, Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Sherlie Matthews, Tim Schmit*, Venetta Fields
• Bass – Chuck Rainey, Walter Becker
• Drums – Bernard Purdie, Rick Marotta
• Engineer [A&R Studios] – Elliot Shiner*
• Engineer [ABC Studios] – Roger Nichols
• Engineer [Mix Down] – Barney Perkins, Roger Nichols
• Guitar – Dean Parks, Dennis Dias*, Elliot Randall*, Larry Carlton, Walter Becker
• Horns – Bob Findley, Chuck Findley, Jim Horn, John Klemmer, Plas Johnson, Slyde Hyde
• Keyboards – Don Grolnick, Donald Fagen, Paul Griffin, Victor Feldman
• Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ⁀⁀ ⁀⁀] – Brian Gardner (tracks: B1 to B4)
• Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀] – Brian Gardner (tracks: A1 to A5)
• Lead Vocals – Donald Fagen
• Other [Nurse] – Karen Stanley
• Percussion – Gary Coleman, Victor Feldman
• Producer – Gary Katz
• Songwriter [All Songs Written By] – Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
• Technician [Techno] – Bob DeAvila, Buns, Jerry*, John (113), Leslie (25), Roy (27), Stuart Dawson*, Warren Wallace
• Typography [Typographic Design], Design [Typographic Design] – Tom Nikosey
• Written-By – Paul L. Griffin* (tracks: A5)

Notes

Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria, pressing denoted by "S" etched in runouts.

Mastering symbols on this version: "flower" motif etching on side A, "bird/seagulls in flight" motif etching on side B.

ABC multicolor concentric circle labels. Track A5 appears on three lines.

Issued with printed cardstock inner sleeve with lyrics and artwork.

Jacket with silver print.

First cat. # (ABCD-931) on labels.
Second cat. # (ABCD 931) on jacket front, spine.

℗©1976, ABC Records, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.

Engineered at ABC Studios in Los Angeles and at A&R Studios in New York.

Track publishers on labels:
A1, A3, A4, B1 to B4: ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
A2: American Broadcasting Music, Inc./Red Giant Music (ASCAP)
A5: ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc./E.L.D.G. Music, Inc. (BMI)

Track publishers on inner sleeve:
A1, A3, A4, B1 to B4: ©1976 ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
A2: ©1976 American Broadcasting Music, Inc./Red Giant, Inc. (ASCAP)
A5: ©1976 ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI) ELDG Music, Inc. (BMI)

Special thanks to Larry Carlton and Mr. Garry Sherman.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Pressing Plant ID: S
• Rights Society: BMI
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ABCD-931-A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ABCD-931-B
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 runout - A-side etched): ABCD-931-A-1A AZ [Flowers] S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 runout - B-side etched): ABCD-931-B-1A AZ [Seagulls] S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 runout - A-side etched): ABCD-931-A 1C AZ [Flowers] S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 runout - B-side etched): ABCD-931-B-1B AZ [Seagulls] S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 runout - A-side etched): ABCD-931-A-1D AZ [Flowers] A28 S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 runout - B-side etched): ABCD-931-B-1B AZ [Seagulls] E I S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 runout - A-side etched): ABCD-931-A 1C AZ [Flowers] I S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 runout - B-side etched): ABCD-931-B-1B AZ [Seagulls] E I S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 runout - A-side etched): ABCD-931-A 1D AZ [Flowers] A9 S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 runout - B-side etched): ABCD-931-B•1B AZ [Seagulls] A5 I S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 runout - A-side etched): ABCD-931-A-1D AZ [Flowers] S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 runout - B-side etched): ABCD-931-B•1B AZ [Seagulls] A I S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 runout - A-side etched): ABCD-931-A 1D AZ [Flowers] A8 S
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 runout - B-side etched): ABCD-931-B•1B AZ [Seagulls] A4 S

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